As was the case for the previously discovered transuranium elements, element 97 was first produced via a nuclear bombardment reaction. In December 1949 ion‐exchange separation of the products formed by the bombardment of Am with accelerated alpha particles provided a new electron‐capture activity eluting just ahead of curium (Thompson et al., 1950a,b). This activity was assigned to an isotope (...

We consider the following simple game: We are given a table with ten slots indexed one to ten. In each of the ten rounds of the game, three dice are rolled and the numbers are added. We then put this number into any free slot. For each slot, we multiply the slot index with the number in this slot, and add up the products. The goal of the game is to maximize this score. In more detail, we play t...

Though we may be competent at using many technologies, most of what we think we know about technology in general is false. Our error stems from the everyday conception of things as separate from each other and from us. In reality technologies belong to an interconnected network the nodes of which cannot exist independently qua technologies. What is more we tend to see technologies as quasi-natu...

Having achieved his clinical goals, Aiz Baig did an MBA. He is currently senior product marketing manager with Eickemeyer Veterinary Equipment, helping vets and nurses improve clinical outcomes.

We review the past ten years in computational complexity theory by focusing on ten theorems that the author enjoyed the most. We use each of the theorems as a springboard to discuss work done in various areas of complexity theory.

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That tired Ten-Percent claim pops up all the time. Last year, national magazine ads for U.S. Satellite Broadcasting showed a drawing of a brain. Under it was the caption, "You only use 11 percent of its potential." Well, they're a little closer than the ten-percent figure, but still off by about 89 percent. In July 1998, ABC television ran promotional spots for "The Secret Lives of Men," one of...

Prolog is presented in a rigourous way, through 10 easi ly understandable f i gu res . I t s theoret ica l model is completly rewrought. After introducing i n f i n i t e trees and i nequa l i t i es , t h i s paper puts fo r th the minimal set of concepts necessary to give Prolog an autonomous existence, independent of lengthy considerations about f i r s t order logic and inference ru les . M...

1. Can We Cure AIDS? This is an intense area of investigation at the current time with much focus on the activation of latently infected cells within reservoirs by such agents as histone deacetylase inhibitors. However, there is concern about some of these approaches due to considerations of possible long-term toxicities involving the activating agents as well as questions about whether it will...