This article presents a contrastive analysis between reading time and syntactic/semantic categories in Japanese. We overlaid the reading time annotation of BCCWJ-EyeTrack and a syntactic/semantic category information annotation on the ‘Balanced Corpus of Contemporary Written Japanese’. Statistical analysis based on a mixed linear model showed that verbal phrases tend to have shorter reading tim...

We study the constraints on five–dimensional N = 1 heterotic M–theory imposed by a consistent anomaly–free coupling of bulk and boundary theory. This requires analyzing the cancellation of triangle gauge anomalies on the four–dimensional orbifold planes due to anomaly inflow from the bulk. We find that the semi–simple part of the orbifold gauge groups and certain U(1) symmetries have to be free...

We consider the most general generation-independent U(1) gauge symmetry consistent with the presence of Yukawa couplings for all quarks and leptons in the SUSY version of the Standard Model. This U(1) has generically mixed anomalies with SM groups, which cannot be cancelled by the Green-Schwarz mechanism of heterotic D = 4 strings. We argue that these anomalies can in principle be cancelled by ...

A computable error bound for mixed finite element methods is established in the model case of the Poisson–problem to control the error in the H(div,Ω) ×L2(Ω)–norm. The reliable and efficient a posteriori error estimate applies, e.g., to Raviart–Thomas, Brezzi-Douglas-Marini, and Brezzi-DouglasFortin-Marini elements. 1. Mixed method for the Poisson problem Mixed finite element methods are well-e...

Let X be an irreducible complex analytic space with j : U →֒ X an immersion of a smooth Zariski open subset, and let V be a variation of Hodge structure of weight n over U . Assume X is compact Kähler. Then provided the local monodromy operators at infinity are quasiunipotent, IH(X,V) is known to carry a pure Hodge structure of weight k+n, while H(U,V) carries a mixed Hodge structure of weight ≥...

Two of the most important broad classifications of phenotypes for successful dairy production are milk yield and fertility. The nature of the relationship between milk production and reproductive performance of dairy cows is uncertain due to conflicting results reported in many studies. A common deficiency in many such studies is an underappreciation of the dual dimension of the production-repr...

Calibrated weighting methods for estimation of survey population characteristics are widely used. At the same time, model-based prediction methods for estimation of small area or domain characteristics are becoming increasingly popular. This paper explores weighting methods based on the mixed models that underpin small area estimates to see whether they can deliver equivalent small area estimat...

W analyze the optimal strategy of a high-quality incumbent that faces a low-quality ad-sponsored competitor. In addition to competing through adjustments of tactical variables such as price or the number of ads a product carries, we allow the incumbent to consider changes in its business model. We consider four alternative business models: a subscription-based model; an ad-sponsored model; a mi...