Robust methods for estimating rates of population change ( k ) are necessary for applied and theoretical goals in conservation and evolutionary biology. Traditionally, k has been calculated from either ratios of population counts (obser ved k or k obs), or population models based on projection matrices (asymptotic k or k asy ,). New markrecapture methods permit calculation of k from markresight...

Let (∗l∈IA, ∗l∈I(φl, ψl)), be the conditionally free product of unital free *algebras Al, where φl, ψl are states on Al, l ∈ I. We construct a sequence of noncommutative probability spaces (Ã(m), Φ̃(m)), m ∈ N, where Ã(m) = ⊗ l∈I Ã ⊗m l and Φ̃ (m) = ⊗ l∈I φ̃l ⊗ ψ̃ ⊗(m−1) l , m ∈ N, Ãl = A ∗ C[t], and the states φ̃l, ψ̃l are Boolean extensions of φl, ψl, l ∈ I, respectively. We define unital *-homomor...

In this paper, an x n fully fuzzy linear system à ⊗ x = b where à is a fuzzy matrixx and b are fuzzy vectors with trapezoidal fuzzy numbers is solved by singular value decomposition method. The method is illustrated with numerical examples.

Let M be a closed maximally complex submanifold of some relatively compact open subset A of the boundary of a strictly pseudoconvex domain Ω of C. We find an open domain à of Ω, depending only on Ω and A, and a complex variety with isolated singularities W ⊂ à such that bW ∩ A = M .

Selfadjoint Sturm-Liouville operators Hω on L2(a, b) with random potentials are considered and it is proven, using positivity conditions, that for almost every ω the operator Hω does not share eigenvalues with a broad family of random operators and in particular with operators generated in the same way as Hω but in L2(ã, b̃) where (ã, b̃) ⊂ (a, b).

In the framework of Henkin style higher-order fuzzy logic à LΠω we construct fuzzy real numbers as fuzzy Dedekind cuts over crisp rationals, and show some of their properties provable in à LΠω. The definitions of algebraic operations and a theory of fuzzy intervals are sketched.

Based on their genomic organisation, tissue tropism, and other biological characteristics, herpesviruses are classified into three categories: á, â, and ã. Of these, the ã-herpesviruses are able to replicate and persist in lymphoid cells and some are capable of infecting other cell types, such as epithelial cells and fibroblasts. The ã-herpesviruses comprise two important genera: the lymphocryp...

Ab initio calculations are performed for the X̃2E′′ 1 and à 2A′′ 2 states of the cyclopentadienyl radical. An important goal of these calculations is to guide the analysis of the experimentally observed Ã2A′′ 2 -X̃ 2E′′ 1 electronic spectrum. Vibrational frequencies for both the X̃ and à state are reported. Large changes