An important predictor of historical sound change, functional load, fails to capture insights from speech perception. Building on ideal observer models of word recognition, we devise a new definition of functional load that incorporates both a priori expectedness and perceptual information. We explore this new measure with a simple model and find that it outperforms tra-

we prove that rs-bl-algebras are mv-algebras.

In this paper, we introduce the notion of hyper pseudo B C K - algebras, which is a generalization of pseudo BCK -algebras and hyper BCK -algebras and we investigates some related properties. In follow, we de ne some kinds of hyper pseudo BCK -ideals of a hyper pseudo BCK - algebra and we find the relations among them. Finally, we characterize the hyper pseudo BCK -ideals of type 4 generated by...

We describe n-generated free MV -algebras as MV-algebras having the lattice reduct which is a direct limit in the category of distributive lattices.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE There is not an ideal predictor of weaning from mechanical ventilation (MV). In a large meta-analysis, despite methodological limitations, respiratory rate (RR) was considered a promising predictor. The aim of this study was to evaluate RR as a predictor of weaning failure from MV. METHODS We prospectively evaluated 166 patients scheduled for weaning from MV. RR and o...