Abstract In this work we analyse bucket increasing tree families. We introduce two simple stochastic growth processes, generating random trees of size n , complementing the earlier result Mahmoud and Smythe (1995, Theoret. Comput. Sci. 144 221–249.) for recursive trees. On combinatorial side, define multilabelled generalisations families d -ary generalised plane-oriented Additionally, a cluster...

physical therapists, chiropractors, osteopaths, and medical doctors1. Table 1 lists the different types of spinal motion palpation1,2. Four assumptions form the rationale for the use of motion palpation as a diagnostic tool3-5: 1. Spinal segmental motion abnormalities cause or contribute to functional limitation and disability. 2. Motion palpation is a reliable indicator of these motion abnorma...

Abstract This study combines the type of partners and number partnerships’ purposes to assess municipal effectiveness in bringing international aid. First, test whether inter-municipal cooperation (homogenous partners) is more effective than inter-governmental (heterogeneous increasing aid at local level. Second, tests partnerships with sole purpose raising (single purpose) are additional (mult...

There are quite a number of conflicting conclusions about inter-annual trends of the monsoon rainfall over South Asia as a result of global warming. Western Ghats, next to Himalayas are the principal watershed areas for the rivers of India. In this study, an attempt has been made to understand the inter-seasonal and inter-annual patterns rainfall over Agumbe – popularly known as the Cheerapunji...

We study when the existence of an increasing selection can be derived from the monotonicity of a multifunction w.r.t. an extension of the basic order from points to subsets. The most interesting results emerge when the target is a lattice and monotonicity is interpreted in one of the ways suggested by A.F. Veinott, Jr. An increasing selection exists if (1) the multifunction is weakly ascending ...

Instructional media such as computer conferencing engender high levels of student-student and student-teacher interaction; therefore, they can support models of teaching and learning that are highly interactive and consonant with the communicative ideals of university education. This potential and the ubiquity of computer conferencing in higher education prompted three of the authors of the thi...

Although the original Tool for Assessing Responsibility-based Education (TARE) has proven useful in several studies, it has limitations. The three-fold purpose of this article is to present a revised version of the TARE including a new section to measure students ́ behaviors, analyze the inter-rater reliability of the instrument, and assess the relationships between results of teacher and studen...

The mediodorsal thalamus (MD) is a crucial component of the neural network involved in the learning and generation of goal-directed actions. A series of experiments reported here examined the contributions of MD to the temporal differentiation of reward-guided actions. In Experiment 1, we trained rats on a discrete-trial, fixed-criterion temporal differentiation task, in which only lever presse...

The properties of triaxial bright solitons (TBSs) made of attractive BoseEinstein condensed atoms under transverse anisotropic harmonic confinement are investigated by using a variational approach. We show that these metastable TBSs change their shape from cigar-like to disc-like by increasing the inter-atomic strength. Moreover, we find that the collective oscillations of a TBS strongly depend...

Time-domain equalization is crucial in reducing state dimension in maximum likelihood sequence estimation, and inter-carrier and inter-symbol interference in 802.11a and ADSL multicarrier systems. A time-domain equalizer, or TEQ, which is a finite impulse response (FIR) filter, placed in cascade with the channel produces an effective impulse response of ν + 1 samples that is shorter than the ch...