If R is a commutative ring with identity and ≤ is defined by letting a ≤ b mean ab = a or a = b, then (R,≤) is a partially ordered ring. Necessary and sufficient conditions on R are given for (R,≤) to be a lattice, and conditions are given for it to be modular or distributive. The results are applied to the rings Zn of integers mod n for n ≥ 2. In particular, if R is reduced, then (R,≤) is a la...

Let D be a division ring with an involution. Assuming that D admits Baer orderings, we can study the Witt group of hermitian froms over D by observing its image in the ring of continuous functions on the space of orderings. We are led to define a new class of rings which, when viewed in an abstract setting, provide a natural generalization of the spaces of orderings and real spectra studied in ...

Many known results on finite von Neumann algebras are generalized, by purely algebraic proofs, to a certain class C of finite Baer *-rings. The results in this paper can also be viewed as a study of the properties of Baer *-rings in the class C. First, we show that a finitely generated module over a ring from the class C splits as a direct sum of a finitely generated projective module and a cer...

For a given class of R-modules Q, module M is called Q-copure Baer injective if any map from left ideal R into can be extended to M. Depending on the this concept both dualization and generalization pure injectivity. We show that every embedded as submodule module. Certain types rings are characterized using properties modules. example ring Q-coregular only R-module injective.

A classical result of Noncommutative Algebra due to I. Niven, N. Jacobson and R. Baer asserts that an associative noncommutative division ring D has finite dimension over its center R and is algebraically closed (that is, every nonconstant polynomial in one indeterminate with left, or right, coefficients in D has a root in D) if and only if R is a real closed field and D is isomorphic to the ri...

OBJECTIVE To determine the brainstem auditory evoked response (BAER) abnormalities and their reversibility in neonates with birth asphyxia. DESIGN Prospective case control study. SETTING Tertiary care teaching hospital. METHODS 30 term Neonates with 5-min Apgar < 6 and hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) underwent BAER testing with follow up at 3 months. An equal number of normal term n...