When the time span of an event is imprecise, it can be represented by a fuzzy set, called a fuzzy time interval. In this paper we propose a representation for 13 relations that can hold between intervals. Since our model is based on fuzzy orderings of time points, it is not only suitable to express precise relationships between imprecise events (“the mid 1930’s came before the late 1930’s) but ...

The Taiwanese species of the genus Paridea Baly, 1886, are revised. Two new species, Paridea (Semacia) houjayi sp. n. and P. (S.) kaoi sp. n. are described. Both were confused previously with P. (S.) sexmaculata (Laboissière, 1930) and P. (S.) angulicollis (Motschulsky, 1854) respectively. Paridea (P.) sauteri (Chûjô, 1935) and P. (P.) taiwana (Chûjô, 1935) are removed from synonymy with P. (P....

The goal of this work was to develop and validate a neuro-fuzzy intelligent system (LOLIMOT) for rectal temperature prediction of broiler chickens. The neuro-fuzzy network was developed using SCILAB 4.1, on the ground of three Departamento de Engenharia, Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA), Caixa Postal 3037, Lavras/MG, Brasil [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Des...

helicobacter pylorus (hp) is a common infection in iran. inappropriate laboratory tests for its diagnosis such as serology and irrational drug prescription for hp treatment in patients with non-ulcer dyspepsia is a drastic obstacle in our country. treating every patient with dyspepsia without peptic ulcer or precancerous lesions, not only results in high economic burden on health system, but al...

Welcome to a very special issue of Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis. This issue marks the end of another year and also represents the last issue of Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis to carry the name of the founding editor, Eberhard F. Mammen, as the editor in chief. As recently announced in a previous issue of Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Eberhard passed away on July 1 of th...

We recently said our last goodbye to Elias Phocas, a distinguished gastroenterologist, teacher and friend. He faithfully and selflessly served Hellenic Gastroenterology for decades in a wide array of positions, including the Presidency of the Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology, and Presidency of the Panhellenic Gastroenterology Congress. The manner in which Elias practiced gastroenterology se...

Given a function f : I → J and a pair of means M and N, on the intervals I and J respectively, we say that f is MN -convex provided that f (M(x, y)) N(f (x), f (y)) for every x , y ∈ I . In this context, we prove the validity of all basic inequalities in Convex Function Theory, such as Jensen’s Inequality and the Hermite-Hadamard Inequality. Mathematics subject classification (2000): 26A51, 26D...

quite as good. The new matter added in this edition is the Local Government Act of 1929, the Mental Treatment Act of 1930, the Tuberculosis Order and Regulations of 1930, and the Housing Act of 1930. The Local Government Act of 1929 probably constitutes one of the greatest advances in public health administration of recent times; this aspect is hardly emphasised enough in the book. The Housing ...

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