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Book Review: Oxford Bibliographies: Hinduism and Christianity
Christopher R. Conway\u27s review of Oxford Bibliographies: Hinduism and Christianity, edited by Chad Bauman, Arun Jones, Brian Pennington, Joseph Prabhakar Dayam, and Michelle Voss Roberts
Reply to Comments of Bassi, Ghirardi, and Tumulka on the Free Will Theorem
We show that the authors in the title have erred in claiming that our axiom
FIN is false by conflating it with Bell locality. We also argue that the
predictions of quantum mechanics, and in particular EPR, are fully Lorentz
invariant, whereas the Free Will Theorem shows that theories with a mechanism
of reduction, such as GRW, cannot be made fully invariant.Comment: We sharpen our theorem by replacing axiom FIN by a weaker axiom MIN
to answer the above authors' objection
Guidelines for testing and release procedures
Guidelines and procedures are recommended for the testing and release of the types of computer software efforts commonly performed at NASA/Ames Research Center. All recommendations are based on the premise that testing and release activities must be specifically selected for the environment, size, and purpose of each individual software project. Guidelines are presented for building a Test Plan and using formal Test Plan and Test Care Inspections on it. Frequent references are made to NASA/Ames Guidelines for Software Inspections. Guidelines are presented for selecting an Overall Test Approach and for each of the four main phases of testing: (1) Unit Testing of Components, (2) Integration Testing of Components, (3) System Integration Testing, and (4) Acceptance Testing. Tools used for testing are listed, including those available from operating systems used at Ames, specialized tools which can be developed, unit test drivers, stub module generators, and the use of format test reporting schemes
Method for detecting pollutants
A method is described for detecting and measuring trace amounts of pollutants of the group consisting of ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and carbon monoxide in a gaseous environment. A sample organic solid material that will undergo a chemical reaction with the test pollutant is exposed to the test environment and thereafter, when heated in the temperature range of 100-200 C., undergoes chemiluminescence that is measured and recorded as a function of concentration of the test pollutant. The chemiluminescence of the solid organic material is specific to the pollutant being tested
Hydrophilic Matrices for Oral Control Drug Delivery
Oral controlled drug delivery has gathered tremendous attention over the years due to its many advantages over conventional dosage forms. Polymer-based matrices have become an integral part of the pharmaceutical industry. Hydrophilic matrices are capable of controlling the release of drug over an extended period of time. Hydrophilic polymers, especially the hydrophilic derivatives of cellulose ethers, are frequently used for these applications. Therefore, the objective of this review is to discuss the scientific and physicochemical aspects of these polymeric systems that can affect the drug release from such formulation
On the growth rate of 1324-avoiding permutations
We give an improved algorithm for counting the number of -avoiding
permutations, resulting in 5 further terms of the generating function. We
analyse the known coefficients and find compelling evidence that unlike other
classical length-4 pattern-avoiding permutations, the generating function in
this case does not have an algebraic singularity. Rather, the number of
1324-avoiding permutations of length behaves as We estimate
and Comment: 20 pages, 10 figure
Solid Lipid Nanoparticles: A Potential Approach for Dermal Drug Delivery
Solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs) have attracted increasing attention during recent years. Due to their
unique size dependent properties, lipid nanoparticles offer possibilities to develop new therapeutics. The ability to
incorporate drugs into nanoparticles offers a new prototype in drug delivery thus realizing the dual goal of both
controlled release and site-specific drug delivery. Drug delivery to the skin is widely used for local and systemic
delivery and has potential to be improved by application of nanoparticulate formulations. If investigated
appropriately, solid lipid nanoparticles may open new opportunities in therapy of complex diseases which is difficult
to treat
On consecutive pattern-avoiding permutations of length 4, 5 and beyond
We review and extend what is known about the generating functions for
consecutive pattern-avoiding permutations of length 4, 5 and beyond, and their
asymptotic behaviour. There are respectively, seven length-4 and twenty-five
length-5 consecutive-Wilf classes. D-finite differential equations are known
for the reciprocal of the exponential generating functions for four of the
length-4 and eight of the length-5 classes. We give the solutions of some of
these ODEs. An unsolved functional equation is known for one more class of
length-4, length-5 and beyond. We give the solution of this functional
equation, and use it to show that the solution is not D-finite. For three
further length-5 c-Wilf classes we give recurrences for two and a
differential-functional equation for a third. For a fourth class we find a new
algebraic solution. We give a polynomial-time algorithm to generate the
coefficients of the generating functions which is faster than existing
algorithms, and use this to (a) calculate the asymptotics for all classes of
length 4 and length 5 to significantly greater precision than previously, and
(b) use these extended series to search, unsuccessfully, for D-finite solutions
for the unsolved classes, leading us to conjecture that the solutions are not
D-finite. We have also searched, unsuccessfully, for differentially algebraic
solutions.Comment: 23 pages, 2 figures (update of references, plus web link to
enumeration data). Minor update. Typos corrected. One additional referenc
Thermal analysis of a mobile lunar laboratory
Thermodynamic analysis and Fortran IV program for calculating time dependent internal atmospheric temperature within Mola
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