This paper describes improvements to the rule chaining architecture presented in [1]. The architecture uses distributed associative memories to allow the system to utilise memory efficiently, and superimposed distributed representations in order to reduce the time complexity of a tree search to O(d), where d is the depth of the tree. This new work reduces the memory required by the architecture...

Activity rules have emerged in recent years as an important aspect of practical auction design. The role of an activity rule in an iterative auction is to suppress strategic behavior by bidders and promote simple, continual, meaningful bidding and thus, price discovery. These rules find application in the design of iterative combinatorial auctions for real world scenarios, for example in spectr...

In this paper we have used one 2 variable Boolean function called Rule 6 to define another beautiful transformation named as Extended Rule-6. Using this function we have explored the algebraic beauties and its application to an efficient Round Robin Tournament (RRT) routine for 2 (k is any natural number) number of teams. At the end, we have thrown some light towards any number of teams of the ...

Yttrium-90 has been described as one of the best radionuclides for tumor therapy when chelated to tumor-associated antibodies. This evaluation is based on the superior properties of this radionuclide (suitable half-life, pure beta-ray emitter of intermediate energy, stable daughter, and suitable chemical properties) and because it is available as a radionuclide generator product by decay of its...

INTRODUCTION The pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic effects of warfarin were assessed in the presence and absence of taranabant, an orally active, highly selective, potent, cannabinoid-1 receptor inverse agonist, which was being developed for the treatment of obesity. METHODS Twelve subjects were assigned to two open-label treatments in fixed sequence separated by a 14-day washout. Treatment A w...

BACKGROUND Obesity in adults is associated with increased left ventricular (LV) mass. The mechanism for this is unclear, however. We tested the hypothesis that insulin resistance is an important independent contributing factor to LV mass in the healthy obese population. METHODS AND RESULTS The study population consisted of 40 normotensive, nondiabetic, otherwise healthy obese subjects with bo...