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... bullet-proof fashion that will stand the test of time The second, and for the working mathematician the most important, aspect of proof is that the proof of a new theorem explains why the result ... the bulk of their time proving theorems, it is nevertheless the case that proof is the lingua franca of mathematics It is the web that holds the enterprise together It is what makes the subject ... What Does a Proof Consist Of? 0.5 The Purpose of Proof 0.6 The Logical Basis for Mathematics 0.7 The Experimental Natureof Mathematics 0.8 The Role of Conjectures ...
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... costs The world ofthe office introduced a central theme to the culture of flows: the paradox that the practice of “hyper control” coexists Felix Stalder / Open Cultures and theNatureof Networks ... made audible the resonances between the blast of Dada at the end of WWI in Zurich and Berlin, the gust ofthe Situationists on the Rive Gauche in Paris in the 1960s, and the explosion of Punk Rock ... theNatureof Networks 27 and over the means of distribution with the Internet, the last area they still control is the content that they own Within a framework of cheap and efficient means of...
... secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health ofthe public The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the ... as the prospect of new ways of meeting the need, provides the back-drop for the discussions at the 37th Annual Meeting ofthe Institute of Medicine (IOM) Entitled Evidence-Based Medicine and the ... president ofthe National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Engineering was established in 1964, under the charter ofthe National Academy of Sciences, as a parallel organization of outstanding...
... secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health ofthe public The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the ... of electrons and positrons Together, the LHC and an ILC will enable physicists to explore the unification ofthe fundamental forces, probe the origins of mass, uncover the dynamic natureofthe ... be one ofthe first signals ofthe new physics expected in the years ahead, since the observed masses are in the range predicted by theoretical ideas that unify the forces ofnature In the future,...
... Shin 2007) The fluctuations of credit in the context of secured lending expose the fallacy ofthe lump of liquidity in the financial system The language of liquidity suggests a stock of available ... consisted of reverse repos in addition to other types of collateralized lending Much of this collateralized lending was short term, often overnight The other feature ofthe asset side ofthe balance ... summarizes the balance sheet of Lehman Brothers at the end ofthe 2007 financial year, when total assets were $691 billion Page of 34 Figure Balance Sheet Composition of Lehman Brothers, End 2007 Other...
... that the advent of quantum physics in the sciences and the rise of modernism in the arts in the early twentieth century represent two facets ofthe same profound shift in the cultural evolution of ... spots The lighter a particular area ofthe image is, the higher the density of random spots, or “events”, the algorithm generates in this area Fig shows the output ofthe program used to create the ... materials or in the mathematical concept ofthe Cartesian grid, but as something more organic The Universe (The Cellular Structure of Space-Time) imagines the smallest units of space-time as the bubbles...
... people, one ofthe ducts usually drains only a small part ofthe pancreas and empties directly into the duodenum The other duct drains most ofthe pancreas but is often too small for the job, predisposing ... 16-27 depicts the major causes Gallstones are by far the most common cause of obstruction Other causes include cancer ofthe head ofthe pancreas, pancreatitis, inflammatory disease ofthe ducts, ... excretion of bile acids (made from cholesterol) from the liver into the intestine and the reabsorption of most ofthe bile acids (and their cholesterol) by the intestine for recirculation through the...
... Study 1-2 at the end ofthe chapter offers another example to think about THE EFFECT OF DISEASE PREVALENCE ON TEST USEFULNESS The prevalence of a disease is the number of persons who have the disease ... accuse someone of being a burglar, but if the observer is working in the garden, the burglar might miss detection Case Study 1-1 at the end ofthe chapter offers another example ofthe relationship ... and Breast, the box explains the use ofthe Pap smear in the detection of lesions ofthe cervix, especially dysplasia and cancer • Therapies as a natural outgrowth of an understanding of basic anatomy...
... minority of doctors, mostly younger members ofthe profession, came to doubt the efficacy ofthe traditional depletive therapies “Boast as doctors will of their cures,” a leader ofthe American profession ... blood-sucking leeches and the raising of blisters on the skin) by referring to them as “heroic therapy.” Therapeutic heroism was the norm through the first half ofthe 1800s The practice of that time was ... suggested, “put the pharmacopoeias ofthe world, all the editions from Dioscorides to the last issue ofthe United States Dispensatory; heap them on the scales ; in the other put the simple faith...
... PROBLEMS OFTHE BURGESS SHALE -the ORIGIN OFTHE BURGESS FAUNA -the DECIMATION OFTHE BURGESS FAUNA CHAPTER IV Walcott's Vision and theNatureof History -the BASIS FOR WALCOTT'S ALLEGIANCE TO THE ... AND THE ORIGIN OF ANIMALS -LIFE AFTER THE BURGESS: soft-bodied FAUNAS AS WINDOWS INTO THE PAST -the SETTING OFTHE BURGESS SHALE WHERE WHY: THE MEANS OF PRESERVATION WHO, WHEN: THE HISTORY OF ... -EVOLUTION OFTHE EUKARYOTIC CELL -the FIRST FAUNA OF MULTICELLULAR ANIMALS -the FIRST FAUNA OFTHE CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION -the SUBSEQUENT CAMBRIAN ORIGIN OFTHE MODERN FAUNA -the ORIGIN OF TERRESTRIAL...