Rice's only costume ball of the season, the Archi-Arts dance, will be held at River Oaks on February 21 with Lee's Owls playing. The affair will start at 10:30 and last until 3 a.m. with refreshments at midnight. Bids are on sale in sallyport and may be purchased until Tuesday noon and at the door. Date bids are priced at $3 and stags will be admitted, for $2.50, As this dance falls on the eve ...

In this paper we discuss about nonlinear pseudoparabolic equations with nonlocal boundary conditions and their results. An effective error estimation for this method altough has not yet been discussed. The aim of this paper is to fill this gap.

Direct composites in posterior teeth are a part of the standard therapy spectrum in modern dentistry. The excellent performance of this form of restoration in the masticatory load-bearing posterior region has now been demonstrated in numerous clinical studies. The procedure is usually carried out in an elaborate layering technique. Aside from the possibilities that highly aesthetic composites o...

The fill rate is usually computed by using the traditional approach, which calculates it as the complement of the quotient between the expected unfulfilled demand and the expected demand per replenishment cycle, instead of directly the expected fraction of fulfilled demand. Furthermore the available methods to estimate the fill rate apply only under specific demand conditions. This paper shows ...

It is known that the existence of publication bias can influence the conclusions of a meta-analysis. Some methods have been developed to deal with publication bias, but issues remain. One particular method called 'trim and fill' is designed to adjust for publication bias. The method, which is intuitively appealing and comprehensible by non-statisticians, is based on a simple and popular graphic...

The cost of this wall of codes is clear for managers: They must fill out endless forms—repeatedly explaining their safety procedures, overtime rules, and so forth. In addition, they must host endless visits from compliance auditors. Less obviously, the wall of codes is costly for consumers and other stakeholders who care about the social performance of businesses. Not only must they pay the (pa...