... advanced artificial intelligence Individually and in groups of two or three, we studied the literature and built our arguments Eventually I reached out and connected to a far more advanced and sophisticated ... spotless and airy A PC and monitor dominate the breakfast island, where he d planted a sole padded barstool from which he could look out onto the courtyard From here he does his writing Yudkowsky ... what happened “I did it the hard way,” he said Those three successful times, Yudkowsky told me, he simply wheedled, cajoled, and harangued The Gatekeepers let him out, then paid up Andthe two times...
... England, Holland, and France [10] Industrialized cod liver oil production (as the sole source of vitamin D food supply at that time) did not start before 1853 in Norway, Greenland, and Iceland ... childhood examination program was established which included daily oral doses of vitamin D3 between 500 IU and 1000 ID per day Vitamin D is now even sold over the counter Moreover, it is included ... according to a historical review [11] The reason may be the way cod liver oil was produced Because cod livers and gall-bladders could not be sold on the fish market, the fishermen placed this...
... grabbed a thousand guys off the street and measured their heights, say, most ofthe guys would fall in the middle andthe farther you got away from that middle-like up to seven feet or down to ... gave them That's it T h e patient talked Freud listened A theory was born And it grew, and it grew, and it grew T h e "instrument" for gathering data and building theory used by Freud and his ... all the characters are inextricably knotted up with no hope of resolution in sight, suddenly the god descends from the heavens and takes everything in hand And, like deus ex machina and all other...
... Group, and Fannie Mae andof credit rating firms such as Moody’s, Fitch, and Standard & Poor’s The scandalous behavior involved the misuse of innovations such as “sliced and diced” collateralized debt ... headed by Nancy Bermeo and Jonas Pontusson, provided a large amount of feedback as well as the opportunity to write the first draft ofthe case studies on the economic stimulus planandthe Dodd- ... exacerbate the crisis The decisions will be delayed and distorted by ideological rigidity The new policies are likely to contain the seeds ofthe next crisis The second commonality of financial and political...
... or more They were faithful and earnest friends; we had worked together through many difficulties, and had gone through many severe trials together We had discussed and argued and hammered away ... talked it over and over again, and with several other associates discussed all the pros and cons; and we had used every argument we could command to show why theplan would not only be profitable, ... wanted to go ahead and accomplish great projects of all kinds, he was always on the active side of every question, and to his wonderful energy is due much ofthe rapid progress ofthe company in the...
... and atmospheric condition The samples were taken then acidified and analyzed for residual arsenic concentration A mixture of 70% As[III] and 30% As[V] was used in all ofthe experiments andthe ... applicability ofthe pseudosecond order kinetic model in predicting arsenic adsorption process onto LA and AC-Fe Indeed, Saeid (2004) also indicated that the sorption process obeys pseudo-second order ... fixed-bed column for the removal of As[III] using laterite soil and showed that a column with 2cm diameter and different bed heights such as 10cm, 20cm and 30cm, could produce 1.3, 7.9 and 14.88...
... between the water price and domestic water demand structure; Yamada et al (2004) analyzed the domestic water demands according to the size of households; and Nakagawa et al (2010) analyzed the decreasing ... studied on water demand management in Colorado, USA and in Sydney, Australia, respectively However, all such studies focus on the qualitative study rather than the quantitative study andthe ... Conservation Effects by Direct Demand Side Control (ΔQ3) Direct demand side control measures consist ofthe development of save-water type (SWT) devices, i.e SWT flushing-toilets and automatic washing...
... both the demand side andthe supply side ofthe economy and in which the effects of macro policies are demonstrated in benchmark simulations The model is then used to discuss the changes of important ... (1996) used the model to simulate how the European Monetary Determining GDP: The Demand Side ofthe Model The NiGEM model follows standard practice in modeling aggregate demand in the respective ... any evidence of ex ante policy coordination at all In the Netherlands and in Ireland the development and implementation of a consensual strategy of wage restraint with the aim of improving the competitiveness...
... as the others The baleful, pink eyes ofthe creature glared at Carter as he was dragged up on top ofthe mound 14 The beasts released their hold upon the earthman and descended to the bottom of ... restore their brains into the bodies of other red men, provided they would help me in my conquests." Carter recalled the apes with the bandaged heads in the adjoining laboratory, andthe red men ... scaffolding built overhead and down to the edge ofthe pit where it was anchored Joog climbed partly over the edge ofthe coliseum and deposited Carter on the brink ofthe pit Five great apes held...
