The evolution of natural language is characterized by the incorporation a dependency structure into word sequences. Scale-free pattern regularity, in which frequency words conforms to common based on their rank list, empirically well-known. As statistical regularity has been observed and social phenomena, understanding its standard principle great significance. To yield scale-free rank-size rel...

In this article free vibration of a Timoshenko nanobeam with variable cross-section is investigated using nonlocal elasticity theory within the scope of continuum mechanics. Small scale effects are modelled after Eringen’s nonlocal elasticity theory while the non-uniformity is presented by exponentially varying width through the beam length with constant thickness. Analytical solution is achiev...

OBJECTIVE To compare event-related potential measures, contingent negative variation and post-imperative negative variation in drug-naïve or drug-free schizophrenic patients and normal healthy controls, and to study the effect of antipsychotic medication on the above measures. METHODS A hospital-based prospective study was conducted at Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi, India. The sampl...

The distribution of the allophones of /?/in certain contexts involves free variation and gradient preferences. An organized survey was conducted to elicit the judgments of 37 native Persian speakers concerning the well-formedness of /?/allophonic behavior in five different phonological positions. The results showed that the differences in judgment between the various categories are not just t...

—Body temperatures (Tb) of eight free-ranging Heterodon platirhinos were measured with radiotelemetry throughout the year. Body temperature ranged from 5–37uC and varied with air temperature and activity. During the active season, Tb of active snakes (,30.5uC) averaged about 3uC higher than that of inactive snakes (,27.4uC). Body temperature did not differ between the sexes or between resident ...

This paper proposes a procedure to incorporate the conjectural variation approach in Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) analysis such that the strategic interaction among rival firms in international markets can be modelled. It shows how to calibrate the conjectured reactions of rival domestic and foreign firms. It also shows that the approach suggested by Harrison, Rutherford and Tarr (hence...

We propose a new model for the improved reconstruction of JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) images. Given a JPEG compressed image, our method first determines the set of possible source images and then specifically chooses one of these source images satisfying additional regularity properties. This is realized by employing the recently introduced Total Generalized Variation (TGV) as regul...

In this study, 30 strains of the pathogenic free-living amoeba Naegleria fowleri were investigated by using the randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) method. The present study confirmed our previous finding that RAPD variation is not correlated with geographical origin. In particular, Mexican strains belong to the variant previously detected in Asia, Europe, and the United States. In France...

In this article free vibration of a Timoshenko nanobeam with variable cross-section is investigated using nonlocal elasticity theory within the scope of continuum mechanics. Small scale effects are modelled after Eringen’s nonlocal elasticity theory while the non-uniformity is presented by exponentially varying width through the beam length with constant thickness. Analytical solution is achiev...

The signaling game is a game-theoretical model that can depict the dynamics enabling the emergence of semantic meaning that establishes as convention among members of a society. The signaling game alone describes a communicative situation, but by applying it as a repeated game and combining it with update dynamics, a path of the evolution of semantic meaning can be simulated. In this work I wil...