Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) research and (future) applications raise important ethical issues that need to be addressed to promote societal acceptance and adequate policies. Here we report on a survey we conducted among 145 BCI researchers at the 4th International BCI conference, which took place in May-June 2010 in Asilomar, California. We assessed respondents' opinions about a number of to...

In response to our perceptions of the need to clarify the nature of school-based occupational therapy services at the local, state, and federal levels, we have written this article to address three areas. First, we suggest that the terminology used by school-based occupational therapists to describe their work be explained in terms that will allow parents and educators to better understand the ...

An attempt was made to develop sapota jam to assess its prospect in marketability. The fruits were collected from local market and the pulp was extracted in the laboratory. Then the pulp was analyzed monthly for proximate composition. The proximate analysis of sapota pulp showed moisture 70.07%, ascorbic acid 8.90 mg/100g, pH 5.10, TSS 19.4% and total sugar 16.07%. No special change of ingredie...

Introduction ................................................ 573 I. Wade's Seven Factors for Assessing Product Defects ... 578 A. W ade's Analysis ................................... 580 B. Reorganization of the Factors ...................... 580 C. Assessment of the First Six Factors ................ 581 D. The Producer as Insurer .......................... 584 II. Alternative Risk-Utility Me...

William Baumol1 has provided striking evidence indicating that private innovative activity has been divided by market forces between small firms and large, with each tending to specialize in a different part of the task.2 Even though the preponderance of private expenditure on research and development (R&D) is provided by the giant business enterprises, a critical share of the innovative breakt...

A new model on European options with uncertainty of both randomness and fuzziness in output is presented, by introducing fuzzy logic to the stochastic financial model. The randomness and fuzziness in the systems are evaluated by both probabilistic expectation and fuzzy expectation, taking account of seller s/buyer s subjective judgment. Prices of European call/put options with uncertainty are g...

To growers, stickiness means higher costs for insect control and reduced cotton marketability. To ginners, stickiness may mean special handling and processing requirements. At the textile mill, stickiness means reduced processing efficiency, lower yarn quality, and in severe cases total shut down. For everyone concerned, stickiness means reduced profitability. Stickiness occurs when excessive s...

Although E-Commerce has marketability as well as usefulness, there are few empirical research on consumer acceptance, explained by economic theory. This paper suggests that the consumer product acceptance is determined by the difference of transaction cost and some other factors, such as uncertainty and asset specificity. In addition, it suggests that the characteristics of digital products may...

We develop a model of monetary exchange in over-the-counter markets to study the effects of monetary policy on asset prices and standard measures of financial liquidity, such as bid-ask spreads, trade volume, and the incentives of dealers to supply immediacy, both by participating in the market-making activity and by holding asset inventories on their own account. The theory predicts that asset...