black holes the ends of time

... subtracted from the value of startingTime: getTimer() - startingTime Remember that the value of startingTime is set to the current time at the point when the Start button is clicked and the alarmOn() ... 24 times a second (the frame rate of the movie) if necessary This allows the user to reset the minute and second settings of the timer dynamically—that is, while the timer is on—and update the ... value with the number of seconds that have passed since the timer was started After the passing seconds exceed the value of totalTimeToAlarm, the script knows that it's time to sound the alarm—more...

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 14:15

... To remove the functionality of the setInterval() action, use the following syntax: clearInterval(myInterval); Using the syntax shown, you can initiate the setInterval() action at any time, calling ... turned on and off by assigning a variable name, as in the following example: var myInterval:Object = setInterval(rotateClip, 1500); This example assigns the name myInterval to the setInterval() ... action is set up to call the rotateClip() function every 1.5 seconds (1,000 milliseconds equals second) If you want to pass arguments to the called function, simply add them to the setInterval() action:...

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 14:15

... Teleology, and the Arrow of Time 1:21 199 The many-universes theory neatly solves the problem of the origin of the arrow of time The wave function as a whole can be completely timesymmetric, ... the irresistible logic of probability theory, then it is hard to discern any overall plan or point reaction to the bleak message of the second law of thermodynamics Reaction to the theme of the ... most of the remaining 75 percent of the nuclear matter was in the form of isolated protons – the nuclei of hydrogen Hydrogen is the fuel of the stars It drives the processes that generate most of...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 07:20

... intrinsic -time point of view, the benchmark return is beta times the market return, enhanced by a factor equal to the square root of the ratio of the trading frequency of the stock to that of the market ... calendar time is measured in years, then the units of µ are per cent per year and the units of σ are per cent per square root of a year The dimension of µ is [time] −1 and that of σ is [time] −1/2 The ... assume the existence of a traded index M that represents the entire market The evolution of these securities satisfies (3.28) Asymptotically, as L → ∞, the variance of the intrinsictime returns of the...

Ngày tải lên: 12/12/2013, 14:15

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 23:07

... as the last of the relics were carried after her The ring of Bastet, born on a velvet cushion; the snake statue of Netjerankh; the scarab bracelet; the figure of Anubis, god of the rituals of ... One end of the lawn was taken up with the buffet and bar, the rest was free for the guests Some of them stood and ate; some of them chatted idly amongst themselves; some of them danced in the small ... of the priest-guardians of the tomb on the far side of the valley The tunnel was low and narrow, in contrast to the high vaulted ceiling of the wide, sloping passageway they had intersected Their...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 04:20

... in the accuracy of the measurements impact the accuracy of geolocation, resulting in some amount of error inherent in the geolocation The errors involved and the impact on the accuracy of the ... fix the position of the target The Air Force spent millions of dollars on the development of PLSS, but the project never succeeded because of technical challenges (Pocock 2008) The advent of GPS, ... estimates the accuracy of the cooperative T/FDOA technique, including the impact of various sources of errors The tool improves on other tools to estimate the accuracy of T/FDOA in the literature...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 21:20

... superclusters of galaxies, and the cosmos as a whole From this part of the book the reader should derive a sense not only of the size of the universe and our knowledge of its inhabitants but also of the ... as a cosmic computer for which the quantum particles are the "hardware," the laws of physics the "software" and the evolution of the universe is the execution of the program In a Final chapter ... generous in the allotment of space Even astronomers are amazed at the size of the universe once they pause to reflect upon the meaning of the distances they are calculating In spite of their vast...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 14:03

... creation of Adam to the end of time, from the simple form of the letter M (the initial of Mary) to the prodigious construction of angelic hierarchies.7 The Annunciation was for them neither a ‘‘theme’’ ... of the Vasarian thesis, emergences from the moment of antithesis: the Kantian tone adopted by the history of art (88) Where Erwin Panofsky develops the moment of antithesis and critique How the ... analysis of the contamination of motifs (amalgamated into networks) There where Panofsky kneaded together the modesty of the humanist scholar and the conquest of knowledge, Warburg made the effacement...

Ngày tải lên: 18/03/2014, 09:15

... and the others reach this point when they throw down their enslavement to pursue a more promising and fulfilling future Reaching a crossroads in their lives, they chose to pursue humanity, the ... were replicants In other words, even in her defeat, she brilliantly fits Tyrell's “more human than human” slogan Rachel is the end stage, the equilibrium stage, of the evolution of ‘human' technology ... lives shows that he well understands the richness of life He relishes every moment of his life, and he makes tactful commentaries relating them to the irony of his present situation “ It's not...

