Lise G. Heding, 1936–2008

Intelligent Tutorial System LISE

Development of information technology results in creation of more and more advanced teaching assisting systems. The authors of the article made an attempt to design and use the adaptative educational system based on the technologies: J2EE, JSF and XML. Unlike most hitherto solutions, the authors propose a three-tier architecture of the system and its improvement with additional functionalities.

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24 Why Do People Give ? LISE

The vast majority of Americans make charitable contributions. In 2000, 90 percent of U.S. households donated on average $1,623 to nonprofit organizations.1 Why do so many people choose to give their hard-earned income away? What motivates them to behave in this altruistic or seemingly altruistic manner? The objective of this chapter is to present a short summary of what economists have learned ...

Development of the program LISE: application to fusion–evaporation

A new fusion–evaporation model LisFus for fast calculation of fusion residue cross-sections has been developed in the framework of the code LISE. This model can calculate very small cross-sections quickly due to its compared to programs using the Monte-Carlo method. Such type of fast calculations is necessary to estimate fusion residue yields. Using this model the program LISE has now the possi...

2014 winners: Anne-Lise Gaffuri and Elizabeth Crowell.

Elizabeth Crowell was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and earned her bachelor’s degree in Indiana. Her interest in combatting cancer started with her first experience in research, at the Brown Cancer Center in Louisville, Kentucky. She participated in a project developing a vaccine against the human papillomavirus, which is responsible for virtually all cases of cervical cancer. Led by A. Ben...