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We investigate the response of an atmosphere of argon to solar ultra-violet radiation. With the assumption that Mercury has an argon atmosphere that is optically thick to ionizing radiation the intensities of the ultra-violet dayglow lines resulting from photoelectron impact are calculated. For most of the model atmospheres, the predicted intensities are above the detection threshold of the 1973 Venus-Mercury ultra-violet spectrometer of Broadfoot, McElroy and Belton. © 1973.
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Consider a finite t + r − 1 dimensional projective space PG(t + r − 1, s) over a Galois field GF(s) of order s = ϱh, where ϱ and h are positive integers and ϱ is the prime characteristic of the field. A collection of k points in PG (t + r − 1, s) constitutes an L(t, k)-set if no t of them are linearly dependent. An L(t, k)-set is maximal if there exists no other L(t, k′)-set with k′ > k. The largest k for which an L(t, k)-set exists is denoted by Mt(t + r, s). K. A. Bush [3] established that Mt(t, s) = t + 1 for t ⩾ s. The purpose of this paper is to generalize this result and study Mt(t + r, s) for t, r, and s in certain relationships.
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Consider a finite (t + r - 1)-dimensional projective space PG(t + r - 1, s) based on the Galois field GF(s), where s is prime or power of a prime. A set of k distinct points in PG(t + r - 1, s), no t-linearly dependent, is called a (k, t)-set and such a set is said to be maximal if it is not contained in any other (k*, t)-set with k* > k. The number of points in a maximal (k, t)-set with the largest k is denoted by mt(t + r, s). Our purpose in the paper is to investigate the conditions under which two or more points can be adjoined to the basic set of Ei, i = 1, 2, ..., t + r, where Ei is a point with one in i-th position and zeros elsewhere. The problem has several applications in the theory of fractionally replicated designs and information theory. © 1973.
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The aptitudes and abilities required for the position of programmer, within the computer industry, have yet to be fully studied and their inter-relationships known. Although the industry is relatively new, a substantial amount of research in the areas of personnel selection, evaluation and job requirements has been undertaken. Yet these studies have confined themselves primarily to the use of interest scales, aptitude and achievement tests as overall predictors for on-the-job success rather than in the study of the cognitive factors pertinent to the tasks of which programming is composed. In a study by Deutsch and Shea, Inc. (1963), the relationship between the programmer and the computer is seen as analogous to that of the mahout and his elephant. As with the mahout, the programmer uses his intelligence, skills and abilities in the control and guidance of a powerful and flexible, yet non-intelligent, tool in the performance of specific finite operations which contribute to the completion of more complex tasks. It is the programmer who, when presented with a problem from science, engineering or business, must work out a solution. John and Miller (1957) state that all problems have two general parts: the specific components involved (i.e., data, etc.) and the relationships which are the orderings of or changes to the specific components.
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1. 1. The influence of thermal acclimation on cable constants of the median giant axon of earthworms, Lumbricus terrestris L., has been studied using standard intracellular stimulating and recording techniques. 2. 2. Acute cooling of axons from warm-acclimated worms resulted in changes in cable constants, some of which were partially compensated for (reversed) after cold acclimation. 3. 3. Of special interest is the relative behavior of specific axoplasm resistance in response to acute temperature change in warm- and cold-acclimated worms. 4. 4. The results suggest that thermal acclimation alters the properties of the axoplasm and that the resulting changes in cable constants contribute to compensatory adjustments in nerve conduction velocity after acclimation. © 1973.
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The concept "discounting health" is proposed as a heuristic model for analysis of differing perceptions concerning "cost-benefit", as these relate to systems of health care. This procedure became necessary during analysis of data gathered in rural Ethiopia to measure the effectiveness of new Health Centers. Ethnological research accompanying the quantitative study of health attitudes found that "subsistence anxiety" dominated all other concerns of the majority in the rural areas. The landless peasant sharecropper and his divorced wife represent the most prevalent social problem in Ethiopia. Holistic solutions should include some form of social security and safe wells, so that the population can stop "discounting health". © 1973.
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