Revision der Salix multiformis Döll mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der badischen Arten

Von Dr. J. A. Schatz

FACTORS INFLUENCING CHOICE OF CONTRACEPTIVE METHOD AMONG MARRIED FECUND WOMEN WHO INTEND NO ADDITIONAL BIRTHS: HEALTH BELIEF MODEL AND ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES

This research examined to what extent Health Belief Model (HBM) and socioeconomic variables were useful in explaining the choice whether or not more effective contraceptive methods were used among married fecund women intending no additional births. The source of the data was the 1976 National Survey of Family Growth conducted under the auspices of the National Center for Health Statistics. Using the HBM as a framework for multivariate analyses limited support was found (using available measures) that the HBM components of motivation and perceived efficacy influence the likelihood of more effective contraceptive method use. Support was also found that modifying variables suggested by the HBM can influence the effects of HBM components on the likelihood of more effective method use. Socioeconomic variables were found, using all cases and some subgroups, to have a significant additional influence on the likelihood of use of more effective methods. Limited support was found for the concept that the greater the opportunity costs of an unwanted birth the greater the likelihood of use of more effective contraceptive methods. This research supports the use of HBM and socioeconomic variables to explain the likelihood of a protective health behavior, use of more effective contraception if no additional births are intended.^

Revision of the early-middle Pleistocene calcareous nannofossil biochronology

The extant nannofossil biostratigraphic and biochronologic framework for the early-middle Pleistocene time interval has been tested through the micropaleontological analysis of globally distributed high-quality low- to mid-latitude deep-sea successions. The quantitative temporal distribution patterns of relative abundances of selected taxa were reconstructed in critical intervals, and the following biohorizons were defined: first occurrence of medium-sized Gephyrocapsa spp. (bmG); last occurrence of Calcidiscus macintyrei (tCm); first occurrence of large Gephyrocapsa spp. (blG); last occurrence of large Gephyrocapsa spp. (tlG); first occurrence of Reticulofenestra asanoi (bRa); re-entrance of medium-sized Gephyrocapsa spp. (reemG) and last occurrence of Reticulofenestra asanoi (tRa). The detailed patterns of abundance change at these biohorizons were used to generate a detailed biostratigraphy, and the biostratigraphic data were transformed into a precise biochronology by means of correlation to isotope stratigraphies and astronomical timescales. The degree of isochrony or diachrony of the biohorizons was evaluated. Biohorizons tlG and tRa are isochronous occurring close to marine isotope stages (MIS)55 and MIS 22, respectively, and bmG and blG are slightly diachronous on the order of 30-40 kyr, whereas biohorizons tCm, reemG and bRa are confirmed as diachronous on the order of 100, 80 and 60 kyr, respectively. Some of the events are clearly controlled by environmental conditions, e.g. the last occurrence of R. asanoi, related to significant environmental changes associated with the first large-amplitude glaciation of the late Quaternary, MIS 22.

Optimized edge appearance probability for cooperative localization based on tree-reweighted nonparametric belief propagation

Nonparametric belief propagation (NBP) is a well-known particle-based method for distributed inference in wireless networks. NBP has a large number of applications, including cooperative localization. However, in loopy networks NBP suffers from similar problems as standard BP, such as over-confident beliefs and possible nonconvergence. Tree-reweighted NBP (TRW-NBP) can mitigate these problems, but does not easily lead to a distributed implementation due to the non-local nature of the required so-called edge appearance probabilities. In this paper, we propose a variation of TRWNBP, suitable for cooperative localization in wireless networks. Our algorithm uses a fixed edge appearance probability for every edge, and can outperform standard NBP in dense wireless networks.

Uniformly reweighted belief propagation for distributed Bayesian hypothesis testing

Belief propagation (BP) is a technique for distributed inference in wireless networks and is often used even when the underlying graphical model contains cycles. In this paper, we propose a uniformly reweighted BP scheme that reduces the impact of cycles by weighting messages by a constant ?edge appearance probability? rho ? 1. We apply this algorithm to distributed binary hypothesis testing problems (e.g., distributed detection) in wireless networks with Markov random field models. We demonstrate that in the considered setting the proposed method outperforms standard BP, while maintaining similar complexity. We then show that the optimal ? can be approximated as a simple function of the average node degree, and can hence be computed in a distributed fashion through a consensus algorithm.

Uniformly Reweighted Belief Propagation: A Factor Graph Approach

Tree-reweighted belief propagation is a message passing method that has certain advantages compared to traditional belief propagation (BP). However, it fails to outperform BP in a consistent manner, does not lend itself well to distributed implementation, and has not been applied to distributions with higher-order interactions. We propose a method called uniformly-reweighted belief propagation that mitigates these drawbacks. After having shown in previous works that this method can substantially outperform BP in distributed inference with pairwise interaction models, in this paper we extend it to higher-order interactions and apply it to LDPC decoding, leading performance gains over BP.

