Simon Price
- Published in print:
- 1998
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780198292371
- eISBN:
- 9780191600159
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0198292376.003.0008
- Subject:
- Political Science, Reference
Extending the regression model to the analysis of non‐stationary, or trended, data. The examples demonstrate the application of unit root methodology, Engle‐Granger co‐integration procedures, and ...
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Extending the regression model to the analysis of non‐stationary, or trended, data. The examples demonstrate the application of unit root methodology, Engle‐Granger co‐integration procedures, and error correction methods. The application of appropriate statistics, such as the Augmented Dickey‐Fuller test, is also demonstrated.Less
Extending the regression model to the analysis of non‐stationary, or trended, data. The examples demonstrate the application of unit root methodology, Engle‐Granger co‐integration procedures, and error correction methods. The application of appropriate statistics, such as the Augmented Dickey‐Fuller test, is also demonstrated.
Robert Alicki and Mark Fannes
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- February 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780198504009
- eISBN:
- 9780191708503
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198504009.003.0001
- Subject:
- Physics, Theoretical, Computational, and Statistical Physics
This introductory chapter outlines the basic ideas of the book using two simple examples: the quantum harmonic oscillator as a prototype of an integrable system versus the quantum Arnold cat map ...
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This introductory chapter outlines the basic ideas of the book using two simple examples: the quantum harmonic oscillator as a prototype of an integrable system versus the quantum Arnold cat map leading to quantum chaos and the irrational rotation algebra.Less
This introductory chapter outlines the basic ideas of the book using two simple examples: the quantum harmonic oscillator as a prototype of an integrable system versus the quantum Arnold cat map leading to quantum chaos and the irrational rotation algebra.
Friedhelm Waldhausen, Bjørn Jahren, and John Rognes
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691157757
- eISBN:
- 9781400846528
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691157757.003.0001
- Subject:
- Mathematics, Geometry / Topology
This book presents a proof of the stable parametrized h-cobordism theorem, which deals with the existence of a natural homotopy equivalence for each compact CAT manifold. In this theorem, a stable ...
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This book presents a proof of the stable parametrized h-cobordism theorem, which deals with the existence of a natural homotopy equivalence for each compact CAT manifold. In this theorem, a stable CAT h-cobordism space is defined in terms of manifolds, whereas a CAT Whitehead space is defined in terms of algebraic K-theory. This is a stable range extension to parametrized families of the classical hand s-cobordism theorems first stated by A. E. Hatcher, but his proofs were incomplete. This book provides a full proof of this key result, which provides the link between the geometric topology of high-dimensional manifolds and their automorphisms, as well as the algebraic K-theory of spaces and structured ring spectra.Less
This book presents a proof of the stable parametrized h-cobordism theorem, which deals with the existence of a natural homotopy equivalence for each compact CAT manifold. In this theorem, a stable CAT h-cobordism space is defined in terms of manifolds, whereas a CAT Whitehead space is defined in terms of algebraic K-theory. This is a stable range extension to parametrized families of the classical hand s-cobordism theorems first stated by A. E. Hatcher, but his proofs were incomplete. This book provides a full proof of this key result, which provides the link between the geometric topology of high-dimensional manifolds and their automorphisms, as well as the algebraic K-theory of spaces and structured ring spectra.
Serge Haroche and Jean-Michel Raimond
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780198509141
- eISBN:
- 9780191708626
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198509141.003.0007
- Subject:
- Physics, Atomic, Laser, and Optical Physics
This chapter is devoted to the physics of cavity quantum electrodynamics (CQED) cats. After a brief reminder about the Schrödinger cat problem in quantum optics, it describes how a single atom ...
