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Computer program determines exact two-sided tolerance limits for normal distributions
Computer program determines by numerical integration the exact statistical two-sided tolerance limits, when the proportion between the limits is at least a specified number. The program is limited to situations in which the underlying probability distribution for the population sampled is the normal distribution with unknown mean and variance
An Improved Procedure for Laboratory Rearing of the Corn Earworm, \u3ci\u3eHeliothis Zea\u3c/i\u3e (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
An improved method for the laboratory rearing of the corn earworm. Heliothis zea, described. The rearing medium is a modification of the commonly used wheat germ An oviposition chamber, a feeder for adults, and a simple and inexpensive contrnlled humidity chamber are described
Medical Information Management System (MIMS): A generalized interactive information system
An interactive information system is described. It is a general purpose, free format system which offers immediate assistance where manipulation of large data bases is required. The medical area is a prime area of application. Examples of the system's operation, commentary on the examples, and a complete listing of the system program are included
Effect of cessation of late-night landing noise on sleep electrophysiology in the home
Simultaneous measurements of noise exposure and sleep electrophysiology were made in homes before and after cessation of nighttime aircraft landing noise. Six people were tested, all of whom had been exposed to intense aircraft noise for at least two years. Noise measurements indicated a large reduction in the hourly noise level during nighttime hours, but no charge during the daytime hours. Sleep measures indicated no dramatic changes in sleep patterns either immediately after a marked change in nocturnal noise exposure or approximately a month thereafter. No strong relationship was observed between noise level and sleep disturbances over the range from 60 to 90 db(A)
Combinatorial Games with a Pass: A dynamical systems approach
By treating combinatorial games as dynamical systems, we are able to address
a longstanding open question in combinatorial game theory, namely, how the
introduction of a "pass" move into a game affects its behavior. We consider two
well known combinatorial games, 3-pile Nim and 3-row Chomp. In the case of Nim,
we observe that the introduction of the pass dramatically alters the game's
underlying structure, rendering it considerably more complex, while for Chomp,
the pass move is found to have relatively minimal impact. We show how these
results can be understood by recasting these games as dynamical systems
describable by dynamical recursion relations. From these recursion relations we
are able to identify underlying structural connections between these "games
with passes" and a recently introduced class of "generic (perturbed) games."
This connection, together with a (non-rigorous) numerical stability analysis,
allows one to understand and predict the effect of a pass on a game.Comment: 39 pages, 13 figures, published versio
Dynamics of Majority Rule
We introduce a 2-state opinion dynamics model where agents evolve by majority
rule. In each update, a group of agents is specified whose members then all
adopt the local majority state. In the mean-field limit, where a group consists
of randomly-selected agents, consensus is reached in a time that scales ln N,
where N is the number of agents. On finite-dimensional lattices, where a group
is a contiguous cluster, the consensus time fluctuates strongly between
realizations and grows as a dimension-dependent power of N. The upper critical
dimension appears to be larger than 4. The final opinion always equals that of
the initial majority except in one dimension.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, 2-column revtex4 format; annoying typo fixed in
Eq.(1); a similar typo fixed in Eq.(6) and some references update
Urban solar photovoltaics potential: An inventory and modelling study applied to the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles
Procedures for analyzing the potential of solar photovoltaic collectors to meet energy requirements in a metropolitan region are described and a modeling effort is applied to the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles. The procedure involves a series of steps designed to produce maps and tabulations revealing the amount of rooftop area available for establishing solar collectors and the proportion of energy requirement that could be potentially supplied by solar photovoltaics within each of the 533 mainline feeder service areas in the study area. For the sixty five square mile study area, the results showed that, with half the available flat and south facing roofs used and assuming the availability of energy storage, 52.7 percent of the actual kWh energy requirements could have been met in 1978 using photovoltaic collectors. Hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly fluctuations in potential supply and actual loads and recommendations of avenues for further research are discussed. Some further potential applications of the modeling technique are suggested
Topological Censorship
All three-manifolds are known to occur as Cauchy surfaces of asymptotically
flat vacuum spacetimes and of spacetimes with positive-energy sources. We prove
here the conjecture that general relativity does not allow an observer to probe
the topology of spacetime: any topological structure collapses too quickly to
allow light to traverse it. More precisely, in a globally hyperbolic,
asymptotically flat spacetime satisfying the null energy condition, every
causal curve from \scri^- to {\scri}^+ is homotopic to a topologically
trivial curve from \scri^- to {\scri}^+. (If the Poincar\'e conjecture is
false, the theorem does not prevent one from probing fake 3-spheres).Comment: 12 pages, REVTEX; 1 postscript figure in a separate uuencoded file.
Our earlier version (PRL 71, 1486 (1993)) contained a secondary result,
mistakenly attributed to Schoen and Yau, regarding ``passive topological
censorship'' of a certain class of topologies. As Gregory Burnett has pointed
out (gr-qc/9504012), this secondary result is false. The main topological
censorship theorem is unaffected by the erro
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