We examine the implications of decision theory for religious choice and evangelism, under the assumption that people choose their religion. The application of decision theory leads us to a broad definition of religion and a particular definition of faith, each related to the uncertainty associated with what happens to a person after death. We examine two extremes: total ambiguity and no ambigui...

The [I001 shear modulus C44 i s known to be nearly temperature independent in the case of V3Si, an extensively studied compound for wich many authors t r ied to associate the l a t t i c e ins t ab i l i t y and the high superconducting transit ion temperature. We report new sound velocity and attenuation measurements of th i s [loo] shear mode. The temperature change of the sound velocity disp...

This paper analyzes the problem faced by a risk-averse firm considering how much to invest in a risky project. The firm receives a signal about the value of the project. We derive necessary and sufficient conditions on the signal distribution such that (i) the agent's investment is nondecreasing in the realization of the signal, and (ii) different signals can be ranked according to their ex ant...

A combined microscopic, i.e., powder and single crystal x-ray diffraction inelastic scattering, macroscopic, heat capacity, characterization was carried out on YB66 between 10 400K. The system crystallizes in a rather large unit cell with lattice parameter of about 23.4Å at room temperature. volume thermal expansion coefficient is found to be 3.9×10−5K−1 295K. high Debye temperature above 1000K...

Introduction. Basal cell carcinoma is the most common tumour of eyelids and periocular region throughout world. BCC represents 90 % malignant tumours eyelids, predominantly in male population. The incidence higher age over 60. Over 50% initially occur on lower lid inner angle. Research objectives. Literature review epidemiology, aetiopathogenesis, clinical attributes, diagnostics, treatment his...

To investigate the crystallization of DNTF in modified double-base propellants, glycidyl azide polymer (GAP) was used as coating material for situ DNTF, and performance investigated to inhibit crystallization. The results show that GAP can form a white gel on surface crystals has good effect which significantly reduce impact sensitivity friction DNTF. Molecular dynamics construct bilayer interf...

This paper analyzes the problem faced by a risk-averse firm considering how much to invest in a risky project. The firm receives a signal about the value of the project. We derive necessary and sufficient conditions on the signal distribution such that (i) the agent’s investment is nondecreasing in the realization of the signal, and (ii) different signals can be ranked according to their ex ant...

In several decision-making problems, alternatives should be ranked on the basis of paired comparisons between them. We present an axiomatic approach for the universal ranking problem with arbitrary preference intensities, incomplete and multiple comparisons. In particular, two basic properties – independence of irrelevant matches and self-consistency – are considered. It is revealed that there ...

Regret minimization in repeated matrix games has been extensively studied ever since Hannan’s (1957) seminal paper. Several classes of no-regret strategies now exist; such strategies secure a longterm average payoff as high as could be obtained by the fixed action that is best, in hindsight, against the observed action sequence of the opponent. We consider an extension of this framework to repe...