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... consider some of the questions often raised about the use of probability theory as an extension of logic “Subjective” vs “Objective” These words are abused so much in probability theory that ... decide whether either is logically deducible from the other, plus some unspecified “toolbox” of other propositions The question of logical deducibility of one proposition from a set of others arises ... limit is the limit of the projections (II) The limit of the projections is the projection of the limit These have the grammatical structures: “A is B” and “B is A,” and so they might appear logically

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... through the warren of narrow, medieval streets in the city’s center and began the construction of peripheral boulevards along the line of the tax wall of 1784 that once enclosed the city The new ... itself not the political and cultural center of a cosmopolitan empire of 54 million, but the capital of a republic of million, with one-third of those living in Vienna The capital of the small ... above their places of business and poorer persons occupied the upper floors of the same buildings The growth in the urban population within the old walls led to an increasingly dense pattern of

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... each course and then calculating the sum of the products This sum is then divided by the sum of the ECTS credits to give the GPA as shown in the formula below: ∑ ∑ The GPA for ... range of other evaluations during and after programs. The aim of these evaluations is to align the programs and services with the SSE vision and with student needs. For these reasons, it is of ... prior to the amendment The student is to be informed regardless of whether the amendment is to her/his benefit or detriment Review of a Course... within the frameworks of the Student

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... built up the body of knowledge known as the biological theory of the origin and evolution of life There is no currently acceptable alternative scientific theory to explain the phenomena The various ... WHEREAS the requirement that the theory of creation be included in textbooks as an alternative to evolutionary theory represents a constraint upon the freedom of the science teacher in the classroom, ... passed by the American Association for the Advancement of Science Commission on Science Education6 to the theory of creation, which is neither scientifically grounded nor capable of performing the

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... by the authors’ attitude toward contemporarychanges in the political economy of science The nature of and consequences of the profound transformations of the tion of science that began in the ... with the whole of science, fos-tering a lack of understanding of the efficient organization of systems of innovation,and our own current Age of Free Enterprise, when we see the true situation of ... contemporary social theory as it is an insistence on a set of factors indispensable for an understanding of the forces that drive thecurrent wave of commercialization of science The Genealogy of the American

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... focuses on the second and third stages in this brief summary of the development of biological theories Chapters and of this document provide further discussion of these points Review the “History ... simply beyond the parameters of science Many questions involving the meaning of life, ethics, and theology are examples of questions that science cannot answer Refer to the National Science Education ... and the Nature of Science inquiry and the nature of science This is also an opportunity for you to assess their current understanding of science Accept student answers and record key ideas on the

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... interested in the mathematics of logistics management We assume the reader is familiar with the basics of linear programming and probability theory and, in a number of sections, complexity theory and ... parts of the book It is also a pleasure to acknowledge the support provided by the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research and the Fund for the City of New York It is their ... support that made the development of some of the theory presented in the book possible Finally, thanks go to Mr Joel Abel of Waukegan, IL, for the figures and Ms Aimee Emery-Ortiz of Northwestern

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... articles, the agreement between the results is good Then, the paper will examine the free vibration frequency of plate depending on the change of the plate thickness ratio, the length of cracks, the ... thickness variation The cracks may appear in the plate at the manufacturing stage or in the process of exploitation and use The stiffness of the plate is then greatly reduced The theories of research ... and phase field theory In the phase field theory of fracture mechanics [9-12], the state of the material is represented by the field variable s, which is if there is a crack and if the material

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... AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE in terms of the statement of the requirements for the Theses in Master‟s program issued by the Higher Degree Committee This thesis has not been submitted for the ... for the degree of Master of Arts in TESOL, accept the requirements of the University relating to the retention and use of Master‟s theses deposited in the library In terms of these conditions, ... grateful to the lecturers and the staff of the faculty of English Linguistics and Literature of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, who respectively gave me valuable professional

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... AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE in terms of the statement of the requirements for the Theses in Master‟s program issued by the Higher Degree Committee This thesis has not been submitted for the ... for the degree of Master of Arts in TESOL, accept the requirements of the University relating to the retention and use of Master‟s theses deposited in the library In terms of these conditions, ... grateful to the lecturers and the staff of the faculty of English Linguistics and Literature of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, who respectively gave me valuable professional

