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The limitations of limitations

IEEE Intelligent Systems, 2003
The authors consider human-centered computing, and argue that human factors and applied cognitive psychologists have not just been selective in regarding certain human characteristics as limitations, but have also selected the wrong things and for the wrong reasons.
Flach, John M., Hoffman, Robert R.
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Limitations on Limitation

Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 2017
AbstractPhosphorus is believed to be the globally limiting nutrient in the modern ocean, but a number of nutrients have been invoked as limiting the Proterozoic biosphere. Mass balance calculations suggest that Proterozoic net primary productivity must have been 1 to 2 orders of magnitude less than today in order to maintain low oxygen levels despite ...
Thomas A. Laakso, Daniel P. Schrag
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The Limits of the Nonlinear Shannon Limit

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2016
Recent results about information theoretical limits in optical fibers are reviewed and the significance of what is commonly known as the nonlinear Shannon limit discussed. It is shown that this limit can be improved, while the actual channel capacity at high powers still remains substantially unknown.
SECONDINI, Marco, FORESTIERI, Enrico
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The Limitations of “Limitations”

The American Journal of Bioethics, 2004
It is heartening to see the authors of “Limitations” (Levine et al. 2004) lamenting that, as a salient concept in research ethics, vulnerability has been a mess.
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