A new model of strategic networking is developed and analyzed, where an agent’s investment in links is nonspecific. The model comprises a large class of games which are both potential and superor submodular games. We obtain comparative statics results for Nash equilibria with respect to investment costs for supermodular as well as submodular networking games. We also study supermodular games wi...

Mycobacterium iranicum is a newly reported mycobacterial species. We present the first comparative study of M. iranicum UM_TJL and other mycobacteria. We found M. iranicum to have a close genetic association with environmental mycobacteria infrequently associated with human infections. Nonetheless, UM_TJL is also equipped with many virulence genes (some of which appear to be the consequence of ...

conclusions evaluation of iranian traditional dosage forms like vaginal and rectal types could be an attractive topic of research and the current study can briefly represent the iranian traditional pharmaceutical knowledge on vaginal and rectal drug delivery. objectives the aim of this study is the investigation about iranian traditional pharmaceutical dosage forms of vaginal and rectal medicat...

Based on a preliminary survey at RSJD Surakarta, the completeness of filling out electronic-based and paper-based Integrated Patient Development Record (CPPT) form with total 10 samples taken random has 40% 60% CPPT form. This type research is comparative. The population in this study were all medical record documents inpatients diagnosis paranoid schizophrenia Surakarta Hospital first quarter ...

The purpose of this exploratory study was to cross-culturally examine associations among self-construals, comparative vs. internalized self-criticisms, self-compassion, and depressive symptoms. 1200 undergraduates in the city of Kyoto, Japan, and 420 college students in Tennessee and Michigan participated in this study. The results indicated that both independent and interdependent self-constru...

This paper forms part of the ESRC funded project (Award No. L1382511013) " Business Cycle Volatility and Economic Growth: A Comparative Time Series Study " , which itself is part of the Understanding the Evolving Macroeconomy Research programme. My thanks to Kate Morrison for providing excellent research assistance.

In this article we discuss the concept of wavelets, different forms wavelets and their properties, graphs Fourier transforms are shown. We have also discussed comparative advantages wavelet over transforms- in analyzing signals.

the conditions under which, multilinear forms (the symmetric case and the non symmetric case),can be written as a product of linear forms, are considered. also we generalize a result due to s.kurepa for 2n-functionals in a group g.

It is well known that ad valorem taxes welfare-dominate specific taxes under monopoly. This paper demonstrates that the comparative welfare ranking of the two instruments reverses under monopsony. The relative performance of alternative tax forms is thus highly sensitive to whether the buyer or seller has market power.