Where a container，pallet or similar article of transport is used to consolidate goods，the number of packages or units enumerated in the bill of lading as packed in such article of transport（）to be the number of packages or units in calculating the amount beyond which the carrier or the ship is not reliable.

As a result of the First World War settlement the（）was established in 1920.

（）was regarded as father of the American short stories.

In information theory, "information" is regarded as knowledge which reduces or removes(71) about the occurrence of a specific event from a given set of possible events. The concept "event" is to be understood as used in the theory of probability. For instance, an event may be the occurrence of a(72) character or word in a given message or in a given position of a message.In communication theory, channel is defined as that part of a communication system that connects the message source with the message sink. An encoder may be inserted between the message source and the input to the channel, and a(73) between the output of the channel and the message sink. Generally, these two units are not considered as being parts of the channel. In certain cases, however, they may be considered as pans of the message source and message sink,(74) In information theory(75) to Shannon, the channel can be characterized by the set of conditional probabilities of occurrence of all the messages received at the message sink when a given message emanates from the message source.

A declaration made by the Master before a PRC Consul，giving particulars regarding heavy weather or other incidents which may have caused damage to the vessel or cargo，through no fault of the vessel，her officers，or crew is a(n)（）.

Over the course of a year, a certain house appreciated in value by 10 percent while the house next door decreased in value by 10 percent as a result of foundation damage. At the end of the year, the reduced price of the second house was what percentage of the increased price of the first house?　　(1) The amount by which the first house increased in value was half as much as the amount by which the second house decreased in value.　　(2) At the end of the year, the second house was worth $70,000 more than the first house.

Thomas Jefferson viewed religious freedom, as the other founding fathers, as a fundamental component of a free society.

The writer says that the Post-it note was invented as a result of

Flex Links are a pair of a Layer 2 interfaces (switchports or port channels), where one interface is configured to act as a backup to the other. Which two statements are correct regarding Flex Links?（）

The identification character of each Navtex station is regarded as（）to the messages.