A method is described for deriving rules of inference from relations between probabilities of sentences in Nilsson’s probabilistic logic.

Films of Ti oxide, Zr oxide, Ce oxide, Ti-Ce oxide, and Zr-Ce oxide were made by means of reactive dc magnetron sputtering in a multitarget arrangement. The films were characterized by x-ray diffraction and electrochemical measurements, both techniques being firmly connected to stoichiometric information. The optical constants n and k were evalued from spectrophotometry and from variable-angle ...

We present the results of a plane wave based density functional study of the structure and properties of tetragonal zirconia in the range of pressures from 0 to 50 GPa. We predict a transition to a fluorite-type cubic structure at 37 GPa which is likely to be of a soft mode origin and is accompanied by a power law decrease of the frequency of the Raman-active A(1g) mode. A detailed study of the...

We address the presence of supplier-induced demand in the Belgian primary care market, which is characterized by a …xed fee system and a high density of General Practitioners (GP). Using a unique dataset on the number of visits of all Belgian GPs, we …rst investigate whether we can …nd evidence of demand inducement by Belgian GPs. Novel to this literature is that we furthermore investigate whic...

Résumé. La recherche d’algorithmes d’extraction de connaissances à partir de cubes de données est un domaine actuellement très actif qui trouve de très nombreuses applications dans les entrepôts de données disponibles maintenant dans la plupart des entreprises et milieux scientifiques (biologie, santé, etc.). Nous nous intéressons ici à l’extraction de comportements atypiques (dénommés outliers...

Generally, primed seeds produce larger and heavier plants than non-primed seeds. This may be simply due to rapid emergence and extension of leaf growth, or the influence of other physiological processes. The effect of seed pretreatment with salicylic acid (SA) on some physiological and photosynthetic characteristics of the safflower seedlings, cv. Goldasht, was examined under field condition. T...

     Colocasia esculenta Linn (CE) is traditionally used for the treatment of various ailments such as high blood pressure, rheumatic pain, pulmonary congestion, etc. Hence in present study, the effect of aqueous extract of CE leaves (AECE) was evaluated for antihypertensive and acute diuretic activity in rats. Preliminary phytochemical evaluation revealed the presence of carbohydrate, saponins...