Let F be a distribution function and {m1,m2,m3...} be its moments. The moment problem is to know whether the moments {m1,m2,m3...} determine the distribution function F. In general, the sequence of moments does not always determine the distribution function. So the conditions for a distribution function to be moment-determinate are investigated. We get a result concerning the discrete distribution function.

In Texas, determinate sentencing allows extremely serious and violent delinquents one more chance to change their ways by releasing them to the streets instead of being transferred to prison. This research study examined the recidivism outcomes of 416 serious and violent juvenile offenders previously exposed to rehabilitative treatment in the renowned Capital and Serious Violent Offender Treatment Program provided by the Texas Youth Commission. Further, this research study looked to a group of 1,261 determinately sentenced offenders who did not participate in Capital and Serious Violent Offender Treatment Program but were released from Texas Youth Commission as well. Both groups of juveniles were followed for three years following their release from institutionalization. This analysis revealed that 50% of both groups were rearrested at least once during the follow-up period for any offense. Of the Capital and Serious Violent Offender Program participants, 81% were rearrested for at least one new felony offense. Of those non-participants, 78% were rearrested for at least one new felony offense. The factors that served to distinguish both groups included African-American race and a number of delinquent history measures. This study concludes with a discussion of policy implications and suggestions for future research.

Atualmente a tomaticultura brasileira ostenta o título de cultivo com o maior custo de produção médio no país. Dentre algumas alternativas a fim de minimizar os elevados gastos está o uso de híbridos de crescimento semideterminado em sistema de meia-estaca, devido a menor necessidade de podas, insumos e mão de obra. Realizaram-se dois experimentos, em condições de campo aberto, com os objetivos de (a) determinar o efeito de diferentes sistemas de poda (P1, P2 e P3) e distintos espaçamentos entre plantas (E1 e E2) sobre a produção e seus componentes para o híbrido Silvety, de hábito de crescimento semideterminado do segmento Salada Longa Vida (SLV) (Experimento 1); e (b) avaliar o efeito de distintos sistemas de poda (P1 e P2) sobre a produção e seus componentes para os híbridos Silvety, Sagatan e H003, de hábito de crescimento semideterminado do segmento SLV (Experimento 2). Em ambos os experimentos adotou-se o delineamento em blocos ao acaso com os tratamentos em esquema fatorial 3 x 2 e quatro repetições. O experimento 1 foi conduzido em Jacuí, MG, de maio de 2015 a novembro de 2015, já o experimento 2 foi conduzido em Holambra, SP, de fevereiro de 2016 a agosto de 2016. Avaliaram-se o número total de frutos (NTF), a produção total por parcela (PTP), o número de frutos comercializáveis (NFC), a produção comercial (PCO), a produção por planta (PPP), a massa média dos frutos (MMF), o número de frutos por classe AAA, AA e A (NAAA, NAA e NA), a massa de frutos por classe AAA, AA e A (MAAA, MAA e MA), o número de hastes (NH) o número de inflorescências (NI), o número de frutos por inflorescência (NFI), o número de frutos com rachaduras cuticulares (CUT), o número de frutos ocos (OCO) e o número de frutos manchados (MAN). Nas condições em que os experimentos foram conduzidos e de acordo com os resultados obtidos conclui-se que no experimento 1, a poda P2e o espaçamento E1 mostraram-se os mais indicados para o híbrido Silvety. No experimento 2, novamente, a poda P2 mostrou ser a mais recomendada para os híbridos Silvety, Sagatan e H003. / Currently, the Brazilian tomato crop holds the title with the highest average cost of production in the country. Among the alternatives to minimize the high expenses, is the use of hybrids with semi-determinate growth habit in a training system of \"half-stakes\", due to the less need of pruning, inputs and labor. Two experiments were carried out under open field conditions, aiming to (a) to determine the effect of different pruning system (P1, P2 and P3) and spacing between plants (E1 and E2) on the production and its components for the Silvety hybrid, of semi-determinate growth habit of varietal segment Salad Extended Shelf Life (SLV) (Experiment 1), and (b) to evaluate the effect of pruning system (P1 and P2) on the production and its components for the Silvety, Sagatan and H003 hybrids, of semi- determinate growth habit of segment SLV (Experiment 2). In both experiments it was adopted the randomized block design with the treatments in a 3 x 2 factorial scheme, and four replications. Experiment 1 was conducted in Jacuí, MG, from May 2015 to November 2015, and Experiment 2 was conducted in Holambra, SP, from February 2016 to August 2016. There were assessed the total number of fruits (NTF), the total production per plot (PTP), the number of commercial fruits (NFC), the commercial production (PCO), the production per plant (PPP), the average mass of fruits (MMF), the number of fruits per classes AAA,AA and A (NAAA, NAA and NA), the mass of fruits per classes AAA, AA and A (MAAA, MAA and MA), the number of stems (NH), the number of clusters (NI), number of fruits per cluster (NFI), number of fruits with micro-cracking (CUT), number of hollow fruits (OCO), number of fruits with blotchy (MAN). Under the conditions that the trials were conducted and according to the results obtained, it was concluded that in experiment 1, the pruning system P2 and E1 spacing were the most suitable for Silvety hybrid. In experiment 2, again, the pruning system P2 showed to be the most recommended for Silvety, Sagatan and H003 hybrids.

