It seems easy to accept that rationality involves many features that cannot be summarized in terms of some straightforward formula, such as binary consistency.  However, this recognition does not immediately lead to alternative characterizations that might be regarded as satisfactory, even though the inadequacies of the traditional assumptions of rational behavior standard used in economic theo...

introduction: a growing number of muslim athletes now engage in international competition. this raises the question of the advice they should be given if a major event occurs during the month of ramadan. methods: a narrative review has been based upon books and extensive reviews completed by the author and other investigators. results: practical considerations hamper assessment of the effects o...

Motivated by channel measurements in different indoor locations we will show that the WLAN indoor MIMO channel is characterized by few dominant transmission paths mainly corresponding to the LOS path and some strong reflections. In the contrary to the common statistical flat Rayleigh fading channel model we will explain that the WLAN channel is widely deterministic and frequency selective. Furt...

Cognitive and functional losses are only part of the spectrum of disability experienced by persons with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. They also experience losses in the ability to make decisions, known as decision-making capacity. Researchers have made substantial progress in developing a model of capacity assessment that rests upon the concept of the 4 decision-making abilities: u...

For 3G cellular networks, capacity is an important objective, along with coverage, when characterizing the performance of high-data-rate services. In live networks, the effective network capacity heavily depends on the degree that the traffic load is balanced over all cells, so changing traffic patterns demand dynamic network reconfiguration to maintain good performance. Using a four-cell sampl...

We exhibit a possible road towards a strong converse for the quantum capacity of degradable channels. In particular, we show that all degradable channels obey what we call a “pretty strong” converse: When the code rate increases above the quantum capacity, the fidelity makes a discontinuous jump from 1 to at most 1 √ 2 , asymptotically. A similar result can be shown for the private (classical) ...

W model a modular assembly system in which a final assembler outsources some of the assembly task to first-tier suppliers (subassemblers), who produce modules made up of multiple components. The assembler sets module prices it will pay to the subassemblers, the subassemblers set component prices they will pay to suppliers, and then all players choose how much capacity to install, with the minim...

Since the performance metrics of digital communication systems over composite multipath/ lognormal fading channels is intractable, a mixture gamma (MG) fading model is used to approximate Nakagami-lognormal (NL) fading model. By using MG fading model, the ergodic capacity of dualhop semi-blind amplify-and-forward relaying systems is investigated over independent non-identical composite NL fadin...

Decentralized Capacity Management and Internal Pricing This paper studies the acquisition and subsequent utilization of production capacity in a multi-divisional firm. In a setting where an upstream division provides capacity for itself and a downstream division, our analysis explores whether the divisions should be structured as investmentor profit centers The choice of responsibility centers ...