Parts of the left ventral visual pathway are engaged selectively during the perception of words, letter strings, and even single letters. While studies have shown overlap between activations for letters and characters across writing systems, they adopted group analyses with very limited spatial resolution, or used words and letter strings that have been shown to activate different regions from ...

Let D be a finite and simple digraph with vertex set V (D). A signed total Roman k-dominating function (STRkDF) on D is a function f : V (D) → {−1, 1, 2} satisfying the conditions that (i) ∑ x∈N−(v) f(x) ≥ k for each v ∈ V (D), where N−(v) consists of all vertices of D from which arcs go into v, and (ii) every vertex u for which f(u) = −1 has an inner neighbor v for which f(v) = 2. The weight o...

The archaeological evidence for parasites in the Roman era is presented in order to demonstrate the species present at that time, and highlight the health consequences for people living under Roman rule. Despite their large multi-seat public latrines with washing facilities, sewer systems, sanitation legislation, fountains and piped drinking water from aqueducts, we see the widespread presence ...

Let D be a finite and simple digraph with vertex set V (D) and arc set A(D). A signed Roman dominating function (SRDF) on the digraph D is a function f : V (D) → {−1, 1, 2} satisfying the conditions that (i) ∑ x∈N−[v] f(x) ≥ 1 for each v ∈ V (D), where N −[v] consists of v and all inner neighbors of v, and (ii) every vertex u for which f(u) = −1 has an inner neighbor v for which f(v) = 2. The w...

OF THE DISSERTATION Applications and Variations of Domination in Graphs by Paul Andrew Dreyer, Jr. Dissertation Director: Fred S. Roberts In a graph G = (V, E), S ⊆ V is a dominating set of G if every vertex is either in S or joined by an edge to some vertex in S. Many different types of domination have been researched extensively. This dissertation explores some new variations and applications...

Sinkholes are a well-known geologic hazard but their past occurrence, useful for subsidence risk prediction, is difficult to define, especially for ancient historic times. Consequently, our knowledge about Holocene carbonate landscapes is often limited. A multidisciplinary study of Trieste Karst (Italy), close to early Roman military fortifications, led to the identification of possible ancient...

Speech synthesis is process of spoken language as an input text and converted into speech waveforms. This paper describes the text to speech system for Devanagari scripted language and Roman Language. There are many earliest TTS systems are available but for Devanagari and Roman scripts are not available.

This paper is giving some notes on the town-planning of Mediolanum, that is, of the Roman Milano. In particular, we will discuss the orientation of the main street of the Roman town, the Decumanus. It is possible that the Decumanus of Mediolanum had been oriented along the major southern azimuth of moonrise.