Adams and Kaye reply

Vowel sets: a reply to Kaye

In my paper, I pointed out that the definition of fusion given in Kaye, Lowenstamm & Vergnaud (1985) (henceforth KLV-85) did not say what happens when a derived category A • B acts as an operator. I considered each of the four logical possibilities in turn. One of my claims was that the set of segments defined by Charm theory is too small to be realistic, but I generously allowed KLV-85 the opt...

MOLLIE MACGREGOR and KAYE STACEY

Research studies have found that the majority of students up to age 15 seem unable to interpret algebraic letters as generalised numbers or even as specific unknowns. Instead, they ignore the letters, replace them with numerical values, or regard them as shorthand names. The principal explanation given in the literature has been a general link to levels of cognitive development. In this paper w...

Leaping shampoo and the stable Kaye effect

Shear-thinning fluids exhibit surprisingly rich behaviour. One example is the Kaye effect which occurs when a thin stream of a solution of polyisobutylene in decalin is poured into a dish of the fluid. As pouring proceeds, a small stream of liquid occasionally leaps upward from the heap. This surprising effect, which lasts only a second or so, is named after its first observer, Kaye, who could ...

Adams Oliver Syndrome and Congenital Deafness

Admas-Oliver syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant disease of congenital development defects association with aplasia cutis. All of 81 reported cases were of 32 group families. These two cases had congenital scalp cutis aplasia with developmental defect and hypoplasia of left foot digits in case 1.Congenital deaf-mute in both can added to the past known findings in this syndrome. Thoracic defor...

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