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This chapter is devoted to the physics of cavity quantum electrodynamics (CQED) cats. After a brief reminder about the Schrödinger cat problem in quantum optics, it describes how a single atom interacting with a field made of many photons can leave its quantum imprint on this field, bringing it into a superposition of states with distinct classical attributes. It describes the preparation and detection of these ‘Schrödinger cat’ states. It presents simple decoherence models, which account for their extreme fragility. It describes experimental studies of decoherence, which constitute direct explorations of the quantum-classical boundary. It discusses limitations to the size of these cat states and ways to protect them efficiently against decoherence. Finally, the chapter describes proposals to generate and study non-local cats, superpositions of field states delocalised in two cavities.Less
This chapter is devoted to the physics of cavity quantum electrodynamics (CQED) cats. After a brief reminder about the Schrödinger cat problem in quantum optics, it describes how a single atom interacting with a field made of many photons can leave its quantum imprint on this field, bringing it into a superposition of states with distinct classical attributes. It describes the preparation and detection of these ‘Schrödinger cat’ states. It presents simple decoherence models, which account for their extreme fragility. It describes experimental studies of decoherence, which constitute direct explorations of the quantum-classical boundary. It discusses limitations to the size of these cat states and ways to protect them efficiently against decoherence. Finally, the chapter describes proposals to generate and study non-local cats, superpositions of field states delocalised in two cavities.
Andrej Kral, Rainer Hartmann, and Rainer Klinke
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780198528999
- eISBN:
- 9780191723926
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198528999.003.0010
- Subject:
- Neuroscience, Disorders of the Nervous System
This chapter investigates experience-based changes in the auditory system using the congenitally deaf white cat model. Through the use of cochlear implants, which permit acoustic experience, the ...
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This chapter investigates experience-based changes in the auditory system using the congenitally deaf white cat model. Through the use of cochlear implants, which permit acoustic experience, the auditory cortex of the congenitally deaf cat cortex is shown to be capable to modifying itself to resemble that of hearing cats.Less
This chapter investigates experience-based changes in the auditory system using the congenitally deaf white cat model. Through the use of cochlear implants, which permit acoustic experience, the auditory cortex of the congenitally deaf cat cortex is shown to be capable to modifying itself to resemble that of hearing cats.
B. Dreher
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780198528999
- eISBN:
- 9780191723926
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198528999.003.0001
- Subject:
- Neuroscience, Disorders of the Nervous System
This chapter considers the reorganization of the primary visual cortex of the cat following monocular or binocular retinal lesions. These studies reveal the importance of horizontal connections ...
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This chapter considers the reorganization of the primary visual cortex of the cat following monocular or binocular retinal lesions. These studies reveal the importance of horizontal connections within the visual cortex. The mechanisms of reorganization are investigated utilizing molecular, pharmacological, and electrophysiological techniques.Less
This chapter considers the reorganization of the primary visual cortex of the cat following monocular or binocular retinal lesions. These studies reveal the importance of horizontal connections within the visual cortex. The mechanisms of reorganization are investigated utilizing molecular, pharmacological, and electrophysiological techniques.
Ulf T. Eysel and Thomas Mittmann
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780198528999
- eISBN:
- 9780191723926
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198528999.003.0003
- Subject:
- Neuroscience, Disorders of the Nervous System
Long-term potentiation (LTP) was first described in the mammalian hippocampus and was also elicited in the visual cortex of rats. LTP is most strongly expressed during early postnatal development ...
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Long-term potentiation (LTP) was first described in the mammalian hippocampus and was also elicited in the visual cortex of rats. LTP is most strongly expressed during early postnatal development when synaptic plasticity is high. To test the hypothesis that lesion-induced reorganization in the visual cortex is associated with increased LTP, this chapter examines synaptic plasticity in slices of the lesioned rat visual cortex in vitro. Characteristic changes are in plasticity are observed in the surround of lesions, supporting the hypothesis of enhanced LTP being involved in reprogramming of the visual cortex in response to local damage in the adult visual cortex.Less
Long-term potentiation (LTP) was first described in the mammalian hippocampus and was also elicited in the visual cortex of rats. LTP is most strongly expressed during early postnatal development when synaptic plasticity is high. To test the hypothesis that lesion-induced reorganization in the visual cortex is associated with increased LTP, this chapter examines synaptic plasticity in slices of the lesioned rat visual cortex in vitro. Characteristic changes are in plasticity are observed in the surround of lesions, supporting the hypothesis of enhanced LTP being involved in reprogramming of the visual cortex in response to local damage in the adult visual cortex.
