...’ inventions receive patent status, has become obsolete under current rules. A radical change is, therefore, an actual priority. The practice to be followed regarding computer program patentability in Europe has been long discussed, but significant differences remain between the EPO approach and national...

... for normal commercial use. The specific problems raised when, as is now usually the case, a Search Order encompasses the need to examine the contents of computers are discussed in this article with special reference to keeping costs at manageable proportions and to preventing substantial disruption...

...fig. 32.1. Diagrams which generate the magnetic-penguin operators. The diagrammatic approach discussed in the previous chapter is useful to get an order-of-magnitude estimate of the importance of the various contributions to each amplitude, and to find approximate relations among...

...0 26 03 2009 The basic rule is that a claimant must mitigate their loss, and this area of the law has attained great importance as far as professional negligence cases are concerned. It is often the first thought of insurers to advisors in any of the contexts discussed in this book to see...

... not yet provided a theory of punishment as a possible human practice. For sentencing—the determination of the precise modes and levels of punishment to be imposed on particular (kinds of) offenses and offenders—is central to the practice of punishment. sentencing discussed theory practice modes...

...0 20 02 1997 So far we have discussed the problem of capital accumulation with out introducing technological progress in any essential way. In the case of the backward economy it did not figure at all; in the case of the advanced economy it figured only in the sense that labour pro diuctivity...

...0 30 07 1998 There are two possible sources of justification for restrictions to the free movement of goods; one Treaty-based, and the other a creation in the case law of the ECJ. Firstly, Article 36 of the Treaty enumerates certain specific grounds of justification. These will be discussed...

..., and small army of medical and legal specialists devoted to studying, curing, or punishing them. The way in which the perversions assumed their modern forms, and the language in which they were defined, discussed, and circulated in the wider society was deeply indebted to medical terminology and outlook...

... will be assuming the view, defended in chapter 1, that the representative items in question are psychological states and not mere logical entities, such as propositions. mentioned containment representative demonstrating discussed This content is only available as a PDF. ...

...0 12 08 1993 This chapter has several goals. First, it will continue the discussion from Chapter 4 of ML+ EL constituents by introducing a new constraint on ML+ EL constituents, a blocking filter. A Blocking Hypothesis proposes that a filter blocks not only EL system morphemes prohibited under...

...0 30 03 2000 This chapter deals with the origin, evolution, and decay of classifiers of different kinds which may have different language-internal-lexical or grammatical-sources and may involve different grammaticalization paths. I also discuss the paths of evolution and restructuring of noun...

... theory in general, while others will be for theories of bilingual acquisition in particular. General theoretical questions to be discussed in this book include whether phono logical distinctions can be acquired on acoustic evidence alone; whether lexical acquisition involves an avoidance of synonymy...

...0 30 03 2000 In this book we have tried to present the findings of our case study in terms of what theoretical implications they might have. In this chapter we shall summar ize those findings and their possible theoretical implications, drawing them together. In Section 1.3 we discussed...

...0 18 12 1997 This chapter investigates the possible factors in ranking forward-looking center list in Turkish discourse. The role of surface order position. grammatical configuration hierarchy, and thematic roles are discussed. It is shown that surface order does not contribute to ranking...

...This content is only available as a PDF. pioneers discussed formats recorded expression All of the main styles and formats of jazz discussed up to this point in these pages were still, in 1990, being heard live and being recorded. In some cases the style was being re-created...

...0 15 08 2002 The principles of active student participation that we have discussed in the context of an introductory statistics course can also be used in more advanced classes. Part I of this book contains many activities on sampling that we also use in our more advanced courses. For example...

...0 02 12 1993 We shall first define the ultrasonic motor, then discuss some of the earlier researches which preceded the invention by Sashida. An ultrasonic motor is a type of actuator that uses mechanical vibrations in the ultrasonic range as its drive source. Human ears are capable...

... involved in generating thrust or torque from flexural waves are explained. The phenomenon of energy losses when electric power is converted to mechanical work is also discussed. In Chapter I, the concepts of standing waves and travelling waves were introduced, using waves generated in a stretched string...

...0 14 11 1991 This content is only available as a PDF. interested discussed story futures I first became interested in the origins of futures trading through investigating the historical background to the contract case, Raffles v. Wichelhaus and Busch (1864...

...0 07 05 2009 In the preceding chapters we have discussed various processes of reanalysis that predicative possessive constructions may undergo. Thus, the process of adnominalization may in some cases lead to a rearrangement of the constituent structure of an erstwhile Locational Possessive...