... about themselves and their society; h o w they voted andthe nature of their politics; h o w businesses operated and treated their workers; and h o w the American economy was con nected with the ... and President Nixon's resignation; the sexual revolution; the invention ofthe computer chip; R o n a l d Reagan's election in 1980; the end ofthe Cold War; the creation ofthe Inter net; the ... in the endless abundance of resources, convictions so deeply rooted in the * The Bureau ofthe Budget is now the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 16 The Lost History American character and...
... the U.S.) Such was the weight ofthe NSFNET program’s COMMUNICATIONS OFTHE ACM February 1997/Vol 40, No 105 ecumenism and funding ($200 million, 1986–1995) andthe quality ofthe protocols themselves ... specifications ofthe protocols The beginnings ofthe ARPANET andthe Internet in the university research community promoted the academic tradition of open publication of ideas and results However, the normal ... ofthe Internet program at DARPA, he and Clark recognized that the continuing growth ofthe Internet community demanded a restructuring ofthe coordination mechanisms The ICCB was disbanded and...
... Table of Contents The Past, Present, andFutureof JavaScript Thepast Standardization Historic JavaScript milestones The present Thefuture Evolving the ... in 2005 With the introduction ofthe iPhone in 2007, it became the foundation ofthe mobile web WebKit is now the main engine for Android andthe only engine for iOS, and dominates the mobile market ... trademarks of O’Reilly Media, Inc The Past, Present, andFutureof JavaScript and related trade dress are trademarks of O’Reilly Media, Inc Many ofthe designations used by manufacturers and sellers...
... emptily down on the flowers and science pilgrims alike One of them was crucial in founding the science of stratigraphic geology and extinction In one ofthe halls near the edge ofthe park there is ... loudest dissent and opposition came To the others in the fossil fields, however, the evidence that there had been these die-offs in thepast seemed overwhelming But what were the causes of these events? ... (volume) of them seemed to closely correspond in age to the times of each ofthe great mass extinctions ofthe last 500 million years The largest flood basalt of all, named the Siberian Traps (and they...
... the catalytic activity andthe oxidation state ofthe catalyst, the nature ofthe support, the metal-support interaction, andthe morphology ofthe catalyst particles [389,403–417] However, the ... (2012) 2–27 Fig Scheme ofthe effect ofthe adsorption rate of reactants on the reactivity, depending on the polarity ofthe reactants versus that ofthe zeolite [63,64] ofthe catalyst, as already ... processes Finally, there is a need for theoretical studies in this new field, assisting the design of MOFs and providing insight into the interaction ofthe substrates and MOFs Clarifying the reaction...
... Present, andFutureofthe Concept by A Ostenwalder, Y Pigneur, and C.L Tucci 1990s This surge coincidences with the advent ofthe Internet in the business world andthe steep rise ofthe NASDAQ ... applications andthe right IT/IS structures Mutual Understanding of IT/IS and Business The social dimension of linkage between business and IS is defined as the level of mutual understanding ofand commitment ... business logic of a specific firm It is a description ofthe value a company offers to one or several segments of customers andofthe architecture ofthe firm and its network of partners for...
... Assault Hoseline, andthe Tactical Water Delivery System The chapter then moves on to an analysis ofthe ability of these various systems to meet the set offuture requirements Inland Petroleum Distribution ... operation for the duration ofthe mission, andthe lines required high maintenance andthe constant supervision of an engineer unit that was in support ofthe fuel mission.9 In summary, the HRS proved ... ofthe NEO and HA scenarios The effect would be to further reduce the potential size of a future tactical pipeline requirement Taking this thought one step further, and considering the success the...
... Einstein’s general theory of relativity knits together these fundamental properties ofthe universe and describes how they affect the motion of matter andthe propagation of light, thereby offering predictions ... prevalence of dark matter andthe importance of hot intergalactic gas In 2000 he won the U.S National Medal of Science Steinhardt was one ofthe originators ofthe theory of inflation andthe concept of ... astronomical observations— ofthe age ofthe universe, the den- www.sciam.com THE ONCE ANDFUTURE COSMOS COPYRIGHT 2002 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, INC 33 sity of matter andthe nature of cosmic structures—...
