We investigate the relation between the complexity function of a sequence, that is the number p(n) of its factors of length n, and the rank of the associated dynamical system, that is the number of Rokhlin towers required to approximate it. We prove that if the rank is one, then lim infn→+∞ p(n) n2 ≤ 1 2 , but give examples with lim supn→+∞ p(n) G(n) = 1 for any prescribed function G with G(n) ...

This paper develops an approach to political equilibrium in a twoparty setting. The approach characterizes political resource allocation as trading o¤ the utility of core party supporters and swing voters, i.e. those who are not attached to either party. The model has three stages. First parties determine their electoral strategies. Second, an election is held. Third, policy is chosen. To illus...

V.P. Kubarovsky, N. Akchurin, V. A. Andreev, A.G. Atamantchouk, M. Aykac, M.Y. Balatz, N.F. Bondar, A. Bravar, M. Chensheng, P.S. Cooper, L.J. Dauwe, G.V. Davidenko, U. Dersch, A.G. Dolgolenko, D. Dreossi , G.B. Dzyubenko, R. Edelstein, A.M.F. Endler, J. Engelfried , C. Escobar, I. Eschrich, A.V. Evdokimov, T. Ferbel, I.S. Filimonov, F. Garcia , M. Gaspero , S. Gerzon, I. Giller , G. Ginther, V...

AIM This randomized, controlled, clinical study was designed to evaluate the adjunctive effect of calcium sulphate grafts on the surgical treatment of through and through periradicular lesions. METHODOLOGY Twenty patients each with one tooth showing evidence radiologically of a periradicular lesion wider than 10 mm, with lack of both buccal and lingual cortical bony plates and an indication f...

Due to lack of confidence, the process of decision making and planning is a difficult task. Various tools are available to help decision-makers and planners as well as risk management methods for prediction and planning. Being aware of the period and intensity of a phenomenon is the keystone of dealing with critical events in risk management, knowing that the relationships among involved factor...

N. Akchurin, V.A. Andreev, A.G. Atamantchouk, M. Aykac, M.Y. Balatz, N.F. Bondar, A. Bravar, P.S. Cooper, L.J. Dauwe, G.V. Davidenko, U. Dersch, A.G. Dolgolenko, D. Dreossi, G.B. Dzyubenko, R. Edelstein, L. Emediato, A.M.F. Endler, J. Engelfried, I. Eschrich, C. Escobar, A.V. Evdokimov, I.S. Filimonov, F.G. Garcia, M. Gaspero, S. Gerzon, I. Giller, V.L. Golovtsov, Y.M. Goncharenko , E. Gottscha...

As presently recognized, the genus Capoeta includes 24 species, nine of which are known to occur in Iran (Capoeta aculeata, Capoeta capoeta, Capoeta buhsei, Capoeta damascina, Capoeta fusca, Capoeta heratensis, Capoeta mandica, Capoeta saadii and Capoeta trutta) and are distributed in almost all Iranian basins except Sistan and Mashkid. Capoeta coadisp. n. is a new species from the Karun River,...

This paper focuses on a numerical analysis of a hard rock (ore) disintegration process. A bit moves into the ore and subsequently disintegrates it. The disintegration (i.e. fracture of ore) is solved via a deterministic approach (FEM) and a probabilistic approach (FEM in combination with the SBRA Simulation-Based Reliability Assessment method, i.e. Monte Carlo simulations, stochastic inputs). T...

Living with risk can lead to anticipatory feelings such as anxiety or hopefulness. Such feelings can a¤ect the choice between lotteries that will be played out in the future choice may be motivated not only by the (static) risks involved but also by the desire to reduce anxiety or to promote savoring. This paper provides a model of preference in a three-period setting that is axiomatic and incl...

We consider concave and Lipschitz continuous preference functionals over monetary lotteries. We show that they possess an envelope representation, as the minimum of a bounded family of continuous vN-M preference functionals. This allows us to use an envelope theorem to show that results from local utility analysis still hold in our setting, without any further differentiability assumptions on t...