Possibilities for installation oflarge scale magnetic ~vices for energy production have stimulated inquiries Blo the biological effects of magnetic fields [1,2]. 'ecently magnetic fields have been reported by .. eking et al. [3] to influence the force developed ring contraction of isolated frog sartorius muscle. ey observed that in homogeneous magnetic fields to 5 T, the amplitude of isometric ...

In this paper, I respond to the following argument which several authors have presented. If we are culpable for some action, we act either from akrasia or from culpable ignorance. However, akrasia is highly exceptional and it turns out that tracing culpable ignorance leads to a vicious regress. Hence, we are hardly ever culpable for our actions. I argue that the argument fails. Cases of akrasia...

Purpose I will discuss the prospect of pharmaceutically enhancing human morality and decision making in such a way as to eliminate morally unjustifiable choices and promote desirable ones. Background Our species in the relatively short period since it has emerged has enormously advanced in knowledge, science, and technical progress. When it comes to moral development, the distance it has cove...

The designs of applications for multilevel systems cannot merely duplicate those of the untrusted world When applications are built on a high assurance base they will be constrained by the underlying policy en forcement mechanism Consideration must be given to the creation and management of multilevel data struc tures by untrusted subjects Applications should be de signed to rely upon the TCB s...

More than 35 million deaths per year—60 percent of all global deaths—are attributed to NCDs, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, and chronic lung diseases.1 Approximately 80 percent of these deaths are recorded in low to middle income countries; over the next decade, some of these coun­ tries will experience an increase in NCDs that is measurably higher than the anti...

The future distribute dsystems will be very heteroge ne ous They will consist of end computing systems with widely varying capabilities inter connected by networks which o er very di erent services Delivering data with a guarante edlevel of servic e is a real problem that re quir es both support at the network level integrated ser vices networks and a QoS Quality of Servic e man agement envir o...

Jonathan Caulkins, Ph.D., Heinz School of Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University (and RAND Drug Policy Research Center), specializes in systems analysis of social policy problems, with a focus on issues pertaining to drugs, crime, and violence. He received a B.S. and M.S. in Systems Science from Washington University, an S.M. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Ph.D. in Oper...

Isn’t it an artificial, sterilized, didactically pruned world, a mere sham world in which you cravenly vegetate, a world without vices, without passions without hunger, without sap and salt, a world without family, without mothers, without children, almost without women? The instinctual life is tamed by meditation. For generations you have left to others dangerous, daring, and responsible thing...

eHealth is becoming an increasingly noteworthy domain in terms of public sector exploitation of information and communications technologies. Appro-priately identifying the users of electronic health systems is a major contem-porary challenge. The appropriate identification of eHealth systems’ and ser-vices’ users is one of its core areas of concern. This paper develops a particular problem stat...

Isn’t it an artificial, sterilized, didactically pruned world, a mere sham world in which you cravenly vegetate, a world without vices, without passions without hunger, without sap and salt, a world without family, without mothers, without children, almost without women? The instinctual life is tamed by meditation. For generations you have left to others dangerous, daring, and responsible thing...