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... International Relations, Political Theory and the Problem of Order At the turn of the millennium, and now after the fall of the Berlin wall, the best way to map the trajectories of contemporary international ... ignores the international dimension, and most of the core debate in IR is largely ignorant about the concerns of mainstream political theory In part the blame for this can be laid at the feet of the ... lamentable state of affairs head on In the context of a breathtaking survey of the main bodies of thought in the two areas, he argues that the growing alienation of political theory and IR has

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... pursue the common interests of the members. We consider two dominant and conflicting theories of group behavior. They are “the common interest theory” and “the economic theory” of group behavior. The ... out, the importance of these commitment mechanisms is illustrated by the fact that their breakdown foreshadowed the end of the community. Other means of bringing about collective behavior on the ... or the threat of violence. The Cold War was a tenuous truce founded to a sizable degree on the threat of a nuclear holocaust. The persistent violence in the streets of Northern Ireland during the

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... needs. For example: the Insured, the Uninsured, the Doctor, the Insurance Company, the Taxpayer, the Hospital, the Residents and Medical Stu- dents, the Medical Teachers, the Makers of Medical Parapher- nalia ... is the topic of this chapter. But first, let me recommend one more attitude: The science writer and the scientist are allies, sharing a commitment to science and the public understanding thereof—upon ... complex issue there is a fabulous book to be written. Go for it. The beauty of case studies is that they carry the reader along on the wings of story, to which you can append pods of explanation

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... Guaranteed, there must have been other ways to approach the issue, so what was the advan- tage of this one? The answers are always part of a larger pic- ture, about either the science or the research ... folks, too. The researcher will not mind. In fact, the better the scientific team, the more the leaders seem to want to credit the junior Research and the Interview 53 members—who are their future ... control group of 230 people. The group had to be that big because X. It was important that they all Y because Z.” The root of the matter is implicit in these mun- dane details, so knowing them will

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... inter- views, the machine took enough attention that my rapport with the other person suffered, plus I often lost track of the content. The problem is that, when I’m typing at the speed of speech, the ... and you’ll get a lot by osmosis. Science, the journal of the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science, is also weekly, and its front section of science news is without peer. Because ... entertaining each other. Nor are you polishing stories in isolation from the rest of the mate- rial.You are poking at the stuff together, looking for high- lights and unseen connections. The writer should

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... people write the body of the text first and save the opener to write last, to benefit from all the clarity that the writing brought. If that works for you, great. Others find (and I am one of them) that ... the close. “We could do a lot of good for other countries where they really do need the camels for meat,” Skidmore said. “Where they really do need them for milk.Where they desperately need them ... ones? If the mother is nursing the baby, does that make a difference? Not all the readers would have thought to ask those questions, but they will all care about the answers. Then consider the pregnant

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... magnifi- cent island.” Then I considered the essay’s title: “The Island at the End of the Earth.” Hmm. In many seagoing cultures, the islands at the end of the world are where the dead and dying ... albatross ap- pears out of the east, where high dark coasts open on the ocean horizon and the last sun ray glints on the windy seas of the Drake Passage. The group reaches the island. The author tells ... is the symmetry so clear at opening and close. The reader enters and leaves this universe of words at the same place, pulled through the duration of the trip by a well-crafted spiral. The other

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... past the point where I paid it any mind. So I sat and waited while she finished. Finally, she pulled out the page, gathered it together with one or two others and, still not looking up, passed them ... blank ©2003 The Johns Hopkins University Press Foreword © 2003 Robert Kanigel All rights reserved. Published 2003 Printed in the United States of America on acid -free paper 987654321 The Johns ... too quickly said after reading it, then paused. I was a freelance writer, of the perpetually strug- gling sort, had done some assignments for Elise, and sought others. Elise was just a few years...

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... education, or interest in it. Science writers and editors needn’t start off knowing much science. Some of the best of them do, but some of the best of them don’t. They must, though, be able to ... intelligent questions, and shake off the high intimidation quotient of a dense, jargon-laden article in the Proceedings of the National Acad- emy of Sciences. Elise was a member of this breed; she was ... one way or the other, sitting beside her at her desk, the manuscript on the sliding desk tray between us, I learned. I can attest to the wisdom of the writerly injunctions you’ll find in these pages...

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