There has been substantial recent interest in determining why there is cooperation in public goods experiments even in environments that provide all subjects with the incentive to free ride (see e.g., John O. Ledyard, 1995). Theories used to explain such cooperation generally posit either that subjects are “confused” in the sense that they make errors or do not understand the game’s incentives,...

The notions of para-disciplinary languages and functional language (cf. Hoffman 1984 and Halliday/Martin 1993) are explored with reference to those situations where communication is required to ensure safety and the prevention of hazards. We seek to demonstrate that, in certain scenarios, terminological practice gains a safety-critical edge. Our approach begins with a description of the place o...

Objective: Efficiency of traditional and algorithmic diagnostics comparison; Differential Diagnostic Algorithm creation for effective X-ray differential diagnostics of diseases accompanied with local opacity. Methods: Comparative evaluation of X-ray traditional and algorithmic diagnostics has been performed by principle of other equal conditions. The first stage of independent diagnostics has r...