one of the most practical routine tests for convergence of a positive series makes use of the ratio test. if this test fails, we can use rabbe's test. when rabbe's test fails the next sharper criteria which may sometimes be used is the bertrand's test. if this test fails, we can use a generalization of bertrand's test and such tests can be continued innitely. for simplicity...

Between 2007 and 2013, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) introduced major national policy reforms to improve quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) (Brennan and Adamson, 2014). By analysing policy documents underpinning the COAG reforms for early childhood, this article contends these reforms have been so far-reaching that, conceivably, they could have a lasting impact ...

Results from a Monte Carlo simulation of backscattering from one-dimensional (1-D) time-evolving sea surface models are reported. A numerical electromagnetic method based on an accelerated forward–backward approach is used to calculate backscattered returns from impedance surface profiles at incidence angles of 0 (normal), 40 , and 80 . Surfaces are initialized as realizations of a Pierson–Mosk...

CONTEXT Control of plasma glucose could prevent the progression of most of the complications of diabetes and hemoglobinA1c (HbA1c) is the most important criterion controlling these long-term complications. AIMS This study was performed to assess the effect of fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and two- hour postprandial plasma glucose (2hpp) levels on HbA1c. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this descript...

where μ , and λ are the Lamé parameters. The state (displacement field) is sought in V = H1 0 (Ω ,∂ΩD) 2 = {y ∈ H1(Ω)2 : y = 0 on ∂ΩD}, where Ω ⊂ R2 and ∂ΩD is part of its boundary. For simplicity, we consider the case of volume control, i.e., U = L2(Ω). Dual-primal FETI methods were first introduced by Farhat, Lesoinne, Le Tallec, Pierson, and Rixen [3] and have successfully scaled to 105 proc...

More innovative test methods may measure language learners’ test performance more accurately, contributing to much fairer decisions. This study examined Iranian language learners’ performance on cloze-elide test as an innovative, integrative test method. It specifically focused on investigating whether personality types correlated with their performance and whether personality types could predi...