Serre and Stark found a basis for the space of modular forms of weight 1/2 in terms of theta series. In this paper, we generalize their result under certain mild restrictions on the level and character to the case of weight 1/2 Hilbert modular forms over a totally real field of narrow class number 1. The methods broadly follow those of Serre-Stark; however we are forced to overcome technical di...

This paper considers regulation formation in a fishery where the aggregate harvest level is fixed. Fishing captains and input suppliers participate in the process under which regulatory instruments such as capital restrictions, entry restrictions, or individual transferable quotas (ITQs) are chosen. The feasible set of regulations must satisfy two constraints: an upper bound on the season lengt...

The earliest-pseudo-deadline-first (EPDF) Pfair scheduling algorithm is less expensive than some other knownPfair algorithms, but is not optimal for scheduling recurrent real-time tasks on more than two processors. In priorwork, sufficient per-task weight (i.e., utilization) restrictions were established for ensuring that tasks either donot miss their deadlines or have bounded tardi...

One of the largest drivers of the current obesity epidemic is thought to be excessive consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages. Some have proposed vending machine restrictions and taxing soft drinks to curb children's consumption of soft drinks; to a large extent, these policies have not been evaluated empirically. We examine these policies using two nationally representative data sets and find...

Thin film solar cells benefit significantly from the enhanced light trapping offered by photonic nanostructures. The thin film is typically patterned on one side only due to technological constraints. The ability to independently pattern both sides of the thin film increases the degrees of freedom available to the designer, as different functions can be combined, such as the reduction of surfac...

There is substantial variability in how state workers' compensation laws provide benefits to workers who have a permanent partial disability. The basic approaches used by the states can be classified into four groupings, although important differences exist within each group. Depending on the approach used, workers with similar injuries can receive substantially different amounts of benefits. B...

Our aim in this work is to determine congestion with productions trade-offs or, equivalently, under weights restrictions in data envelopment analysis (DEA). For this purpose, we review a two-model approach to evaluate congestion (Cooper et al, 1996), and after that we have brief view in relation with computation of efficient targets with production trade-off in Podinovski’s procedure (Podinovsk...

OBJECTIVE To monitor the seasonal body composition alterations in 18 lightweight rowers (six females, 12 males) across a rowing season incorporating preseason, early competition, competition, and postseason. METHODS Subject age was 23.1 (SD 4.5) years, height 170.8 (5.6) cm (female, 23.5 (3.5) years, 180.5 (2.7) cm (male). Body weight, fat mass, and fat-free mass (FFM) were assessed using dua...