We review the basics of functional programming, and give a brief introduction to emerging techniques and approaches relevant to building real-time software. In doing so we attempt to explain the relevance of functional programming concepts to the real-time applications domain. In particular, we address the use of types to classify properties of real-time computations. “If thought corrupts langu...

This paper explores the different yet complementary aspects of the panopticon and the panspectron using the case study of the Israeli controlled Palestinian territory, the Gaza Strip. Beginning with a brief theoretical discussion of the concept of panopticon and panspectron expanding on the existing literature, the paper moves on to discuss the implementation of panoptical and panspectral techn...

All animals are equal but some are more equal than others. Orwell's Animal Farm

In this paper we present an alternative version of the morphosyntactically annotated Serbian translation of 1984. This version follows the basic principles of MULTEXT-East version, except for one addition – the text will be annotated with multi-word units as well. We will present the resources used for annotation with multi-word units and explain how these resources were enriched with multi-wor...

`̀ The worst thing one can do with words,'' wrote George Orwell a half a century ago, ``is to surrender to them.'' If language is to be `̀ an instrument for expressing and not for concealing or preventing thought,'' he continued, one must `̀ let the meaning choose the word, and not the other way about.'' The argument of this article is that the social sciences and humanities have surrendered to th...

`̀ The worst thing one can do with words,'' wrote George Orwell a half a century ago, ``is to surrender to them.'' If language is to be `̀ an instrument for expressing and not for concealing or preventing thought,'' he continued, one must `̀ let the meaning choose the word, and not the other way about.'' The argument of this article is that the social sciences and humanities have surrendered to th...

Obesity treatment is finalized to increase physical and psychological health, by reducing body weight, but management of therapy should consider the baseline conditions. We tested the psychological profile of morbid obese patients seeking medical treatment, as a basis for developing more specific therapeutic protocols. 135 consecutive patients with a BMI>40 mg/kg admitted to an outpatient progr...

Abstract In 1984 and other writings, George Orwell explored the language of power language. As illustrations abuses he identified, this essay analyzes a pair famous constitutional opinions, Justice Brown's Plessy v. Ferguson Douglas’ Griswold Connecticut .