Given a well-ordered semi-group Γ with a minimal system of generators of ordinal type at most ωn 1 and of rational rank r, which satisfies a positivity and increasing condition, we construct a zero-dimensional valuation centered on the ring of polynomials with r variables such that the semigroup of the values of the polynomial ring is equal to Γ. The construction uses a generalization of Favre ...

Goodness-of-fit tests gauge whether a given set of observations is consistent (up to expected random fluctuations) with arising as independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) draws from a user-specified probability distribution known as the “model.” The standard gauges involve the discrepancy between the model and the empirical distribution of the observed draws. Some measures of discrepan...

Arguments concerning what an agent should do cannot be considered in isolation: they occur in the context of debates where arguments attacking and defending each other are advanced. This is recognised by the use of argumentation frameworks which determine the status of an argument by reference to its presence in a coherent position: a subset of the arguments advanced which is collectively able ...

We consider the problem of learning a user’s ordinal preferences on multiattribute domains, assuming that the user’s preferences may be modelled as a kind of lexicographic ordering. We introduce a general graphical representation called LP-structures which captures various natural classes of such ordering in which both the order of importance between attributes and the local preferences over ea...

In this paper, exact solution for two-plane transverse vibration analysis of axial-loaded multi-step Timoshenko rotor carrying concentrated masses is presented. Each attached element is considered to have both translational and rotational inertia. Forward and backward frequencies and corresponding modes are obtained using transfer matrix method (TMM). The effect of the angular velocity of spin,...

BACKGROUND Success of spinal anesthesia in pregnant females is strongly influenced by the position of the patient at the time of spinal insertion. Pendant position is a new position introduced to increase the intervertebral spaces. The current study aimed at comparing successful spinal puncture among the patients with pendant position in comparison with the ones with traditional sitting positio...

Restructuring  is relevant for companies that have free capital and need to expand for development purposes, as well as for companies that have relatively large problems with financial results and the relevant indicators indicate the necessary changes. Motives of the restructuring may be different, the authors put forward the following reasons: operation operational synergy, financial synergy, ...

UNLABELLED To prove the effect of body position on the Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) and to find out the better position amongst the sitting and crook lying position as both are considered to be the best respiratory positions as far as FVC is concerned, but no research work is done to find out the better amongst the two. MATERIALS AND METHODS We analyzed the FVC of the randomly selected 100 sub...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the patellar movement and the standing backward leaning perceptibility. [Subjects and Methods] Fourteen volunteers who were confirmed presence of upward patellar movement during backward leaning from the quiet standing posture participated in this study. The quiet standing position, the standing backward leaning pos...

objective(s): the present study was conducted to examine whether the standardized uptake value (suv) may be affected by the spatial position of a lesion in the radial direction on positron emission tomography (pet) images, obtained via two methods based on time-of-flight (tof) reconstruction and point spread function (psf). methods: a cylinder phantom with the sphere (30mm diameter), located in...