The aim of this paper is to study the concept of -induced L-fuzzy topological spaces. Some properties of the functions (namely Scott-continuous function) are studied. The Scott-continuous functions turn out to be the natural tool for studying the -induced L-fuzzy topological space. We also discuss the connections between some separations, countability and covering properties of an ordinary topo...

Digit distributions are a popular tool for the detection of tax payers’ noncompliance and other fraud. In the early stage of digital analysis, Nigrini and Mittermaier (1997) made use of Benford’s Law (Benford 1938) as a natural reference distribution. A justification of that hypothesis is only known for multiplicative sequences (Schatte 1988). In applications, most of the number generating proc...

Conflicting and complex forces are shaping the diffusion patterns of the Internet and e-commerce in South Asia. Drawing upon the literature on institutional theory, we explore the drivers and inhibitors of the Internet in South Asian countries. We examine the influence of the three pillars of institutions (Scott, 1995) on the digital world of South Asia. The paper discusses how regulatory, norm...

Soil degradation has been implicated as a cause of the poor vegetation condition over much of the unimproved tussock grassland in the South Island high country and as a threat to the sustainability of extensive pastoralism (Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, 1991; South Island High Country Review Working Party, 1994). A key requirement for assessment of sustainability is an ability...

? mil a Zelda, mercurial child of the hectic '20s, captured the love of novelist, F. Scott Fitzgerald. In a frenzied effort to match his genius she threw herself into painting, writing and ballet before tragically ending her life in a mental hospital.

In this paper we give an example of a countably-based algebraic domain D such that max(D) is Hausdorff but not regular in the relative Scott topology, and such that max(D) contains the usual space of rational numbers as a closed subspace. Our example shows that certain known results about max(D), where max(D) is regular and D is countably based, are the sharpest possible. MR Classifications: pr...

The Eckbo-Masulis (1992) theory predicts that a seasoned offer is more likely to be underwritten the higher the proportion of shares expected to be sold to new investors, and further predicts a negative relation between abnormal returns on announcement and sales to new investors. The evidence in this paper does not support these predictions. The proportion underwritten is determined primarily b...

In the biotechnology industry today, there are many business models for project commercialization. These models range from independent vertical integration to certain forms of collaboration with pharmaceutical companies to complete acquisitions of projects by the big pharmaceutical companies. In this thesis, we wanted to study commercialization strategies of several biotechnology companies. We ...

Beginning with Waite’s (1923) Fishes of South Australia, the marine fishes of South Australia (SA) have been increasingly well documented. Waite, Scott (1962) and Gomon et al. (1994) have recorded >210 species of cartilaginous and bony fishes for Gulf St Vincent (GSV) and Investigator Strait (IS). While this is potentially a bewildering array of sizes, shapes and colours, observant fishers and ...