Spirits: uncovering unusual infrared transients with spitzer... This shock may have been triggered by the dynamic decay of a non-hierarchical system of massive stars that led to either the formation of a binary or a protostellar merger
The new zealand centre for adverse reactions monitoring: a source of practice-based evidence... Examples are discussed that support the use of ADRs as practice-based evidence in a non-hierarchical system in which case reports and case series, observational studies and randomised clinical trials contribute in a flexible relationship depending on the issue...
Verification of hierarchical state/event systems using reusability and compositionality... The straightforward way of analyzing a hierarchical system is to first flatten it into an equivalent non-hierarchical system and then apply existing finite state system verification techniques....
Policy coordination in federal systems: comparing intergovernmental processes and outcomes in canada and the united states... Hierarchical administrative federalism in the United States does not always produce the degree of coordination one might anticipate while a decentralized non-hierarchical system in Canada can achieve surprising degrees of coordination....