and an honorary M.A.…īitPredator: A Discovery Algorithm for Bit Torrent Initial Seeders and Peersīorges, Raymond Patton, Robert M Kettani, Houssain degrees at City College, a New York University Ph.D. Born June 30, 1913, in New York City, he attended city schools and earned B.A. William Wolfgang Brickman, founding member and President, 1956-59, of the Comparative and International Education Society, died June 22, 1986, in a Philadelphia hospital leukemia unit. PMID:27087696ĮRIC Educational Resources Information Center The method is transferable to other mountain regions if the input data needed are available. The derived vulnerability functions may be applied within the framework of risk management for mountain hazards within the European Alps. The uncertainty inherent to regression functions was quantified by the calculation of confidence bands. This comparison showed the wider applicability of the derived vulnerability functions. The final vulnerability functions were further validated with data from the Italian Alps and different vulnerability functions presented in the literature. The results suggest that there is no need to distinguish between different sediment-laden torrent processes when assessing vulnerability of residential buildings towards torrent processes. The calculation of vulnerability functions was based on a nonlinear regression approach applying cumulative distribution functions. With respect to this goal to merge different data based on different processes and building types, several statistical tests were conducted. Based on data from the Austrian Alps, we extended a vulnerability curve for residential buildings affected by fluvial sediment transport processes to other torrent processes and other building types. The vulnerability of buildings affected by torrent processes can be quantified by vulnerability functions that express a mathematical relationship between the degree of loss of individual elements at risk and the intensity of the impacting process. Vulnerability assessment for elements at risk is an important component in the framework of risk assessment. Mountain torrents: Quantifying vulnerability and assessing uncertainties Further efforts are discussed for improving torrent hazard mapping and prediction. The results are useful for engineering planning support and resource protection in the Hexi Corridor. The torrent hazard map shows that there is high potential torrent hazard in the central and southeastern Hexi Corridor. The results show that the capability of the proposed method is satisfactory. A torrent hazard map for the Hexi Corridor was generated by integrating the driving factors of mountain torrent disasters including precipitation, terrain, flow concentration processes, and the vegetation fraction. In this study, an evidential reasoning approach based on Dempster-Shafer theory is proposed for mapping mountain torrent hazards in the Hexi Corridor. The frequent torrent disasters greatly impact the security of infrastructure and human safety. Many important national engineering projects pass through the corridor, such as highways, railways, and the West-to-East Gas Pipeline. The Hexi Corridor is an important part of the Silk Road Economic Belt and a crucial channel for westward development in China. Ran, Youhua Liu, Jinpeng Tian, Feng Wang, Dekai Mapping mountain torrent hazards in the Hexi Corridor using an evidential reasoning approach I got to know Wolfgang Kummer very well and appreciate his human qualities during his long attachment to CERN, in particular when he served as president of the CERN Council, the highest decision taking authority of this international research centre, from 1985 to 1987 falling into my term as Director-General… Nevertheless I admired him for not only being attached to fundamental and abstract problems like quantum field theory, quantum gravity or black holes, but for his interest in down to earth questions like electron-proton scattering or the toponium mass. As an experimentalist I am not sufficiently knowledgeable to evaluate his contributions to theoretical physics - this will certainly be done by more competent scientists. Wolfgang Kummer was not only a great theorist but also a man with a noble spirit and extensive education, based on a fascinating long-term Austrian cultural tradition. Privat zeigte sich Pauli als bissiger und humorvoller Mensc gleichermaßen, und sein Hang zur Psychoanalyse lässt ihn überdies als interessante Persönlichkeit erscheinen. Darüber hinaus legte er den Grundstein für die Quantenfeldtheorie. Erst das von ihm entdeckte Ausschließungsprinzip erklärt den Aufbau des Periodensystems der Elemente. Wolfgang Pauli gehört zu den bedeutendsten Physikern des 20.