Utilizing the well-known Ultimatum Game, this note presents the following phenomenon. If we start with simple stimulus-response agents, learning through naive reinforcement, and then grant them some introspective capabilities, we get outcomes that are not closer but farther away from the fully introspective game-theoretic approach. The cause of this is the following: there is an asymmetry in th...

We show that the 56-vertex Klein cubic graph Γ′ can be obtained from the 28-vertex Coxeter cubic graph Γ by ’zipping’ adequately the squares of the 24 7-cycles of Γ endowed with an orientation obtained by considering Γ as a C-ultrahomogeneous digraph, where C is the collection formed by both the oriented 7-cycles ~ C7 and the 2-arcs ~ P3 that tightly fasten those ~ C7 in Γ. In the process, it i...

A 46-yr-old female with chronic pyelonephritis was found to lack complement (C) activity by the use of hemolytic screen assays in agarose gels. These assays also revealed a propensity of patient serum to form an activated complex of the fifth and sixth components of C, C56. Each of the C component hemolytic activities was present in normal or elevated amounts with the exception of C7, which was...

We have been studying the mechanisms whereby pools of motor neurons establish a rostrocaudal bias in the position of their synapses in some skeletal muscles. The serratus anterior (SA) muscle of the rat displays a rostrocaudal topographic map before birth, and the topography is re-established after denervation. In this report, we explore the potential role of synaptic competition between innerv...

Spine stabilization after C3-C7 laminectomy can be accomplished with many instrumentation options. A hybrid construct using lateral mass screws from C3 to C5 and pedicle screws at C7 can potentially maximize strength and solve the spatial constraints introduced by the placement of C6 lateral mass screws and C7 pedicle screws. Seven cadaveric cervical spines from C2 to T2 were potted in a custom...

When using equations of state to predict the phase behavior of hydrocarbon mixtures, problems occur with the C7+ fraction that exists in such mixtures. Minimizing such problems requires breaking down (splitting) the C7+ fraction into a number of pseudo-components with a single carbon number; e.g. C7, C8, C9..., etc. Extensive compositional analyses of too many reservoir fluids from all over the...

Method Twenty-six patients with DLKS underwent gait analysis using 3-dimentional motion analysis system (3D-MAS). Two reflection markers were attached to the skin surface on C7 and S1 spinous processes in all patients. Then they walked on treadmill at self-selected walking speed, and 3-dementional location of these surface makers (C7.S1) were recorded by synchronized 4 cameras that were placed ...

Suppression of c-myc has been implicated as a critical event in some glucocorticoid-evoked apoptotic systems. It is therefore of interest to understand the mechanism of glucocorticoid-regulation of the c-myc gene. In the present study, a detailed analysis of dexamethasone (Dex)-evoked regulation of the human c-myc gene in human leukemic CEM-C7 cells has been performed. Dex suppresses c-myc mRNA...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cross-sectional study. OBJECTIVE Determine if pre-operative cervical alignment serves as an independent predictor of pre-operative disability as measured by the neck disability index (NDI). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA There is growing interest in the relationship between cervical sagittal alignment and clinical outcomes. While prior studies have shown that C2-C7 sa...