Semiparametric linear transformation models for current status data

Current status data arise when the death of every subject in a study cannot be determined precisely, but is known only to have occurred before or after a random monitoring time. The authors discuss the analysis of such data under semiparametric linear transformation models for which they propose a general inference procedure based on estimating functions. They determine the properties of the estimates they propose for the regression parameters of the model and illustrate their technique using tumorigenicity data.     

Pathways between education and health: a causal modelling approach

Summary.  The association of poor education and poor health has been consistently observed in many studies and in various countries. Thus far, studies examining the mechanisms underlying this association have looked at only a limited set of potential pathways. This study simultaneously examines six distinctive pathways, which have been hypothesized to link education and health and found support from previous studies. A causal analysis of education and health was performed using structural equation models. Data were used from six phases of the National Child Development Study, which is based on following up an initial sample of 17416 children who were born in 1958. The association between education and health appears to be explained by a combination of mechanisms: adolescent health and adult health behaviours for men and women, adult social class among men and parental social class among women. We conclude that improvements in population educational attainment may not automatically lead to improvements in population health, and that health policies for improving health and reducing health inequalities need to target specific causal pathways.     

一类变系数高阶线性齐次微分方程解的探求(英文)

本文对系数全为多项式和广义多项式的n阶线性齐次微分方程引入特征方程的概念。给出了具有指数型解的充要条件，推广了经典的常系数线性方程和著名的Euler方程的的解法，为求解变系数线性微分方程提供了有效的方法。     

非线性热传导方程u_t-Δu=D~βf(u)的Cauchy问题的整体解及渐近性

本文利用压缩映象原理及线性方程 Cauchy 问题的解的衰减性佶计,研究了一类非线性热传导方程 Cauchy 问题的整体解的存在唯一性及渐近性,得到当初值及非线性项满足一定条件之下Cauchy 问题的适当性。从而补充了文[3]的结果,首次指出了文[1]的结果是对半线性方程独有的。     

一类二阶中立型时滞差分方程的振动定理

研究了一类具有变系数的二阶中立型时滞差分方程的振动性,得到了该类方程振动及差分算子△振动的一个充分条件.     

一类具耗散的Schrodinger方程的整体吸引子的存在性

本文对一类具耗散的Schrodinger方程的整体吸引子的存在性问题进行了研究.研究表明:这类系统在特定的抽象空间中存在整体吸引子.     

常系数齐次线性微分方程组与其相应的差分方程组之间的联系

给出了求解常系数线性齐次微分方程组和常系数线性齐次差分方程组的一个方法,指出了这两种方程组之间存在的一个有趣关系．     

复合地基承载力标准值取值方法探讨

结合具体工程实例,对静载试验极差大于平均值30%的复合地基,如何确定承载力标准值进行探讨,提出较为合理的取值方法.     

Binary Dynamic Logit for Correlated Ordinal: estimation,application and simulation

We evaluate the estimation performance of the Binary Dynamic Logit model for correlated ordinal variables (BDLCO model), and compare it to GEE and Ordinal Logistic Regression performance in terms of bias and Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) via Monte Carlo simulation. Our results indicate that when the proportional-odds assumption does not hold, the proposed BDLCO method is superior to existing models in estimating correlated ordinal data. Moreover, this method is flexible in terms of modeling dependence and allows unequal slopes for each category, and can be used to estimate an apple bloom data set where the proportional-odds assumption is violated. We also provide a function in R to implement BDLCO.     

消费者对转基因食品感知风险影响因素分析

采用西安市区消费者的调研数据,分析消费者对转基因食品感知风险的认知程度,并利用结构方程模型研究了影响感知风险的主要因素。结果表明:不同人口特征在转基因食品感知风险上存在显著差异,消费者对转基因技术的态度、转基因食品知识、社会信任与感知风险呈显著负向关系,对健康的关心与感知风险呈显著正向关系。最后根据研究结果,提出政策建议。