| Stabilizing_and_Destabilizing_Influences Weak fluctuations in the planetary gravitational field have a non-linear influence on structure-building processes. |
| Theoretical_Research_within_Science,_Philosophy,_and_Society Discusses new methods of future space transportation, philosophy of the nature of science, why we don't hear from aliens, psychic forces, psychology and sociology. |
| Theory_of_Enformed_Systems A universal conserved organizing principle called enformy is the basis for holistic science which explains life, consciousness and psi phenomena. |
| Time_Before_and_After A theory that can't be dismissed with ease. Science, medical science, physics, astronomy. |
| Unified_Theory Includes several open letters to Stephen Hawking on the completion of Unified Field Theory. |
| Vastu_Correction_Without_Demolition Information about Vastu Science, Vastu corrections, Yantra. |
| Weird_Science Reports of unusual phenomena and skepticism about skepticism. |
| World_Mystery_Research_Center Offers information about many topics including crystal skulls, crop circles, UFOs, and the bible code. |
| Perceptions Topics include animals, humans, politics, physics, and aliens. [RSS] |
| Choice_Engineering_Consultants_International ceci, a not-for-profit institution founded to elevate individual and organizational decision making. |
| Medizinische_Kybernetik_|_Medical_Cybernetics__Medical_Decision_Making Educational Material, Links and Software for Clinical Decision Theory. |
| MIT_Clinical_Decision_Making_Group Home page of MIT's Clinical Decision Making Group which is focused on applying computer science, and artificial intelligence in particular, to medicine. |
| Progress Site to help with wise decision-making. Includes theoretical articles about decision theory and decision making more generally, case studies, and the Progress decision procedure. Designed for use for |
| Gulf_War_Metaphor Online (1990) essay by George Lakoff. Published by Viet Nam Generation Journal & Newsletter. |
| Metaphor_in_Politics Subtitled `An open letter to the Internet from George Lakoff'. |
| Metaphors_We_Live_By Short review of the book by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson. |
| A_Talk_with_George_Lakoff Interview by John Brockman at The Edge. Lakoff is one of the founders of generative semantics. |
| Wikipedia___George_Lakoff Article reviewing his linguistic, mathematical and political thought. |
| Women,_Fire,_and_Dangerous_Things Brief account of the experientialist linguist George Lakoff's book. |
| The_Worldview_Problem_for_American_Politics Excerpt from Lakoff's influential book Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think. |
| Chourdakis,_Kyriakos Homepage of lecturer at the University of London, Queen Mary provides working papers, data, and computer code on derivatives, financial economics and Markov chain models. Provides lecture notes for de |
| Ding,_Yongling Home page includes research on derivative pricing and a programmer's financial library for c/c++. |
| Gaussel,_Nicolas Provides research papers in mathematical finance. |
| Janecek,_Karel Ph.D. candidate in Mathematical Finance at Carnegie Mellon University provides several research papers for download. |
| Jenter,_Dirk Research on corporate finance, insider trading, executive compensation, and individual portfolio selection. |
| Lyons,_Richard Personal page at the Haas School of Business provides research on currency market microstructure. |
| Mody,_Ashoka Includes full text of all recent publications on international finance and foreign direct investment and earlier publications on technological and institutional change. |
| Pasquariello,_Paolo Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Michigan Business School. It provides vita, working papers and published papers on international finance and asset pricing. |
| Watkins,_Jonathan Home page of PhD student at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. |
| A-Instruments Sells measuring, electrical and test instruments for laboratories and industrial uses. Includes list of products. |
| Biomechanics_Yellow_Pages Resources for the bio-mechanics and bio-chemical community |
| Brite_Technologies Offers, spectrophotometers, analytical instruments, general laboratory instruments and turnkey projects related to Life Sciences, chemistry, spectroscopy, biotechnology, biomedical, and analytical app |
| Control_Company Manufacturers equipment and scientific instruments for facilities and laboratories in the industrial, biomedical, hospital, educational, and governmental markets. Includes list of products. |
| Frozen_in_Time Offers equipment for removing water from a substance without cell collapse of biological organisms. Can be used for freeze drying flowers, food, pharmaceuticals and old books. |
| Giangarlo_Scientific Sells analyzers, environmental monitoring, samplers, life science equipment, sensors, lab safety supplies, and wastewater testing products. Located in Pennsylvania, USA. |
| Indian_Scientific_Instruments Database of Indian exporters and importers dealing in scientific equipment. |
| Jiangsu_Textiles_I/E_Corp__Chemical_Dept_ Manufactures, exports and distributes chemicals for water treatment, biochemistry, reagents and pharmaceuticals. Also, sells laboratory glassware, handicrafts and cigarette materials. Includes compan |
| Laboratory_Equipment_and_Measuring_Industrial_System_(LEMIS)_-_Baltic Sells and develop meters to measure density, concentration, viscosity, alcohol and light refraction. Applications include medicine, material science, petro industries and the food industry. In Russi |
| Laboratory_Products_Association Search for lab products and services, worldwide by product name or company name. |
| Laboratory_Suppliers A huge alphabetized list of scientific suppliers. |
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