Yablo's paradox and referring to infinite objects

The blame for the semantic and set-theoretic paradoxes is often placed on self-reference and circularity. Some years ago, Yablo [1985; 1993] challenged this diagnosis, by producing a paradox that's liar-like but does not seem to involve circularity. But is Yablo's paradox really non-circular? In a recent paper, Beall [2001] has suggested that there are no means available to refer to Yablo's paradox without invoking descriptions, and since Priest [1997] has shown that any such description is circular, Beall concludes that Yablo's paradox itself is circular. In this paper, we argue that Beall's conclusion is unwarranted, given that (1) descriptions are not the only way to refer to Yablo's paradox, and (ii) we have no reason to believe that because the description involves self-reference, the denotation of the description is also circular. As a result, for all that's been said so far, we have no reason to believe that Yablo's paradox is circular.

Referring to judo's sports injuries in São Paulo State Championship

Objective. - In a pioneer way, we investigated the morbidity of sports injuries referred by judo athletes from São Paulo State Championship.Material and methods. - Data collection from 93 senior judokas in State of São Paulo Judo Championship, through Referred Morbidity Inquiry about last year.Results. - One hundred and ten events were registered with a distribution frequency gradient of sprain > contusion > strain > ligament injury > partial and total dislocation. The most injured body areas were: knee (26.3%), shoulder (21.8%), fingers (17.3%), and ankle (10.0%). The most risky situation was when the athlete was training (standing, applying a blow) and it can be explained by the frequent and unprepared exposition of the athletes. Yearly lesion rate was 1.18 injuries per athlete/year.Conclusion. - Sprains constitute the most common judo injury, and athletes are more susceptible when they apply blows; discussion about the direction that the prevention should be applied remains opened. (c) 2006 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

Trans-spliced leader addition to mRNAs in a cnidarian

A search of databases with the sequence from the 5′ untranslated region of a Hydra cDNA clone encoding a receptor protein-tyrosine kinase revealed that a number of Hydra cDNAs contain one of two different sequences at their 5′ ends. This finding suggested the possibility that mRNAs in Hydra receive leader sequences by trans-splicing. This hypothesis was confirmed by the finding that the leader sequences are transcribed as parts of small RNAs encoded by genes located in the 5S rRNA clusters of Hydra. The two spliced leader (SL) RNAs (SL-A and -B) contain splice donor dinucleotides at the predicted positions, and genes that receive SLs contain splice acceptor dinucleotides at the predicted positions. Both of the SL RNAs are bound by antibody against trimethylguanosine, suggesting that they contain a trimethylguanosine cap. The predicted secondary structures of the Hydra SL RNAs show significant differences from the structures predicted for the SLs of other organisms. Messenger RNAs have been identified that can receive either SL-A or -B, although the impact of the two different SLs on the function of the mRNA is unknown. The presence and features of SL addition in the phylum Cnidaria raise interesting questions regarding the evolution of this process.

Laws of Michigan : concerning the organization and government of townships, and the powers and duties of township officers and boards of supervisors : with numerous practical forms, and notes referring to adjudicated cases /

Mode of access: Internet.

Catalogue of an exhibition of the works of William Makepeace Thackeray; together with books, articles and catalogues referring to Thackeray, held at the Library co. of Philadelphia, Ridgway branch, May 14th to 28th, 1940.

"Errata" slip mounted on p. [4]

The spy; a tale of the neutral ground; referring to some particular occurrences during the American war: also pourtraying American scenery and manners. ...

Mode of access: Internet.

The English flora: or, A catalogue of trees, shrubs, plants and fruits, natives as well as exotics, cultivated, for use or ornament, in the English nurseries, greenhouses and stoves, arranged according to the Linnæan system; with the Latin trivial, and common English names, and an English index referring to the Latin names. Also, a general catalogue of seeds ...

Added t.-p. in Latin.

Historia muscorum : a general history of land and water, &c., mosses and corals, containing all the known species ... Their names, places of growth, and seasons in English and Latin, referring to each figure /

Stafleu and Cowan (2nd ed.)

The Psalms of David : with notes, devotional and practical, referring to the New Testament, extracted with very little alteration from Dr. Horne's commentary on the Book of Psalms /

With: Translations and paraphrases in verse ... / by a Committee of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Edinburgh : D. Hunter Blair and M.S. Bruce, 1829.

A key to Bottarelli's Italian exercises, referring to Veneroni's grammar : with a few extracts in prose and verse /

Mode of access: Internet.

The practice in bankruptcy, with the Bankrupt Law of the United States as amended, and the rules and forms; together with notes referring to all decisions reported to September 1, 1874 /

Spine title: Bump's law and practice of bankruptcy.

The Last Missionary to Leave the Temple Should Turn Off the Light Sociological Remarks on the Decline of Japanese ""Immigrant"" Buddhism in Brazil

Empirical data indicate that the so-called ""Buddhism of yellow color"" that is predominantly associated with Japanese ""immigrant"" Buddhism, is constantly in decline in terms of ""explicit"" adherents. After some methodological observations, this article gives an overview of the relevant statistical data. The last part discusses possible reasons for these negative dynamics, referring to causes within Buddhist institutions, the ethnic community, and at the level of the individual.