by Hani Umar Shakeel., Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Technology and Policy Program, 2001., Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-98).

Two implications of received theory are (1) mineral net prices rise at the riskless
interest rate, and (2) in-ground value is equal to the current net price. Both propositions are
false. A correct theory has been joined to…

Two implications of received theory are (1) mineral net prices rise at the riskless
interest rate, and (2) in-ground value is equal to the current net price. Both propositions are
false. A correct theory has been joined to…

Two implications of received theory are (1) mineral net prices rise at the riskless
interest rate, and (2) in-ground value is equal to the current net price. Both propositions are
false. A correct theory has been joined to…

In this thesis, the opportunities and challenges involved in applying natural language processing techniques to the control of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are addressed. The problem of controlling an unmanned aircraft via natural language inputs is formulated as a feedback…

Nature and Gnosticism are problematic terms. With the discovery of a library of so called heretical Gnostic texts in 1945, theologians, historians, and believers the world over have been exposed to Christian texts that call into question the liturgical lineage…

The thesis comprises three essays on various aspects of the development and diffusion of pharmaceutical innovations, woven together by the idea that the production of clinical knowl- edge influences organizational design, pricing, and advertising decisions in the pharmaceutical industry -…

Caballerolecythus ibunami n. gen., n. sp. is described from the intestine of 2 species of rodents (Liomys irroratus [Gray, 1868] and Peromyscus difficilis [Allen, 1891]) from Piñonal, El Carmen Tequexquitla, Tlaxcala state, Mexico. These specimens represent a new genus and…

Issues related to maternal mortality have generated a lot of empirical and theoretical information. However, despite the amount of work published on the topic, maternal mortality continues to occur at high rates and solutions to the problem are still not…

Increasingly, knowledge-based tasks such as new product development and market research are being conducted by geographically dispersed teams. Early evidence from knowledge-based view of the firm and geographically dispersed work literatures suggests that at least four kinds of knowledge gaps---transactive…