The present paper deals with the semantics of all, some and not in English and related languages. Since these semantics imply a logic, it also deals with the logic of quantification in natural language. To the extent that the linguistic findings are universally valid, the results are relevant to the study of human cognition in general. Since standard quantification theory (SQT) replaced Aristot...

In recent years an increasing number of state-based heritage protection schemes have asserted ownership over traditional medical knowledge (TMK) through various forms of cultural documentation such as archives, databases, texts, and inventories. Drawing on a close reading of cultural disputes over a single system of TMK—the classical South Asian medical tradition of Ayurveda—the paper traces so...

use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is increasing rapidly. The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies 65–80% of the world's health care services as 'tradi-tional medicine' (1). Therefore, from the viewpoint of the population ratio, more people use CAM than modern western medicine. Although much attention has been focused on CAM not only from physicians but also basic medical...

Introduction Traditional architectures which consist of a single processor, a small main memory, and secondary memory devices (e.g. disks), are gradually being replaced by multiprocessor multi-disk architec­ tures with a relatively large main m~mory. The processors either reside in the same site and communicate via the shared memory, or reside in different sites and communicate via a local netw...

Pain is undoubtedly unpleasant sensation that affects the life style of a large population around the world. Several therapeutic approaches are used for the effective management of pain including use of drugs and alternate measures. This special issue describes the various events in tradi-tional/alternative systems treatment for the management of painful condition. The article entitled " Laser ...

This paper describes the combination of previously-developed component placement and routing algorithms into an integrated computational approach to product layout optimization. Previ ous work introduced simulated annealing-based algorithms for optimal component packing (Szykman and Cagan, 1995), con strained layout (Szykman and Cagan, 1997), and routing (Szyk man and Cagan, 1996). These proble...

SUMMARY Firms frequently cooperate by exchar\ging valuable information informally. This paper presents empirical evidence on information trading in the U.S. specialty steel and steel mini-mill industry. Technical information is exchanged informally between firms, including direct competitors. Employees who trade information orient their trading decisions around the economic interests of their f...

A decade ago, sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 24% of the global disease burden but was served by only 4% of the global health workforce. The chronic shortage of medical doctors has led other health professionals especially nurses to perform the role of healthcare providers. These health workers have been variously named clinical officers, health officers, physician assistants, nurse practition...

Subsequent to World War II, a dramatic increase occurred in the utilizationof nonhuman primates in biomedical and psychological research and industry. Atthe same time field studies on the ecological and social behavior of naturalpopulations of primates also increased, making possible more realistic assessmentsof both the behavioral potentiality of primate populations and their c...

Understanding the risks inherent in using COTS software is important because information systems to day are being built from ever greater amounts of reused and pre packaged code Security analysis of complex software systems has always been a serious challenge with many open research issues Unfortunately COTS software serves only to complicate matters Often code that is acquired from a vendor is...