We construct a continuous state branching process with immigration (CBI) whose immigration depends on the CBI itself and we recover a continuous state branching process (CB). This provides a dual construction of the pruning at nodes of CB introduced by the authors in a previous paper [1]. This construction is a natural way to model neutral mutation. Using exponential formula, we compute the pro...

We report on the cosmological parameters derived from observations with the Cosmic Background Imager (CBI), covering 40 square degrees and the multipole range 300 . l . 3500. The angular scales probed by the CBI correspond to structures which cover the mass range from 10M⊙ to 10 M⊙, and the observations reveal, for the first time, the seeds that gave rise to clusters of galaxies. These unique, ...

This paper is about Case Based Instruction (CBI) and not about computer implemented Case Based Reasoning systems, as some readers tend to assume. CBI is a very old method of teaching, particularly in the studio setting. Usually it takes the form of precedent analysis. An empirical study was conducted in order to better understand how experienced designers use cases in the course of a brief desi...

This study was an attempt to investigate the comparative impact of two types of teaching approaches, namely content-based (CBI) and task-based (TBLT) instruction on the reading comprehension of Iranian EFL learners. For this purpose, sixty intermediate students from a pool of eighty five students studying at a private language school were chosen using a piloted PET. The students were then rando...

a CNRS, Universit e de Toulouse, ENFA, EDB (Laboratoire Evolution & Diversit e Biologique), UMR 5174, Toulouse, France b Department of Philosophy and Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia c Department of System Ecotoxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental ResearcheUFZ, Leipzig, Germany d Department of Conservation Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environment...

In this paper, we explore the connection between Central Bank Independence (CBI) and inflation under alternative political regimes. We formulate a predictive model that accommodates CBI in analysis of thereafter regroup countries based on choice regimes as well level development. find has statistically significant negative effect adopting full democratic partial autocratic regimes; but are insi...

The purpose of present paper was to examine the relationship between central bank independence and inflation rate in Iran over 1960-2008. First, central bank independence has been accomplished through three indices including legal and real CBI indices and turnover rate of central bank governor index. Then, Augmented Dickey-Fuller test for model stationary of variables has been done by applying ...

OBJECTIVE Individuals suffering from dementia are affected by a progressive and significant global deterioration and, consequently, might require longer assistance in the advanced stage of the illness. The illness is a great burden on the person who takes care of a patient, namely, the caregiver. This study aims to analyze the presence and relationship of specific sociodemographic variables, su...