Normal approximation to the hypergeometric distribution in nonstandard cases and a sub-Gaussian Berry–Esseen theorem

In this paper, we consider simple random sampling without replacement from a dichotomous finite population. We investigate accuracy of the Normal approximation to the Hypergeometric probabilities for a wide range of parameter values, including the nonstandard cases where the sampling fraction tends to one and where the proportion of the objects of interest in the population tends to the boundary values, zero and one. We establish a non-uniform Berry–Esseen theorem for the Hypergeometric distribution which shows that in the nonstandard cases, the rate of Normal approximation to the Hypergeometric distribution can be considerably slower than the rate of Normal approximation to the Binomial distribution. We also report results from a moderately large numerical study and provide some guidelines for using the Normal approximation to the Hypergeometric distribution in finite samples.     

Approximation of the distribution of excesses through a generalized probability-weighted moments method

The POT (peaks-over-threshold) approach consists in using the generalized Pareto distribution (GPD) to approximate the distribution of excesses over a threshold. In this paper, we consider this approximation using a generalized probability-weighted moments (GPWM) method. We study the asymptotic behaviour of our new estimators and also the functional bias of the GPD as an estimate of the distribution function of the excesses. A simulation study is provided in order to appreciate the efficiency of our approach.     

黄山绞股兰对赡蜍体心脏的作用

蟾蜍离体心脏灌流实验表明:黄山采集的绞股兰、绞股兰茶剂、生晒参在低浓度时均能增加蟾蜍离体心脏的收缩振幅。其作用为:黄山绞股兰>生晒参>绞股兰茶剂,其后作用也以黄山绞股兰最强。高浓度时均能抑制心脏的搏动,使心脏停止于收缩状态,更换任氏液后心脏的搏动可以恢复。三种药物均对心率无明显的影响。     

无线视频服务器在ADSP-BF5614的研究与实现

通过对视频服务器相关资料的研究,提出了一种基于ADI公司专用DSP芯片ADSP-BF561的无线视频服务器的解决方案。硬件设计采用SAA7113芯片完成输入视频A/D转换,以ADSP-BF561芯片为核心硬件平台实现视频压缩编码,利用相应外围设备实现网络控制和传输。该方案由于使用了H.264视频编码标准、G729音频编码标准和基于CDMA1X无线网络技术的CDMA无线网络作为音视频数据的传输途径,具有良好的稳定性和可实现性。     

行动及其理解:舒茨与米德的社会学思想比较

理解是社会科学特有的一种方法;它强调自然实在与社会实在之间的本质区别。这种方法向传统的科学观所崇尚的感觉至高地位、认知必须从感觉出发、用自然科学的理想模式建构社会科学等观点提出了严重挑战。社会心理学大师米德与现象学社会学创始人舒茨都曾对理解的方法做过精辟独到的论述。文章的主要内容就是要从理解的不同方面:理解的对象——行动、理解的内容——意义以及理解的方式——主体间性等对米德与舒茨进行一次简要的比较;也试图就此理清米德的思想是如何、以及在何种程度上影响了舒茨的。     

On the detection of changes in autoregressive time series I. Asymptotics

Various test statistics are discussed which can be used for detecting changes in the parameters of an autoregressive time series. In this first part of our study, the limiting behavior of the test statistics is derived under the null hypothesis of no change as well as under alternatives. In a forthcoming second part of our investigation, these asymptotic results will be compared to some corresponding bootstrap procedures, and a small simulation study will be conducted.     

阿特巴赫教育依附理论视域下中国特色世界一流大学建设诹议

美国学者菲利普·G·阿特巴赫(Philip· G·Altbach)基于依附理论体系创建形成的教育依附理论,以“中心”与“边缘”作为逻辑基点,研究了当今世界高等教育格局中西方工业国家与第三世界国家之间“控制”和“被控制”关系及成因。在这一理论视域下审视和反思中国特色世界一流大学建设,不但要求我们在建设过程中警惕学术殖民主义的侵蚀、学术自我殖民倾向的泛滥以及民族文化认同感的丧失,更需要我们冲破依附发展的桎梏,努力实现从“文化趋附”到“文化自立”的转变、从“模式效仿”到“模式立新”的转变、从“学术依随”到“学术引领”的转变、从“西方标准”到“中国标准”的转变,由此推进中国高等教育由依附发展迈向自主发展、创新发展和引领发展,实现建设高等教育强国的战略目标。     

热奈特的类文本理论及其效应

杰拉德·热奈特的类文本理论受到中西方学界的关注与重视,一些学者对该理论进行了一定的补充和修正工作,也有不少学者将其用于文学研究。类文本理论视阈下,文学研究的对象为环绕于文本边缘的类文本要素,如作者的署名、序言、献词、题记、版权页信息等。将作者重新纳入批评视野,类文本理论有效修正了文本理论将文本与作者相割裂的不当做法;将出版商引入批评框架,类文本理论不仅拓展了传统文学批评体系,还起到限制读者过度阐释的目的。同时,类文本理论促进了叙事学的进一步发展,使文学研究从文本中心走向文本边缘,并将文学的内部研究和外部研究相结合,从而推进了文学批评理论的发展。鉴于类文本与文本的互存关系,某些类文本和文本之间的界限模糊不清,它们在具备类文本属性的同时,又不乏文本的属性,而这一特性又恰恰佐证了类文本之于文本而存续的重要性。     

FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS AND INNOVATION: WHY POOR COUNTRIES DON'T CATCH UP

This paper examines micro‐level channels through which financial development can affect such macroeconomic outcomes as level of income. Specifically, we investigate theoretically and empirically how financial constraints affect a firm's innovation activities. Theoretical predictions are tested using unique firm survey data, which provide direct measures for innovations and firm‐specific financial constraints, as well as information on shocks to firms' internal funds that serve as firm‐level instruments for financial constraints. We find unambiguous evidence that financial constraints restrain the ability of domestically owned firms to innovate and hence to catch up to the technological frontier.     

Unemployment and economic psychology: An introduction

Starting from literature a short sequential scheme is being presented, including contextual and causal factors of employment, phenomenal aspects of unemployment, moderator variables, effects and lastly interventions and solutions.General aspects as well as more restricted aspects of unemployment as an area of research within economic psychology are mentioned. The contributions within this issue are discussed in connection with the scheme and the different aspects that were distinguished.