An index theorem is a tool for computing the change of the index (i.e., the number of negative eigenvalues) of a symmetric monotone matrix-valued function when its variable passes through a singularity. In 1995, the first author proved an index theorem in which a certain critical matrix coefficient is constant. In this paper, we generalize the above index theorem to the case when this critical ...

the aim of the present research is to study scientometric indicators (the number of articles and citations, the mean citation per paper, h-index, y-index, and the national and international collaboration) of medical and non-medical highly cited papers of iran in the essential science indicators (esi). the research population is all highly cited articles of iran in esi during 2005 to 2015. data ...

As in most part of Africa, the Bani basin (Niger River, Mali) is threatened by climate changes. This study focuses on droughts hazard and its indicators as derived from the Climatic Moisture Index using the monthly data for the period (1963-2000), in order to examine the Bani basin vulnerability to water stress. In this study, water deficit (drought) was logically addressed using the Standardiz...

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We investigate the impact of switching penalties on the nature of optimal scheduling policies for systems of parallel queues without arrivals. We study two types of switching penalties incurred when switching between queues: lump sum costs and time delays. Under the assumption that the service periods of jobs in a given queue possess the same distribution, we derive an index rule that defines a...

The measurement of the quality of research has reached nowadays an increasing interest not only for scientific reasons but also for the critical problem of researchers' ranking, due to the lack of grant assignments. The most commonly used approach is based on the so-called $h$index, even if the current literature debated a lot about its pros and cons. This paper, after a brief review of the $h$...