Papers presented at the Conference on Household Portfolios, held in Florence, Italy, Dec. 17-18, 1999.Theoretical and empirical analysis of the structure of household portfolios.Until recently, researchers in economics and finance paid relatively little attention to household portfolios. Reasons included the tendency of most households to hold simple portfolios, the inability of the dominant as…
You don't have to have a degree in computer science to enjoy this unique collection of funny stories, parodies, laughable true-life incidents, comic song lyrics, and jokey poems from the world of computing. Humour the Computer brings together a selection of some of the best computer-related, humorous material culled from a variety of sources: news groups and FTP sites on the Internet, The New Y…
"A Bradford book."Kosslyn (psychology, Harvard U.) presents a 20-year research program on the nature of high-level vision and mental imagery -- offering his research as a definitive resolution of the long-standing "imagery debate," which centers on the nature of the internal representation of visual mental imagery. He combines insights and empirical results from computer vision, neurobiology, a…
Struktur nano rekayasa berbasis protein mewakili persimpangan menarik antara biologi dan nanoteknologi, di mana para peneliti memanipulasi protein untuk menciptakan bahan dan perangkat berskala nano yang fungsional. Berikut ikhtisar aspek-aspek utama: Definisi dan Ruang Lingkup Struktur nano rekayasa berbasis protein melibatkan perancangan dan pembuatan bahan berskala nano menggunakan protein a…
Peran Darwin dalam biologi evolusi sulit dipahami tanpa kontribusi Gregor Mendel, James Watson, dan Francis Crick. Mendel menemukan pola pewarisan yang luar biasa terkait dengan beberapa karakter eksplisit—fenotipe—yang dapat ditafsirkan sebagai hasil serangkaian faktor pewarisan yang diturunkan berdasarkan aturan matematika sederhana dari generasi ke generasi. Namun, ilmu pengetahuan harus…
Konsep proteogenomik, memanfaatkan kemajuan dari bidang proteomik dan genomik, diperkenalkan sekitar waktu selesainya pengurutan genom manusia. Kemunculan proteogenomik terutama disebabkan oleh pesatnya perkembangan dua teknologi utama: pengurutan DNA dengan throughput tinggi dan proteomik berbasis spektrometri massa. Kemampuan untuk menentukan urutan protein dengan spektrometri massa telah men…
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--MIT, 1985.A theoretical framework for the design of digital communication.Traditional visual design expresses information in fixed forms, such as print or film, so the message can be stored or distributed. With interactive media and continuously updated information, communication entails a new, more dynamic set of design problems. In this bo…
Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral--Yale University, 1982).This book describes a theory of memory representation, organization, and processing for understanding complex narrative texts. The theory is implemented as a computer program called BORIS which reads and answers questions about divorce, legal disputes, personal favors, and the like. The system is unique in attempting to understan…
Parents routinely turn to prenatal testing to screen for genetic or chromosomal disorders or to learn their child's sex. What if they could use similar prenatal interventions to learn (or change) their child's sexual orientation? Bioethicists have debated the moral implications of this still-hypothetical possibility for several decades. Some commentators fear that any scientific efforts to unde…
This volume presents a complete specification of the MPI-2 Standard. It is annotated with comments that clarify complicated issues, including why certain design choices were made, how users are intended to use the interface, and how they should construct their version of MPI.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.