Measuring originality in science

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Digital Originality

This Article examines the doctrine of originality in U.S. copyright law and proposes a reconfigured, three-part test that can better analyze issues of first impression involving works created with new digital technologies. The proposed test, encapsulated by the concept of digital originality, provides much needed guidance to courts to address the increasing complexities of digital creations in ...

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Low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes can be applied to many different types of communication systems such as video broadcasting and satellite communications. However, the performance of the codes in practice may deviate a lot from the theoretical limits, achievable only by codes with infinite length. In this thesis, we will conduct a detailed investigation on the performance of short-length LD...

Measuring Interest in Science: The Science Curiosity Scale

In the current study, we present the methods for creating and validating a science curiosity scale. We find that the scale presented here is unidimensional and highly reliable. Moreover, it predicts engagement with a science documentary clip more accurately than do measures of science intelligence or education. Although more steps are needed, this provides initial evidence for the utility of ou...

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OF THESIS ENTITLED ‘NEUROPROTECTIVE EFFECT BY Z-LIGUSTILIDE EXTRACTED FROM RADIX ANGELICA SINENSIS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA ’ Submitted by JUNRONG DU For the degree of Doctor of Philosophy At the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in January 2006