Psychological reactance (Brehm, 1966; Brehm & Brehm, 1981) has been a long-standing topic of interest among scholars studying the design and effects of persuasive messages and campaigns. Yet, until recently, reactance was considered to be a motivational state that could not be measured. Dillard and Shen (2005) argued that reactance can be conceptualized as cognition and affect and made amenable...

Estimations of apparent diffusion coefficients usually consist of curve-fitting the output of 1-D models to experimental laboratory-measured data from porous aggregates shaped in different forms. In this research, a computational exploration is presented on the alternative use of three-dimensional models for the same purpose. The outputs of the 3-D models were compared to results generated by o...

In this paper, we preseni a new affine invariant curve fitting technique. Our method is based on the affine invariant Fourler descrlptors and implicitization of them by matrix annihilation. Experlmental results are presented to assess the stability and robustness of our fitting method under data perturba'tions.

The just non-(virtually abelian) groups with non-trivial Fitting subgroup are classified. Particular attention is given to those which are virtually nilpotent and examples are given of the interesting phenomena that can occur.

In this paper, we introduce two new flexible families of unimodal circular distributions obtained by wrapping onto the unit circle two recently explored heavytailed distributions defined on the real line. The first, the four-parameter wrapped normal–Laplace distribution, is nested within the second, the five-parameter wrapped generalized normal–Laplace distribution. Both families contain the wr...

In this paper, we introduce a new class of robust autocorrelation estimators based on interpreting the sample autocorrelation function as a linear regression. We investigate the efficiency and robustness properties of the estimators that result from employing three common robust regression techniques. Construction of robust autocovariance and positive definite autocorrelation estimates is discu...

Fitting’s indexed nested sequents can be used to give deductive systems to modal logics which cannot be captured by pure nested sequents. In this paper we show how the standard cut-elimination procedure for nested sequents can be extended to indexed nested sequents, and we discuss how indexed nested sequents can be used for intuitionistic modal logics.

Here h(G), the Fitting height (also called the nilpotent length) of G, is as defined in [7]. P(G), the 7t-length of G, is defined in an obvious analogy to the definition of ^-length in [2]. Higman [3] proved Theorem 1 in the case w = l (subsequently, without making any assumptions on the solvability of G, Thompson [6] obtained the same result). Hoffman [4] and Shult [5] proved Theorem 1 provide...

This paper is meant to give a background into the purpose of steam traps, failure modes and consequences, and current methods to detect failure. While we give a broad overview of legacy and new methods of implementing a steam trap health monitoring system, the desired outcome would be for Rosemount, Inc. to work with you in a collaborative relationship to find the solutions that best fit your n...