In this paper, we propose a new scheme for anisotropic motion by mean curvature in R. The scheme consists of a phase-field approximation of the motion, where the nonlinear diffusive terms in the corresponding anisotropic Allen-Cahn equation are linearized in the Fourier space. In real space, this corresponds to the convolution with a specific kernel of the form Kφ,t(x) = F−1 [ e−4π 2tφo(ξ) ] (x...

We study the effi ciency implications of bargaining in frictional capital markets in which firms match bilaterally with dealers in order to buy or sell capital. We show how two of the distinguishing characteristics of capital —ownership and the intertemporal nature of investment —give rise to a dynamic ineffi ciency. Firms that anticipate buying capital in the future overinvest because this inc...

SUMMARY In this paper, we extend the Gnaedig's re-sults[2][3] on termination of order-sorted rewriting. Gnaedig required a condition for order-sorted signatures, called minimality, for the termination proof. We get rid of this restriction by introducing a transformation from a TRS with an arbitrary order-sorted signature to another TRS with a minimal signature, and proving that this transformat...

Hormesis for the intractable pests can be dreadful, but natural enemies of pests, it is a puissant strategy in optimizing their mass rearing. We report multigenerational stimulatory effects widely used insecticide, imidacloprid, on demographic traits an important egg parasitoid Trichogramma chilonis Ishii. The study investigated consequences sublethal (LC5), low lethal (LC30), and median (LC50)...

I discuss the physics reach of a fixed-target charm experiment which can reconstruct >10 charm decays, three orders of magnitude beyond the largest extant sample. Such an experiment may run at Fermilab shortly after the Year 2000. In addition to “programmatic” charm physics such as spectroscopy, lifetimes, and tests of QCD, this “Charm2000” experiment will have significant sensitivity to new ph...

The Image Reduction and Analysis Facility is a scientific image processing package widely used throughout the astronomical community. IRAF has been developed and distributed by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory in Tucson, Arizona since the early 1980’s. Other observatories and projects have written many dozens of layered external application packages. More than ten thousand journal art...

JPEG2000 is the new standard for the compression of still images. Its objective and subjective image quality performance is superior to existing standards. In this paper the Part I of the JPEG2000 standard is presented in brief, and its implementation complexity on different computer platforms is reported.

In the terms of operational calculus the probability characteristics of direct and reverse residual renewal time of alternating renewal process, where renewal time depends on life-time, are found. 1. Definitions, Motivations and Formulation of the Problem 1.1 According to [1] let’s consider a system which fails after random life-time X1 and is fully renewed after the lapse of random time Y1. Th...

Despite the enormous media coverage that the issue of year 2000 (Y2K) readiness has received in recent months, the focus of that coverage has been restricted almost exclusively to technological aspects. Non-technical issues have tended to be either ignored completely or given very little attention. Most importantly, not much is known about the organisational processes of preparing to face this ...