Regulating supreme court recusals

This article presents a critical analysis of the approach of the U.S. Supreme Court to recusal motions aimed at one of the Justices of the Court. The catalyst was the controversy arising from the weekend duck-hunting trip of U.S.Vice-President Richard Cheney and Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, after which Justice Scalia denied a motion to recuse himself from a pending case in which his hunting partner, Mr Cheney, was a party. This startling decision is final and conclusive since the Supreme Court refuses to intervene in such decisions. Such an approach by the Court is untenable and contrasts starkly with that of the House of Lords, which did not shrink from disqualifying Lord Hoffmann on grounds of bias in the Pinochet case. A comparative study of comparable common law jurisdictions exposes the U.S. Supreme Court as an island of isolation over this issue. It also provides accessible solutions that are disarming in their simplicity. The particular responses that are commended in this article are formalized self-regulation and substitution

Algorithms for aircraft trim analysis on ground 13; AIAA-96-350513;

In the analysis of aircraft dynamics far up and13; away flight, the general practice consists of trimming13; the aircraft for a specific maneuvers at a specified13; Altitude and Mach number. In this paper conditions for13; Quasi-steady equilibrium are motivated for aircraft13; dynamics in the ground roll phase. Algorithms for13; implementation of these conditions are also described.13; By use of these algorithms, the locus of trim points is13; obtained for a comprehensive take-off maneuvers of a13; delta wing aircraft beginning with ground roll,13; followed by rotation and ending in lift-off. This result13; is compared with approximate calculations wherein the13; landing gear states are ignored and linear13; aerodynamics is assumed. The exact result is also13; compared with the simulation of the take-off13; maneuvers in a pilot in the loop simulator.13

Engaging students in ethical debates

This case study outlines an investigation into the acceptance of a new pedagogical paradigm aiming to engage and inspire students in ethical and entrepreneurial activit

Bias and the informed observer: A call for a return to Gough

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Study of Charm Baryons with the BaBar Experiment

We report on several studies of charm baryon production and decays by the BaBar collaboration. We confirm previous observations of the $\Xi_c^{'0/+}$, $\Xi_c(2980)^+$ and $\Xi_c(3077)^+$ baryons, measure branching ratios for Cabibbo-suppressed $\Lambda_c^+$ decays and use baryon decays to study the properties of the light-quark baryons, $\Omega^-$ and $\Xi(1690)^0$.Comment: 8 pages, 5 postscript figues, contributed to the Proceedings of ICHEP200

Modification of Newton's law of gravity at very large distances

We discuss a Modified Field Theory (MOFT) in which the number of fields can vary. It is shown that when the number of fields is conserved MOFT reduces to the standard field theory but interaction constants undergo an additional renormalization and acquire a dependence on spatial scales. In particular, the renormalization of the gravitational constant leads to the deviation of the law of gravity from the Newtons law in some range of scales $r_{min} r_{max}$ acquires a new constant value $G^{prime}sim Gr_{max}/r_{min}$. From the dynamical standpoint this looks as if every point source is surrounded with a halo of dark matter. It is also shown that if the maximal scale $r_{max}$ is absent, the homogeneity of the dark matter in the Universe is consistent with a fractal distribution of baryons in space, in which the luminous matter is located on thin two-dimensional surfaces separated by empty regions of ever growing size

B mu G@Sbase - a microarray database and analysis tool

The manufacture and use of a whole-genome microarray is a complex process and it is essential that all data surrounding the process is stored, is accessible and can be easily associated with the data generated following hybridization and scanning. As part of a program funded by the Wellcome Trust, the Bacterial Microarray Group at St. George's Hospital Medical School (BμG@S) will generate whole-genome microarrays for 12 bacterial pathogens for use in collaboration with specialist research groups. BμG@S will collaborate with these groups at all levels, including the experimental design, methodology and analysis. In addition, we will provide informatic support in the form of a database system (BμG@Sbase). BμG@Sbase will provide access through a web interface to the microarray design data and will allow individual users to store their data in a searchable, secure manner. Tools developed by BμG@S in collaboration with specific research groups investigating analysis methodology will also be made available to those groups using the arrays and submitting data to BμG@Sbase

Convergence to equilibrium for many particle systems

The goal of this paper is to give a short review of recent results of the authors concerning classical Hamiltonian many particle systems. We hope that these results support the new possible formulation of Boltzmann's ergodicity hypothesis which sounds as follows. For almost all potentials, the minimal contact with external world, through only one particle of $N$, is sufficient for ergodicity. But only if this contact has no memory. Also new results for quantum case are presented