We put forward a revised definition of stably compact spaces which allows us to show their equivalence with Nachbin’s compact ordered spaces in an entirely elementary fashion. We then exhibit some constructions for stably compact spaces which apparently have not appeared in the literature before. These constructions allow us to show that the set of (sub-)probability valuations can be equipped w...

The optimal schedule for home blood pressure monitoring should represent the usual level of home blood pressure, give a reproducible value, and have prognostic ability. Therefore, outcome studies, as well as short-term trials assessing the reproducibility of home blood pressure, its stability over time and its relationship with ambulatory blood pressure should be taken into account. A review of...

This study evaluated the accuracy of blood pressure values provided by the Spacelabs 90202 and 90207 devices in comparison with intra-arterial recording in 19 subjects at rest and in nine subjects in ambulatory conditions (Oxford method). At rest Spacelabs monitors reflected intra-arterial systolic blood pressure values very closely but overestimated to a considerable extent intra-arterial dias...

Modern data analysis applications driven by the Network Effect are pushing traditional database and data warehousing technologies beyond their limits due to their massively increasing data volumes and demands for low latency. To address this problem, we advocate an integrated query processing approach that runs SQL continuously and incrementally over data before that data is stored in the datab...

Evolutionary designs based upon Artificial Ontogenies are beginning to cross from virtual to real environments. In such systems the evolved genotype is an indirect, procedural representation of the final structure. To date, most Artificial Ontogenies have relied upon an error-free development process to generate their phenotypic structure. In this paper we explore the effects and consequences o...

The integration of views and schemas is an important part of database design and evolution and permits the sharing of data across complex applications. The view and schema integration methodologies used to date are driven purely by semantic considerations, and allow integration of objects only if that is valid from both semantic and structural view points. We discuss a new integration method ca...

We propose a new vector index for the statistical assessment of antihypertensive treatment duration and homogeneity from ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. We termed this approach for evaluating and comparing blood pressure coverage offered by antihypertensive drugs over 24 h as the reduction-duration-homogeneity index. The reduction-duration-homogeneity index is a three-component vector ind...

We introduce a simple model of SO(N) spins with two-site interactions which is amenable to quantum Monte Carlo studies without a sign problem on nonbipartite lattices. We present numerical results for this model on the two-dimensional triangular lattice where we find evidence for a spin nematic at small N, a valence-bond solid at large N, and a quantum spin liquid at intermediate N. By the intr...

Models of the convergence of opinion in social systems have been the subject of considerable recent attention in the physics literature. These models divide into two classes, those in which individuals form their beliefs based on the opinions of their neighbors in a social network of personal acquaintances, and those in which, conversely, network connections form between individuals of similar ...

In this paper, we give some conditions under which the finite sum of continuous $g$-frames is again a continuous $g$-frame. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for the continuous $g$-frames $Lambda=left{Lambda_w in Bleft(H,K_wright): win Omegaright}$ and $Gamma=left{Gamma_w in Bleft(H,K_wright): win Omegaright}$ and operators $U$ and $V$ on $H$ such that $Lambda U+Gamma V={Lambda_w U+Ga...