1,618 research outputs found
CORPORATIONS-DISSOLUTION-POWER OF CHANCELLOR TO DECREE DISSOLUTION WHEN DEADLOCK EXISTS
Plaintiffs sought dissolution of defendant corporation pursuant to a statute allowing a petition for dissolution to be made to the chancellor by the holders of one-half of the voting stock upon a deadlock in management and voting shares. The evidence showed that there was no chance of compromise by the warring factions, that the corporate function could not be carried out, and that the plaintiffs\u27 interests might be jeopardized. The chancellor held that unless a harmonious solution was effectively formulated within fifteen days after the filing of an opinion, a judgment containing appropriate provisions for a dissolution would be entered. On appeal, held, affirmed. The chancellor had the power to dissolve the corporation because sufficient equitable grounds besides deadlock were shown. RKO Theatres, Inc. v. Trenton-New Brunswick Theatres Co., (N.J. 1950) 74 A. (2d) 914
NEGLIGENCE-VIOLATION OF A DOG-LEASH ORDINANCE AS A BASIS FOR NEGLIGENCE
Defendant, in violation of a city ordinance requiring every owner or custodian of a dog to keep the animal on his own premises unless on a leash and under control of a competent person, allowed his dog to run loose on the street. On collision of the dog with plaintiff\u27s motor scooter, plaintiff brought suit for injuries incurred, claiming negligence per se by defendant through violation of the ordinance. The trial court sustained defendant\u27s demurrer. On appeal, held, reversed. The violation of the ordinance was negligence per se, since the purpose of the ordinance included the protection of people in traffic against the dangers that dogs may cause running loose. Brotemarkle v. Snyder, (Cal. App. 1950) 221 P. (2d) 992
Addiction through the Ages: a review of the development of concepts and ideas about addiction in European countries since the nineteenth century and the role of international organisations in the process
The work on addiction through the ages proceeded through 4 interlinked studies:
The emergence of concepts of addiction across Europe at the national level, 1860-1980
The framing of the alcohol question at the international alcohol conferences
The role of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and its expert committees in defining addiction from the 1940s to the early twenty first century
The role of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) in defining concepts of addiction
The long view of addiction concepts at the country level over time points to continuities and changes across countries. They have also played a significant role in international organisations, the pre World War Two alcohol conferences and the World Health Organisation (WHO) after that war. The European level through the European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction has also come into the picture in more recent times with discussion of a different set of concepts. Although a degree of stability has been achieved around addiction concepts, these still encapsulate a variety of meanings which translate into different treatment and policy approaches and traditions within Europe. By understanding the history of such concepts and how and why they came in and out of use, we can better understand addiction terminology and substance use policy today
EVIDENCE-SCIENTIFIC TESTS FOR lNTOXICATION-ADMISSIBILITY
It is the purpose of this comment to examine the admissibility and probative value of the tests available for determining the amount of alcohol in the human system
No response? Simulating Fear of Missing Out Experiences to Investigate Relationships with Emotion Regulation, Negative Affect, and Counterfactual-Seeking through Social Media
Fear of missing out (FoMO) is a common experience among young adults characterized by the apprehension that others are having rewarding experiences from which one is absent. The present study investigates the construct of FoMO through simulated experiences in order to clarify the context in which FoMO occurs and to examine its relationship with emotion regulation, counterfactual-seeking, and negative affect. The vignette had a significant effect of increasing feelings of FoMO which was positively associated with difficulties in emotion regulation, counterfactual-seeking, and both regret and disappointment. Feelings of FoMO were significantly greater in the enjoyable task in comparison to the obligatory task despite their social nature
High Precision Measurements Using High Frequency Signals
Generalized lock-in amplifiers use digital cavities with Q-factors as high as
5X10^8. In this letter, we show that generalized lock-in amplifiers can be used
to analyze microwave (giga-hertz) signals with a precision of few tens of
hertz. We propose that the physical changes in the medium of propagation can be
measured precisely by the ultra-high precision measurement of the signal. We
provide evidence to our proposition by verifying the Newton's law of cooling by
measuring the effect of change in temperature on the phase and amplitude of the
signals propagating through two calibrated cables. The technique could be used
to precisely measure different physical properties of the propagation medium,
for example length, resistance, etc. Real time implementation of the technique
can open up new methodologies of in-situ virtual metrology in material design
Inter-Intra Molecular Dynamics as an Iterated Function System
The dynamics of units (molecules) with slowly relaxing internal states is
studied as an iterated function system (IFS) for the situation common in e.g.