... beyond the null in the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect at 220 GHz, and achieve the spectral separation ofthe thermal and kinematic effects The measurement ofthe radial peculiar velocity of a ... e a m ofthe OVRO telescope andthe 0.5-arcmin resolution limit ofthe Ryle data Even with the small (13-m diameter) antennas andthe most compact configuration ofthe Ryle telescope, the effect ... bands A suitable choice of differencing between elements ofthe array reproduces many ofthe sky-noise subtraction properties of radiometric observing, andthe multiband capability holds out the...
... primary object of study, exchange, and archiving PF: As with any archiving project, one needs to con sider the cost of storage relative to the potential future reuse In the course ofthe 1000 Genomes ... being deleted RK: If there is a good chance that the data are going to be used by others, then yes, there is a good case for storing them Just storing the raw data for the sake of it, however, is ... MG: Due to the huge size ofthe files, uploading and downloading data from a central repository is not easy The model of a central archive may need to be revisited and we may see in thefuture an...
... the confined space ofthe pores will be characterized by the geometry ofthe environment ofthe active site (ED and ER ) and by the chemical composition ofthe environment (EP and EN ) Derouane ... shortening ofthe fluorescent lifetimes, the observation of vibronic couplings, the appearance of room-temperature phosphorescence, andthe shift ofthe Raman peaks to lower vibration energy due to the ... take advantage ofthe properties of zeolites in base catalysis In the case of zeolites the basic sites are of Lewis type and correspond to framework oxygens, andthe basicity of a given oxygen...
... Image courtesy of NOAA Recent observations: Land surface temperature Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis Working Group I Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report ofthe Intergovernmental ... see the photo on http://www.raleighite.com/2013/hs-76 -the- tour-guide 13 Climate and CO2 over the last 400 Myr Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis Working Group I Contribution to the ... Temperature During the PaleoceneEocene Thermal Maximum Science, 302(5650), 1551–1554 doi:10.1126/science.1090110 Zachos, J C (2005) Rapid Acidification ofthe Ocean During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum...
... relative importance ofthe various kinds of data written to disk, both in terms of how much ofthe live blocks they occupy on disk and in terms of how much ofthe data written to the log they represent ... delay the cleaning a while and let more ofthe blocks die in the current segment The value of a segment’s free space is based on the stability ofthe data in the segment Unfortunately, the stability ... writes, then reads the file back sequentially, then writes 100 Mbytes randomly to the existing file, then reads 100 Mbytes randomly from the file, and finally reads the file sequentially again The bandwidth...
... very specialized audience State -of -the- art researchers need this kind of detailed mathematics to understand the theoretical implications ofthe work A basic premise of this book is that most practical ... word in the incoming audio signal is isolated and then analyzed to identify the type of excitation and resonate frequencies These parameters are then compared with previous examples of spoken ... away at the speed of light Aircraft in the path of this wave will reflect a small portion ofthe energy back toward a receiving antenna, situated near the transmission site The distance to the object...
... clinical and health psychologyand psychiatry AR I E L ST R AV Y N S K I is Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Department ofPsychology at the University of Montreal Fearing Others The Nature and ... patterns Whether these are activated depends on the social demands placed on the individual by the way of life of their community These determine the situational contexts evocative ofthe social ... see the rise ofpsychologyandthe application of its psychometric methods to the study of social phobia The first scale for the measurement of social anxiety À the psychological construct at the...
... referral) may depend on the nature ofthe condition, whether the referral is for reasons of diagnosis and/ or treatment, the preference ofthe provider, andthe relationship between the providers Medical ... situation, that the point of referral may depend on the familiarity or relationship between the providers, and that the nature ofthe referral (e.g., amount and type of information accompanying the referral) ... group composed of both chiropractic and medical professionals The goals ofthe focus group were to explore the attitudes and experiences of medical and chiropractic clinicians regarding their patients...
... criteria of good tests and theoretical ideas on test reliability and validity as well as achievement tests Chapter 3- The study is the main part ofthe thesis showing the context ofthe study andthe ... assessment ofthe test reliability and validity These conclusions are as follows: The test with chosen items is compatible with the aims ofthe courses andthe objectives ofthe syllabus andthe test ... kind of software in a server Before the examinations, the person who is in charge of preparing the tests will use the software to mix the test items in the item bank and print out the tests All the...