In this paper, we present a new family of maximum rank distance (MRD for short) codes in F q of minimum distance 2 ≤ d ≤ 2n. In particular, when d = 2n, we can show that the corresponding semifield is exactly a Hughes-Kleinfeld semifield. The middle and right nuclei of these MRD codes are both equal to Fqn . We also prove that the MRD codes of minimum distance 2 < d < 2n in this family are ineq...

A gualij%e~ syllogism is a classical Aristoteiean syllogism that has been “qualified” through the use of fuzzy quantifiers, likelihood modifiers, and usuality modifiers, e.g., “Most birds can Ry; Tweety is a bird; therefore, it is likely that Tweety can fly.” This paper introduces a formal logic Q of such syllogisms and shows how this may be employed in a system of nonmonotonj~ reasoning. In pr...

In upcoming years, the United States will experience an unprecedented teacher shortage, meaning that the country will need to supplement its teaching force with approximately two million new teachers. The massive shortage will come as a result of increasing student enrollments, mounting retirement rates of current teachers, and high rates of attrition for beginning teachers. Additionally, the N...

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• The ability to include local constraints as part of the type of an object. This enables the definition and use of polymorphic overloaded values within a program. ∗An earlier version of this paper was presented at the European Symposium on Programming, Rennes, France, February 1992 and appears in the conference proceedings published in Springer Verlag LNCS Volume 582. †Address from September 1...

The commentaries on our original paper are interesting and informative. That of Malcomson illustrates nicely the costing and case-mix issues that are critical to the successful design of activity-based funding arrangements. The second commentary describes some more general issues and the scope for reformers to learn from international experience. The policy documents put out by the English Depa...

We report a case of bilateral apical lung bullae that collapsed following an episode of community-acquired pneumonia with bilateral air fluid levels. With standard treatment for community-acquired pneumonia, management of a patient that may have qualified for bullectomy, (as in our case) showed complete resolution of all pathology without surgical intervention. Conservative management took prec...

The WMS Assistant can facilitate reporting the results of testing with the Wechsler Memory Scale-Third Edition. The Assistant encourages editing and merging the computer-generated draft report with additional information. The program is available to qualified psychologists at no charge upon certification that they meet rules for its use, including professional status and appropriate training.

We report new step-by-step reduction methods by alternating two different reducing reagents with the order of hydrazine with NH(3) (NH)/HI in acetic acid (HI) and the reverse order (HI/NH) to understand nitrogen incorporation and removal or reduction for providing highly qualified reduced graphene oxides (rGOs).