The probabilistic properties of eigenvalues of random matrices whose dimension increases indefinitely has received considerable attention. One important aspect is the existence and identification of the limiting spectral distribution (LSD) of the empirical distribution of the eigenvalues. When the LSD exists, it is useful to know the rate at which the convergence holds. The main method to estab...

Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is an economically devastating emerging viral disease of cattle. Lumpy skin disease is currently endemic in most African countries and has recently spread out of Africa into the Middle East region. In this article, we review the putative mechanisms of spread of LSD into the Middle East and the risks of further spread into Turkey, Europe and Asia. We also review the late...

A minimum generation error (MGE) criterion had been proposed to solve the issues related to maximum likelihood (ML) based HMM training in HMM-based speech synthesis. In this paper, we improve the MGE criterion by imposing a log spectral distortion (LSD) instead of the Euclidean distance to define the generation error between the original and generated line spectral pair (LSP) coefficients. More...

Twelve serologically negative bulls were used, six were vaccinated with a modified live LSD vaccine and six unvaccinated. All were then experimentally infected with a virulent field strain of LSDV. No clinical abnormality was detected following vaccination, and mild clinical signs were seen in four vaccinated bulls following challenge. Virus was not found in semen of vaccinated bulls. Two of th...

The results of a simulation study of multiple regression prediction models for meteorological forecasting are reported. The effects of sample size, amount, and severity of nonrepresentative data in the population, inclusion of noninformative predictors, and least (sum of) absolute deviations (LAD) and least (sum of) squared deviations (LSD) regression models are examined on five populations con...

Several antagonistic interactions between morphine and LSD-25 (lysergic acid diethylamide) have been demonstrated. LSD-25 antagonizes morphine induced analgesia in rats (1) and emesis in dogs (2). It also blocks the miotic action of morphine (3). On the other hand morphine blocks LSD-25 induced pyre xia in rabbits (4) and the central hypotensive effect of LSD-25 in dogs (5). Morphine produces m...

A convenient method for the synthesis of N(6)-alkyl norlysergic acid N,N-diethylamide derivatives was developed. A series of these compounds was synthesized and tested for substitution in the two-lever drug discrimination assay, in rats trained to discriminate injections of d-LSD tartrate (185.5 nmol/kg, ip) from saline. A dose-response curve for each of the compounds in the series was generate...