We investigate dominant-strategy auction mechanisms that, should a sufficiently informed coalition of players be present, exploit it so as to guarantee more efficiency and revenue than is otherwise possible. (Coming from a cryptographic tradition and prizing extreme settings, we refrain from relying on weaker notions of equilibrium; the availability of Bayesian information; any restrictions on ...

Short abstract In environmental ethics, the precautionary principle states that parties should refrain from actions in the face of scientific uncertainties about serious or irreversible harm to public health or the environment. A similar principle is lacking when judging effects of information technology. Such a principle would be helpful in guiding discussions, and that is why we try to develo...

There are errors in Figure 2 and its legend. In the figure, it appears that subjects had to move when the verb was printed in red and to refrain from moving when it was printed in green; however, as described in the text (see paragraph 1.4.2), it is the opposite. In the Figure 2 legend, panel A should correspond to the "Lexical task" and panel B to the "Color discrimination task.’’ The authors ...

QUESTION One of my breastfeeding patients is using marijuana to combat chronic pain. Is it safe for her to breastfeed? ANSWER Lactating mothers should refrain from consuming cannabinoids. Advising mothers to discontinue breastfeeding if they cannot stop using cannabinoids must incorporate the known risks of formula feeding. Cannabinoid exposure through milk has not been shown to increase neon...

The logical empiricists expressed a consistent attitude to racial categorisation in both the ethical and scientific spheres. Their attitude may be captured in the following slogan: human racial taxonomy is an empirically meaningful mode of classifying persons that we should refrain from deploying. I offer an interpretation of their position that would render coherent their remarks on race with ...

How should nations behave to prevent a nuclear first strike? How can incumbent firms prevent the entry of new competitors? The answer lies in the art of deterrence, which, if successful, encourages your opponent to refrain from the unwanted course of action in anticipation of your retaliatory response. Successful deterrence requires persuasion. Your opponent must believe that the costs suffered...

Health[1] Health[1]Depression [2]Psychiatry [3]Psychology [4]Young adults [5]Youth [6]Norway [7]Forskning.no [8] Survivors of the mass murder of young people at a summer camp by a Norwegian right-wing terrorist nearly three years ago can be reluctant to talk about their traumas, partly out of consideration for their families and friends. The ones who refrain from seeking social support experien...

A large vestibular aqueduct is one of the commonest radiological abnormalities of the inner ear. A case of acute profound unilateral sensorineural hearing loss and balance disturbance following minor head trauma in the presence of an abnormally enlarged vestibular aqueduct is described. The significance of a diagnosis of large vestibular aqueduct syndrome, in the presence of serviceable hearing...

The use of medical eponyms, which are medical terms named after people (e.g., Down’s syndrome), has frequently been a source of confusion for learners. Although the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the World Health Organization have encouraged the medical community to refrain from the use of possessive eponyms in order to reduce the misconception that the disease founders suffered fro...

As parallelism on di erent levels becomes ubiquitous in today's computers, it seems worthwhile to provide a review of the wealth of models for parallel computation that have evolved over the last decades. We refrain from a comprehensive survey and concentrate on models with some practical relevance, together with a perspective on models with potential future relevance. Besides presenting the mo...