This paper studies the impact of second-order uncertainty on the (ex-post) efficiency of the 0.5-double auction. We consider a discrete double auction model in which the seller’s valuation is either vs or vs and the buyer’s valuation is either vb or vb with 0 = vs < vb < vs < vb = 1. The buyer’s valuation and the seller’s valuation are private information. We further assume that the buyer’s bel...

Motivated by properties of higher tangent lifts geometric structures, we introduce concepts weighted structures for various objects on a manifold F equipped with homogeneity structure. The latter is smooth action the monoid $$(\mathbb {R},\cdot )$$ multiplicative reals. Vector bundles are particular cases and them call $$\mathrm{V\!B}$$ -structures. In case Lie algebroids groupoids, include -al...

In probabilistic PCA, the fully Bayesian estimation is computationally intractable. To cope with this problem, two types of approximation schemes were introduced: the partially Bayesian PCA (PB-PCA) where only the latent variables are integrated out, and the variational Bayesian PCA (VB-PCA) where the loading vectors are also integrated out. The VB-PCA was proposed as an improved variant of PB-...

Venenum Bufonis (VB) is a widely used traditional medicine with serious cardiotoxic effects. The inflammatory response has been studied to clarify the mechanism of the cardiotoxicity induced by VB for the first time. In the present study, Sprague Dawley (SD) rats, were administered VB (100, 200, and 400 mg/kg) intragastrically, experienced disturbed ECGs (lowered heart rate and elevated ST-segm...

While cadaveric vertebral bodies (VB) have long been proposed as a suitable source of bone marrow (BM) for transplantation (BMT), they have rarely been used for this purpose. We have infused VB BM immediately following whole organ (WO) transplantation to augment donor cell chimerism. We quantified the hematopoietic progenitor cell (HPC) content of VB BM as well as BM obtained from the iliac cre...

Synaptic inhibition in the thalamus plays critical roles in sensory processing and thalamocortical rhythm generation. To determine kinetic, pharmacological, and structural properties of thalamic gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABA(A)) receptors, we used patch-clamp techniques and single-cell reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in neurons from two principal rat thalamic nuc...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of electrical stimulation of anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) on spontaneous activity of neurons in thalamic ventrobasal nucleus (VB). Experiments were performed on 12 male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 250-310 g (4-5 months old). According to Paxinos and Watson's coordinate atlas of the rat, the frontal and parietal cortical areas were e...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To compare the accuracy of virtual bronchoscopy (VB) with fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) and pulmonary function testing (PFT) for the assessment of tracheal stenosis and bronchial anastomotic stenosis. DESIGN Prospective case series. SETTING Pulmonary institute of major tertiary university-affiliated center. PATIENTS The study group included 10 lung transplant recipients a...

This paper examines the use of Base Object Models (BOM) as implemented in the University of Central Florida’s (UCF) Virtual Backlot (VB) project. A BOM is a SISO approved form of Reference FOM designed to enable reuse of HLA components. SISO’s BOM Study Group has proposed general BOM design guidelines and federate development methodologies by which reuse capabilities may be designed into an HLA...

Site evaluation for bioremediation of chlorinated ethenes may need treatability studies to assess the reductive dechlorination potential of vinyl chloride (VC). Dehalogenation of vinyl bromide (VB) was investigated as a surrogate measurement for the dechlorination potential of VC. VB dehalogenation rates and kinetics were studied and compared with those of VC by a methanogenic reductive dechlor...