abstract background: the current practice to measure rv is either by bpg or helium dilution methods which may not be available in all clinics due to their cost. methods: this paper outlines a method for both direct and indirect calculation of rv via pft with acceptable sensitivity (81 %, 60% ), specificity (71 %, 94%) and validity (76%, 78%) for obstructive and restrictive lung disease respecti...

In order to optimize space laser communication networking, the 2:1 transmissions for all reflectors on a multi-address transceiver can be removed. However, without transmissions, exhibit doubled optical coupling effect in rotation, which reduces numerical calculation precision of attitudes reflectors’ lines-of-sight (LOS). present study, using Snell’s law reflection and Euler’s theorem, mathema...

ATF4, a DNA-binding factor that modulates responses to amino acid availability and ribosomal function, has been shown to be altered in both liver and fibroblasts from two strains of long-lived mice, i.e. Snell dwarf and PAPP-A knockout mice. New data now show elevated ATF4 levels, and elevation of ATF4-dependent proteins and mRNAs, in liver of mice treated with acarbose or rapamycin, caloricall...

We study the existence of optimal actions in a zero-sum game infτ supP E P [Xτ ] between a stopper and a controller choosing a probability measure. This includes the optimal stopping problem infτ E(Xτ ) for a class of sublinear expectations E(·) such as the G-expectation. We show that the game has a value. Moreover, exploiting the theory of sublinear expectations, we define a nonlinear Snell en...

Joseph Leonard Doob was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA on 27 February 1910. In an interview Joe gave for Statistical Science (see Snell (1997)), he said that in grammar school he built a crystal set and in high school operated a radio transmitter. This led him to think he would major in mathematical physics when he entered Harvard in 1926. However, after taking two physics courses, Doob decided ...

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The phonetic realisation of the first-person singular possessive form my is highly variable, as observed by Hollmann and Siewierska (2007) in their account of the feature in Lancashire and Snell (2008, 2010) in her sociolinguistic study of Teesside school children’s speech. This paper presents an investigation into the phonetic variability of the possessive singular in a different variety, Tyne...

We develop a theory of optimal stopping under Knightian uncertainty. A suitable martingale theory for multiple priors is derived in order to extend the classical dynamic programming or Snell envelope approach to multiple priors. We relate the multiple prior theory to the classical setup via a minimax theorem. In a multiple prior version of the classical i.i.d. model we discuss several examples ...

S. E. Canton, 2, ∗ A. J. Yencha, E. Kukk, J. D. Bozek, M. C. A. Lopes, G. Snell, and N. Berrah Department of Physics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo MI 49008 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, ALS, University of California, Berkeley CA 94720 Department of Chemistry, State University of New-York at Albany, Albany, NY 12222 Department of Physical Sciences, Oulu University, Linnanmaa, ...

Geometrical optics is extended so as to provide a model for spinning light rays via the coadjoint orbits of the Euclidean group characterized by color and spin. This leads to a theory of “geometrical spinoptics” in refractive media. Symplectic scattering yields generalized Snell-Descartes laws that include the recently discovered optical Hall effect. MSC : 78A05; 37J15; 70H40 Preprint : CPT-200...