This paper presents a flexible runs-aware PRL coding method whose coding algorithm is simple and easy to implement. The internal 2-PRL coding iteratively codes 2 runs of compatible or inversely compatible patterns inside a single segment. The external N-PRL coding iteratively codes flexible runs of compatible or inversely compatible segments across multiple segments. The decoder architecture is...

We employed an associative learning paradigm to test the hypothesis that exercise hyperpnea in humans arises from learned responses forged by prior experience. Twelve subjects undertook a "conditioning" and a "nonconditioning" session on separate days, with order of performance counterbalanced among subjects. In both sessions, subjects performed repeated bouts of 6 min of treadmill exercise, ea...

We employed an associative learning paradigm to test the hypothesis that exercise hyperpnea in man arises from learned responses forged by prior experience. 12 subjects undertook a ‘conditioning’ and a ‘non-conditioning’ session on separate days with order of performance counterbalanced among subjects. In both sessions subjects performed repeated bouts of 6min treadmill exercise each separated ...

Banks are a vital part of the economy because they provide an important channel through which many businesses get their financing. However, as we know from the history of the United States and other countries, banks can be subject to runs and panics. A panic that encompasses a large part of the banking system can seriously disrupt economic activity. During a run, a bank experiences much heavier...

Four primary care sites in the United States constitute "medical home runs" because their patients incur 15-20 percent less (risk-adjusted) total health care spending per year than patients treated by regional peers, without evidence of reduced quality. The sites achieved this result in a U.S. payment environment that usually penalizes physicians who invest to prevent costly near-term health cr...

We analyze a banking system in which the class of feasible deposit contracts, or mechanisms, is broad. The mechanisms must satisfy a sequential service constraint, but partial or full suspension of convertibility is allowed. Consumers must be willing to deposit, ex ante. We show, by examples, that under the socalled “optimal contract,” the post-deposit game can have a run equilibrium. Given a p...

Our paper offers a minimalist model of a run on a financial market. The prime ingredient is that each risk-neutral investor fears having to liquidate after a run, but before prices can recover back to fundamental values. During the run, only the risk-averse market-making sector is willing to absorb shares. To avoid having to possibly liquidate shares at themarginal post-run price—in which case ...

The main objective of this study was to assess genetic comparison of two migratory forms of Caspian trout Salmo trutta caspius namely fall-run and spring-run. Owing to the lack of information on its genetic differences, 5 microsatellite loci were used for 58 sample analyses. Genomic DNA was extracted from caudal fin using Roche DNA extraction kit and each PCR reaction was performed in a 25 ?l ...