T h i s paper i s i n t e n d e d t o d raw a t t e n t i o n t o a l i t e r a t u r e i n P h i l o s o p h y t h a t w o u l d b e o f g r e a t use and i n t e r e s t t o r e s e a r c h e r s a t t e m p t i n g t o s i m u l a t e n o n d e d u c t i v e r e a s o n i n g . Two m o d e l s o f such r e a s o n i n g a r e d i s c u s s e d , and t h e k e r n e l r o l e o f t h e c o n ...

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T h e f ema le f i g u r e r i s ing , m o v i n g f o r w a r d , a n d a l w a y s r e a c h i n g o u t arouses a n x i e t y i n any v i e w e r , w h i c h p r o d u c e s a great c o n t r a d i c t i o n t o the w a r m t h o f the s k i n tones . In a l e p r o s y l i k e series, l .ennebacke r has s a n d w i c h e d t h e h u m a n f o r m against j u n k a n d has c rea ted a b i / ...

Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 9 0 ( 5 ) : 655-663 (1997) ABSTRACT T h e p a t t e r n s o f h y d r o c a r b o n s y n t h e s i s a n d t r a n s p o r t t o t h e e p i c u t i c l e w e r e e x a m i n e d i n m a l e s a n d f e m a l e s o f t h e G e r m a n c o c k r o a c h , Blattella germanica ( L . ) , d u r i n g t h e l a s t n y m p h a l s t a d i u m . M e t h o d s u s e d t o e x t ...

T h e p a p e r i s a i m e d a t e x a m i n i n g t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p b e t w e e n t h e t h r e e t o p i c s o f t h e w o r k s h o p s t h a t g a v e r i s e t o t h i s b o o k : s e c u r i t y , f a u l t t o l e r a n c e , a n d s o f t w a r e a s s u r a n c e . T h o s e t h r e e t o p i c s c a n b e v i e w e d a s d i f f e r e n t f a c e t s o f d e p e n d a b i...

in this study two intelligent systems, based on adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference systems (anfis) and artificial neural networks (anns) of forecasting municipal solid wastes (msw) generation has been proposed. anfis and anns as an intelligent tool compared with together was used to monthly prediction of msw generated in tehran. monthly amount of solid wastes (sw), total monthly precipitation, mont...

background: the up-regulation of galectin-3, galectin-9, and galectin-15 expression in the luminal and glandular epithelium was reported in preparation of the endometrium for embryo implantation at the midlutheal phase. however, no data was available regarding the expression and the distribution pattern of galectin-8 in the human endometrium during a regular menstrual cycle. objective: the curr...

This paper considers the problem of comparing real incomes across countries. The available methods are reviewed and their performance is compared using the raw data underlying the Penn World Table. We propose and implement a test of the "Gerschenkron Effect": the downward bias in a country's measured real income when its own prices are used as weights. The test confirms that this Effect obtains...

The A n n u a l i z e d A g r i c u l t u r a l Nonpoin t S o u r c e (ANN-AGNPS) model i s a d i s t r i b u t e d p a r a m e t e r , c o n t i n u o u s s i m u l a t i o n model d e v e l o p e d t o s i m u l a t e t h e b e h a v i o r of w a t e r s h e d or c a t c h m e n t s t h a t have a g r i c u l t u r e as t h e i r p r i m a r y l a n d u s e . I t i s b a s e d on t h e p r e ...