Recently, Kleidon suggested a restatement of the Gaia hypothesis based on Maximum Entropyapproaches to the Earth system. Refuting conceptions of Gaia as a homeostatic system,Gaia is seen as a non-equilibrium thermodynamic system which continuously moves awayfrom equilibrium, driven by maximum...

Change orders issued during the construction of the second national highway in Taiwan have been categorized depending on whether they originate from owner, design consultant, on-site contractor unit, or external parties. A total of 34 change order causes are found for this construction project....

We consider a generalization of Hausdorff moment problem in which the inputs are generalized moments defined by μαn≡∫01xn[f(x)]αdx(n=1,2,…) where α is a real number and f(x) is the probability density function to be determined. The necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence...