1. The\Wager\and the Practical Rationality Principle Practical Rationality Principle: The practically rational thing to do is the thing with the highest expected value(or utility \) Version A: Do the thing with higher expected value than all its competitors --In the case of a tie, neither action/belief is permitted Version B: Find the actions with highest expected value and perform whichever of them you like --In the case of a tie, Theism is practically rational. Just like choosing pie over cake 2. Evidentialism(Clifford)

Histol · Kautz and selman.1992 Inspired by improvements in satisfiabity algorithms Big Idea Encode planning problem as a(very large) logical formula Initial-state all-possible-actions goal Find a satisfying assignment to action-time propositions, and we have a plan

Structural proteomics Structural proteomics has the goal o obtaining useful, three-dimensional models of all proteins by a combina- tion of experimental structure determination and comparative model building 10/272005 Chaoqun Wu, Fudan University

realized that the immune system could go awry and, instead of reacting against foreign antigens, could focus its attack on self-antigens. He termed this con- dition\horror autotoxicus \We now understand that while mechanisms of self-tolerance normally protect an individual from potentially self-reactive lymphocytes, there are failures They result in an inappropriate response of the immune system against self-components termed autoimmunity In the 1960s, it was believed that all self-reactive lymphocytes

What is Sensory Evaluation Sensory is the use of all the senses to evaluate a food sample

1. To say that someone needs a good is to suggest that he cannot choose to do without the good or buy a substitute for it. We are more likely to be mindful of the fact that almost all goods have substitutes if we speak of wants rather than needs 2. Even though we cannot actually

Heat Exchangers, LMTD Method Where we’ ve been. So far have focused on detailed heat transfer analysis of specific conditions, such as external heat transfer coefficient Where were going: Investigate methods for larger system level analysis that combine all these modes of heat transfer in heat exchangers

Atomic Structure All natural and most synthetic substances on earth are made from the ninety naturally occurring chemical elements. An atom is the smallest particle into which an element can be divided while still retaining the chemical characteristics of that element (fig 3. 1). The nucleus, at the center of the atom contains one or more particles with a positive electrical charge(protons fif and usually some particles of similar mass that have no charge(neutrons

PARTO- PRELUDE: REVIEW OF UNIFIED ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS [AW pp 2-22, 32-41(see IAW for detailed SB&vw references): VN Chapter 1] 0.1 What it's all about The focus of thermodynamics in 16.050 is on the production of work, often in the form of kinetic energy(for example in the exhaust of a jet engine)or shaft power

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 6.003: Signals and Systems-Fall 2003 Final Exam Tuesday, December 16, 2003 Directions: The exam consists of 7 problems on pages 2 to 33 and additional work space on pages 34 to 37. Please make sure you have all the pages. Tables of Fourier series properties, CT and DT Fourier transform