Ngày tải lên: 21/03/2014, 22:52

... with the d i f f e r e n t types of time a d v e r b i a l s In ( ) and (14) the time of event precedes the time denoted by resp "nu" and "morgen"; hence, the aspectual value of the VTT in these ... between two t i m e - p o i n t s , on the one hand the time of the s t a t e r e s u l t i n g from a p r i o r s i t u a t i o n , and on the other the time of t h a t p r i o r situation.' (ibid., ... (I) Each time meaning r e p r e s e n t a t i o n contains e x a c t l y three time i n t e r v a l s : - the time of speech or n a r r a t i o n (S) - the time of event (E), i e the i n t...

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 05:21

... which cannot exist in the absence of the arrow of time of thermodynamics They call this the personal experience (in contrast with the scienti c experience) of the direction of time How to unite those ... people experience There are several other arrows of time Each of these arrows describes a process or class of processes always evolving in the same direction of time The direction of time in which ... as black holes, grand uni ed theories and the wave function of the universe, will be part of the discussion The central questions will be how to explain the low entropy of the universe and the...

Ngày tải lên: 24/04/2014, 17:14

... used to assess the proposed model A review of the literature and discussion of the study hypotheses follow in the next section A discussion of the methodology employed in the study is then presented ... 10.1080/09537280701243926 The impact of timely information on organisational performance in a supply chain incorporates discussions of the contributions of the study, limitations of the study, suggestions ... subsequent testing for the bias relieved the concern, collection of the strategy and performance data from separate sources would also have strengthened the study Of the scales used, only the organisational...

Ngày tải lên: 28/05/2014, 20:34

... corresponds to the base of the trunk in our tree model and to the instant of the Big Bang, perhaps, in reality 12 The Labyrinth of Time Fig 1.1 Branch points in the passage of time Two Concepts of Time ... between them, in the corresponding frame of reference, will simply be the square root of the sum of the squares of these differences Thus, if the differences between the x, y, and z coordinates of these ... constantly alters the degree of futurity or pastness of members of the series of clock times But more substantially, in the opinion of most advocates of the tensed view, it has the effect of constantly...

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 10:29

... contribution of agency in the formation of new kinds of social solidarities insofar as the claim to objectivity of its diagnosis of the contemporary “conjuncture” extends to prognosticating the future of ... number of persons are bound together, whether by the facts of their existing needs or their interpretations of their own interests, into definite relations The status of mutual relationships of interdependence ... reconstruction of Durkheim’s position in the second volume of the Theory of Communicative Action, the latter’s gradual abandonment of the idea that the normativity of modern solidarity arises from the processes...

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 13:21

... began, or time of onset, may determine the level of adaptation that the individual is experiencing at the point in time that the health state is occurring, with greater time since onset often indicating ... incorporate the duration of each phase of an illness into a calculation that results in the overall value of the course of disease, including changes in severity and quality of life over time A specific ... emotional elements associated with the passage of time, including hope, despair, and inference of prognosis In all, the time of onset of an illness or condition may affect the utility assigned to a particular...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... primary purpose of which was to study the behaviour of piles enhanced by jet-grouting The aim of the tests on the plain driven piles listed in Table was to investigate (a) the rate of capacity gain ... for the operational soil parameters led to good matches for the ultimate capacities and the rst two thirds of the loading curves, provided account was taken of the probable effects of age on the ... from the IAC towards the EOID capacity The potential losses of capacity become more marked with time over the rst months of the piles life ( f ) Pre-failed piles follow non-monotonic capacitytime...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2015, 10:38

... 4.1 The time and income poverty of households The first finding relates to the incidence of household poverty The size of the hidden poor—namely, those households with incomes above the official ... facing the result of a housework time- bind This is true double deprivation of time and income of almost none of the nonemployed men poverty were concentrated in the lowest two quintiles of the earnings ... evaluation must to the official numbers the “hidden take place of whether their time deficit is poor,” those with incomes higher than poverty-inducing This requires, first, the the official poverty...

Ngày tải lên: 23/09/2015, 08:53

... unit, the number of earners in the household, and the level of education of the household head The results of the estimation are used to predict the presence of the household in the poverty band ... Accounting for time deficits requires the modification of the official threshold (equation (4) The modification consists of adding the monetized value of household time deficit, net of the cost of purchased ... reflection of the much greater incidence of time poverty among the former group compared to the latter The time- poor (the sum of “officially poor,” time poor” and “hidden poor”) made up 88 percent of...

Ngày tải lên: 23/09/2015, 08:53

... how the geometry of the very early universe might indeed account for the origin of the arrow of time 2.4 Other arrows of time In the literature, a few other apparently independent arrows of time ... explanation for the origin of the arrow of time i Author’s Contribution This thesis is organized so as to provide a comprehensive comparison of the two theories on the origin of the arrow of time - Carroll ... never ends The idea of eternal inflation is central to Carroll and Chen’s theory on the origin of the arrow of time I conclude this section by explaining why the origin of the arrow of time cannot...

Ngày tải lên: 26/09/2015, 10:51