Scale dependence in earthquake phenomena and its relevance to earthquake prediction.

The recent discovery of a low-velocity, low-Q zone with a width of 50-200 m reaching to the top of the ductile part of the crust, by observations on seismic guided waves trapped in the fault zone of the Landers earthquake of 1992, and its identification with the shear zone inferred from the distribution of tension cracks observed on the surface support the existence of a characteristic scale length of the order of 100 m affecting various earthquake phenomena in southern California, as evidenced earlier by the kink in the magnitude-frequency relation at about M3, the constant corner frequency for earthquakes with M below about 3, and the sourcecontrolled fmax of 5-10 Hz for major earthquakes. The temporal correlation between coda Q-1 and the fractional rate of occurrence of earthquakes in the magnitude range 3-3.5, the geographical similarity of coda Q-1 and seismic velocity at a depth of 20 km, and the simultaneous change of coda Q-1 and conductivity at the lower crust support the hypotheses that coda Q-1 may represent the activity of creep fracture in the ductile part of the lithosphere occurring over cracks with a characteristic size of the order of 100 m. The existence of such a characteristic scale length cannot be consistent with the overall self-similarity of earthquakes unless we postulate a discrete hierarchy of such characteristic scale lengths. The discrete hierarchy of characteristic scale lengths is consistent with recently observed logarithmic periodicity in precursory seismicity.

Addresses and statements by the Honorable Cordell Hull, Secretary of State of the United States of America : in connection with his trip to South America, 1933-1934, to attend the seventh International Conference of American States, Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Manpower for defense; policies and statements of the Office of Defense Mobilization.

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Final report of the Commission on Industrial Relations, including the report of Basil M. Manly, director of research and investigation, and the individual reports and statements of the several commissioners.

Senate doc. 415, 64th Cong., 1st sess., has title: Industrial relations. Final report and testimony.

Addresses and Messages to the General Court, Proclamations, Official Addresses and Statements.

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Testimonies to the fertility of ancient Palestine : comprehending the opinions and statements of authors from the earliest periods to the present time, with incidental remarks upon the aspersions of the character of its inhabitants, and of the Jews.

Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 30666.21.

Calculations and statements relative to the trade between Great Britain and the United States of America . ..

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The Chronology of history, containing tables, calculations and statements, indispensable for ascertaining the dates of historical events and of public and private documents from the earliest period to the present time.

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Naval researches, or, A candid inquiry into the conduct of Admirals Byron, Graves, Hood, and Rodney : in the action off Grenada, Chesapeak, St. Christopher's, and of the ninth and twelfth of April 1782 : being a refutation of the plans and statements of Mr. Clerk, Rear Admiral Ekins, and others : founded on authentic documents or actual observation /

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Documents and statements relating to peace proposals & war aims

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The London Missionary Society's report of the proceedings against the late Rev. J. Smith, of Demerara ... who was tried under martial law, and condemned to death, on a charge of aiding and assisting in a rebellion of the negro slaves; from a full and correct copy ... and including the documentary evidence omitted in the Parliamentary copy; with an appendix; containing the letters and statements of Mr. and Mrs. Smith ... The whole pub. under the authority of the directors of the said society.

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Rules and regulations ... and statements of procedure /

"Labor Management Relations Act, 1947."

The continent in 1835 : sketches in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Savoy, and France ; including historical notices ; and statements relative to the existing aspect of the Protestant religion in those countries /

Spine title: Hoppus's continent in 1835.

Multilevel phenomena and the implications for method: An example of knowledge transfer in sports

Multilevel theories integrate individual-level processes with those occurring at the level of the firm and above to generate richer and more complete explanations of IB phenomena than the traditional specification of IB relationships as single-level and parsimonious allows. Case study methods permit the timely collection of multiple sources of data, in context, from multiple individuals and multiple organizational units. Further, because the definitions for each level emerge from case data rather than being imposed a priori, case analysis promotes an understanding of deeper structures and cross-level processes. This paper considers the example of sport as an internationalized service to illustrate how the case method might be used to illuminate the multilevel phenomena of knowledge.

The unique complexity of social phenomena and the uses of social science knowledge

The assertion about the peculiarly intricate and complex character of social phenomena has, in much of social discourse, a virtually uncontested tradition. A significant part of the premise about the complexity of social phenomena is the conviction that it complicates, perhaps even inhibits the development and application of social scientific knowledge. Our paper explores the origins, the basis and the consequences of this assertion and asks in particular whether the classic complexity assertion still deserves to be invoked in analyses that ask about the production and the utilization of social scientific knowledge in modern society. We refer to one of the most prominent and politically influential social scientific theories, John Maynard Keynes' economic theory as an illustration. We conclude that, the practical value of social scientific knowledge is not necessarily dependent on a faithful, in the sense of complete, representation of (complex) social reality. Practical knowledge is context sensitive if not project bound. Social scientific knowledge that wants to optimize its practicality has to attend and attach itself to elements of practical social situations that can be altered or are actionable by relevant actors. This chapter represents an effort to re-examine the relation between social reality, social scientific knowledge and its practical application. There is a widely accepted view about the potential social utility of social scientific knowledge that invokes the peculiar complexity of social reality as an impediment to good theoretical comprehension and hence to its applicability.