Is our visual experience of the world graded or dichotomous? Opposite pre-theoretical intuitions apply in different cases. For instance, when looking at a scene, one has a distinct sense that our experience has a graded character: one cannot say that there is no experience of contents that fall outside the focus of attention, but one cannot say that there is full awareness of such contents eith...

results inter-observer agreement of the pathology scores based on nas scoring system was acceptable for steatosis, lobular inflammation, and fibrosis, but not for hepatocyte ballooning. the intra-observer agreement was acceptable in all scales, with lowest intra-class correlation observed for lobular inflammation. materials and methods the anonymous liver biopsy samples of 100 consecutive nafld...

Many hard computational social choice problems are known to become tractable when voters’ preferences belong to a restricted domain, such as those of singlepeaked or single-crossing preferences. However, to date, all algorithmic results of this type have been obtained for the setting where each voter’s preference list is a total order of candidates. The goal of this paper is to extend this line...

In this paper we provide a general model of ‘quaternary’dichotomous voting rules (QVRs), namely, voting rules for making collective dichotomous decisions (to accept or reject a proposal), based on vote pro…les in which four options are available to each voter: voting (‘yes’, ‘no’or ‘abstaining’) or staying home and not turning out. The model covers most of actual real-world dichotomus rules, wh...

In 2009, we reported findings from the first study evaluating the relationship between canine longevity and number of years of lifetime ovary exposure. All previous studies examining gonadal influences on canine longevity relied upon categorizing females as "intact" or "spayed" based on gonadal status at the time of death. Our study of Rottweilers generated a novel result: Keeping ovaries longe...

Cross-asset derivative securities are studied and a dichotomous asset pricing model (DAPM) is derived that significantly enriches the Sharpe-Lintner-Black capital asset pricing model. An assets beta is shown to be observable ex ante through the price of its cross-market call or put, and the DAPM separately predicts the assets’ expected return beta relations under the upper-market and lower-mark...

To investigate intra- and interrater reliability of the subjective assessments filmed DVJ TJA in youth male female soccer players to compare assessment with two-dimensional movement analysis. Cross-sectional study. 115 (66 boys, 49 girls) mean age 14 ± 1 (range 13–16) years. Knee control during landing phase was assessed using a 3-graded scoring scale. according ten criteria dichotomous grading...