We explore the relationship between two approaches to rationalizing voting rules: the maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) framework originally suggested by Condorcet and recently studied in (Conitzer and Sandholm 2005; Conitzer, Rognlie, and Xia 2009) and the distance rationalizability (DR) framework (Meskanen and Nurmi 2008; Elkind, Faliszewski, and Slinko 2009). The former views voting as an ...

Colour changes, such as kiln brown stain, that develop in Pinus radiata boards during kiln drying can reduce the value of the final wood products and result in significant losses due to downgrade or waste of dried wood by removing the darkened surfaces. This study measured how colour developed in Pinus radiata sapwood boards under different drying schedules. The boards used in these experiments...

OBJECTIVE This paper describes a scoping of adverse event categories and definitions in use across NHS Scotland and makes recommendations about the categories used. METHODS The design involved a network analysis making use of categories and subcategories supplied by 17 different Health Boards via their risk management/clinical governance functions. A total of 128 discrete categories and 1348 ...

This study was conducted to evaluate the properties of cement bonded particleboard made from rice husk and sawdust. Sawdust and rice husk fine boards were made using two ratios of cement and particles of 70:30 and 80:20, but rice husk coarse was made with a ratio of cement and particle of 80:20. The density of sawdust and rice husk fine boards in a ratio of cement and particles of 70:30 was 960...

BACKGROUND The appropriate governance of hospitals largely depends on effective cooperation between governing boards and hospital management. Governing boards play an important role in strategy-setting as part of their support for hospital management. However, in certain situations, this active strategic role may also generate discord within this relationship. PURPOSE The objective of this st...

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2014.10.005 0749-5978/ 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. ⇑ Corresponding author. 1 Anderson and Thompson (2004) examined the effect of trait positive integrative outcomes in negotiations. However, it is not clear whether trait affect by high power negotiators increases integrative agreements becau powerful negotiators’ experience or expression of trait po...

Stabilization of a bicycle with two-wheel steering and two-wheel driving by driving forces at low speed Chihiro Nakagawa, Yoshihiro Suda, Kimihiko Nakano and Shoichiro Takehara Department of Engineering Synthesis, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan Department of Mechanical Engineering...

We investigate properties of shareholder-value maximizing corporate boards in situations where both the management and the board have expertise (or private information) relevant for the decision facing the corporation. We suppose that the board cannot directly monitor management in a way that eliminates distortions arising out of managerial agency. This creates a trade-off between improving inf...