biological systems where these units are subjected to frequent collisional
interactions. It is found that an increase in the collision frequency leads to
successive discrete states that can be analyzed as partial steps to form a
Cantor set. By considering the interactions among the units, a self-consistent
IFS is derived, which leads to the formation and stabilization of multiple such
discrete states. The relevance of the results to dynamical multiple states in
biomolecules in crowded conditions is discussed.Comment: 7 pages, 7 figures. submitted to Europhysics Letter
Exploring the links between star formation and minor companions around isolated galaxies
Previous studies have shown that galaxies with minor companions exhibit an
elevated star formation rate. We reverse this inquiry, constructing a
volume-limited sample of \simL\star (Mr \leq -19.5 + 5 log h) galaxies from the
Sloan Digital Sky Survey that are isolated with respect to other luminous
galaxies. Cosmological simulations suggest that 99.8% of these galaxies are
alone in their dark matter haloes with respect to other luminous galaxies. We
search the area around these galaxies for photometric companions. Matching
strongly star forming (EW(H{\alpha})\geq 35 \AA) and quiescent (EW(H{\alpha})<
35 \AA) samples for stellar mass and redshift using a Monte Carlo resampling
technique, we demonstrate that rapidly star-forming galaxies are more likely to
have photometric companions than other galaxies. The effect is relatively
small; about 11% of quiescent, isolated galaxies have minor photometric
companions at radii \leq 60 kpc h kpc while about 16% of strongly
star-forming ones do. Though small, the cumulative difference in satellite
counts between strongly star-forming and quiescent galaxies is highly
statistically significant (PKS = 1.350 \times10) out to to radii of \sim
100 h kpc. We discuss explanations for this excess, including the
possibility that \sim 5% of strongly star-forming galaxies have star formation
that is causally related to the presence of a minor companion.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures, submitted to MNRA
Augmented Reality for People with Visual Impairments: Designing and Creating Audio-Tactile Content from Existing Objects
ISBN: 978-3-319-94273-5International audienceTactile maps and diagrams are widely used as accessible graphical media for people with visual impairments, in particular in the context of education. They can be made interactive by augmenting them with audio feedback. It is however complicated to create audio-tactile graphics that have rich and realistic tactile textures. To overcome these limitations, we propose a new augmented reality approach allowing novices to easily and quickly augment real objects with audio feedback. In our user study, six teachers created their own audio-augmentation of objects, such as a botanical atlas, within 30 minutes or less. Teachers found the tool easy to use and were confident about re-using it. The resulting augmented objects allow two modes: exploration mode provides feedback on demand about an element, while quiz mode provides questions and answers. We evaluated the resulting audio-tactile material with five visually impaired children. Participants found the resulting interactive graphics exciting to use independently of their mental imagery skills
Synchronization of active mechanical oscillators by an inertial load
Motivated by the operation of myogenic (self-oscillatory) insect flight
muscle, we study a model consisting of a large number of identical oscillatory
contractile elements joined in a chain, whose end is attached to a damped
mass-spring oscillator. When the inertial load is small, the serial coupling
favors an antisynchronous state in which the extension of one oscillator is
compensated by the contraction of another, in order to preserve the total
length. However, a sufficiently massive load can sychronize the oscillators and
can even induce oscillation in situations where isolated elements would be
stable. The system has a complex phase diagram displaying quiescent,
synchronous and antisynchrononous phases, as well as an unsual asynchronous
phase in which the total length of the chain oscillates at a different
frequency from the individual active elements.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, To appear in Phys. Rev. Let
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