Atualmente a tomaticultura brasileira ostenta o título de cultivo com o maior custo de produção médio no país. Dentre algumas alternativas a fim de minimizar os elevados gastos está o uso de híbridos de crescimento semideterminado em sistema de meia-estaca, devido a menor necessidade de podas, insumos e mão de obra. Realizaram-se dois experimentos, em condições de campo aberto, com os objetivos de (a) determinar o efeito de diferentes sistemas de poda (P1, P2 e P3) e distintos espaçamentos entre plantas (E1 e E2) sobre a produção e seus componentes para o híbrido Silvety, de hábito de crescimento semideterminado do segmento Salada Longa Vida (SLV) (Experimento 1); e (b) avaliar o efeito de distintos sistemas de poda (P1 e P2) sobre a produção e seus componentes para os híbridos Silvety, Sagatan e H003, de hábito de crescimento semideterminado do segmento SLV (Experimento 2). Em ambos os experimentos adotou-se o delineamento em blocos ao acaso com os tratamentos em esquema fatorial 3 x 2 e quatro repetições. O experimento 1 foi conduzido em Jacuí, MG, de maio de 2015 a novembro de 2015, já o experimento 2 foi conduzido em Holambra, SP, de fevereiro de 2016 a agosto de 2016. Avaliaram-se o número total de frutos (NTF), a produção total por parcela (PTP), o número de frutos comercializáveis (NFC), a produção comercial (PCO), a produção por planta (PPP), a massa média dos frutos (MMF), o número de frutos por classe AAA, AA e A (NAAA, NAA e NA), a massa de frutos por classe AAA, AA e A (MAAA, MAA e MA), o número de hastes (NH) o número de inflorescências (NI), o número de frutos por inflorescência (NFI), o número de frutos com rachaduras cuticulares (CUT), o número de frutos ocos (OCO) e o número de frutos manchados (MAN). Nas condições em que os experimentos foram conduzidos e de acordo com os resultados obtidos conclui-se que no experimento 1, a poda P2e o espaçamento E1 mostraram-se os mais indicados para o híbrido Silvety. No experimento 2, novamente, a poda P2 mostrou ser a mais recomendada para os híbridos Silvety, Sagatan e H003. / Currently, the Brazilian tomato crop holds the title with the highest average cost of production in the country. Among the alternatives to minimize the high expenses, is the use of hybrids with semi-determinate growth habit in a training system of \"half-stakes\", due to the less need of pruning, inputs and labor. Two experiments were carried out under open field conditions, aiming to (a) to determine the effect of different pruning system (P1, P2 and P3) and spacing between plants (E1 and E2) on the production and its components for the Silvety hybrid, of semi-determinate growth habit of varietal segment Salad Extended Shelf Life (SLV) (Experiment 1), and (b) to evaluate the effect of pruning system (P1 and P2) on the production and its components for the Silvety, Sagatan and H003 hybrids, of semi- determinate growth habit of segment SLV (Experiment 2). In both experiments it was adopted the randomized block design with the treatments in a 3 x 2 factorial scheme, and four replications. Experiment 1 was conducted in Jacuí, MG, from May 2015 to November 2015, and Experiment 2 was conducted in Holambra, SP, from February 2016 to August 2016. There were assessed the total number of fruits (NTF), the total production per plot (PTP), the number of commercial fruits (NFC), the commercial production (PCO), the production per plant (PPP), the average mass of fruits (MMF), the number of fruits per classes AAA,AA and A (NAAA, NAA and NA), the mass of fruits per classes AAA, AA and A (MAAA, MAA and MA), the number of stems (NH), the number of clusters (NI), number of fruits per cluster (NFI), number of fruits with micro-cracking (CUT), number of hollow fruits (OCO), number of fruits with blotchy (MAN). Under the conditions that the trials were conducted and according to the results obtained, it was concluded that in experiment 1, the pruning system P2 and E1 spacing were the most suitable for Silvety hybrid. In experiment 2, again, the pruning system P2 showed to be the most recommended for Silvety, Sagatan and H003 hybrids.

The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between a juvenile's serious or violent offenses and the time to recidivism among the determinate-sentenced offenders. Concentrating on this group of juvenile offenders is beneficial because they are considered to be the most serious group of offenders among juveniles. Since these serious offenders will become a part of their community again, it is important to understand or determine if there is a discernable pattern to inform intervention and target rehabilitation practices. Crime severity makes a considerable impact on the commitment and punishment for a juvenile and an important question rests on how offense severity influences recidivism-related outcomes.

