A few clarifications on MIRIBEL

On actor-network theory: A few clarifications

VetCompanion: response and clarifications

To the editor, we are writing in response to the recent VetCompanion review [1]. The positive suggestions made by the author are appreciated. We agree the formulary provides substantial value. We plan to improve the search functionality by incorporating Boolean operators and exclusively utilizing tags applied to each topic, allowing more refined searches based on multiple symptoms. Our content ...

Clarifications about taxometric method

Taxometrics is a statistical procedure for determining whether relationships among observables reflect the existence of a latent taxon (type, species, category, disease entity). A formal-numerical definition is needed because intuitive, commonsense notions of “carving nature at its joints” or “identifying natural kinds” cannot resolve disagreements as to taxonic reality for hard cases. Specific...

Rating philosophies: some clarifications

In this paper I try to give answers to some of the questions and problems that arise in relation to point in time (PIT) and through the cycle (TTC) rating philosophies. One of the most confusing of these is the definition of the two approaches that, as I argue, should be based on the scope of information behind the systems. Through a simple model I demonstrate that the results of quantitative a...

A few facts on integrality

The purpose of this note is to collect some theorems and proofs related to integrality in commutative algebra. The note is subdivided into three parts. Part 1 (Integrality over rings) consists of known facts (Theorems 1, 4, 5) and a generalized exercise from [1] (Corollary 3) with a few minor variations (Theorem 2 and Corollary 6). Part 2 (Integrality over ideal semifiltrations) merges integral...