We consider the method of alternating projections for finding a point in the intersection of two closed sets, possibly nonconvex. Assuming only the standard transversality condition (or a weaker version thereof), we prove local linear convergence. When the two sets are semi-algebraic and bounded, but not necessarily transversal, we nonetheless prove subsequence convergence.

chapter attempting to synthesize the major themes of the section. The book also contains fourteen additional abstracts, many of which leave the reader frustrated but often interested enough to wish for considerably more detail about each study. Nonetheless, the major individual contributions are a most valuable and important collection of papers and well worth the attention of investigators in ...

Pickering & Garrod (P&G) consider the possibility that inner speech might be a product of forward production models. Here I consider the idea of inner speech as a forward model in light of empirical work from the past few decades, concluding that, while forward models could contribute to it, inner speech nonetheless requires activity from the implementers.

We investigate an economy in which ̄rms have di®erent risks to go bankrupt. We observe two things: ̄rst, workers in ̄rms with higher bankruptcy risk (bad ̄rms) always work less than workers in good ̄rms. Second, the CEOs of bad ̄rms may nonetheless receive larger wages.

The authors reject Joseph Fletcher's arguments that the choice to procreate is a privilege and that parents may be responsible in certain circumstances for producing genetically defective children. They argue instead that procreation is a conditional right, but nonetheless conclude that parents may be held responsible for the "wrongful life" of genetically damaged offspring based on the legal ...

DLP (Description Logic Prover) is an experimental description logic knowledge representation system. DLP currently implements a superset of propositional dynamic logic as well as K (m) and KT (m). Although DLP is an experimental system, it nonetheless provides a fast satissability checker for the above propositional modal logics as well as a fast reasonder for knowledge bases.

This study found infrequent transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus to healthcare workers involved in the care of the first five case-patients in Taiwan, despite a substantial number of unprotected exposures. Nonetheless, given that SARS has been highly transmissible on some occasions, we still recommend strict precautions.

Surreptitious hyperkalaemia is not a common problem, particularly in patients not yet dialysis dependent. We encountered a patient who baffled her physicians and their consultants, who nonetheless proposed life-saving treatments and novel explanations. However, according to the maxim that common things are common and rare things are rare, we solved the problem by focusing on the accompanying an...

Microstructural characteristics of porous LSM/YSZ composite cathodes greatly influence the performance of solid oxide fuel cells. The triple phase boundaries, for example, account for a significant portion of the electrochemically active sites in these porous composite cathodes. Nonetheless, experimental characterization of the relevantmicrostructural attributes has been problematic due to lack...

Background Data Technical complications after OL Tx have a significant Impact on patient and graft survival. One of the principle technical advances has been the standardization of techniques for biliary reconstruction. Nonetheless. biliary complications stili occur. A 1983 report from the University of Pittsburgh reported biliary complications in 19% of all transplants, and an update in 1987 r...