... they then spelled it; John modernized the spelling ofthe family name James was a son ofThe Reverend John Gregorie of Drumoak and his wife, Janet, a daughter of David Anderson, who "possessed a ... women The new discoveries and methods of empirical science deeply shaped the intellectual atmosphere ofthe medical schools of Edinburgh and Leiden These include both general developments andthe ... student version of these medical ethics and philosophy of medicine lectures found their way into the press, in 1770, as Observations on the Duties and Offices of a Physician; andthe Method of...
... call the former sense the data-structure view of plans, andthe latter the mental phenomenon view of plans Work in plan synthesis (e.g., Fikes and Nilsson [8], Sacerdoti [15], Wilkins [18], and ... true if and only if the act of G doing a at t is ezecutable, andthe relation G E N ( a , / / , G , t ) is true if and only if the act of G doing a at t generates the act of G doing// at t The function ... QUESTION-ANSWERING Models ofthe question-answering process often include a claim that the respondent (R) must infer the plans ofthe questioner (Q) So R is the observer, and Q the actor Building on the analysis...
... found that the concept of “differentiation”— separating groups and individuals according to new criteria, standards, and calculations of need and entitlement—now litters of cial documents and proclamations ... and Vira when I returned to Kyiv for an additional year of fieldwork in 1999 A friend had recommended their organization as a potential addressee of donations from the JPMMU Our foundation did ... list ofthe approximate costs of some basic food and non-food items in Kyiv during 1999 and 2007 The prices of these items fluctuated according to their quality and place of purchase within Kyiv These...
... requires the State Auditor to conduct postaudits of all departments, offices, and agencies ofthe State and its political subdivisions The audit was conducted by the Office ofthe Auditor andthe ... of Medicine ofthe University of Hawaii The audit was conducted by the Office ofthe Auditor andthe independent certified public accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP The audit was undertaken ... referred to the Office ofthe Auditor for an assessment ofthe social and financial impact ofthe proposed measure Analyses of proposed special funds and existing trust and revolving funds determine...
... whether expenditures or deductions and other disbursements have been made and all revenues or additions and other receipts have been collected and accounted for in accordance with federal and ... rules and regulations, and policies and procedures To make recommendations as appropriate Scope and Methodology We audited the school’s financial records and transactions and reviewed its related ... safeguarded This chapter presents our findings and recommendations on the financial accounting and internal control practices and procedures oftheJohn A Burns School of Medicine ofthe University of...
... School of Medicine ofthe University of Hawaii (school) as ofand for the year ended June 30, 2002, and have issued our report thereon dated October 28, 2002 We conducted our audit in accordance ... accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America andthe standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller ... estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date ofthe financial statements andthe reported amounts...
... construction of a new biomedical science campus and pledged the support ofthe State tobacco settlement funds to pay the bonds The bonds are also backed by the assets ofthe university Demolition and site ... paid by a specified period of time after year-end, these funds generally lapse and are returned to the state As of June 30, 2002, various sponsoring agencies had awarded the school research and ... basis of accounting Employer and member contributions are recognized in the period in which the contributions are due Benefits and refunds are recognized when due and payable in accordance with the...
... is included as Attachment The response ofthe university is included as Attachment The university agrees with our recommendations and has begun to address the deficiencies noted in the audit In ... resulted mainly from the highly manual and time-consuming nature of preparing budgets and reconciliations, andthe high turnover of personnel The university noted that the school of medicine ... compliance with the established policies and procedures Finally, the university responded that it appreciates our recommendations and will work diligently to correct the audit deficiencies This...
... generations In doing so, the goal of this document is to orient and improve environment and health decisions designed to protect children and future generations under conditions of uncertainty and complexity, ... characterizing the nature and extent of uncertainties; making scientific and ethical assumptions explicit; and expanding the range of stakeholders and values involved; strengthening the ability of public ... which at the time were resisting calls to reduce acidic gases andthe discharges of sewage and other heavy metals into the North Sea (Jordan, 2002) The United Kingdom therefore adopted a fairly...