Ying-Ming Wang , Jian-Bo Yang, Dong-Ling Xu, Kwai-Sang Chin a Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, UK b School of Public Administration, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, PR China c Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee, Kowloon, Hong Kong Abstract In a paper by Chen...

Since the recovery and publication of texts from the Ancient Near East is a continuing endeavor, the materials already published need to be reexamined from time to time in the light of more recent information. The case in point for reexamination here is the Mesopotamian story of Adapa, which is noted for its parallel with the early chapters in Genesis as a reference to man's squandered opportun...

Recently, Carlsson and Fuller [C. Carlsson, R. Fuller, On possibilistic mean value and variance of fuzzy numbers, Fuzzy Sets and Systems 122 (2001) 315–326] have introduced possibilistic mean, variance and covariance of fuzzy numbers and Fuller and Majlender [R. Fuller, P. Majlender, On weighted possibilistic mean and variance of fuzzy numbers, Fuzzy Sets and Systems 136 (2003) 363–374] have in...

This paper is a brief summary of “M.Takahashi, T.Murofushi, S.Asahina, A new necessary and sufficient condition for the Egoroff theorem in non-additive measure theory, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, to appear.” This paper states that a newly defined condition, called condition (M), is a necessary and sufficient condition for the Egoroff theorem in non-additive measure theory. The existing necessary an...

discussing tales and proverbs of different tribes and nations is very interesting; especially when compared to each other and their origin is searched. the shared themes mean that two different persons in two different places and at two different times have been influenced by one subject and have quoted it. there are a lot of examples of this in literature of different nations.in this article, ...

Using a survey of adults in Nebraska, we find that the association between church attendance and mental health varies across religious traditions and across two distinct dimensions of mental health—depressive symptoms and positive affect. Specifically, the association between church attendance and depressive symptoms differs for mainline Protestants, evangelical Protestants, and Catholics. Of t...

a rare case of diffuse lymphomatous polyposis of the gastrointestinal tract is reported in which the patient presented with abdominal pain, weight loss and bloody diarrhea. x-rays revealed multiple polyps involving the stomach, small intestine and colon. biopsies confirmed the diagnosis of lymphomatous polyposis. the duration of symptoms and signs was 3 months. diffuse lymphomatous polyposis of...

Post-modernism and recent critical theory has sought to deconstruct the role of particular ‘Great Traditions’ and ‘Grand Narratives’ as privileged accounts of world affairs, contemporary and historical. In spite of this, such narratives, even if poorly understood, remain at the heart of much public debate and continue to shape national and global policies. These traditions, linked to elements o...

From both a theoretical and a practical point of view, the study of the concept of independence has great importance in any formalism that manages uncertainty. In Independence Concepts in Possibility Theory: Part I (de Campos and Huete, Fuzzy Sets and Systems 103 (1999) 127-152) several independence relationships were proposed, using different comparison criteria between conditional possibility...