Paavolainen et. al. (1991) reported that national level cross-country skiers who engaged in explosive type strength training in addition to their normal training, were able improve their force-times i.e. improve their ability to produce a given amount of force in shorter time. This was also described by a significant improvement of jump heights in both static and counter movement jumps, whereas...

Suitable normalization of time{homogeneous rotation{invariant random walks on unit spheres S d R d+1 for d > 2 leads to a central limit theorem with a Gaussian limit measure. This paper is devoted to an associated Edgeworth expansion with respect to the total variation norm. This strong type of convergence is diierent from the classical case. The proof is performed in the more general setting o...

We study the state consensus problem for linear shift-invariant discrete-time homogeneous multi-agent systems (MASs) over time-varying graphs. A novel approach based on the small gain theorem is proposed to design the consensus control protocols for both neutrally stable and neutrally unstable MASs, assuming the uniformly connected graphs. It is shown that the state consensus can be achieved fo...

This paper analyzes whether nation-state governments can increase their credibility by becoming members of international organizations. Credibility is an important asset because it determines the real interest rate and is expected to have an important impact on investment and growth. It is hypothesized that the degree of delegation to international organizations can improve the credibility of n...

the knowledge of public administration which is considered as an inter-disciplinary field is one of the most important fields of human sciences, which focuses on the study of organizing governments. this field and its curriculum will highly affect many of the human beings and their future. this field has resulted in a requirement for using the collaboration and cooperation of several scientific...

A high-level AGI architecture called GOLEM (Goal-Oriented LEarning Meta-Architecture) is presented, along with an informal but careful argument that GOLEM may be capable of preserving its initial goals while radically improving its general intelligence. As a metaarchitecture, GOLEM can be wrapped around a variety of different base-level AGI systems, and also has a role for a powerful narrow-AI ...

the objective of this paper is to deal with the fuzzy conic program- ming problems. the aim here is to derive weak and strong duality theorems for a general fuzzy conic programming. toward this end, the convexity-like concept of fuzzy mappings is introduced and then a speci c ordering cone is established based on the parameterized representation of fuzzy numbers. un- der this setting, duality t...

in this paper, we prove a common fixed point theorem for six mappings (two set valued and four single valued mappings) without assuming compatibility and continuity of any mapping on non complete metric spaces. to prove the theorem, we use a non compatible condition, that is, weak commutativity of type (kb). we show that completeness of the whole space is not necessary for the existence and uni...

Neutron stars, with their strong surface gravity, have interestingly short timescales for the sedimentation of heavy elements. Recent observations of unstable thermonuclear burning (observed as X-ray bursts) on the surfaces of slowly accreting neutron stars (< 0.01 of the Eddington rate) motivate us to examine how sedimentation of CNO isotopes affects the ignition of these bursts. We further es...

The capital-intensive production function of mining tends to limit backward, forward and final demand linkages. Moreover, the impact of the capital intensity constraint on backward linkage is reinforced by the existence of localization economies for input supplies. These constraints on linkage are stronger the remoter the mine location, the earlier the stage in the mining cycle and the lower th...