China, as the world’s largest cement producer, accounts for more than 60% of global cement production. With the continuous development of the Chinese economy, resource and environmental constraints are becoming increasingly serious, and energy saving and emission reduction has become one of the choices with which all industries are faced in the process of development. The cement industry is one...

We examine the effect of variability in model parameters on the predictions of expected utility theory and cumulative prospect theory, two of the most influential choice models in decision making research. We find that zero-mean and symmetrically distributed noise in the underlying parameters of these models can systematically distort choice probabilities, leading to false conclusions. Likewise...

The article defines algebraic semantics of singular (call-time-choice) and plural (run-time-choice) nondeterministic parameter passing and presents a specification language in which operations with both kinds of parameters simultaneously can be defined. Sound and complete calculi for both semantics are introduced. We study the relations between the two semantics and point out that axioms for op...

We report the measurement of the direct CP asymmetry in the radiative B̄ → Xs+dγ decay using a data sample of (772 ± 11) × 10 BB̄ pairs collected at the Υ(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy ee collider. The CP asymmetry is measured as a function of the photon energy threshold. For E∗ γ ≥ 2.1 GeV, where E ∗ γ is the photon energy in the center-of-mass frame, we obt...

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The African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group, established in June 1975 by the Georgetown Agreement, was generally seen as an emanation of European Union (EU). This article presents a non-EU-centric perspective discussing various initiatives aimed at fostering intra-ACP cooperation promoting common ACP positions international settings. Furthermore, it analyses threats to survival some linked i...

OBJECTIVE Advance care planning (ACP) clarifies goals for future care if a patient becomes unable to communicate their own preferences. However, ACP uptake is low, with discussions often occurring late. This study assessed whether a systematic nurse-led ACP intervention increases ACP in patients with advanced respiratory disease. DESIGN A multicentre open-label randomised controlled trial wit...

Introduction: Nowadays, several casein components such as casein phosphopeptide amorphous calcium phosphate (CPP-ACP) are vastly considered as a suitable replacement for fluoride component . The aim of this study was to compare the effect of CPP-ACP paste and fluoride varnish on dentin hypersensitivity reduction. Materials & Methods: In this clinical trial study, thirty adult patients betwee...

Marginal Data Augmentation and Parameter-Expanded Data Augmentation are related methods for improving the the convergence properties of the two-step Gibbs sampler know as the Data Augmentation sampler. These methods expand the parameter space with a so-callled working parameter that is unidentifiable given the observed data but is identifiable given the so-called augmented data. Although these ...

20 August 2013 | ACP Journal Club | Volume 159 • Number 4 © 2013 American College of Physicians Advocates of interventional therapy criticized this trial for its choice of device and for using TIA as both a selection criterion and endpoint. The 2 new trials by Carroll and colleagues and Meier and colleagues address these concerns. They used a different device from that used in CLOSURE I and fou...