Analytic surgery, as defined in [9] and [6], is a one-parameter metric deformation of a Riemannian manifold M , which stretches M across a separating hypersurface H in a cylindrical fashion; the singular limit is a complete manifold with asymptotically cylindrical ends, M . In this paper, the analysis of [9] and [6] is used to study the behaviour of analytic torsion of unitary representations u...

This study intends to extend the applicability of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to software process assessments. Recently an AHP approach has been successfully applied to software process assessments especially with regard to boundary problems, ambiguities between two adjacent ratings. Boundary problems may cause a problem in the process of inter-rater agreement for a process attribute r...

We examine the standard Gaussian copula model for correlated defaults (also called the survival copula) and its relationship with the theoretically richer model based on diffusion processes and default thresholds. We show that in a discrete time framework the Gaussian copula can be seen as a simple global approximation to the Brownian copula implied by correlated diffusions. More precisely, the...

This research develops three text analytic techniques to improve survey questionnaires. The first is open-ended response mining. Narrative responses on a survey are mined for themes then used to develop new questions. Closed-ended responses identify subgroups who agree/disagree with the question. Then open-ended responses examined for systematic differences which suggest new constructs that dis...

The focus of these analyses was to examine the psychometric properties of the Lichtenberg Financial Decision Screening Scale (LFDSS). The purpose of the screen was to evaluate the decisional abilities and vulnerability to exploitation of older adults. Adults aged 60 and over were interviewed by social, legal, financial, or health services professionals who underwent in-person training on the ad...

conclusions the research revealed that nonsmokers showed better mental health and dyadic adjustment than smokers, thus suggesting that smoking endangers and can impair the tranquility of families and that smoking also threatens the dyadic adjustment of couples. background the mental health and dyadic adjustment of smokers is a matter of serious concern which brings many demerits on mental healt...

The effective discharge constitutes a key concept in river science and engineering. Notwithstanding many years of studies, a full understanding of the effective discharge determinants is still challenged by the variety of values identified for different river catchments. The present paper relates the observed diversity of effective discharge to the underlying heterogeneity of flow regimes. An a...

There has been some disagreement among three major reviews of the assessment center (AC) construct validity literature (Bowler & Woehr, 2004; Lance, Lambert, Gewin, Lievens, & Conway, 2004; Lievens & Conway, 2001) as to the most appropriate analytic model for AC post-exercise dimension rating data. This article reports a Monte Carlo study addressing the following questions with respect to the s...