Scientific progress, at its core, is about constant change. Progress is brought about by introducing new findings where there were none, altering previously established knowledge, and in some cases, deconstructing prior knowledge to replace it with new findings. This process happens, generally, through scientific publications; in journals, at conferences, at workshops, in articles. Thus it is p...

This paper uses Markov-switching specifications to create a hybrid model with time-varying loading on each of chartist and fundamentalist approaches. The empirical data include the U.S. dollar exchange rates of four Asian tiger countries’ currencies including NTD, SGD, HKD and KOW from 1980 to 2000. Our empirical findings are consistent with the following notions. First, the forecasting perform...

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A new species is described, Lithocarpus orbicarpus Strijk, collected from Ton Pariwat Wildlife Sanctuary, Mueang district, Phang Nga Province in the Peninsular Floristic Region of Thailand. We provide the first technical illustrations and colour photographs of the new species, as well as a description of its conservation status and the collecting locality. The species can be easily distinguishe...

Development Progress is an ODI project that aims to measure, understand and communicate where and how progress has been made in development. ODI is the UK's leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. Further ODI materials are available at odi.org.uk • Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) have a direct impact on the achievement of the Millennium Developmen...

for dissemination): This document describe the first version of the reasoning engine used in the BOEMIE project. Introducing representation and reasoning techniques relevant for the research issues and application issues of the BOEMIE project, the report also provide an overview about the state-of-the-art in reasoning technology based on description logics and related fields. This document may ...

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We measure the ability of human observers to predict the next datum in a sequence that is generated by a simple statistical process undergoing change at random points in time. Accurate performance in this task requires the identification of changepoints. We assess individual differences between observers both empirically, and using two kinds of models: a Bayesian approach for change detection a...

There are no meetings scheduled for the week of August 23, 2004. There are no meetings scheduled for the week of August 30, 2004. 9:30 a.m. Discussion of Office of Investigations (OI) Programs and Investigations (Closed—Ex.7). 2 p.m. Discussion of Intragovernmental Issues (Closed—Ex. 1 & 9). *The schedule for Commission meetings is subject to change on short notice. To verify the status of meet...