Low Barometric Readings

High and low readings in indicative donkeys1

In this paper, we extend existing accounts of high and low readings in counterfactual donkey sentences (van Rooij 2006, Walker and Romero 2015) to indicative donkey sentences. First, we generalize the account to indicative donkey sentences featuring modals that employ ordering sources. Then, we turn to indicative donkey sentences with adverbs of quantification. We discuss the relationship betwe...

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“Baby Bollinger” (first name: Allen) was born to Anna and Allen Bollinger at the German-American Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. The seven-pound Baby Bollinger was diagnosed with multiple physical anomalies and became the first victim in a string of public infanticides of disabled babies committed by the head of staff at the hospital, Dr. Harry Haiselden. The doctor declared Baby Bollinger a “mo...

barometric pressure cycles

Barometric pressure changes can induce airflow in an open borehole or well screened in the vadose zone, thereby ventilating the soil surrounding the borehole. This paper presents an analytic model of the induced airflow and compares the predictions of the model with experimental measurements. This model may be useful for the design of passive soil vapor extraction as applied to the remediation ...

Low-Overhead Cooperative Detection of False Sensor Readings

A key problem for multi-robot teams is to correctly perceive features in their environment. When sensors of individual robots provide incorrect information, the team should not unnecessarily waste resources acting on the incorrect information. In this paper we propose a novel approach to cooperatively finding false sensor readings in domains such as rescue response. Our approach uses three key ...

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