Krystel R. Huxlin
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780198528999
- eISBN:
- 9780191723926
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198528999.003.0006
- Subject:
- Neuroscience, Disorders of the Nervous System
This chapter examines how lesions of the cat lateral suprasylvian (LS) extrastriate region initially produces behavior deficits specific to complex moving stimuli. It describes how visual training in ...
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This chapter examines how lesions of the cat lateral suprasylvian (LS) extrastriate region initially produces behavior deficits specific to complex moving stimuli. It describes how visual training in the impaired hemifield shows that specific and active training is needed for functional recovery following the lesions. Lesions induce a down-regulation in activity within supragranular layers of area 18, which leads to alterations in the neurochemistry of specific sets of LS-projecting pyramidal cells and the inter-neurons that surround them.Less
This chapter examines how lesions of the cat lateral suprasylvian (LS) extrastriate region initially produces behavior deficits specific to complex moving stimuli. It describes how visual training in the impaired hemifield shows that specific and active training is needed for functional recovery following the lesions. Lesions induce a down-regulation in activity within supragranular layers of area 18, which leads to alterations in the neurochemistry of specific sets of LS-projecting pyramidal cells and the inter-neurons that surround them.
Jos J. Eggermont
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780198528999
- eISBN:
- 9780191723926
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198528999.003.0007
- Subject:
- Neuroscience, Disorders of the Nervous System
This chapter examines the reorganization of the tonotopic map in cat primary auditory cortex (AI) following noise-induced hearing loss. It shows that the remapping is due to previously inhibited ...
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This chapter examines the reorganization of the tonotopic map in cat primary auditory cortex (AI) following noise-induced hearing loss. It shows that the remapping is due to previously inhibited excitatory inputs and may contribute to the hypersensitivity of bordering frequencies and to the occurrence of tinnitus.Less
This chapter examines the reorganization of the tonotopic map in cat primary auditory cortex (AI) following noise-induced hearing loss. It shows that the remapping is due to previously inhibited excitatory inputs and may contribute to the hypersensitivity of bordering frequencies and to the occurrence of tinnitus.
R. M. Sainsbury and Michael Tye
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199695317
- eISBN:
- 9780191738531
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199695317.003.0007
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language
This chapter shows how the originalist theory solves the seven puzzles.
This chapter shows how the originalist theory solves the seven puzzles.
Janine Mendola
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- May 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195140132
- eISBN:
- 9780199865307
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195140132.003.0003
- Subject:
- Neuroscience, Sensory and Motor Systems, Behavioral Neuroscience
This chapter begins with a brief discussion of contextual effects in the physiological responses of single neurons in cats and primates. It reviews the physiological investigations of contextual ...
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This chapter begins with a brief discussion of contextual effects in the physiological responses of single neurons in cats and primates. It reviews the physiological investigations of contextual visual phenomena in human visual cortex made possible by noninvasive functional neuroimaging techniques. It addresses two important topics concerning filling-in and related contextual effects. First, it asks the question: What are the contributions of feedforward, feedback, and lateral anatomical connections? Second, it asks: How large is the neural network that contributes to particular classes of contextual effects? Finally, the chapter discusses how single-neuron properties can be related to population indices and how the organization of the primate visual system may impact thoughts about filling-in.Less
This chapter begins with a brief discussion of contextual effects in the physiological responses of single neurons in cats and primates. It reviews the physiological investigations of contextual visual phenomena in human visual cortex made possible by noninvasive functional neuroimaging techniques. It addresses two important topics concerning filling-in and related contextual effects. First, it asks the question: What are the contributions of feedforward, feedback, and lateral anatomical connections? Second, it asks: How large is the neural network that contributes to particular classes of contextual effects? Finally, the chapter discusses how single-neuron properties can be related to population indices and how the organization of the primate visual system may impact thoughts about filling-in.
R. W. Maslen
- Published in print:
- 1997
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198119913
- eISBN:
- 9780191671241
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198119913.001.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, 16th-century and Renaissance Literature
This book argues that English writers of prose fiction from the 1550s to the 1570s produced some of the most daringly innovative publications of the sixteenth century. Through close examination of a ...
