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Validation of the SOS/umu test using test results of 486 chemicals and comparison with the Ames test and carcinogenicity data
1996
The present study gives a comprehensive update of all umu genotoxicity assay results published so far. The available data of 486 chemicals investigated with the umu test are compared with the Ames test (274 compounds) as well as rodent carcinogenicity data (179 compounds). On the whole, there is good agreement between the umu test and the Ames test results, with a concordance of about 90%. The umu test was able to detect 86% of the Ames mutagens, while the Ames test (using at least 5 strains) detected 97% of the umu positive compounds. The elimination of TA102 from the set of Ames tester strains reduced the percentage of detectable umu genotoxins from 97 to 86%. The agreement between carcin…
A comprehensive analysis for N2O mechanisms by advanced mathematical techniques
2018
Recent evaluation of the existing activated sludge models, incorporating nitrous oxide (N2O) formation, is only based on the capabilities and inabilities in describing experimental data under different conditions. This paper will present an advanced mathematical modeling framework (i.e. coupling global sensitivity, identifiability and uncertainty analysis) for a comprehensive analysis on the evaluation of the structural differences among three ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB) two-pathway models in combination with two heterotrophic denitrification models. The analysis will be performed based on experimental data from a lab-scale deammonification granular sequencing batch reactor operated un…
Survey of methods to visualize alternatives in multiple criteria decision making problems
2012
When solving decision problems where multiple conflicting criteria are to be considered simultaneously, decision makers must compare several different alternatives and select the most preferred one. The task of comparing multidimensional vectors is very demanding for the decision maker without any support. Different graphical visualization tools can be used to support and help the decision maker in understanding similarities and differences between the alternatives and graphical illustration is a very important part of decision support systems that are used in solving multiple criteria decision making problems. The visualization task is by no means trivial because, on the one hand, the grap…
Heisenberg Uncertainty Relation in Quantum Liouville Equation
2009
We consider the quantum Liouville equation and give a characterization of the solutions which satisfy the Heisenberg uncertainty relation. We analyze three cases. Initially we consider a particular solution of the quantum Liouville equation: the Wigner transformf(x,v,t) of a generic solutionψ(x;t) of the Schrödinger equation. We give a representation ofψ(x,t) by the Hermite functions. We show that the values of the variances ofxandvcalculated by using the Wigner functionf(x,v,t) coincide, respectively, with the variances of position operatorX^and conjugate momentum operatorP^obtained using the wave functionψ(x,t). Then we consider the Fourier transform of the density matrixρ(z,y,t) =ψ∗(z,t)…
On the Reliability of Error Indication Methods for Problems with Uncertain Data
2012
This paper is concerned with studying the effects of uncertain data in the context of error indicators, which are often used in mesh adaptive numerical methods. We consider the diffusion equation and assume that the coefficients of the diffusion matrix are known not exactly, but within some margins (intervals). Our goal is to study the relationship between the magnitude of uncertainty and reliability of different error indication methods. Our results show that even small values of uncertainty may seriously affect the performance of all error indicators.
Codimension and colength sequences of algebras and growth phenomena
2015
We consider non necessarily associative algebras over a field of characteristic zero and their polynomial identities. Here we describe some of the results obtained in recent years on the sequence of codimensions and the sequence of colengths of an algebra.
On algebras of polynomial codimension growth
2016
Let A be an associative algebra over a field F of characteristic zero and let $$c_n(A), n=1, 2, \ldots $$ , be the sequence of codimensions of A. It is well-known that $$c_n(A), n=1, 2, \ldots $$ , cannot have intermediate growth, i.e., either is polynomially bounded or grows exponentially. Here we present some results on algebras whose sequence of codimensions is polynomially bounded.
Axiomatic characterization of the weighted solidarity values
2014
Abstract We define and characterize the class of all weighted solidarity values . Our first characterization employs the classical axioms determining the solidarity value (except symmetry ), that is, efficiency , additivity and the A-null player axiom , and two new axioms called proportionality and strong individual rationality . In our second axiomatization, the additivity and the A-null player axioms are replaced by a new axiom called average marginality .
QUANTITATIVE CONVERGENCE RATES FOR SUBGEOMETRIC MARKOV CHAINS
2015
We provide explicit expressions for the constants involved in the characterisation of ergodicity of subgeometric Markov chains. The constants are determined in terms of those appearing in the assumed drift and one-step minorisation conditions. The results are fundamental for the study of some algorithms where uniform bounds for these constants are needed for a family of Markov kernels. Our results accommodate also some classes of inhomogeneous chains.
Friederike Kind-Kovács. Written Here, Published There: How Underground Literature Crossed the Iron Curtain. Budapest: Central European Universtity Pr…
2015
В коммунистических режимах свободное слово было под запретом. Однако некоторые любящие правду писатели (впрочем, не только они, но и вообще люди интеллигентского круга), не боясь преследований, распространяли свои произведения в самиздате и отправляли их за «железный занавес», где другие такие же свободолюбивые люди печатали их, передавали их содержание по радио. Иногда даже удавалось отправлять несколько напечатанных экземпляров назад на родину автора. Таким образом возникло международное сообщество рыцарей справедливости. Какими плохими дядьками, однако, были эти коммунисты! С такой формулировкой, пусть и наивной по форме, вероятно, мог бы согласится каждый. В этой связи непонятно, для че…