Review of "Mathematical Models for Neglected Tropical Diseases: Essential Tools for Control and Elimination, Part B" Edited by Maria-Gloria Basáñez and Roy M. Anderson.

Book detailsBasáñez MG, Anderson RM, Editors: Mathematical Models for Neglected Tropical Diseases: Essential Tools for Control and Elimination, Part B, Volume 94, Advances in Parasitology, Academic Press; 2016, 430 pages. ISBN: 978-0-12-809971-1

Compound Node-Kayles on Paths

In his celebrated book "On Number and Games" (Academic Press, New-York, 1976), J.H. Conway introduced twelve versions of compound games. We analyze these twelve versions for the Node-Kayles game on paths. For usual disjunctive compound, Node-Kayles has been solved for a long time under normal play, while it is still unsolved under mis\`ere play. We thus focus on the ten remaining versions, leaving only one of them unsolved.Comment: Theoretical Computer Science (2009) to appea

Neither friend nor foe? Irish neutrality in the Second World War [Book Review]

Reviewed works: Robert Brennan, Ireland Standing Firm: My Wartime Mission in Washington and Eamon de Valera – A Memoir, ed. Richard H. Rupp (Dublin: University College Dublin Press, 2002), 182 pp., $20.00 (pb), ISBN 1900621681. / John P. Duggan, Herr Hempel at the German Legation in Dublin, 1937–1945 (Dublin and Portland, OR: Irish Academic Press, 2003), 328 pp.,$45.00 (hb), ISBN 0716527464. / Mark Hull, Irish Secrets: German Espionage in Wartime Ireland, 1939–1945 (Dublin and Portland, OR: Irish Academic Press, 2003), 383 pp., $55.00 (hb), ISBN 0716527561. / MI5 and Ireland, 1939–1945: The Official History, ed. and introduced by Eunan O'Halpin (Dublin and Portland, OR: Irish Academic Press, 2003), 130 pp.,$55.00 (hb), ISBN 0716527545

Dixmier traces and some applications to noncommutative geometry

This is a survey of some recent advances in the theory of singular traces in which the authors have played some part and which were inspired by questions raised by the book of Alain Connes (Noncommutative Geometry, Academic Press 1994). There are some original proofs and ideas but most of the results have appeared elsewhere. Detailed information on the contents is contained in the Introduction.Comment: To appear in Russian Mathematical Surveys (in Russian). New version corrects Latex problems, minor errors and reference

Where is the Learning in Smaller Learning Communities? Academic Press, Social Support for Learning, and Academic Engagement in Smaller Learning Community Classrooms

The extent to which Academic Press and strong social relationships impact Academic Engagement in smaller learning communities (SLCs) situated in large comprehensive urban high schools was investigated. Data were collected through classroom observations, student questionnaires and focus groups with teachers and analyzed using descriptive statistics, multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), and content analysis of focus interview transcripts. Findings from the survey data confirm those found in much of the existing literature, namely that students experiencing high levels of Academic Press were more often the most academically engaged. This finding was also confirmed for African American students in high Academic Press math classes. Social Support for Learning was not confirmed as a key factor in Academic Engagement. Descriptive statistics indicated moderate to low levels of Academic Press, Social Support for Learning and Academic Engagement in student self report data and in classroom observations. Results from focus groups of teachers participating in smaller learning communities identified themes suggesting that much of the Academic Press and Social Support for Learning evident in the SLCs examined was attributable to the individual efforts of teachers, sometimes in spite of the SLC structure. Additionally, factors impacting engagement emerged, chief among them being teacher and student rapport and the relevance and complexity of the curriculum. Implications for future practice and directions for further research are also discussed

Non-negative mixtures

This is the author's accepted pre-print of the article, first published as M. D. Plumbley, A. Cichocki and R. Bro. Non-negative mixtures. In P. Comon and C. Jutten (Ed), Handbook of Blind Source Separation: Independent Component Analysis and Applications. Chapter 13, pp. 515-547. Academic Press, Feb 2010. ISBN 978-0-12-374726-6 DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374726-6.00018-7file: Proof:p\PlumbleyCichockiBro10-non-negative.pdf:PDF owner: markp timestamp: 2011.04.26file: Proof:p\PlumbleyCichockiBro10-non-negative.pdf:PDF owner: markp timestamp: 2011.04.2

Embedded Clusters and the IMF

Despite valiant efforts over nearly five decades, attempts to determine the IMF over a complete mass range for galactic field stars and in open clusters have proved difficult. Infrared imaging observations of extremely young embedded clusters coupled with Monte Carlo modeling of their luminosity functions are improving this situation and providing important new contributions to our fundamental knowledge of the IMF and its universality in both space and time.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures to appear in "The IMF@50", Kluwer Academic Press, eds. C. Corbelli, F. Palla, & Hans Zinnecke

On the topology of components of some Springer fibers and their relation to Kazhdan-Lusztig theory

We describe the irreducible components of Springer fibers for hook and two-row nilpotent elements of gl_n(C) as iterated bundles of flag manifolds and Grassmannians. We then relate the topology (in particular, the intersection homology Poincare' polynomials) of the intersections of these components with the inner products of the Kazhdan-Lusztig basis elements of irreducible representations of the rational Iwahori-Hecke algebra of type A corresponding to the hook and two-row Young shapes.Comment: This work has been submitted to Advances in Mathematics (Academic Press) for possible publication