A temporal advantage for numerically small digits

Small Business Alliances: A Framework for Internet-Enabled Strategic Advantage

The essential difference between small businesses and large corporations is found in their corporate structure. Similarly, the inter-organizational systems (IOSs) formed between small businesses to support strategic alliances and community-like networks have different requirements and functions Ffrom those formed between large corporations. This paper discusses the differences between the IOSs ...

Communication Complexity with Small Advantage

We study problems in randomized communication complexity when the protocol is only required to attain some small advantage over purely random guessing, i.e., it produces the correct output with probability at least ǫ greater than one over the codomain size of the function. Previously, Braverman and Moitra (STOC 2013) showed that the set-intersection function requires Θ(ǫn) communication to achi...

A Direct Method for Numerically Solving Integral Equations System Using Orthogonal Triangular Functions

Fascial Free Flap for Reconstruction of the Dorsolateral Hand and Digits: The Advantage of a Thin Contour

BACKGROUND Fascial free flaps have been widely used for reconstruction of the hand because they are thin. However, studies reporting objective data regarding the advantages of this approach are lacking. Thus, we report our experience with such flaps. METHODS Forty-five cases of fascial free flaps between November 2006 and March 2014 were reviewed. Nine cases involving reconstructed dorsal or ...

The mechanical defence advantage of small seeds.

Seed size and toughness affect seed predators, and size-dependent investment in mechanical defence could affect relationships between seed size and predation. We tested how seed toughness and mechanical defence traits (tissue density and protective tissue content) are related to seed size among tropical forest species. Absolute toughness increased with seed size. However, smaller seeds had high...