Prophet inequalities compare the expected performance of an online algorithm for a stochastic optimization problem to optimal solution in hindsight. They are major alternative classic worst-case competitive analysis, particular importance design and analysis simple (posted-price) incentive compatible mechanisms with provable approximation guarantees. A central open this area concerns subadditiv...

Objectives: Serum hepatitis C virus (HCV) core antigen (HCVcAg) concentrations correlate with HCV RNA levels in HCV monoinfected patients. Data in HCV/HIV coinfected patients are still limited. We aim to compare the use of HCVcAg measurement with respect to HIV status, HCV genotypes, interferon-lambda-4 (IFNL4) polymorphism and clinical parameters. Methods: We analyzed an untreated cohort of 10...

Muller, and P. R. Renne, Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA, Presently at Chicago Center for Cosmochemistry and Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA ([email protected]), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA, Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2755 Ridge Road, ...