359 research outputs found
Complementarities and the Existence of Strong Berge Equilibrium
Cataloged from PDF version of article.This paper studies the existence and the order structure of strong Berge equilibrium, a refinement of Nash equilibrium, for games with strategic complementarities a la strong Berge. It is shown that the equilibrium set is a nonempty complete lattice. Moreover, we provide a monotone comparative statics result such that the greatest and the lowest equilibria are increasing
General Complementarities on Complete Partial Orders
Cataloged from PDF version of article.This paper proves the existence of a Nash equilibrium for extended (semi-) uniform g-modular games, i.e., non-cooperative games where the strategy space is a complete partially ordered set, and the best reply correspondence satisfies certain monotonicity requirements
A minimally altruistic refinement of Nash equilibrium
Cataloged from PDF version of article.We introduce a minimal notion of altruism and use it to refine Nash equilibria in normal form games. We provide three independent existence proofs, relate minimally altruistic Nash equilibrium to other equilibrium concepts, conduct an in-depth sensitivity analysis, and provide examples where minimally altruistic Nash equilibrium leads to improved predictions. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
Modified capitonage in partial cystectomy performed for liver hydatid disease: Report of 2 cases
BACKGROUND: Several techniques have been described in liver hydatid disease surgery, with most well known partial cystectomy, capitonage and introflexion. METHODS: We present a technical modification on open partial cystectomy for liver hydatid disease. We performed this operation in 2 patients with liver echinococcosis. The cyst is being unroofed and evacuated from the daughter cysts. The identified bile vessels ligated. The remnants of the anterior wall (capsule of the cyst) are anchored with sutures in the posterior wall in a manner that the cavity of the cyst disappears. RESULTS: In both patients the disease eradicated. No postoperative complications were observed including bile leaking and/or abscess formation. CONCLUSIONS: Our technique helps in the fast, and effective mobilization of the patient, as well as in the minimization of postoperative bile leaking
The cientificWorldJOURNAL Clinical Study Fasting Blood Glucose and Lipid Profile Alterations following Twelve-Month Androgen Deprivation Therapy in Men with Prostate Cancer
properly cited. Purpose. In this retrospective study, we aimed to investigate the effects of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) on blood glucose and blood cholesterol levels over a 12-month period. Materials and Methods. Between January 2010 and June 2012, the data of 44 patients with prostate cancer who were receiving ADT were collected from a hospital database. Patients with additional malignancy or diabetes and those who had been prescribed and were currently taking cholesterol-lowering medication were excluded from the study. Data (including fasting blood glucose levels and a cholesterol profile) were collected and analysed statistically. A P value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results. Twelve months after the initiation of ADT, fasting blood glucose (FBG), total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, and triglyceride (TG) levels changed. FBG, TC, LDL cholesterol, and TG increased significantly (P = 0.009, 0.000, 0.000, and 0.000, resp.), while HDL cholesterol decreased (P = 0.000). Conclusion. ADT may increase FBG, TC, LDL cholesterol, and TG but decrease HDL cholesterol by the end of a year of treatment. Therefore, close followup may be needed as a consequence of one-year ADT regarding metabolic alterations
New method to characterize a machining system: application in turning
Many studies simulates the machining process by using a single degree of
freedom spring-mass sytem to model the tool stiffness, or the workpiece
stiffness, or the unit tool-workpiece stiffness in modelings 2D. Others impose
the tool action, or use more or less complex modelings of the efforts applied
by the tool taking account the tool geometry. Thus, all these models remain
two-dimensional or sometimes partially three-dimensional. This paper aims at
developing an experimental method allowing to determine accurately the real
three-dimensional behaviour of a machining system (machine tool, cutting tool,
tool-holder and associated system of force metrology six-component
dynamometer). In the work-space model of machining, a new experimental
procedure is implemented to determine the machining system elastic behaviour.
An experimental study of machining system is presented. We propose a machining
system static characterization. A decomposition in two distinct blocks of the
system "Workpiece-Tool-Machine" is realized. The block Tool and the block
Workpiece are studied and characterized separately by matrix stiffness and
displacement (three translations and three rotations). The Castigliano's theory
allows us to calculate the total stiffness matrix and the total displacement
matrix. A stiffness center point and a plan of tool tip static displacement are
presented in agreement with the turning machining dynamic model and especially
during the self induced vibration. These results are necessary to have a good
three-dimensional machining system dynamic characterization
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