We present an eecient evaluation technique for modularly stratiied programs for which the local strata level mappings are known at compile time. We present an important subclass of these programs (called EMS-programs) in which one can easily express problems such as shortest distance, company ownership, bill of materials, preferential vote counting, and matrix diagonalization. Programs written ...

Sometimes we have to work with  $L$-fuzzy context sequences where one or more values are missing. These sequences can represent, among other things, the evolution in time of an $L$-fuzzy context. The studies of tendencies that we have done so far used tools that are not valid when the $L$-fuzzy context has unknown values. In this work we address such situations and we propose new methods to tac...

By analyzing corpus data, we have shown that the tendencies of restricting perfective past marking to Accomplishments and Achievements and imperfective marking to Statives and Activities as described by the Aspect Hypothesis (Shirai, 1991; Andersen & Shirai, 1996), undesirable in the acquisition of various languages, are desirable in the acquisition of a language like Chinese, because these ten...

Three studies investigated the impact of self-construal on impulsive consumption. Independents exhibited more impulsive consumption tendencies than did interdependents. A chronically accessible independent self-construal was positively associated with country-level beer consumption (study 1a) and state-level problem alcohol consumption (study 1b). Experimentally primed independents reported mor...

Computer Art in the (Former) Soviet Bloc Introduction I. Experimental visual art in Yugoslavia A. The Maoist Critique of Yugoslavia 1. Revolutionary Definitions 2. Criticisms of Tito B. New Tendencies 1. NAMA DEPARTMENT STORE 2. Other Examples of New Tendencies C. The Successors to New Tendencies: II. Computer art in East Germany A. Programme Funken! B. Computer Art in DDR C. Conclusions D. Pos...

This study examines whether the level of exposure to mass media is related to self-esteem, body image, and eating disorder tendencies in a nonexperimental setting based on Festinger’s social comparison theory. A convenience sample of 114 female college students participated in this study. Significant positive relationships between exposure to fashion or beauty magazines and (a) overall appearan...