In this paper it is argued that Hintikka’s game theoretical semantics for Independence Friendly logic does not formalize the intuitions about independent choices; it rather is a formalization of imperfect information. Furthermore it is shown that the logic has several strange properties (e.g. renaming of bound variables is not allowed). An alternative semantics is proposed which formalizes intu...

Several variants of a first-order simplification rule for nonnormal form tableaux using syntactic constraints are presented. These can be used as a framework for porting methods like unit resolution or hyper tableaux to non-normal form free variable tableaux.

An alternative approach to the semantics of definite descriptions was proposed by Heim in her dissertation [1982]. Heim assigns to pragmatics a larger part of the task of specifying the meaning of definite descriptions than the neo-Russellians do. In Heim’s theory, definite and indefinite NPs are semantically equivalent, and both introduce free variables. The truth conditions proposed by Heim f...

The conditional independences within a system of four discrete random variables are studied simultaneously. The problem where independences can occur at the same time, called the problem of probabilistic representability, is attacked by an analysis of cones of polymatroids. New results on the cone of all polymatroids satisfying Ingleton inequalities imply a substantial reduction of the problem ...

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An alternative approach in determining cause, treatment, and prevention of obesity is to study those who appear resistant to the obesogenic environment. We examined appetite responses in 33 obesity resistant individuals (ORI) versus 28 obesity susceptible individuals (OSI). Fingerprick blood samples to measure ghrelin, total peptide YY (PYY), leptin, glucose, and insulin along with appetite rat...

Antihypertensive Effects of Exercise Among Those With Resistant Hypertension To the Editor: Dimeo et al tested the hypothesis that aerobic exercise training reduces ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) among individuals with resistant hypertension and found that daytime systolic (6 mm Hg) and diastolic (3 mm Hg) ABPs were reduced after an 8to 12-week aerobic exercise training program. Their findings...