Linear scalar-on-surface random effects regression models

Many research fields increasingly involve analyzing data of a complex structure. Models investigating the dependence of a response on a predictor have moved beyond the ordinary scalar-on-vector regression. We propose a regression model for a scalar response and a surface (or a bivariate function) predictor. The predictor has a random component and the regression model falls in the framework of linear random effects models. We estimate the model parameters via maximizing the log-likelihood with the ECME (Expectation/Conditional Maximization Either) algorithm. We use the approach to analyze a data set where the response is the neuroticism score and the predictor is the resting-state brain function image. In the simulations we tried, the approach has better performance than two other approaches, a functional principal component regression approach and a smooth scalar-on-image regression approach.     

Uniform consistency rate of kNN regression estimation for functional time series data

In this paper, we investigate the k-nearest neighbours (kNN) estimation of nonparametric regression model for strong mixing functional time series data. More precisely, we establish the uniform almost complete convergence rate of the kNN estimator under some mild conditions. Furthermore, a simulation study and an empirical application to the real data analysis of sea surface temperature (SST) are carried out to illustrate the finite sample performances and the usefulness of the kNN approach.     

四级写作低分段评分样本的功能分析

为了客观、系统地研究大学英语四级低分段写作的基本语法和文体特点 ,有必要从系统功能语法的角度对评分样本进行统计分析。系统功能语法比传统语法具有诸多的优越性 ,能够全面细致地对语言现象进行分析。对评分样本的分析 ,有助于客观地研究克服经验主义倾向     

商业银行董事会治理的独立有效性研究

根据经济合作与发展组织、巴塞尔银行监管委员会和中国银行业监督管理委员会等组织关于公司治理的相关原则、指引和法律规定,对商业银行董事会的独立有效性进行了综合分析,得出商业银行董事会的独立有效性主要体现在独立董事的独立性,职能委员会的独立性以及独立董事占董事会成员的比例3个方面以及规范的独立董事、职能委员会的产生机制和明确的独立董事、职能委员会的责权利制度是确保商业银行董事会独立有效性基础的结论,并提出中国商业银行董事会的适度规模为11人,其中独立董事占董事会成员的合适比例为50％以上的建议。     

烟草硫氧还蛋白基因NtTRX-hl的克隆和功能分析

从烟草中克隆了硫氧还蛋白基因NtTRX-hl并推导出其氨基酸序列,系统进化关系分析表明,NtTRX-hl与小麦、大麦、拟南芥等多种植物的TRX蛋白有很高的同源性.构建高效表达载体,诱导表达重组菌得到分子大小为22.26 kD的融合蛋白,与推测的分子量一致.用胰岛素和二硫苏糖醇作底物进行酶活性测定表明,Nt-TRX-hl具有活性.采用生物信息学的方法和工具分析了NtTRX-hl蛋白的生化参数和亚细胞定位,预测了该蛋白的高级结构.     

农村互助合作金融模式绩效分析

互助合作金融是中国农村金融市场的一种创新融资模式，尽管其组织化、制度化经营时间短、经验少，融资能力还很微小，但已经表现出财务上可持续发展的能力，在满足农户小额贷款方面的补充作用十分显著。资金互助合作密切了社会成员的相互关系，改善着农村社会关系，社会整体信用水平、将为之提高。论题分析了《农村资金互助社管理暂行规定》颁布前后农村互助合作金融模式的制度绩效、功能绩效和社会绩效。     

Backfitting Random Varying-Coefficient Models with Time-Dependent Smoothing Covariates

Abstract.  In this paper, we propose a random varying-coefficient model for longitudinal data. This model is different from the standard varying-coefficient model in the sense that the time-varying coefficients are assumed to be subject-specific, and can be considered as realizations of stochastic processes. This modelling strategy allows us to employ powerful mixed-effects modelling techniques to efficiently incorporate the within-subject and between-subject variations in the estimators of time-varying coefficients. Thus, the subject-specific feature of longitudinal data is effectively considered in the proposed model. A backfitting algorithm is proposed to estimate the coefficient functions. Simulation studies show that the proposed estimation methods are more efficient in finite-sample performance compared with the standard local least squares method. An application to an AIDS clinical study is presented to illustrate the proposed methodologies.     

LENGTH-BIASING, CHARACTERIZATIONS OF LAWS AND THE MOMENT PROBLEM

A positive random variable X with a finite mean has an induced length-biased law represented by Y, and Y is stochastically larger than X. An independent uniform random contraction of Y, UY, has the same law as X if and only if the latter is exponential. This property is extended to non-uniform contractions and a more general notion of length-biasing. The distributional equality of X and W leads to a functional equation for the moment function of X, which has either Infinitely many solutions or none. When U is constant, X can have a log-normal law, but it can also have laws with the same moment sequence as this log-nod law. The case where U has a certain beta, or generalized beta, law give t3 characterizations of generalized gamma laws, or to products of independent copies of them. This occurs even when these laws are not determined by their moment sequences.     

音系层、词汇语法层与语义层三位一体的英语教学

韩礼德的系统功能语法直接和间接地激发了许多新的教学理论和方法的产生。英语教学中应尝试把该语法的六个核心思想之一的“层次的思想”与英语词汇教学联系起来,通过音系层、词汇语法层和语义层三位一体的英语教学法提高学生的英语综合知识和技能。     

基于互信息的功能磁共振图像配准

互信息作为衡量两幅图像配准的相似性测度函数,当两幅图像配准时,互信息达到最大值。该文提出了基于互信息脑功能磁共振图像配准新方法,采用了无需计算梯度的Powell直接搜索算法,并通过多分辨的方式加快了图像配准速度。磁共振的配准实验证明,互信息法能准确地实现多模态医学图像的配准,并且能达到亚像素的精度。