Why mechanisms shouldn't be ignored--commentary on Nettle by Brown

Why non-determinism in middleware should not be ignored

Unfortunately, in the practical world of IT, the theoretical solution does not apply. Indeed the cost of resolving the difficulties raised by non-determinism rapidly become prohibitive as the number of ‘components’ which need to work together rises. This is particularly applicable to distributed systems connected by middleware, with major implications for project management, application maintai...

Why Hyperbolic Theories of Dissipation Cannot Be Ignored: Comments on a Paper by Kostädt and Liu

Contrary to what is asserted in a recent paper by Kostädt and Liu (“Causality and stability of the relativistic diffusion equation”) [1], experiments can tell apart (and in fact do) hyperbolic theories from parabolic theories of dissipation. It is stressed that the existence of a non–negligible relaxation time does not imply for the system to be out of the hydrodynamic regime. Also at UCV, Cara...

Why Philosophers Should Be Designers (commentary on Dennett for Bbs)

This is a short commentary on some aspects of D.C.Dennett’s book The Intentional Stance. The paper criticises the "intentional stance" as not providing real insight into the nature of intelligence because it ignores the question HOW behaviour is produced. The paper argues that only by taking the "design stance" can we understand the difference between intelligent and unintelligent ways of doing...

Commentary on Cristofaro - Cognitive Mechanisms Need to Be Operationalized

MRS Shimming: An Important Point Which Should not be Ignored

Introduction: Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is a well-known device for analyzing the biological fluids metabolically. Obtaining accurate and reliable information via MRS needs a homogeneous magnetic field in order to provide well-defined peaks and uniform water suppression. There are lots of reasons which can disturb the magnetic field homogeneity which can be corrected by a proc...