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This book argues that English writers of prose fiction from the 1550s to the 1570s produced some of the most daringly innovative publications of the sixteenth century. Through close examination of a number of key texts, from William Baldwin's satirical fable Beware the Cat, to George Gascoigne's mock-romance The Adventures of Master F.J. and John Lyly's immensely popular Euphues books, he sets out to demonstrate the courage as well as the considerable skills which these undervalued authors brought to their work. They wrote at a time when the Elizabethan censorship system was growing increasingly rigorous in response to the perceived threat of infiltration from Catholic Europe, yet they chose to write books of a kind that was specifically associated with Catholic Italy and France. Their topics were the secrets, lies, and acts of petty treason which vitiated the private lives of the contemporary ruling classes, and their vigorous experiments with style and form marked out prose fiction for years to come as shifty and perilous literary territory. These writers presented themselves as masters of the arts of duplicity, talents which made them eminently suitable for employment as informers or spies, whether for the government or for its most deadly ideological opponents. Their sophisticated narratives of sexual intrigue had a profound effect on the development of the complex poetry and drama that sprung up towards the end of the century, as well as on the modern novel.Less
This book argues that English writers of prose fiction from the 1550s to the 1570s produced some of the most daringly innovative publications of the sixteenth century. Through close examination of a number of key texts, from William Baldwin's satirical fable Beware the Cat, to George Gascoigne's mock-romance The Adventures of Master F.J. and John Lyly's immensely popular Euphues books, he sets out to demonstrate the courage as well as the considerable skills which these undervalued authors brought to their work. They wrote at a time when the Elizabethan censorship system was growing increasingly rigorous in response to the perceived threat of infiltration from Catholic Europe, yet they chose to write books of a kind that was specifically associated with Catholic Italy and France. Their topics were the secrets, lies, and acts of petty treason which vitiated the private lives of the contemporary ruling classes, and their vigorous experiments with style and form marked out prose fiction for years to come as shifty and perilous literary territory. These writers presented themselves as masters of the arts of duplicity, talents which made them eminently suitable for employment as informers or spies, whether for the government or for its most deadly ideological opponents. Their sophisticated narratives of sexual intrigue had a profound effect on the development of the complex poetry and drama that sprung up towards the end of the century, as well as on the modern novel.
RUMINA SETHI
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198183396
- eISBN:
- 9780191674020
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198183396.003.0006
- Subject:
- Literature, World Literature
This chapter examines the trajectory of Rao's later fiction in terms of the earlier analysis of Kanthapura. While Kanthapura is contextualized in the history of the period, the ensuing analysis does ...
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This chapter examines the trajectory of Rao's later fiction in terms of the earlier analysis of Kanthapura. While Kanthapura is contextualized in the history of the period, the ensuing analysis does not intend to pursue a similar exercise in the main, partly because the bulk of his fiction is written long after the achievement of independence, and partly since Rao's concern as an artist becomes more metaphysical and personal. It is possible, however, for the metaphysical to be seen as an extreme dimension of the nationalistic: having moved away from the political circumstances of the 1930s and the 1940s, Rao's metaphysical concerns are an assertion of the persistence of a fundamental Hindu tradition in a period of internal dislocation following independence, as also an anchor for personal dilemma. These are some of the issues that need to be mentioned in any consideration of Rao's later fiction comprising The Serpent and the Rope (1960), The Cat and Shakespeare (1965), Comrade Kirillov (1976), and The Chessmaster and His Moves (1988). The content of this chapter is ideological since it intends to raise questions related to the body of Rao's later fiction and to speculate on the development of his vision and its inherent contradictions through a brief internal study.Less
This chapter examines the trajectory of Rao's later fiction in terms of the earlier analysis of Kanthapura. While Kanthapura is contextualized in the history of the period, the ensuing analysis does not intend to pursue a similar exercise in the main, partly because the bulk of his fiction is written long after the achievement of independence, and partly since Rao's concern as an artist becomes more metaphysical and personal. It is possible, however, for the metaphysical to be seen as an extreme dimension of the nationalistic: having moved away from the political circumstances of the 1930s and the 1940s, Rao's metaphysical concerns are an assertion of the persistence of a fundamental Hindu tradition in a period of internal dislocation following independence, as also an anchor for personal dilemma. These are some of the issues that need to be mentioned in any consideration of Rao's later fiction comprising The Serpent and the Rope (1960), The Cat and Shakespeare (1965), Comrade Kirillov (1976), and The Chessmaster and His Moves (1988). The content of this chapter is ideological since it intends to raise questions related to the body of Rao's later fiction and to speculate on the development of his vision and its inherent contradictions through a brief internal study.
