The split-coloring problem is a generalized vertex coloring problem where we partition the vertices into a minimum number of split graphs. In this paper, we study some notions which are extensively studied for the usual vertex coloring and the cocoloring problem from the point of view of split-coloring, such as criticality and the uniqueness of the minimum split-coloring. We discuss some proper...

We present a deconvolution estimator for the density function of a random variable from a set of independent replicate measurements. We assume that measurements are made with normally distributed errors having unknown and possibly heterogeneous variances. The estimator generalizes the deconvoluting kernel density estimator of Stefanski and Carroll (1990), with error variances estimated from the...

A single replication fork would take more than a year to replicate the genome of Xenopus. By dividing the task among many thousands of replicons, each replicated by forks emanating from individual origins, replication is instead completed in as little as 30 min. While this efficient strategy has been adopted by all eukaryotes, it introduces a complication. To maintain the integrity of the genom...

In this study we tried to replicate the unconscious thought advantage (UTA), which states that complex decisions are better handled by unconscious thinking. We designed an experiment in e-prime using similar material as the original study (choosing between four different apartments, each described by 12 attributes). A total of 73 participants (52 women (71.2%); 18 to 62 age: M=24.63; SD=8.7) to...

Replicate ice cores have been drilled about 10m apart for the top 790m of the ice sheet at Dome C, Antarctica. This provides an opportunity to examine inter-core variation of the signal for identical events, based on dielectric profile (DEP) comparisons. Comparison of the signal from the same core (a section 48m long), measured 1 year apart, showed good reproducibility, with peak heights varyin...