Publications by authors named "Michael D Westmoreland"
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- The critique highlights that the many-world interpretation of quantum mechanics struggles without a defined frame of reference, leading to ambiguous interpretations.
- The authors compare this issue to Goodman's "grue-bleen" problem, illustrating how language can complicate our understanding of theories.
- They conclude that this problem extends beyond quantum mechanics to other theories like classical Hamiltonian mechanics, indicating that without external context, isolated systems lack meaningful interpretation.
We present an axiomatic framework for thermodynamics that incorporates information as a fundamental concept. The axioms describe both ordinary thermodynamic processes and those in which information is acquired, used and erased, as in the operation of Maxwell's demon. This system, similar to previous axiomatic systems for thermodynamics, supports the construction of conserved quantities and an entropy function governing state changes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (ASBMT) Clinical Case Forum (CCF) was launched in 2014 as an online secure tool to enhance interaction and communication among hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) professionals worldwide through the discussion of challenging clinical care issues. After 14 months, we reviewed clinical and demographical data of cases posted in the CCF from January 29, 2014 to March 18, 2015. A total of 137 cases were posted during the study period.
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