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The Leggett-Garg inequality and Page-Wootters mechanism
Violation of the Leggett-Garg inequality (LGI) implies quantum phenomena. In
this light we establish that the Moreva \textit{et al.} \cite{moreva}
experiment demonstrating the Page-Wootter's mechanism \cite{wootters} falls in
the quantum domain. An observer outside a 2-photons world does not detect any
change in the photons state,i.e. there is no time parameter for the outside
observer. But an observer attached to one of the photons sees the other photon
evolving and this means there is an "internal" time. The LGI is violated for
the clock photon whose state evolves with the internal time as measured by the
system photon. Conditional probabilities in this 2-photons system are computed
for both sharp and unsharp measurements. The conditional probability increases
for entangled states as obtained by Page and Wootters for both ideal and also
unsharp measurements. We discuss how the conditional probabilities can be used
to distinguish between massless and massive gravitons. This is important in the
context of gravitational waves.Comment: 5 pages, Late
An Intelligent Data Mining System to Detect Health Care Fraud
The chapter begins with an overview of the types of healthcare fraud. Next, there is a brief discussion of issues with the current fraud detection approaches. The chapter then develops information technology based approaches and illustrates how these technologies can improve current practice. Finally, there is a summary of the major findings and the implications for healthcare practice
A Decision Technology System To Advance the Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Cancer
Geographical variations in cancer rates have been observed for decades. Described spatial patterns and trends have provided clues for generating hypotheses about the etiology of cancer. For breast cancer, investigators have demonstrated that some variation can be explained by differences in the population distribution of known breast cancer risk factors such as menstrual and reproductive variables (Laden, Spiegelman, and Neas, 1997; Robbins, Bescianini, and Kelsey, 1997; Sturgeon, Schairer, and Gail, 1995). However, regional patterns also may reflect the effects of Workshop on Hormones, Hormone Metabolism, Environment, and Breast Cancer (1995): (a) environmental hazards (such as air and water pollution), (b) demographics and the lifestyle of a mobile population, (c) subgroup susceptibility, (d) changes and advances in medical practice and healthcare management, and (e) other factors. To accurately measure breast cancer risk in individuals and population groups, it is necessary to singly and jointly assess the association between such risk and the hypothesized factors. Various statistical models will be needed to determine the potential relationships between breast cancer development and estimated exposures to environmental contamination. To apply the models, data must be assembled from a variety of sources, converted into the statistical models’ parameters, and delivered effectively to researchers and policy makers. A Web-enabled decision technology system can be developed to provide the needed functionality. This chapter will present a conceptual architecture for such a decision technology system. First, there will be a brief overview of a typical geographical analysis. Next, the chapter will present the conceptual Web-based decision technology system and illustrate how the system can assist users in diagnosing and treating breast cancer. The chapter will conclude with an examination of the potential benefits from system use and the implications for breast cancer research and practice
Cancer Surveillance using Data Warehousing, Data Mining, and Decision Support Systems
This article discusses how data warehousing, data mining, and decision support systems can reduce the national cancer burden or the oral complications of cancer therapies, especially as related to oral and pharyngeal cancers. An information system is presented that will deliver the necessary information technology to clinical, administrative, and policy researchers and analysts in an effective and efficient manner. The system will deliver the technology and knowledge that users need to readily: (1) organize relevant claims data, (2) detect cancer patterns in general and special populations, (3) formulate models that explain the patterns, and (4) evaluate the efficacy of specified treatments and interventions with the formulations. Such a system can be developed through a proven adaptive design strategy, and the implemented system can be tested on State of Maryland Medicaid data (which includes women, minorities, and children)
Relativistic Mean Field in 80 nuclei and low energy proton reactions
Relativistic Mean Field calculations have been performed for a number of
nuclei in mass 80 region. Ground state binding energy, charge radius
and charge density values have been compared with experiment. Optical potential
have been generated folding the nuclear density with the microscopic nuclear
interaction DDM3Y. S-factors for low energy () and () reactions
have been calculated and compared with experiment.Comment: To appear in Physical Review
BCAS: A Web-enabled and GIS-based Decision Support System for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Cancer
For decades, geographical variations in cancer rates have been observed but the precise determinants of such geographic differences in breast cancer development are unclear. Various statistical models have been proposed. Applications of these models, however, require that the data be assembled from a variety of sources, converted into the statistical models’ parameters and delivered effectively to researchers and policy makers. A web-enabled and GIS-based system can be developed to provide the needed functionality. This article overviews the conceptual web-enabled and GIS-based system (BCAS), illustrates the system’s use in diagnosing and treating breast cancer and examines the potential benefits and implications for breast cancer research and practice
Lie algebraic noncommuting structures from reparametrisation symmetry
We extend our earlier work of revealing both space-space and space-time
noncommuting structures in various models in particle mechanics exhibiting
reparametrisation symmetry. We show explicitly (in contrast to the earlier
results in our paper \cite{sg}) that for some special choices of the
reparametrisation parameter , one can obtain space-space noncommuting
structures which are Lie-algebraic in form even in the case of the relativistic
free particle. The connection of these structures with the existing models in
the literature is also briefly discussed. Further, there exists some values of
for which the noncommutativity in the space-space sector can be made
to vanish. As a matter of internal consistency of our approach, we also study
the angular momentum algebra in details.Comment: 9 pages Latex, some references adde
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