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...

Most seismic codes specify empirical formulas to estimate the fundamental vibration period of buildings. Evaluated first in this paper are the formulas specified in present US codes using the available data on the fundamental period of buildings “measured” from their motions recorded during eight California earthquakes, starting from the 1971 San Fernando earthquake and ending with the 1994 Nor...

We analyze a continuous and discrete symmetries of the maximum lifetime problem in two dimensional sensor networks. We show, how a symmetry of the network and invariance of the problem under a given transformation group G can be utilized to simplify its solution. We prove, that for a G-invariant maximum lifetime problem there exists a G-invariant solution. Constrains which follow from the G-inv...

Most seismic codes specify empirical fonnulas to estimate the fundamental vibration period of buildings. Evaluated first in this paper are the fonnulas specified in present U.S. codes using the available data on the fundamental period of buildings "measured" from their motions recorded during eight California e~­ quakes, starting with the 1971 San Fernando earthquake and ending w.ith the 1994 N...

Stock return is usually considered to be affected by firm’s financial ratios as well as economic variables. Fundamental method assume that stock returns is not solely related to the stock market. Most result come from the company condition , industry situation and whole economy. In this paper, this relationship between stock return and fundamentals is studied using the data for 22 pharmaceutica...

Simvastatin is a hypolipidemic drug used with exercise, diet and weight – loss to control elevated cholesterol or hypercholesterolemia. It is a member of the Statin class of pharmaceuticals. This paper delives voltammetric techniques is an electrochemical technique used in analytical applications and fundamental studies of electrode mechanism. This review summarizes some of the recent developme...

the linear adiabatic pulsation-periods of mira variable stars have been derived. approximately 2701[1]models were calculated for m = 0.7 mθ to 2 mθ stars with radii from 180 rθ to 340 rθ and luminosities from 2800 lθ to 10,000 lθ. the chemical composition of all models is (x,z) = (0.7,0.02). from the result of this study, linear relations on luminosity-period-mass relationship and luminosity-pe...