Voting procedures eliminating candidates sequentially and one-at-a-time based on repeated ballots are superior to well-known single-round voting rules: if voters are strategic the former will induce the Condorcet winner in unique equilibrium, whereas the latter may fail to select it. In addition, when there is no Condorcet winner the outcome of sequential elimination voting always belongs to th...

We present methods, based on the short time Fourier transform, which may be used to analyze the structure of multicomponent FM modulated signals instantaneously in time and frequency. The methods build on previously presented cross-spectral methods. In this paper, we introduce the concept of higher order short time Fourier transform phase derivatives, which may be used to estimate signal trajec...

Relativistic causality imposes rigid restrictions on nondemolition (repeatable) measurements of nonlocal variables. We show that there are no causal restrictions on demolition (nonrepeatable) measurements: all Hermitian operators of multipartite quantum system can be measured instantaneously, provided unlimited supply of entanglement resources.

Substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) released from primary sensory neurons are known to play important roles in nociception and nociceptive transmission. In the present study, we attempted to clarify the roles of these neuropeptides in the regulation of axonal transport in sensory neurons. Cells were isolated from adult mouse dorsal root ganglia and cultured in F-12 medium con...

Dextrous manipulation planning is a problem of paramount importance in the study of multi ngered robotic hands. In this paper, we show in general, that all system variables (the nger joint, object,and contact velocities) need to be included in the di erential kinematic equation used for manipulation planning, even if the manipulation task is only speci ed in terms of the goal con guration of th...

We present Instantaneous Spatial Light Interference Microscopy (iSLIM) as a new quantitative phase method that combines the benefits of white light illumination in Zernike's phase contrast microscopy and phase stability associated diffraction phase microscopy. iSLIM is implemented as an add-on module to a commercial phase contrast microscope, and enables new features to quantitative phase imagi...

Three algorithms to estimate instantaneous frequency of a frequency-modulated signal is discussed. These algorithms are 7 based on Hilbert transform, Haar wavelet, and generalized pencil of function (GPOF) methods. While GPOF-based frequency detection method appears to be least sensitive to noise, wavelet-based method is easiest to implement. The latter method is 9 also computationally more e c...

This report presents some results towards a game–theoretic account of the constructive semantics of step responses for synchronous languages, providing a coherent semantic framework encompassing both non-deterministic Statecharts (as per Pnueli & Shalev) and deterministic Esterel. In particular, it is shown that Esterel arises from a finiteness condition on strategies whereas Statecharts permit...

In the literature a number of relative loss bounds have been shown for on-line learning algorithms. Here the relative loss is the total loss of the on-line algorithm in all trials minus the total loss of the best comparator that is chosen off-line. However, for many applications instantaneous loss bounds are more interesting where the learner first sees a batch of examples and then uses these e...