In an important paper, Amrita Dhillon [3] provided a multi-profile version of Harsanyi’s [5] single-profile theorem on utilitarianism. Like Harsanyi, she assumed that the social alternatives are lotteries. Individuals’ preferences satisfy the von Neumann-Morgenstern (vN-M) axioms, and have thus an expected utility representation. A social welfare function maps profiles of individuals’ preferenc...

The RNA modification database provides a comprehensive listing of posttranscriptionally modified nucleosides from RNA, and is maintained as an updated version of the initial printed report [Limbach,P.A., Crain,P.F. and McCloskey,J.A. (1994) Nucleic Acids Res. , 22, 2183-2196]. Information provided for each nucleoside includes: the type of RNA in which it occurs and phylogenetic distribution; co...

In 1962, under the title “Diabetes mellitus: A ‘thrifty’ genotype rendered detrimental by ‘progress’?,’’ I published the suggestion that the basic defect in diabetes mellitus was a quick insulin trigger.’ This was an asset to our tribal, hunter-gatherer ancestors with their intermittent, sometimes feast-or-famine alimentation, since it should have minimized renal loss of precious glucose. Curre...

In 1998, national health care expenditures reached $1.1 trillion, an increase of 5.6 percent from the previous year. This marked the fifth consecutive year of spending growth under 6 percent. Underlying the stability of the overall growth, major changes began taking place within the Nation's health care system. Public payers felt the initial effects of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA), and...

In a case of first impression in the state of New York, the highest state court decided that a prior written agreement between progenitors of frozen embryos regarding the disposition of their ?pre-zygotes? in the event of divorce is binding. By copying the general result arrived at by the Tennessee Supreme Court in Davis v. Davis in 1992, the New York court magnified the weight of authority in ...

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The problem of the paper focused on role learning organization in crisis management strategy, and extent actual interest both aimed at diagnosing analyzing that surrounding questions. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) program was used to calculate results correlation coefficient between two main variables. methodology descriptive analytical. case study followed by a questionnaire d...

This study examines the differences between audio conferencing and traditional face-to-face learning. We investigated whether the characteristics of audio conferencing – media richness (Media Richness Theory, Daft & Lengel, 1984), media naturalness (Media Naturalness Hypothesis, Kock, 2005) and visual anonymity-determine students' learning efficacy, perception, satisfaction, participation, and ...

An intelligent robot is a remarkably useful combination of a manipulator, sensors and controls. The use of these machines in factory automation can improve productivity, increase product quality and improve competitiveness. This paper presents a discussion of recent technical and economic trends. Technically, the machines are faster, cheaper, more repeatable, more reliable and safer. The knowle...