We propose a position-based approach for largescale simulations of rigid bodies at interactive frame-rates. Our method solves positional constraints between rigid bodies and therefore integrates nicely with other position-based methods. Interaction of particles and rigid bodies through common constraints enables two-way coupling with deformables. The method exhibits exceptional performance and ...

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We hypothesise that all electroweak symmetry breaking terms such as fermion masses and the W and Z gauge boson masses arise radiatively from just one explicit symmetry breaking term in the Lagrangian. Our hypothesis is motivated by the lack of experimental support and the lack of predictivity of the standard symmetry breaking scenario. We construct a simple model which illustrates our ideas. We...

Motivated by the asset-liability management of a nuclear power plant operator, we consider the problem of finding the least expensive portfolio which outperforms a given set of stochastic benchmarks at a sequence of future dates. For a specified loss function, the shortfall with respect to each of the benchmarks weighted by this loss function must remain bounded in expectation by a given thresh...

Multiple feature occurrences, cross-linguistically attested as undesirable phonological configurations, may be resolved in at least two ways. One is by imposing a requirement that at most one feature of a given type may occur in a linguistic form. Another is by restricting the distribution, rather than the number, of features within a linguistic form; that is, by imposing like distributions on ...

introduction: the critical dependence of healthcare services systems on information along with the indigenous restriction of paper documents in satisfying this need has caused a trend toward computer information systems. the main goal of such systems is to achieve electronic health records (ehr). however, implementation of ehr in healthcare organizations is difficult and complicated. this resea...