SWINE PRODUCERS ADD A MARKETING DEPARTMENT

Livestock Production/Industries, Marketing,

Analog voicing detector responds to pitch

Modified electronic voice encoder /Vocoder/ includes an independent analog mode of operation in addition to the conventional digital mode. The Vocoder is a bandwidth compression equipment that permits voice transmission over channels, having only a fraction of the bandwidth required for conventional telephone-quality speech transmission

Identifying multiple detachment horizons and an evolving thrust history through cross-section restoration and appraisal in the Moine Thrust Belt, NW Scotland

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The road to Prest v Petrodel: an analysis of the UK judicial approach to The Corporate Veil - part 1

This article examines the common law approach to the doctrine of separate legal personality in UK Corporate Law, its origin, development and the challenges encountered by judges in the interpretation and application of this doctrine. The article also analyses the grounds/circumstances upon which this doctrine may be disregarded by the judges to ‘lift/pierce’ the corporate veil. The article then analyses the judicial interpretative approaches to dichotomies and metaphors, such as ‘concealment/evasion’ and ‘shame/façade’ et cetera. The conclusion explores whether the UKSC decision in Prest v Petrodel Resources Ltd has, indeed, provided much needed clarity in the common law approach to the corporate veil

The road to Prest v Petrodel: an analysis of the UK judicial approach to the corporate veil - part 2: post Prest

This article examines the judicial approach to the corporate veil post-Prest v Petrodel Resources Ltd. Analysis is undertaken of the judgment in Prest and of how judges have adapted and applied this judgment in subsequent cases. The article offers an evaluation on whether the judgment in Prest, has indeed, provided much needed clarity on the judicial approach to the concealment/evasion principles as grounds for veil-piercing/lifting. The article concludes by advocating for a return to the use of the doctrine of judicial discretion as a tool for addressing legal matters relating to the corporate veil of incorporation

Using RDF to Model the Structure and Process of Systems

Many systems can be described in terms of networks of discrete elements and their various relationships to one another. A semantic network, or multi-relational network, is a directed labeled graph consisting of a heterogeneous set of entities connected by a heterogeneous set of relationships. Semantic networks serve as a promising general-purpose modeling substrate for complex systems. Various standardized formats and tools are now available to support practical, large-scale semantic network models. First, the Resource Description Framework (RDF) offers a standardized semantic network data model that can be further formalized by ontology modeling languages such as RDF Schema (RDFS) and the Web Ontology Language (OWL). Second, the recent introduction of highly performant triple-stores (i.e. semantic network databases) allows semantic network models on the order of $10^9$ edges to be efficiently stored and manipulated. RDF and its related technologies are currently used extensively in the domains of computer science, digital library science, and the biological sciences. This article will provide an introduction to RDF/RDFS/OWL and an examination of its suitability to model discrete element complex systems.Comment: International Conference on Complex Systems, Boston MA, October 200

Metastable Cosmic Strings in Realistic Models

We investigate the stability of the electroweak Z-string at high temperatures. Our results show that while finite temperature corrections can improve the stability of the Z-string, their effect is not strong enough to stabilize the Z-string in the standard electroweak model. Consequently, the Z-string will be unstable even under the conditions present during the electroweak phase transition. We then consider phenomenologically viable models based on the gauge group $SU(2)_L \times SU(2)_R \times U(1)_{B-L}$ and show that metastable strings exist and are stable to small perturbations for a large region of the parameter space for these models. We also show that these strings are superconducting with bosonic charge carriers. The string superconductivity may be able to stabilize segments and loops against dynamical contraction. Possible implications of these strings for cosmology are discussed.Comment: 24 pages, 2 figures (available on request); HUTP-92/A032, Fermilab-Pub-92/228-