We study dominant strategy implementable direct mechanisms that minimize the expected surplus from core deviations. Using incentive compatibility conditions, we formulate the core deviation miminimization problem as a calculus of variations problem and then numerically solve it for some particular cases. JEL Classi…cations Codes: D44, C71 Keywords: Core, Auctions, Mechanism Design 1 Introductio...

Unilateral isolated Hypoglossal nerve palsy may result due to neoplasia, trauma, infections, autoimmune or vascular causes. We report a 52 year old male who presented with right hypoglossal nerve palsy and on evaluation was diagnosed to have prostatic malignancy with metastasis to the base of skull. Unilateral hypoglossal nerve palsy as the presenting feature of carcinoma prostate is rarely des...

Tasks like diagnosis, failure-modes-and-effects analysis (FMEA), and therapy proposal involve reasoning about variables and parameters deviating from some reference state. In model-based systems, one tries to capture this kind of inferences by models that describe how such deviations are emerging and propagated through a system. Several techniques and systems have been developed that address th...

The effects of left axis shift (> -30°) on intraventricular conduction time (IVCT) were studied in 63 subjects in whom electrocardiograms before and after appearance of the left axis shift were available. Subjects with electrocardiographic evidence of left or right ventricular hypertrophy, left or right bundle branch block, myocardial infarction, pre-excitation and those receiving antiarrthythm...

Let X and Y be finite alphabets and PXY a joint distribution over them, with PX and PY representing the marginals. For any ε > 0, the set of n-length sequences x and y that are jointly typical [1] according to PXY can be represented on a bipartite graph. We present a formal definition of such a graph, known as a typicality graph, and study some of its properties.

DOS Times Vol. 12, No. 3 September, 2006 Dissociated Vertical Deviation (DVD) is one of the least understood forms of strabismus. It was first described by Stevens as double vertical strabismus, other common names given to this anomaly are, Alternating hyperphoria (Crone), Anaphoria / anatropia (Stevens), Periodic vertical squint (Anderson), Strabismus sursoadductorius (Cords). The term "Dissoc...

If we draw a random variable n times from Q, the probability distribution of the sum of the random variables is given by Q. This is the convolution of Q with itself n times. As n → ∞, Q tends to a normal distribution by the central limit theorem. This is shown in Figure 1. The top line is a computed normal distribution with the same mean as Q. However, as shown in Figure 3, when plotted on a lo...

It is well known that the relative motion of many particles can be described by the geodesic deviation equation. Less well known is that the geodesic deviation equation can be derived from the second covariant variation of the point particle’s action. Here it is shown that the second covariant variation of the string action leads to a string deviation equation. This equation is a candidate for ...

This paper introduces DEVIATION, a soft global constraint to obtain balanced solutions. A violation measure of the perfect balance can be defined as the Lp norm of the vector variables minus their mean. SPREAD constraints the sum of square deviations to the mean [5, 7] i.e. the L2 norm. The L1 norm is considered here. Neither criterion subsumes the other but the design of a propagator for L1 is...