Helen Kraus
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199600786
- eISBN:
- 9780191731563
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199600786.003.0009
- Subject:
- Religion, Biblical Studies, Church History
The 1477 Delft Bible, a translation of the Latin Vulgate, had proved extremely popular. However, the Latin version was that of the Church of Rome and thus a new translation from the Hebrew rather ...
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The 1477 Delft Bible, a translation of the Latin Vulgate, had proved extremely popular. However, the Latin version was that of the Church of Rome and thus a new translation from the Hebrew rather than Latin constituted something of a declaration of independence, both from the Catholic Church and from Spanish occupation. Like the English Authorized Version, the Dutch translation adhered closely to the Hebrew text. The most striking feature of the Statenbijbel is the use of the word huysvrouwe in Genesis 4:1, implying that she belongs to the man and is his legitimate wife, the proper foundation of a sexual and procreative relationship. Marriage in the 17th‐century Netherlands had become a civil matter rather than a sacrament. The Dutch statesman and self‐styled poet and hugely popular moralist, Jacob Cats, though himself no puritan, reinforced the strict principles of female chastity and male dominion.Less
The 1477 Delft Bible, a translation of the Latin Vulgate, had proved extremely popular. However, the Latin version was that of the Church of Rome and thus a new translation from the Hebrew rather than Latin constituted something of a declaration of independence, both from the Catholic Church and from Spanish occupation. Like the English Authorized Version, the Dutch translation adhered closely to the Hebrew text. The most striking feature of the Statenbijbel is the use of the word huysvrouwe in Genesis 4:1, implying that she belongs to the man and is his legitimate wife, the proper foundation of a sexual and procreative relationship. Marriage in the 17th‐century Netherlands had become a civil matter rather than a sacrament. The Dutch statesman and self‐styled poet and hugely popular moralist, Jacob Cats, though himself no puritan, reinforced the strict principles of female chastity and male dominion.
David. Cressy
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198207818
- eISBN:
- 9780191677809
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198207818.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History, Cultural History
This chapter examines the claims and confusions that resulted from when a woman in Harborough, Leicestershire, in 1569 allegedly gave birth to a cat. It includes testimonies from midwives and market ...
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This chapter examines the claims and confusions that resulted from when a woman in Harborough, Leicestershire, in 1569 allegedly gave birth to a cat. It includes testimonies from midwives and market women, servants and shopkeepers, clerics and magistrates, and from the woman, Agnes Bowker, herself. The story troubled local officials to the extent that they referred it to higher authorities, the case eventually reaching the attention of Queen Elizabeth's Privy Council and the Bishop of London. One of the investigators of this incident declared that ‘there is nothing so secret it shall not be made open’, but even he was uncertain what actually to believe. The convolutions of the story raise challenging questions about credulity and credibility, and the processing of doubtful information.Less
This chapter examines the claims and confusions that resulted from when a woman in Harborough, Leicestershire, in 1569 allegedly gave birth to a cat. It includes testimonies from midwives and market women, servants and shopkeepers, clerics and magistrates, and from the woman, Agnes Bowker, herself. The story troubled local officials to the extent that they referred it to higher authorities, the case eventually reaching the attention of Queen Elizabeth's Privy Council and the Bishop of London. One of the investigators of this incident declared that ‘there is nothing so secret it shall not be made open’, but even he was uncertain what actually to believe. The convolutions of the story raise challenging questions about credulity and credibility, and the processing of doubtful information.
