While the study of government and binding is an outgrowth of Chomsky's earlier work in transformational grammar, it represents a significant shift in focus and a new direction of investigation into t
A guide to making scientific photographs for presentations, journal submissions, and covers, featuring step-by-step instructions and case studies, by an award-winning science photographer; illustrated
In this book, Barry Schein argues that "and" is always the sentential logical connective with the same, one, meaning. "And" always means "&," across the varied constructions in which it is tokened in
This book will introduce the newly discovered endocannabinoid system in a scholarly manner to a broadly educated audience interested in learning what is known about cannabinoids, both plant derived an
In nearly all machine learning, decisions must be made given current knowledge. Surprisingly, making what is believed to be the best decision is not always the best strategy, even when learning in a s
In Auditions, Rob Stone proposes a new and transformative view of architecture and sound. He offers a radical rethinking of the inhabitation of architectural space in terms of its acoustic dimensions,
In this book, Omer Preminger investigates how the obligatory nature ofpredicate-argument agreement is enforced by the grammar. Preminger argues that an empiricallyadequate theory of predicate-argument
Despite major advances in methodology and thousands of published studies every year,treatment outcomes in schizophrenia have not improved over the last fifty years. Moreover, we stilllack strategies f
Reflection on the nature of hallucination has relevance for many traditionalphilosophical debates concerning the nature of the mind, perception, and our knowledge of the world.In recent years, neuroim
Today--following housing bubbles, bank collapses, and high unemployment--the Internetremains the most reliable mechanism for fostering innovation and creating new wealth. The Internet'sremarkable grow
Boosting is an approach to machine learning based on the idea of creating a highlyaccurate predictor by combining many weak and inaccurate "rules of thumb." A remarkablyrich theory has evolved around
The classical view of concepts in psychology was challenged in the 1970s whenexperimental evidence showed that concept categories are graded and thus cannot be representedadequately by classical sets.
In Parasites, Pathogens, and Progress, Robert McGuire and PhilipCoelho integrate biological and economic perspectives into an explanation of the historicaldevelopment of humanity and the economy, payi
Digital technologies have changed architecture--the way it is taught, practiced, managed, and regulated. But if the digital has created a "paradigm shift" for architecture, which paradigm is shifting?
Pronouns and anaphors (including reflexives such as himself and herself) may or must depend on antecedents for their interpretation. These dependencies are subject to conditions that prima facie show
Why do financial institutions, industrial companies, and households hold low-yielding money balances, Treasury bills, and other liquid assets? When and to what extent can the state and international
Pronouns and anaphors (including reflexives such as himself and herself) may or must depend on antecedents for their interpretation. These dependencies are subject to conditions that prima facie show
Robotics: Science and Systems V spans a wide spectrum of robotics, bringing togetherresearchers working on the foundations of robotics, robotics applications, and the analysis ofrobotics systems. This
The Internet's remarkable growth has been fueled by innovation. New applications continually enable new ways of using the Internet, and new physical networking technologies increase the range of netw
Over the past twenty years, the technologies of simulation and visualization have changed our ways of looking at the world. In Simulation and Its Discontents, Sherry Turkle examines the now dominant
Influential neoclassical economist Lionel McKenzie has made major contributions to postwar economic thought in the fields of equilibrium, trade, and capital accumulation. This selection of his papers
This text provides a modern statement of the theory and practice of domestic and international banking and finance. Today, banks are no longer limited to retail deposit-taking and lending operations;
An important recent advance in macroeconomics is the development of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) macromodels. The use of DSGE models to study monetary policy, however, has led to para
An agument for the importance of equity as a criterion in evaluating water policy, with examples in wide-ranging case studies from North and South America and Europe.Many predict that by the end of th
Many predict that by the end of this century water will dominate world natural resources politics as oil does today. Access to water is widely regarded as a basic human right and was declared so by t
This collection of foundational papers on sex differences in the brain traces the development of a much-invoked, fast-growing young field at the intersection of brain and behavior. The reader is intr
A provocative argument that that the frustrations of globalization stem from the gap between the expectations created by modern media and the lagging economic reality in poor countries.
Experts discuss moving beyond the notion of electronic government and its focus on technology and efficiency to a broader concept of "information government" that incorporates the role of information
This work develops the argument that moving from "Ricardian" dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models to "non-Ricardian" models solves many puzzles and paradoxes in monetary issues that might hav
This book discusses how wireless technology is redefining the relationship of communication, technology, and society around the world - in everyday work and life, in youth culture, in politics, and in
This is an analysis of medical ethics during war and the inherent conflict between the principles of bioethics and the morally legitimate but competing demands of military necessity. Is medical ethics
A provocative argument that that the frustrations of globalization stem from the gap between the expectations created by modern media and the lagging economic reality in poor countries.
