The fabrication methods of the microelectronics industry have been refined to produce ever smaller devices, but will soon reach their fundamental limits. A promising alternative route to even smaller functional systems with nanometre dimensions is the autonomous ordering and assembly of atoms and molecules on atomically well-defined surfaces. This approach combines ease of fabrication with exqu...

HEN ASKED IN 1942 to find a method for the determination of plasma or serum uric acid suitable for inclusion in the War Department’s Technical Manual 8-227, Method,s for Laboratory Technicians, the author believed that the procedure of Kern and Stransky (1) filled the requirements admirably. In this modification, toxic and heat-labile sodium cyanide solution wa replaced by the effective but non...

Diese Zusammenfassung meiner Doktorarbeit (Mik02) beschäftigt sich mit statistischer Lerntheorie und statistischen Lernmaschinen. Eine statistische Lernmaschine versucht aus gegebenen Beispielen eine Regel zu inferieren mit der man in der Lage ist auf ungesehenen Beispielen korrekte Vorhersagen zu machen. Diese Vorhersagen sind reellwertig (Regression) oder diskret (Klassifikation). Wir betrach...

The summer abundance of Culex tarsalis in Kern County, California, during 1990-98 was related quantitatively to rainfall, snow depth and water content, and runoff of the Kern River. Total monthly rain that fell during winter, lagged by 4-6 months, explained only 13% of the variability in the number of host-seeking females collected per trap night per month during summer. In contrast, regression...