Congress Debates 1997 Appropriations

Incrementalism in Appropriations: Small Aggregation, Big Changes

U.S. federal budget dynamics, as a major attribute of the legislative and bureaucratic decision-making processes, increasingly calls into question the scholarly focus on incrementalism. What constitutes a “small” change is largely unspecifi ed in previous research that has also been unable to assess incrementalism across multiple levels of aggregation. Using a unique budgetary database, this ar...

Spatiotemporal Analysis of Prior Appropriations Water Calls

1st World Congress on Leishmaniasis-World Leish1. Istanbul, Turkey, May 5-9, 1997.

The leishmaniases are a widespread group of parasitic diseases, which pose serious health problems that still remain unsolved in the 1990’s. The parasite Leishmania, is responsible for a wide spectrum of morbidity, in over 12 million people. It is estimated that 350 million people are at risk, and that some 1.5-2 million people are infected annually. This parasite has proven to be an excellent ...

Fifth International Congress on Sound and Vibration December15-18, 1997 Adelaide, South Australia Delaylesssubbandecho Cancellation

Echo suppression is a vital part of every communications system. The use of hands-free communication in cars, computer applications and video conferencing have created further demands for high-quality acoustic echo cancellation. In these applications the acoustic channel has, typically, a long impulse response in the order of 100ms. Typical lengths of adaptive FIR-filters are 500-1500 taps, ass...

Ethical Debates on Synthetic Biology

Background: As an emerging interdisciplinary area of science with a multitude of potential facilities and applications, synthetic biology integrates different disciplines with one another ranging from basic science to engineering. This interdisciplinary branch therefore encompasses sciences that require specific development and ethical approaches. Materials and Methods: Science management princ...