David. Cressy
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198207818
- eISBN:
- 9780191677809
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198207818.003.0012
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History, Cultural History
This chapter brings together a number of incidents in which cats and dogs, and calves and horses were profanely taken into church and mockingly administered the sacrament of baptism. Some of these ...
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This chapter brings together a number of incidents in which cats and dogs, and calves and horses were profanely taken into church and mockingly administered the sacrament of baptism. Some of these cases reflect youthful high spirits, while others in the early 1640s were connected to assaults on the established Church by sectarian reformers and parliamentary soldiers. Reports of these incidents are sometimes inflammatory, sometimes apologetic, as they position themselves for legal or polemical effect. The discussion focuses on violations of decorum, inversions of protocol, and travesties of religious ritual.Less
This chapter brings together a number of incidents in which cats and dogs, and calves and horses were profanely taken into church and mockingly administered the sacrament of baptism. Some of these cases reflect youthful high spirits, while others in the early 1640s were connected to assaults on the established Church by sectarian reformers and parliamentary soldiers. Reports of these incidents are sometimes inflammatory, sometimes apologetic, as they position themselves for legal or polemical effect. The discussion focuses on violations of decorum, inversions of protocol, and travesties of religious ritual.
Solly Angel
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195158687
- eISBN:
- 9780199849826
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195158687.003.0014
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Innovation
The repeated failures of the past six months led to a number of existential and not-so-existential critiques of the project, critiques that Solly Angel had thus far managed to evade. He now worried ...
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The repeated failures of the past six months led to a number of existential and not-so-existential critiques of the project, critiques that Solly Angel had thus far managed to evade. He now worried that these subversive critiques would slowly drain him of the conviction that he needed to sustain him in the face of persistent failures. The deadline of early March set by Philips for the working load cell would not be met. Thus this led to a new prototype, the double-anchor load cell. In general, the required load cell needed to be cheap and accurate. The thin load cell problem was solved, that much was clear. The cat face load cell was a simple and therefore cheap solution to that problem, one that could be easily copied unless Solly had some patent protection.Less
The repeated failures of the past six months led to a number of existential and not-so-existential critiques of the project, critiques that Solly Angel had thus far managed to evade. He now worried that these subversive critiques would slowly drain him of the conviction that he needed to sustain him in the face of persistent failures. The deadline of early March set by Philips for the working load cell would not be met. Thus this led to a new prototype, the double-anchor load cell. In general, the required load cell needed to be cheap and accurate. The thin load cell problem was solved, that much was clear. The cat face load cell was a simple and therefore cheap solution to that problem, one that could be easily copied unless Solly had some patent protection.
Solly Angel
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195158687
- eISBN:
- 9780199849826
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195158687.003.0015
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Innovation
Solly Angel had already started thinking about the business angle of the scale endeavor back in early March of 1989. As more numbers started to come in over the following months, the original idea of ...
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Solly Angel had already started thinking about the business angle of the scale endeavor back in early March of 1989. As more numbers started to come in over the following months, the original idea of a tripartite business arrangement between Kratos, Paramount, and Libra made less and less sense. The batch of hook load cells that he sent performed as expected. They were building and testing their own scale models using these load cells and it took time. Now, having received the new cat face prototypes, they were building and testing yet more models. They expected to have a go-or-no-go decision by the end of February 1990. With these new prototypes, they were ready to assemble a thin scale using a metal-and-foam sandwich for the scale plate. Later, bad news was announced: Philips was not interested in a deal, nor was it about to make a counter offer. Now, the Philips affair was over, and towards the end of April, Solly was on the move again, this time in pursuit of a license agreement.Less
Solly Angel had already started thinking about the business angle of the scale endeavor back in early March of 1989. As more numbers started to come in over the following months, the original idea of a tripartite business arrangement between Kratos, Paramount, and Libra made less and less sense. The batch of hook load cells that he sent performed as expected. They were building and testing their own scale models using these load cells and it took time. Now, having received the new cat face prototypes, they were building and testing yet more models. They expected to have a go-or-no-go decision by the end of February 1990. With these new prototypes, they were ready to assemble a thin scale using a metal-and-foam sandwich for the scale plate. Later, bad news was announced: Philips was not interested in a deal, nor was it about to make a counter offer. Now, the Philips affair was over, and towards the end of April, Solly was on the move again, this time in pursuit of a license agreement.
