Conrad’s acclaimed works from his middle period have been thoroughly studied from several perspectives including postcolonialism whereas the novels from his early period were overlooked due to their so-called“uneven” quality. The most notable works among Conrad’s early novels are hisLingard Trilogy- three of his early novels which are based on the recurring presence of the Captain Tom Lingard, ...

An estimate for the Novak number of a hyperspace with the Vietoris topology is given. As a consequence it is shown that this cardinal function can decrease passing from a space to its hyperspace.

A modi"ed stochastic Luenberger observer (MSLO) structure is proposed to recover the optimal performance of the coventional SLO for obtaining full-state estimates in linear discrete-time stochastic systems. The optimal MSLO (OMSLO) which gives the MMSE estimates is derived by using the general two-stage Kalman "lter. A reduced-order form of the OMSLO is also proposed for systems having singular...

OBJECTIVES The metabolic changes in the brain of symptomatic subjects affected with Machado-Joseph disease have been previously documented using PET with fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG). The aim of this study was to evaluate these changes in asymptomatic Machado-Joseph disease gene carriers. METHODS Seven asymptomatic Machado-Joseph disease gene carriers, identified using a molecular tes...

INTRODUCTION Chronic pain is a common problem for patients with Machado-Joseph disease. Most of the chronic pain in Machado-Joseph disease has been reported to be of musculoskeletal origin, but now there seems to be different chronic pain in patients with Machado-Joseph disease. CASE PRESENTATION A 29-year-old man (Han Chinese, Hoklo) with Machado-Joseph disease experienced severe chronic pai...