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Spinal compression fractures: no additional pain relief with use of back braces
A critical appraisal and clinical application of Li M, Law SW, Cheng J, Kee HM, Wong MS. A comparison study on the efficacy of SpinoMed® and soft lumbar orthosis for osteoporotic vertebral fracture. J. Prosthet. Orthot. Int. 2015;39(4):270-276. doi: 10.1177/030936461452820
On Searching a Table Consistent with Division Poset
Suppose is a partially ordered set with the partial order
defined by divisibility, that is, for any two distinct elements
satisfying divides , . A table of
distinct real numbers is said to be \emph{consistent} with , provided for
any two distinct elements satisfying divides ,
. Given an real number , we want to determine whether ,
by comparing with as few entries of as possible. In this paper we
investigate the complexity , measured in the number of comparisons, of
the above search problem. We present a search
algorithm for and prove a lower bound on
by using an adversary argument.Comment: 16 pages, no figure; same results, representation improved, add
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Algebra diagrams: a HANDi introduction
A diagrammatic notation for algebra is presented – Hierarchical Al- gebra Network Diagrams, HANDi. The notation uses a 2D network notation with systematically designed icons to explicitly and coherently encode the fun- damental concepts of algebra. The structure of the diagrams is described and the rules for making derivations are presented. The key design features of HANDi are discussed and compared with the conventional formula notation in order demonstrate that the new notation is a more logical codification of intro- ductory algebra
COUPLED-CLUSTER CALCULATIONS FOR LOW-LYING ELECTRONIC STATES OF HEAVY-METAL CONTAINING MOLECULES
Coupled-cluster calculations of low-lying electronic states for
heavy-metal containing diatomic molecules
(e.g., PtH, ThO, ThN, BaO, CsF)
are reported. Recently-developed
relativistic quantum-chemical techniques have been used, including
an atomic mean-field approach for efficent construction
of spin-orbit integrals [1], a perturbative approach for
treating spin-orbit coupling within
exact-two-component equation-of-motion coupled-cluster
methods [2], and a new implementation of two-component coupled-cluster methods for
non-perturbative treatments of spin-orbit coupling [3].
Bond lengths, vibrational frequencies, and dipole moments
of these molecules containing heavy metals are compared with
experimental data to assess the accuracy and usefulness
of the computational methods.
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\bibitem{Ref1} J. Liu and L. Cheng, J. Chem. Phys. submitted.
\bibitem{Ref2} L. Cheng, F. Wang, J. F. Stanton, and J. Gauss, J. Chem. Phys. \textbf{148}, 044108 (2018).
\bibitem{Ref3} J. Liu, Y. Shen, A. Asthana, and L. Cheng,
J. Chem. Phys. \textbf{148}, 034106 (2018).
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Weighted Shift Matrices: Unitary Equivalence, Reducibility and Numerical Ranges
An -by- () weighted shift matrix is one of the form
[{array}{cccc}0 & a_1 & & & 0 & \ddots & & & \ddots & a_{n-1} a_n & & &
0{array}], where the 's, called the weights of , are complex numbers.
Assume that all 's are nonzero and is an -by- weighted shift
matrix with weights . We show that is unitarily equivalent to
if and only if and, for some fixed , , () for all . Next, we show that
is reducible if and only if has periodic weights, that is, for some
fixed , , is divisible by , and
for all . Finally, we prove that and
have the same numerical range if and only if and
for all , where 's are the circularly symmetric functions.Comment: 27 page
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