As the portion of coupling capacitance increases in smaller process geometries, accurate coupled noise analysis is becoming more important in current design methodologies. We propose a method to determine whether aggressors can potentially switch simultaneously with the victim or not. The functional information is used to classify the aggressors. Our functional pruning algorithm inspects the co...

All electrostimulation studies on arithmetic have so far solely reported general errors. Nonetheless, a classification of the errors during stimulation can inform us about underlying arithmetic processes. The present electrostimulation study was performed in a case of left parietal glioma. The patient's erroneous responses suggested that calculation was mainly applied for addition and a combina...

The methodologies for calculating exhaust emissions and fuel consumption, which are given in the normative documents, do not take into account fact that vehicles equipped with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) or compressed natural (CNG) systems fueled petrol after a cold start. When consumption of LPG CNG-powered vehicles, it is assumed they result from combustion gaseous only. This simplification...

We consider the relationship between positive and normative political theory, emphasising both the role of normative ideas in motivating political behaviour and particularly the constraints on normative theory imposed by positive theory. Our point of departure is Christiano’s recent claim that the rational choice approach to positive and normative political theory is self-defeating. In arguing ...

In this paper, the role of normative reputation in reducing the costs of complying with norms will be explored. In previous simulations (Conte & Castelfranchi 1995), in contrast to a traditional view of norms as means for increasing co-ordination among agents, the effects of normative and non-normative strategies in the control of aggression among agents in a common environment was confronted. ...

In 2010 the UNDP unveiled a new methodology for the calculation of the Human Development Index (HDI). In this paper I investigate the normative and practical properties of this change vis a vis the original formulation of the HDI in 1990. The main conceptual innovation of the new index can be summarized as follows: the newHDI penalizes both low and uneven achievements across all dimensions of h...

As human randomness production has come to be more closely studied and used to assess executive functions (especially inhibition), many normative measures for assessing the degree to which a sequence is randomlike have been suggested. However, each of these measures focuses on one feature of randomness, leading researchers to have to use multiple measures. Although algorithmic complexity has be...

Sample size calculation formulas for testing equality, noninferiority, superiority, and equivalence based on odds ratio were derived under both parallel and one-arm crossover designs. An example concerning the study of odds ratio between a test compound (treatment) and a standard therapy (control) for prevention of relapse in subjects with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder is presented...

We report the first observation of B → ηX transitions with high momentum η mesons. We observe 39.0 ± 11.6 B decay events with 2.0 < pη′ < 2.7 GeV/c, the high momentum region where background from b → c processes is suppressed. We discuss the physical interpretation of the signal, including the possibility that it is due to b → sg transitions. Given that interpretation, we find B(B → ηXs) = (6.2...

In this paper, we propose a new physical synthesis methodology, PDL, which relaxes the timing constraints to obtain best optimality in terms of layout quality and timing quality. It provides a common database for delay calculation, logic optimization, placement, and routing tools so that they can work and interact closely. We present results on industrial circuits showing the efficacy of this m...