This review of the primary familial periodic paralyses (PFPP) summarizes the pertinent clinical and laboratory findings of the three forms of this dis­ order. The review is intended to highlight diagnostic features of PFPP and to discuss current hypotheses regarding pathogenesis.

We use Jacobi theta functions to construct examples of Jacobi forms over number fields. We determine the behavior under modular transformations by regarding certain coefficients of the Jacobi theta functions as specializations of symplectic theta functions. In addition, we show how sums of those Jacobi theta functions appear as a single coefficient of a symplectic theta function. 2000 Mathemati...

The three-dimensional X-ray structures of the oxidized and reduced forms of rubredoxin from Pyrococcus furiosus, determined at -161 "C, and the NMR structure of the zinc-substituted protein, determined in solution at 45 "C, are compared. The NMR and X-ray structures, which were determined independently, are very similar and lead to similar conclusions regarding the interactions that confer hype...

After reviewing various forms of multiple religious belonging, the author argues for the necessity of preliminary first principles, primarily coming from a considered form of a theology of religions. While an exclusivist theology would not allow multiple belongings, forms of inclusivism, pluralism, and postmodern mutualism provide possibilities. Since Roman Catholicism takes the most typical in...

Purpose – Idiosyncratic deals are personalized employment conditions individual workers have negotiated. This study aims to investigate influences on supervisors’ authorization of i-deals and their evaluation of these arrangements. Design/methodology/approach – Structural modeling was used to analyze survey data from n 1⁄4 263 supervisors managing telecommuting employees in the German public ad...

This paper examined whether Morrow's (1993) model of ®ve universal forms of work commitment (a€ective organizational commitment, continuance organizational commitment, career commitment, job involvement and work ethic endorsement) has empirical support. The paper explored the discriminant validity among the ®ve scales of these commitment forms. It also tested Morrow's model regarding the interr...

AIM To analyze the experience and knowledge of dental practitioners in Saudi Arabia regarding the identification of child abuse and neglect (CAN), to identify barriers that prevent the reporting of suspected cases of child maltreatment by dental practitioners, and to assess the need for training dentists in child protection. METHODS A self-administered, web-based questionnaire was emailed to ...

This paper discusses the reconstruction of the Elamite language’s phonology from its orthography using the Gradual Learning Algorithm, which was re-purposed to “learn” underlying phonological forms from surface orthography. Practical issues are raised regarding the difficulty of mapping between orthography and phonology, and Optimality Theory’s neglected Lexicon Optimization module is highlighted.

We give an effective proof of a theorem of Dani and Margulis regarding values of indefinite ternary quadratic forms at primitive integer vectors. The proof uses an effective density-type result for orbits of the groups SO(2, 1) on SL(3,R)/ SL(3,Z).

The main purpose of this note is to give a proof of a statement of V. Drinfeld in [Dr1] regarding Yangians and quantum loop algebras, namely how the former can be constructed as limit forms of the latter. We also apply the same ideas to twisted quantum loop algebras to recover the (non-twisted) Yangians.