As the Mississippi River Alluvial Aquifer declines, it is the duty of soybean producers to become more efficient irrigators. Research was established in 2012 and 2013 in the Mississippi Delta to evaluate plant development and yield of an indeterminate soybean variety with irrigation initiated at the R1 producer standard and compared to initiation timings at the R2, R4, and R5 growth stages once a 2” deficit was reached according to the FAO-56 Penman-Monteith model. Research was also conducted to evaluate seeding rates in irrigated and non-irrigated systems in Starkville and Stoneville, MS in 2013 and 2014. These data indicate that delaying irrigation initiation beyond R1 did not adversely affect yield, and in some instances even provided a small yield increase. Irrigation did show consistent yield benefit regardless of initiation timing over a non-irrigated system. No optimum seeding rate in terms of yield or net return was observed across site years.

Kyoto University (京都大学) / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(農学) / 甲第19051号 / 農博第2129号 / 新制||農||1033 / 32002 / 京都大学大学院農学研究科農学専攻 / (主査)教授 白岩 立彦, 教授 奥本 裕, 准教授 中﨑 鉄也 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当

Bence Nanay holds, that attention which is focused on one object, and distributed acrossits properties, gives rise to disinterestedness in phenomenal experience, and it therefore is involved in the occurence of the most paradigmatic kind of aesthetic experience.It is for this reason, that Nanay defines this sort of attention as "aesthetic attention". In this thesis, I point out, that Nanay's doctrine does justice to facts and phenomena,and that it succeeds in specifiying one of the necessary conditions, of what he takes as the "paradigmatic kind" of aesthetic experience. Nevertheless, as I go on to argue, Nanay fails to account for dissinterestedness' being insufficient for aesthetic experience, and avoids to ask the question we have been longing to ask, namely whether there is such a thing, as attention which is both necessary and sufficient for aesthetic experience. I, thereafter, provide an answer to this question, according to which aesthetic attention is, essencially, attention which is focused on non-derivative value, in an aesthetic context. In the remaining of the text, I make use of Gestalt theory, and thus explore the relationship between the kind of attention Nanay conceived of as "aesthetic attention", and the kind I define as such.

La douleur est désagréable. Étant donné que la douleur est l'exemple paradigmatique d'une expérience désagréable, mon but est de clarifier ce qui caractérise la douleur et le caractère désagréable. J’essaie notamment de comprendre ce que peut signifier qu’une douleur soit désagréable et ainsi d’élucider la structure des expériences désagréables. Ce faisant, j’aborde plusieurs aspects problématiques de la relation entre la douleur et le caractère désagréable des expériences. Je fournis également une compréhension générale de ce que signifie pour une expérience non nécessairement douloureuse d’être désagréable. Cette thèse s’organise en sept chapitres correspondant à trois problématiques principales : i) qu’est-ce qui constitue le caractère désagréable de la douleur ? (Chapitres 1 & 2), ii) comment rendre compte de la grande diversité phénoménale du caractère désagréable des expériences ? (Chapitres 3 & 4), et iii) dans quels cas la douleur n’est-elle pas désagréable ? (Chapitres 5 & 6). Dans le dernier chapitre (Chapitre 7), j'offre une réponse générale aux trois problématiques principales en proposant ma propre théorie sur le caractère désagréable de la douleur. D’après cette théorie, une expérience désagréable est une expérience ressentie, le caractère désagréable est défini comme une propriété phénoménale des états mentaux, et cette propriété doit être comprise en utilisant la distinction déterminable-déterminant. Mon travail fournit ainsi une compréhension détaillée de la nature de la douleur et du caractère désagréable. / Pain is unpleasant. Given that pain is the paradigmatic example of an unpleasant experience, I aim to shed light on what pain and unpleasantness are by trying to understand what it means for a pain to be unpleasant, what the structure of unpleasantness is, and by tackling several problematic aspects of the relation between pain and unpleasantness. By doing this, I will also provide a general account of what it means for an experience that might not be a pain to be unpleasant.The thesis is organised into seven chapters and divided by three main themes: i) what the unpleasantness of pain consists in, ii) how we can account for the great phenomenal diversity among experiences of unpleasantness, and iii) which cases suggest that there could be pains that are not unpleasant. Broadly, the first two chapters deal with the first theme, the third and fourth chapter with the second theme, and the fifth and sixth chapter focus on the third theme. In the final chapter I offer a conclusion of the three main themes by providing my own view on the unpleasantness of pain. According to this account, an unpleasant experience is something felt, it is a phenomenal property of mental states, and this property should be understood using the determinable-determinate distinction. By doing all of this, this thesis will provide a detailed understanding of the nature of pain and unpleasantness.

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(農学) / 甲第19051号 / 農博第2129号 / 新制||農||1033(附属図書館) / 学位論文||H27||N4933(農学部図書室) / 32002 / 京都大学大学院農学研究科農学専攻 / (主査)教授 白岩 立彦, 教授 奥本 裕, 准教授 中﨑 鉄也 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Agricultural Science / Kyoto University / DFAM