II. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY ..........................................430 A. Content Analysis.......................................................................431 B. Primer on the Doctrine of Equivalents.....................................432 C. Database Construction ............................................................435 D. Measurement Criteria..................................

In the first part, we introduce randomized algorithms as a new notion of efficient algorithms for decision problems. We classify randomized algorithms according to their error probabilities, and define appropriate complexity classes. (RP, coRP, ZPP, BPP, PP). We discuss which classes are realistic proposals for design of probabilistic algorithms. We cover the implementation of randomized algori...

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Introduction. The purpose of this report is to draw attention to some nontrivial connections between the ("continuous") theory of irregularities of distribution and discrete mathematics. The object of the theory of irregularities of distribution is to measure the uniformity (or nonuniformity) of sequences and point sets. For instance: how uniformly can an arbitrary set of N points in the unit c...

many characteristics of pear trees such as growth, fruit size and yield, are influenced by the genetic characteristic of the rootstocks. in iran, mainly european pear seedlings (pyrus communis l.) are used as the rootstock in the pear orchards. thus, evaluation of pear seedling rootstocks is an important task. this experiment was conducted in 2009 and 2010 growing seasons in order to explore th...

Monitoring genetic uniformity and identity is very important in maize breeding seed production. Due to practical reasons, molecular biochemical methods for the determination of purity should reliably reflect differences associated with traditional morphological traits, even when they are not agriculturally important. A comparison one hybrid lot, based on UPOV markers UTLIEF (Ultrathin-layer iso...

The accurate production of a rainfall environment similar to natural rainfall by a rainfall simulator (RS) is a crucial and challenging task in rainfall instrument testing or calibration. Although the spatial uniformity of rainfall accumulation is a key parameter of an RS, the spatial uniformity comparison between simulated rainfall and natural rainfall, and the spatial uniformity improvements ...

system evaluations were performed on 48 center pivots in different parts of saudi arabia. these systems, located on different farms in four different regions of the country, namely: riyadh, jouf, qassim and eastern regions, were evaluated to study the effect of lateral configuration on water application uniformity as regards the original vs. modified laterals. lateral configuration modification...

To solve the problem that a parameter search easily falls into local optimum and two-dimensional electron density profile construction error is large in process of backscatter ionogram inversion, an improved method using neighborhood-aided multistep fitting proposed. The ionospheric inversion results adjacent space are combined reconstructed by correction method. introduction auxiliary informat...