Generalizing the P-property of a matrix, Gowda et al. [Gowda, M. S., R. Sznajder, J. Tao. 2004. Some P-properties for linear transformations on Euclidean Jordan algebras. Linear Algebra Appl. 393 203–232] recently introduced and studied Pand globally uniquely solvable (GUS)-properties for linear transformations defined on Euclidean Jordan algebras. In this paper, we study the invariance of thes...

Usingmicro-level public opinion data from the Pew Global Attitudes Project 2005, this study investigates the effect of educational attainment and income on support for democracy in five predominantly Muslim countries: Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan, and Turkey. Holding all else constant and compared to not finishing primary education, this study finds that secondary education andhigher ed...

In the paper “Is there a Jordan geometry underlying quantum physics?” [Be08], generalized projective geometries have been proposed as a framework for a geometric formulation of Quantum Theory. In the present note, we refine this proposition by discussing further structural features of Quantum Theory: the link with associative involutive algebras A and with Jordan-Lie and Lie-Jordan algebas. The...

background : significant efforts have been directed to understand medication errors in recent years. therefore, this study was conducted to determine the factors contributing to medication errors and related areas for improvement, as perceived by nurses. methods : two hundred registered nurses were asked to complete a questionnaire which asked them to identify types, stages and issues perceived...

In this note I discuss some aspects of a formulation of quantum mechanics based entirely on the Jordan algebra of observables. After reviewing some facts of the formulation in the C∗-approach I present a Jordan-algebraic Hilbert space construction (inspired by the usual GNS-construction), thereby obtaining a real Hilbert space and a (Jordan-) representation of the algebra of observables on this...

Increasing population levels and demand for water have led to a global water shortage, with more than one billion people unable to access safe drinking water. The Middle East is particularly vulnerable to water stress because of its dense population, variable climate and vulnerable groundwater resources. In Jordan, for example, if current trends in population continue, the water per capita will...

We consider the sparse recovery problem on Euclidean Jordan algebra (SREJA), which includes sparse signal recovery and low-rank symmetric matrix recovery as special cases. We introduce the restricted isometry property, null space property (NSP), and s-goodness for linear transformations in s-sparse element recovery on Euclidean Jordan algebra (SREJA), all of which provide sufficient conditions ...

This paper examines factors influencing a patient's choice of provider for outpatient health care services in Jordan. Factors including demographic, socioeconomic, insurance status, quality of care, household size and cost of health care were studied using a multinomial logit model applied to a sample of 1031 outpatients from the Jordan heathcare utilization and expenditure survey, 2000. The pa...

Financial support: This study was supported by grants from the Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (F.R.S.-FNRS, PDR T.0107.13) (B. Gallez), the Fonds Joseph Maisin (B.F. Jordan, B. Gallez), the Action de Recherches Concertées ARC 14/19-058 (V. Grégoire, B.F. Jordan, P. Sonveaux, B. Gallez), and a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC No. 243188 TUMETABO to P. Sonveaux)...

A pseudo-disk is a subset of the plane that is homeomorphic to a closed disk. Consider a family F of pseudo-disks whose interiors are pairwise disjoint, and such that any two pseudo-disks intersect in at most one point. If any point of the plane is contained in at most k elements of F (with k sufficiently large), then we show that the elements of F can be colored with at most k + 1 colors so th...