[1] Simulated aerosol fields from a coupled aerosol/atmospheric circulation model that includes prediction of both sulfate aerosol size and number are evaluated. Sensitivity tests are used to evaluate uncertainties due to the inclusion of primary emitted particulate sulfate as a means of representing nucleation of particles in subgrid-scale plumes, the use of two boundary layer aerosol nucleati...

In Boer et al. (viz. [9]) we argued that evaluation of draft legislation, change from an old to a new regime, harmonization of legislation from multiple jurisdictions, and the decision to move a good, person, or service over the borders of a jurisdiction, involves a process of integration and comparison of preference structures. This paper argues that legal norms are in many contexts best under...

translation of any type of technical and specialized texts inevitably faces with specific terminological challenges, most of which can be solved through documented searches or consulting the related experts. but legal translation deals with greater and more serious difficulties, because such kind of translations has legal consequences like a contractual relation which entails moral or financial...

Medical tourism is a term referring to the people traveling to other countries to obtain medical care. Like any other rapid growing indus­try, medical tourism has prompted ethical and legal issues. These issues are mainly pertained to malpractice and consumer protection. Beside these, risk management, foreign hospital liabilities, international ad­vocacy, facility ownership, intellectual proper...

This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of numerical dispersion of the recently developed unconditionally stable three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method where the alternatingdirection-implicit technique is applied. The dispersion relation is derived analytically and the effects of spatial and temporal steps on the numerical dispersion are investigated. It is found tha...

Whereas in all existing systems, legal reasoning is rule-based, over time legal rules have been amended by exceptions and counter-exceptions. Therefore, legal rules are not strict, but defeasible. We report on an approach of using Defeasible Logic Programming (DeLP) for the development of the LiZ system, a knowledge-based decision support system for private law. A knowledge base containing lega...

Academic research is increasingly cross-disciplinary and collaborative around the globe and within institutions. In this context, what is the role and relevance of the campus? I examine the scholarly output and collaboration patterns of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as they pertain to its interrelated organizational structures, including institutional affiliation and spatial configu...

Considerable academic effort is being expended in considering how to regulate various activities on the internet, particularly those as relate to obscene material, breaches of privacy and challenges to intellectual property rights. Post and Johnson (1997) offer the following solution which is typical; 'We believe that the most obvious answer to this question -existing territorial sovereigns -ma...