Strawson’s well-known dictum identifies a classic example of what I call “linguistification.” Although I don’t think he was quite right, I do think he was on to something.1 I’ve noticed numerous cases in which philosophers have attributed to linguistic expressions properties that are actually characteristic of people in using these expressions. Language itself can be misleading in this regard. ...

23 Experiments were conducted in North and South America during 2012-2013 to 24 evaluate the use of lure combinations of sex pheromones (PH), host plant volatiles 25 (HPV), and food baits in traps to capture the oriental fruit moth, Grapholita molesta 26 (Busck) and codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.) in pome and stone fruit orchards 27 treated with sex pheromones. The combination of the sex phe...

In continuing investigations of brown tree snake, Boiga irregularis, attraction to carrion odor, we hypothesized that the attractiveness of live or dead and visually apparent or concealed lures varies seasonally. We determined that lure condition (live or dead mouse lures) and sensory cues (visually apparent or concealed lure) interact among wet and dry seasons. Concealed carrion lures were mor...

This document extends the Incident Object Description Exchange Format (IODEF) defined in RFC 5070 to support the reporting of phishing events, which is a particular type of fraud. These extensions are flexible enough to support information gleaned from activities throughout the entire electronic fraud cycle -from receipt of the phishing lure to the disablement of the collection site. Both simpl...

This document extends the Incident Object Description Exchange Format (IODEF) defined in RFC 5070 to support the reporting of phishing events, which is a particular type of fraud. These extensions are flexible enough to support information gleaned from activities throughout the entire electronic fraud cycle -from receipt of the phishing lure to the disablement of the collection site. Both simpl...

Among those claims that trivialize true sexual harassment is a type that the author has come to recognize as factitious (i.e., prompted by the lure of victim status). Women who file factitious sexual harassment cases usually voice their allegations in a very convincing manner and, in the presence of contradictory findings, present a diagnostic challenge. Forensic clinicians must be able to reco...