We consider Bayesian constraints on standard isocurvature baryon models from the slope and normalization of the anisotropy power spectrum detected by the COBE DMR experiment in their 2 year maps. In conjunction with either the amplitude of matter fluctuations s8 or its slope, all open models are ruled out at greater than 95% confidence, whereas cosmological-constant dominated models are constra...

PURPOSE To investigate the effects of polymorphisms of the age-related maculopathy susceptibility 2 (ARMS2) gene on the central visual field defects in retinitis pigmentosa (RP). SUBJECTS AND METHODS The visual field was evaluated using the 10-2 Swedish Interactive Threshold Algorithm Fast Program and mean deviation (MD) slope, and regression coefficients of average sensitivity of the central...

In bioreactor landfill, the leachate flow and moisture distribution depend upon saturated and unsaturated hydraulic properties of municipal solid waste (MSW). The effects of unsaturated parameters have not been studied because of scarcity of the data and variation in unsaturated parameters due to MSW heterogeneity, degree of decomposition, and pore structure. In this study, a numerical two-phas...

The current study investigates acoustic correlates to perceived hesitation based on previous work showing that pause duration and final lengthening both contribute to the perception of hesitation. It is the total duration increase that is the valid cue rather than the contribution by either factor. The present experiment using speech synthesis was designed to evaluate F0 slope and presence vs. ...

Asymptotic near-tip fields are analyzed for a plane strain Mode I crack propagating dynamically in non-associative elastic–plastic solids of the Drucker–Prager type with an isotropic linear strain hardening response. Eigen solutions are obtained over a range of material parameters and crack speeds, based on the assumption that asymptotic solutions are variable-separable and fully continuous. A ...

We consider the problem of estimating the slope parameter in circular functional linear regression, where scalar responses Y1, . . . , Yn are modeled in dependence of 1periodic, second order stationary random functions X1, . . . , Xn. We consider an orthogonal series estimator of the slope function β, by replacing the first m theoretical coefficients of its development in the trigonometric basi...

We study the relationship between incidence for lung cancer in males in the Tuscan Region and material deprivation defined at census block level. We developed a bi-variate hierarchical Bayesian model to assess completeness of registration of incidence data and we proposed a series of random effect hierarchical Bayesian models to estimate the degree of association with material deprivation. Mode...

We seek to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the dynamical mechanisms of vertical coupling over topography. • To construct a realistic model of the potential vorticity (PV) distribution on density layers across the Gulf Stream, generated from high-resolution density and velocity observations. • To demonstrate evidence of vertical coupling between the upper and lower layers in a hypothesi...

By employing the adaptive network simulation method, we demonstrate that the ensembleaveraged stress caused by a local force for packings of frictionless rigid beads is concentrated along rays whose slope is consistent with unity: forces propagate along lines at 45 degrees to the horizontal or vertical. This slope is shown to be independent of polydispersity or the degree to which the system is...