Solly Angel
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195158687
- eISBN:
- 9780199849826
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195158687.003.0016
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Innovation
Solly Angel showed the thin scale and the cat face load cell and explained how it all worked to Dr. Heinrich Komesker of Krups. By the end of lunch, he was convinced that Krups needed the thin scale. ...
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Solly Angel showed the thin scale and the cat face load cell and explained how it all worked to Dr. Heinrich Komesker of Krups. By the end of lunch, he was convinced that Krups needed the thin scale. An incomplete prototype, with an unsolved “thin-electronics” problem, was a great concern. At the beginning of May 1990, he faxed proposed license agreements to Krups and Soehnle. They were variations on template agreements available in the many how-to books on invention that he had collected by that time. The promising licensing agreements with Soehnle and Krups, and later with Counselor too, all came to naught. They dematerialized one after the other during a torturous sequence of exchanges that went on and on for months and led to exhaustion. Then, Ziggy Zee, an enterprising electronics engineer, called. He explained over the phone that some people he knew were interested in producing the scale and marketing it globally. Thus, the scale saga was not yet over.Less
Solly Angel showed the thin scale and the cat face load cell and explained how it all worked to Dr. Heinrich Komesker of Krups. By the end of lunch, he was convinced that Krups needed the thin scale. An incomplete prototype, with an unsolved “thin-electronics” problem, was a great concern. At the beginning of May 1990, he faxed proposed license agreements to Krups and Soehnle. They were variations on template agreements available in the many how-to books on invention that he had collected by that time. The promising licensing agreements with Soehnle and Krups, and later with Counselor too, all came to naught. They dematerialized one after the other during a torturous sequence of exchanges that went on and on for months and led to exhaustion. Then, Ziggy Zee, an enterprising electronics engineer, called. He explained over the phone that some people he knew were interested in producing the scale and marketing it globally. Thus, the scale saga was not yet over.
Solly Angel
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195158687
- eISBN:
- 9780199849826
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195158687.003.0018
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Innovation
Right around the time that the Home Products deal collapsed, Solly Angel received a phone call from one Oved Sadeh, the export manager of Shekel, the leading electronic scale company in Israel. The ...
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Right around the time that the Home Products deal collapsed, Solly Angel received a phone call from one Oved Sadeh, the export manager of Shekel, the leading electronic scale company in Israel. The Shekel Company produced electronic scales and load cells for industrial plants, warehouses, shops and stores, hospitals, vehicles, and agricultural works, but did not make any personal scales for home use. In March 1993, together with Charlie, they turned their attention to modifying the cat face load cell so that it could be used in an incubator scale for Shekel. In May 1993, he met Oved and his colleague David Elbaz, the managing director of Shekel, for an after-dinner drink at the bar of the Sheraton Hotel outside Frankfurt airport. Oved and David wanted to license the cat face load cell and to pay royalties, at 5% of their wholesale prices, every time they made a sale. They were planning to invest some money in a new production line for the load cells and for that reason they did not think it appropriate to pay him anything up front for the promised license.Less
Right around the time that the Home Products deal collapsed, Solly Angel received a phone call from one Oved Sadeh, the export manager of Shekel, the leading electronic scale company in Israel. The Shekel Company produced electronic scales and load cells for industrial plants, warehouses, shops and stores, hospitals, vehicles, and agricultural works, but did not make any personal scales for home use. In March 1993, together with Charlie, they turned their attention to modifying the cat face load cell so that it could be used in an incubator scale for Shekel. In May 1993, he met Oved and his colleague David Elbaz, the managing director of Shekel, for an after-dinner drink at the bar of the Sheraton Hotel outside Frankfurt airport. Oved and David wanted to license the cat face load cell and to pay royalties, at 5% of their wholesale prices, every time they made a sale. They were planning to invest some money in a new production line for the load cells and for that reason they did not think it appropriate to pay him anything up front for the promised license.
