this article presents a unified approach to the abstract notions of partial convolution and involution in $l^p$-function spaces over semi-direct product of locally compact groups. let $h$ and $k$ be locally compact groups and $tau:hto aut(k)$ be a continuous homomorphism.  let $g_tau=hltimes_tau k$ be the semi-direct product of $h$ and $k$ with respect to $tau$. we define left and right $tau$-c...

a palatal defect may result from surgical resection, and its consequences could include difficulty in speech and nasal regurgitation of food and liquids. an obturator combined to speech aid prosthesis can improve nasal emission during speech,  and  assist  in  preventing  nasal  regurgitation  of  food.  this  article presents a clinical report of the reconstruction of palatopharyngeal function...

Background: Ensuring adequate depth of anesthesia during surgery is essential for anesthesiologists to prevent the occurrence of unwanted alertness during surgery or failure to return to consciousness. Since the purpose of using anesthetics is to affect the central nervous system, brain signal processing such as electroencephalography (EEG) can be used to predict different levels of anesthesia....

this paper is a survey of recent contributions to and developments in the relationship between efficiency and productivity via the production function. the objective is to provide a brief discussion on data and on the methods of measuring efficiency and productivity. first, we introduce the reader to the measurement of partial and total factor productivity in the context of static and firm - sp...

in the present paper‎, ‎we show the existence of a coupled fixed point for a non-decreasing mapping in partially ordered complete metric space using a partial order induced by an appropriate function $phi$‎. ‎we also define the concept of weakly related mappings on an ordered space‎. ‎moreover common coupled fixed points for two and three weakly related mappings are also proved in the same space‎.

I consider …rst-price auctions (FPA) and second-price auctions (SPA) with two asymmetric bidders. The FPA is known to be more pro…table than the SPA if the strong bidder’s distribution function is convex and the weak bidder’s distribution is obtained by truncating or horizontally shifting the former. In this paper, I employ a new mechanism design result to show that the FPA remains optimal if t...

‎this paper presents an application of partial differential equations(pdes) for the segmentation of abdominal and thoracic aortic in cta datasets. an important challenge in reliably detecting aortic is the need to overcome problems associated with intensity inhomogeneities. level sets are part of an important class of methods that utilize partial differential equations (pdes) and have been exte...

to calculate partial and total productivity of production factors in broiler farms in yazd province, 72 manufacturing units were selected based on simple random sampling method and their information and statistics were collected for one production period in the second half of 2013. to measure productivity, the cobb-douglas production function was estimated using classic and fuzzy regression met...