A t the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, just off the coast of Maine, a tidal power system built and operated by the Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) draws energy from currents created as 100 billion tons of water flow into and out of the bay. The system was the first commercial, grid-connected tidal power system in the United States, and ORPC expects to expand in the coming years to provide elec...

In this paper the concepts of manipulation as strategic voting (misrepresentation of true preferences) and strategic nomination (by adding, or removing alternatives) are investigated. The connection between Arrow’s and Gibbard-Satterthwaite theorems is discussed from the viewpoint of dilemma between dictatorship and manipulability.

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The International Association for Radiation Research established in 1985 the Henry S. Kaplan Distinguished Scientist Award. The award, which is presented every four years at the International Congress of Radiation Research, consists of a medal, a certificate and a cash prize. A plenary session is designated for the award ceremony, including a lecture by the awardee. Previous recipients of this ...

Prediction markets provide a rare setting, where results of mathematical probability theory can be related to events of real-world interest and where theory can be compared to data. The paper discusses two simple mathematical results—the halftime price principle and the serious candidates principle—and corresponding data from baseball and the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination race.

This article addresses the issue of representation German language status in legislative texts Federal Republic Germany absence category «state language». The research methodology is based on E. S. Kubryakova's understanding nominative aspect speech activity, who distinguishes two ways designating objects: both through nomination and predication. aim this paper to determine main functions lingu...