Memoria de la segunda revision del monte "Poyo de Santo Domingo", de la tercera revision del monte "Cerros del Pozo" y de la primera revision del monte "Cerros de Hinojares"

EL día 24 le Junio de 1.941 me fue entregado en la secretaría de la Escuela Especial de Ingenieros de Montes el oficio que a continuación t r a n s c r i b o; rt Ministerio de cultura -Dirección General de Montes Caza y Pesca aluvial- Con esta fecha digo al Sr. Ingeniero Jefe del Distrito Forestal de Jaén lo siguiente:- Con el fin de suplir en lo posible la escasez de personal técnico afecto a ese servicio, para llevar a cabo el estudio y redacción de proyectos necesarios, este Centro ha dispuesto de acuerdo con la Dirección de la Escuela Especial de Ingenieros de Montes y teniendo en cuenta las manifestaciones de la Jefatura, designar a los alumnos del último curso Don Vicente Reus Cid, Don Juan* José Casado Bracho y Don Rafael "Fernández Huerta para que trabajen realizando los estudios que se l e encomienden a las inmediatas órdenes del Ingeniare de esa Dependencia, designado por V. S., que será quien lleve la dirección y responsabilidad del trabajo para presentarlo con una ante esa Jefatura que lo remitirá, con el regí amen t al informe a la dirección General revisiones deberán estar terminadas para fin del año corriente. Lo que traslado para su conocimiento y efectos.

Reducing communication overhead for cooperative localization using nonparametric belief propagation

A number of methods for cooperative localization has been proposed, but most of them provide only location estimate, without associated uncertainty. On the other hand, nonparametric belief propagation (NBP), which provides approximated posterior distributions of the location estimates, is expensive mostly because of the transmission of the particles. In this paper, we propose a novel approach to reduce communication overhead for cooperative positioning using NBP. It is based on: i) communication of the beliefs (instead of the messages), ii) approximation of the belief with Gaussian mixture of very few components, and iii) censoring. According to our simulations results, these modifications reduce significantly communication overhead while providing the estimates almost as accurate as the transmission of the particles.

Revision of EBG metamaterials and active antennas

This review of Electromagnetic Band Gap (EGB) metamaterials and steering integrated antennas was carried out in IMST GmbH under a short collaboration stay. This activity is in line with Coordinating the Antenna Research in Europe (CARE). The aim is to identify the newest trends, and suggest novel solutions and design methodologies for various applications.

Distributed target tracking based on belief propagation consensus

Distributed target tracking in wireless sensor networks (WSN) is an important problem, in which agreement on the target state can be achieved using conventional consensus methods, which take long to converge. We propose distributed particle filtering based on belief propagation (DPF-BP) consensus, a fast method for target tracking. According to our simulations, DPF-BP provides better performance than DPF based on standard belief consensus (DPF-SBC) in terms of disagreement in the network. However, in terms of root-mean square error, it can outperform DPF-SBC only for a specific number of consensus iterations.

Primera revision del proyecto de ordenacion del monte "Montaña de Pi". Numero 45 del catalogo de los de utilidad publica de la provincia de Lerida, perteneciente al pueblo de Pi (Bellver)

El presente trabajo de Revisión del Proyecto de Ordenación del monte "Montaña de Pi" (Bellver), perteneciente al citado pueblo, nos fue encomendado por la Dirección General de Montes, Caza y Pesca fluvial, por orden de fecha 11de Agosto de 1943

Segunda Revision de la Ordenacion del Monte "Pinar y Agregados" de Guadarrama

Las instrucciones vigentes para el servicio de Ordenación de montes en sus artículos 238 al 243 dicen que la Revisión a de efectuarse constantemente registrado en los libros denominados "Crónica del Monte" "Contabilidad" y "Experiencias epidoxilométricas", todas las incidencias, operaciones y experiencias que hayan sucedido o se hayan realizado en el monte, a pie de que en el último año de vigencia del Plan Especial, pueda realizarse con perfecto conocimiento de los hechos, un análisis comparativo entre lo sucedido en el monte y aquello que había sido previsto en el Plan especial que se termina de poner en ejecución, para poder determinar como consecuencia de este estudio el nuevo Plan especial, y del mismo modo ver si es precisa la modificación del Plan general del Proyecto, si los resultados no han sido los que se esperaban»

Revision del proyecto de ordenacion del monte "Biros de Aynet" nº 116 del catalogo de Lerida, perteneciente al pueblo de Aynet de Besant (Sort)

El Proyecto de Ordenación del monte "Biros de Aynet" ejecutado en Lérida, en Marzo de l.927 por el Ingeniero D. Federico Sanz Muñoz, fue redactado con arreglo a las Instrucciones contenidas en la R.O. de 22 de Mayo de 1.924 dictadas en cumplimiento del R.D. de 19 de febrero de igual año.

III Revision del cuartel A. de la Seccion 5º del proyecto de ordenacion de los montes de propios de Tarifa

Encargado por la Escuela Especial de Ingenieros de Montes, como proyecto d® fin de carrera del trabajo consistente en el estudio y redacción de la REVISIÓN CORRESPONDIENTE AL PROYECTO DE ORBEHACION BEL GRUPO DE TABIFA(CADIZ). Trabajo que debía entregar antes del 1 de noviembre; hago constar que por la escasez de tiempo, pues para llevar a cabo solamente el conteo del total del grupo de Montes se precisaría de más de ocho meses, he reducido el trabajo al estudio y revisión del cuartel A de la sección 5ª de dicho Grupo, para lo cual he contado con el permiso de la Escuela.