We consider nonequilibrium probabilistic dynamics in logisticlike maps x(t+1)=1-a|x(t)|(z), (z>1) at their chaos threshold: We first introduce many initial conditions within one among W>>1 intervals partitioning the phase space and focus on the unique value q(sen)<1 for which the entropic form S(q) identical with (1- summation operator Wp(q)(i))/(q-1) linearly increases with time. We then verif...

Slope selection, i.e. selecting the slope with rank k among all ( n 2 ) lines induced by a collection P of points, results in a widely used robust estimator for linefitting. In this paper, we demonstrate that it is possible to perform slope selection in expected O(n·log2 n) time using only constant extra space in addition to the space needed for representing the input.

Given n points in the plane and an integer k, the slope selection problem is to nd the pair of points whose connecting line has the k-th smallest slope. (In dual setting, given n lines in the plane, we want to nd the vertex of their arrangement with the k-th smallest x-coordinate.) Cole et al. 6] have given an O(n log n) solution (which is optimal), using the parametric searching technique of M...

M. Daghofer,1,* Q.-L. Luo,2,3 R. Yu,4 D. X. Yao,2,3,5 A. Moreo,2,3 and E. Dagotto2,3 1IFW Dresden, P.O. Box 27 01 16, D-01171 Dresden, Germany 2Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1200, USA 3Materials Science and Technology Division, ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6032, USA 4Department of Physics & Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas...

This paper presents a framework to explore the relationship between health equity and community empowerment. It traces the progression of the concept of participation to the present term of empowerment and the links among empowerment, equity, and health outcomes. It argues that the relationship can best be described by using the acronym CHOICE (Capacity-building, Human rights, Organizational su...

THE EFFECT OF THE INNOVATIVE ENVIRONMENT ON EXIT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL FIRMS M. B. SARKAR, RAJ ECHAMBADI, RAJSHREE AGARWAL* and BISAKHA SEN 1 College of Business Administration, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. 2 College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, U.S.A. 3 School of Public Health, University of Al...

In this paper, we obtain the strong consistency and asymptotic distribution of the Theil-Sen estimator in simple linear regression models with arbitrary error distributions. We show that the Theil-Sen estimator is super-efficient when the error distribution is discontinuous and that its asymptotic distribution may or may not be normal when the error distribution is continuous. We give an exampl...

The paper compares perspectives on the meaning of development in the late 1970s and early 1980s to the contemporary period, with a focus on the works of Dudley Seers and Amartya Sen. Both men were critical of the development literature of their times. Seers was especially critical of neoclassicism’s universal claims and economic growth as the prime objective. For Sen, development involves reduc...

Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China (X.L., J.L., S.L., Y.Z., X.W., C.Z., M.H.) Kidney Transplant Department, Transplant Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China (Q.F. , H.W., J.L., C.W.) Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collabor...

Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China (X.L., J.L., S.L., Y.Z., X.W., C.Z., M.H.) Kidney Transplant Department, Transplant Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China (Q.F. , H.W., J.L., C.W.) Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collabor...