In this note we give the definition of the ”doubling operation” for simple polytopes, find the formula for the h-polynomial of new polytope. As an application of this operation we establish the relationship between moment-angle manifolds and their real analogues and prove the toral rank conjecture for moment-angle manifolds ZP . Let P be a simple n-dimensional polytope with m facets: P = {x ∈ R...

It is an open question whether the visual transformations guiding human actions are similar to those generating visual perception. The Action-Perception model assumes a strict division of labor: the ventral cortical stream generates perception while the dorsal stream guides actions. However, only skilled and natural actions are assumed to be under dorsal control, while awkward and left-handed a...

The traditional approach to these facts assumes that CLLD involves movement, while HT does not.1 Other approaches, like the one recently developed by Frascarelli (2003), assume base generation of CLLD (much as HT) combined with the hypothesis that sensitivity to islands should come from the fact that the dislocated phrase of CLLD undergoes further movement from the left peripheral topic positio...

Antidepressants as a commodity have been remarkably little-studied by economists. This study shows in new data for 27 European countries that 8% of people (and 10% of those middle-aged) take antidepressants each year. The probability of antidepressant use is greatest among those who are middle-aged, female, unemployed, poorly educated, and divorced or separated. A hill-shaped age pattern is fou...

Humans and monkeys show intermittent arm movements while tracking moving targets. This intermittency has been explained by postulating either a psychological refractory period after each movement and/or an error deadzone, an area surrounding the target within which movements are not initiated. We present a technique to detect and quantify the size of this deadzone, using a compensatory tracking...

In this paper, we introduce the doubling transformation, a structure-preserving transformation for symplectic pencils, and present its basic properties. Based on these properties, a unified convergence theory for the structure-preserving doubling algorithms for a class of Riccati-type matrix equations is established, using only elementary matrix theory.

Does response selection select words or letters in skilled typewriting? Typing performance involves hierarchically organized control processes: an outer loop that controls word level processing, and an inner loop that controls letter (or keystroke) level processing. The present study addressed whether response selection occurs in the outer loop or the inner loop by using the psychological refra...