The smallest continent

Magnetotelluric Studies of Active Continent–Continent Collisions

Continent–continent collisions are an important tectonic process and have played a fundamental role in the evolution of the modern continents. A combination of geological and geophysical data has provided new constraints on the structure and temporal evolution of these orogens. Magnetotelluric (MT) studies have been an important part of these studies since they can constrain the fluid content a...

Selecting the Smallest Extreme Value Population with the Smallest Variance

The Generalized Smallest Grammar Problem The Generalized Smallest Grammar Problem

The Smallest Grammar Problem – the problem of finding the smallest context-free grammar that generates exactly one given sequence – has never been successfully applied to grammatical inference. We investigate the reasons and propose an extended formulation that seeks to minimize non-recursive grammars, instead of straight-line programs. In addition, we provide very efficient algorithms that app...

An Algorithm for Finding the Smallest Set of Smallest Rings

This paper describes an algorithm which finds the smallest set of smallest rings of a ring system without the necessity of finding all rings in the ring system. The algorithm first finds the smallest rings in which unused atoms occur and then progresses to find the smallest rings in which unused edges and faces occur until the smallest set of rings required to describe the complete ring system ...

The Conseal Continent Colostomy Appliance

The concept of a continent stoma is an attractive one. This has been achieved with varying success for ileostomies made with a Koch pouch but not for colostomies. Permanent ileostomies, and to a proportionally lesser extent colostomies also, are becoming increasingly rare following increased expertise in sphincter saving operations, mucosal proctectomy and the success of the Jand W-ileoanal pou...