On the Multiplication of Decimals

A. S. Grant

doi:10.1017/s0025557200232646

On the Multiplication of Decimals

The Mathematical Gazette ◽

10.1017/s0025557200232646 ◽

1908 ◽

Vol 4 (74) ◽

pp. 321-322

Author(s):

A. S. Grant

Keyword(s):

Standard Form ◽

Partial Product ◽

Continued Use

So-called “standard form.”Method I have used with success as regards clearness and accuracy. (I believe this is Mr. Pendlebury’s arrangement.)Ride. Put singles (or units) figure of multiplier under the last figure of multiplicand.Arguments in favour of this second plan :Instead of such a mechanical rule as Mr. Borchardt’s (p. 69, Borchardt’s ,Arithmetical Types and Examples), we get the continued use of the sound and fundamental rule of “putting each first figure of a partial product underneath the figure to which that partial product is due.” And this also corresponds to the method of algebraic multiplication.

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Production of New and Revised A.A.V.S.O. Charts

International Astronomical Union Colloquium ◽

10.1017/s0252921100073620 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 46 ◽

pp. 368

Author(s):

Clinton B. Ford

Keyword(s):

Variable Star ◽

Standard Form ◽

Original Data ◽

University Of Pennsylvania ◽

Standard Format ◽

Additional Information ◽

The Gift ◽

The University

A “new charts program” for the Americal Association of Variable Star Observers was instigated in 1966 via the gift to the Association of the complete variable star observing records, charts, photographs, etc. of the late Prof. Charles P. Olivier of the University of Pennsylvania (USA). Adequate material covering about 60 variables, not previously charted by the AAVSO, was included in this original data, and was suitably charted in reproducible standard format.Since 1966, much additional information has been assembled from other sources, three Catalogs have been issued which list the new or revised charts produced, and which specify how copies of same may be obtained. The latest such Catalog is dated June 1978, and lists 670 different charts covering a total of 611 variables none of which was charted in reproducible standard form previous to 1966.

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A naturalistic study exploring continued use of smartphones to promote less sedentary behavior over time

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e546872013-235 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Sandra J. Winter ◽

Jylana L. Sheats ◽

Lauren A. Grieco ◽

Eric B. Hekler ◽

Matthew P. Buman ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sedentary Behavior ◽

Naturalistic Study ◽

Continued Use ◽

Over Time

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Race on Both Sides of the Razor

Kalfou A Journal of Comparative and Relational Ethnic Studies ◽

10.15367/kf.v5i1.194 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Terence D. Keel

Keyword(s):

Social Constructionism ◽

Political Correctness ◽

Genetic Basis ◽

Genetic Research ◽

Scientific Progress ◽

Social Constructionist ◽

Behavioral Differences ◽

Social Activists ◽

Continued Use ◽

Biological Differences

The proliferation of studies declaring that there is a genetic basis to health disparities and behavioral differences across the so-called races has encouraged the opponents of social constructionism to assert a victory for scientific progress over political correctness. I am not concerned in this essay with providing a response to critics who believe races are expressions of innate genetic or biological differences. Instead, I am interested in how genetic research on human differences has divided social constructionists over whether the race concept in science can be used for social justice and redressing embodied forms of discrimination. On one side, there is the position that race is an inherently flawed concept and that its continued use by scientists, medical professionals, and even social activists keeps alive the notion that it has a biological basis. On the other side of this debate are those who maintain a social constructionist position yet argue that not all instances of race in science stem from discriminatory politics or the desire to prove that humans belong to discrete biological units that can then be classified as superior or inferior. I would like to shift this debate away from the question of whether race is real and move instead toward thinking about the intellectual commitments necessary for science to expose past legacies of discrimination.

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