Abstract A generalization of the Lomax distribution so-called the transmuted Lomax distribution is proposed and studied. Various structural properties including explicit expressions for the moments, quantiles, and mean deviations of the new distribution are derived. The estimation of the model parameters is performed by maximum likelihood method. We hope that the new distribution proposed here ...

We examine the fine-tuning associated to electroweak breaking in Little Higgs scenarios and find it to be always substantial and, generically, much higher than suggested by the rough estimates usually made. This is due to implicit tunings between parameters that can be overlooked at first glance but show up in a more systematic analysis. Focusing on four popular and representative Little Higgs ...

We present several techniques to generate clouds and smoke with cartoon style and sketching obtaining interactive speed for the graphical results. The proposed method allows abstracting the visual and geometric complexity of the gaseous phenomena using a particle system. The abstraction process is made using implicit surfaces, which are used later to calculate the silhouette and obtain the resu...

Article history: Received 20 November 2012 Received in revised form 7 June 2013 Accepted 17 June 2013 Available online 1 July 2013

In a recent paper [7] the author considered the family of parametrized Thue equations

Convection-diffusion problem are the base for continuum mechanics. The main features of these problems are associated with an indefinite operator the problem. In this work we construct unconditionally stable scheme for non-stationary convection-diffusion equations, which are based on use of new variables. Also, we consider these equations in the form of convection-diffusion-reaction and constru...

The external environment of an organization is characterized by significant changes that occur in the social, economical, political and technological fields. The organization should know this setting and act effectively. A major challenge is how to define significant information in its diverse contexts. In a business process scenario, context could be defined as the minimum set of variables con...

Recognition confidence and the explicit awareness of memory retrieval commonly accompany accurate responding in recognition tests. Memory performance in recognition tests is widely assumed to measure explicit memory, but the generality of this assumption is questionable. Indeed, whether recognition in nonhumans is always supported by explicit memory is highly controversial. Here we identified c...

Studies using backward masked emotional stimuli suggest that affective processing may occur outside visual awareness and imply primacy of affective over semantic processing, yet these experiments have not strictly controlled for the participants' awareness of the stimuli. Here we directly compared the primacy of affective versus semantic categorization of biologically relevant stimuli in 5 expe...

background : to assess the epidemiological characteristics of hypertensive patients in urban population of yazd, a cen­tral city in iran. methods: this cross sectional study was conducted from 2005-2006 and carried out on population aging 20-74 years. it is a part of the phase i of yazd healthy heart program that it is a community interventional study for prevention of car­diovascular disease. ...