for all z1; . . . ; zn 2 C and all n 1 . The constant p 2 is shown to be the best possible. The method of proof relies upon a combinatorial argument, Taylor expansion, and the central limit theorem. The result is additionally strengthened by showing that the underlying functions are Schur-concave. The proof of this fact uses a result on multinomial distribution of Rinott, and Schur’s propositio...

The luminance-response function of the brief flash full-field photopic electroretinogram (ERG) rises to a peak before falling to a sub-maximal plateau -- the 'photopic hill'. The combination of on- and off-responses inherent in the brief flash photopic ERG suggests that this luminance-response function could be modelled by the sum of a Gaussian function and a logistic growth function. Photopic ...

airway mucus hypersecretion health effects caused by air pollutants may range from subtle biochemical or physiological signs, such as mildly reduced lung function, to difficult breathing, wheezing, coughing and exacerbation of existing respiratory conditions such as asthma. the aim of this study was measuring the adverse health effects of air pollution on lung function of primary school student...

This paper introduces a new distribution named Exponential Modified Weibull logistic distribution. generalizes the following distributions: (1) Linear Failure Rate Logistic Distribution, (2) (3) Rayleigh (4) where failure rate, Weibull, and exponential distributions are most used for analyzing lifetime data. The properties of derived that include expressions rthmoment, characteristic function q...

hepatitis b infection is one of the health problems. a cross-sectional study was performed to determine the effective factors on hbsag in systan and blochestan province, iran. in this study sample of 1150 people aged 2-69 year were and interviewed using cluster sampling the following variables using x2 , fisher and cochran showed a significant relation with hbsag; xi, economical status (p < 0.0...

This paper employs panel data to estimate the effects of awareness and political partisanship on post-convention candidate evaluations. The theoretical framework proposed by John Zaller (1992) is employed; however, a functional form that differs greatly from Zaller’s proposed model is derived from Zaller’s assumption and then estimated using standard OLS regression. I find that partisans of the...