Inference Rules for Binary Predicates in a Multigranular Framework

In a multigranular framework, the two most important binary predicates are those for subsumption and disjointness. In the first part of this work, a sound and complete inference system for assertions using these predicates is developed. It is customized for the granular framework; particularly, it models both bottom and top granules correctly, and it requires all granules other then the bottom to be nonempty. Furthermore, it is single use, in the sense that no assertion is used more than once as an antecedent in a proof. In the second part of this work, a method is developed for extending a sound and complete inference system on a framework which admits Armstrong models to one which provides sound and complete inference on all assertions, both positive and negative. This method is then applied to the binary granule predicates, to obtain a sound and complete inference system for subsumption and disjointness, as well as their negations

The Cross-Cultural Invariance of the Servant Leadership Survey: A Comparative Study across Eight Countries

This paper tests and confirms the cross-cultural equivalence of the Servant Leadership Survey (SLS) in eight countries and languages: The Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Spain, Turkey and Finland. A composite sample consisting of 5201 respondents from eight countries that all filled out the SLS was used. A three-step approach was adopted to test configural invariance, measurement equivalence, and structural equivalence. For the full 30-item version of the SLS, configural invariance and partial measurement equivalence were confirmed. Implications of these results for the use of the SLS within cross-cultural studies are discussed

Life After Prison: A Different Kind of Sentence?, a Forum at the Boston Center for the Arts

In September 2012, the Boston Center for the Arts (BCA) hosted a forum on life after prison as part of its series, Dialogue: Social Issues Examined Through the Playwright’s Pen. The forum coincided with performances at the Boston Center for the Arts of The MotherF**ker with the Hat, a play by Stephen Andy Guirgis about prisoner reentry. Andrea J. Cabral, then sheriff of Suffolk County and secretary of public safety in Massachusetts, moderated the forum in BCA’s Calderwood Pavilion, the same theater where SpeakEasy Stage Company was putting on the play. The four panelists work for nonprofit organizations primarily involved in assisting ex-offenders in making the transition back into society: Daniel Cordon, director of transitional employment at the Haley House in Roxbury and an ex-offender; Lyn Levy, founder and executive director of Span, Inc. in Boston; Gary Little, mentor coordinator at Span and an ex-offender; and Janet Rodriguez, founding president and CEO of SoHarlem in New York, which trains women given alternative sentences for nonviolent offenses to produce functional and wearable art. What follows is an edited and abridged transcript of their discussion of “Life After Prison: A Different Kind of Sentence?” and is based on the Boston Center for the Arts recording of this segment of Dialogue, which examines social issues through an artistic lens. A discussion period with the audience is summarized because the questions are not clearly audible and not all questioners stated their names and identities

Chikungunya, Zika y otras Neuroarbovirosis: Importancia en América Latina

Durante los últimos 4 años, América Latina ha sido testigo de epidemias causadas por arbovirus, como ha sido el caso especialmente de chikungunya y Zika. Los arbovirus, virus transmitidos por artrópodos, tienen un impacto particular en zonas tropicales y subtropicales, por las importantes densidades de vectores como Aedes aegypti y Aedes albopictus, por condiciones ambientales y sociales, que, aunado a la globalización y el turismo, han permitido la llegada al continente desde diciembre 2013 (chikungunya). Viajeros infectados, sintomáticos o asintomáticos, que tienen estos virus ARN en la sangre (viremia), cuando llegan a zonas con el vector, son fuente para la generación de casos autóctonos. Esto fue lo que ocurrió en las islas del Caribe con chikungunya y luego en 2013-2015 en Brasil con Zika

Chikungunya, Zika y otras Neuroarbovirosis: Importancia en América Latina

Durante los últimos 4 años, América Latina ha sido testigo de epidemias causadas por arbovirus, como ha sido el caso especialmente de chikungunya y Zika. Los arbovirus, virus transmitidos por artrópodos, tienen un impacto particular en zonas tropicales y subtropicales, por las importantes densidades de vectores como Aedes aegypti y Aedes albopictus, por condiciones ambientales y sociales, que, aunado a la globalización y el turismo, han permitido la llegada al continente desde diciembre 2013 (chikungunya). Viajeros infectados, sintomáticos o asintomáticos, que tienen estos virus ARN en la sangre (viremia), cuando llegan a zonas con el vector, son fuente para la generación de casos autóctonos. Esto fue lo que ocurrió en las islas del Caribe con chikungunya y luego en 2013-2015 en Brasil con Zika

Location Anomalies Detection for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

Future Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAV), and more generally ITS, will form a highly interconnected system. Such a paradigm is referred to as the Internet of Vehicles (herein Internet of CAVs) and is a prerequisite to orchestrate traffic flows in cities. For optimal decision making and supervision, traffic centres will have access to suitably anonymized CAV mobility information. Safe and secure operations will then be contingent on early detection of anomalies. In this paper, a novel unsupervised learning model based on deep autoencoder is proposed to detect the self-reported location anomaly in CAVs, using vehicle locations and the Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) as features. Quantitative experiments on simulation datasets show that the proposed approach is effective and robust in detecting self-reported location anomalies.Comment: Accepted to IEEE CAVS 201

Treatment of humeral condylar fractures and humeral intracondylar fissures in cats with patellar fracture and dental anomaly syndrome

The aim of this study is to describe the treatment and outcome of humeral condylar fractures and humeral intracondylar fissures in cats with patellar fracture and dental anomaly syndrome (PADS) and to provide advice on how to manage these cases in practice. Methods: Data were collated on cats with PADS that were reported to have sustained humeral fractures or had fractures or fissures of the humerus identified on radiographs. The details of the fractures were recorded in addition to any treatment and outcome information. Results: Of the 207 cases reported with PADS, 18 cats (8.7%) were found to have humeral condylar fractures, none of which was known to have resulted from significant trauma. Where treatment occurred, it involved the placement of transcondylar positional or lag screws. In some cases additional implants, including supracondylar bone plates and screws or Kirschner wires (K-wires), were used. Follow-up data revealed that only two cats were euthanased owing to the presence of the humeral fractures, with at least eight achieving some degree of recovery of function. Conclusions and relevance: These humeral fractures all have the characteristics of stress insufficiency fractures, being simple isolated fractures that are short oblique, with increased radio-density at the fracture line and occurring following minimal or no trauma. Humeral intracondylar fissures were identified in two cats and it is possible that some of the other fractures may have occurred secondary to pre-existing fissures. To our knowledge, no prior reports exist of fissures in cats that do not meet the criteria for PADS. Surgical repair primarily consisted of the placement of transcondylar lag or positional screws with, in some cases, adjunct implants such as bone plates and screws or K-wires. Though there were insufficient data to determine the prognosis for these fractures in the long term, unlike patellar fractures, many of these fractures will heal if treated appropriately

Network Structures from Selection Principles

We present an analysis of the topologies of a class of networks which are optimal in terms of the requirements of having as short a route as possible between any two nodes while yet keeping the congestion in the network as low as possible. Strikingly, we find a variety of distinct topologies and novel phase transitions between them on varying the number of links per node. Our results suggest that the emergence of the topologies observed in nature may arise both from growth mechanisms and the interplay of dynamical mechanisms with a selection process.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure