Let {Ed} be a sequence of nonnegative numbers and f(n) = E Ed , the suns being over divisors d of n. We say that f has the distribution function F if for all c > 0, the number of integers n c x for which f (n) > c is asymptotic to xF(c), and we investigate when F exists and when it is continuous. Let {E d } be a sequence of nonnegative numbers and Is it true that for all c > 0, f (n) _ y Ed. di...

Predators and competitors of vertebrates can in theory reduce the density of infected nymphs (DIN)-an often-used measure of tick-borne disease risk-by lowering the density of reservoir-competent hosts and/or the tick burden on reservoir-competent hosts. We investigated this possible indirect effect of predators by comparing data from 20 forest plots across the Netherlands that varied in predato...

Obesity and Depression among Asian Indians in the United States: Findings from the MASALA Study Natasha Din, MBBS1, Alka M. Kanaya, MD *1, 2 1Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco 2Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco *Corresponding author: Dr. Alka M. Kanaya, MD,University of Calif...

Această lucrare examinează literatura de specialitate cu privire la integrarea furnizorilor în realizarea de produse noi şi contribuie cu o cercetare empirică pentru a demonstra că diferenţierea tehnologică, performanţele afacerilor, inovarea şi comunicarea dintre companii şi furnizorii lor sunt pozitiv asociate cu nivelul de integrare al furnizorilor în realizarea de produse noi. În final, est...

Polar varieties have in recent years been used by Bank, Giusti, Heintz, Mbakop, and Pardo, and by Safey El Din and Schost, to find efficient procedures for determining points on all real components of a given non-singular algebraic variety. In this note we review the classical notion of polars and polar varieties, as well as the construction of what we here call reciprocal polar varieties. In p...

Diminished capacity survives in California as a severely attenuated mens rea defense known as diminished actuality. Some other states have similar limited strict mens rea defenses. The lost advantages of California's former expanded concept of diminished capacity are reviewed. As opposed to the all-or-none insanity defense, mens rea defenses permit the trier of fact to find gradations of guilt ...