Analysis of blockwise shrinkage wavelet estimates via lower bounds for no-signal setting

A blockwise shrinkage is a popular procedure of adaptation that has allowed the statisticians to establish an impressive bouquet of asymptotic mathematical results and develop softwares for solving practical problems. Traditionally risks of the estimates are studied via upper bounds that imply sufficient conditions for a blockwise shrinkage procedure to be minimax. This article suggests to analyze the estimates via exact (non-asymptotic) lower bounds established for a no-signal setting. The approach complements the familiar minimax, Bayesian and numerical analysis, it allows to find necessary conditions for a procedure to attain desired rates, and it sheds a new light on popular choices of blocks and thresholds recommended in the literature. Mathematical results are complemented by a numerical study. Supported in part by NSF Grants DMS-9971051 and DMS-0243606.     

Sample path analysis of level crossings for the workload process

We examine level crossings of sample paths of queueing processes and investigate the conditions under which the limiting empirical distribution for the workload process exists and is absolutely continuous. The connection between the density of the workload distribution and the rate of downcrossings is established as a sample path result that does not depend on any stochastic assumptions. As a corollary, we obtain the sample path version of the Takács formula connecting the time and customer stationary distributions in a queue. Defective limiting empirical distributions are considered and an expression for the mass at infinity is derived.This research has been supported in part by NSF Grants ECS-8811003 and DDM-8905638.     

嵌套病例对照研究中的两步估计方法（英）

本文讨论嵌套病例对照研究中相对危险率的估计问题，引入了相对危险率的两步估计，并在一般嵌套病例对照抽样的假设下讨论了相对危险率的两步估计的相合性问题，最后给出了几个例子。     

液相色谱法测定地质样品中的芳香化合物

发展了用液相色谱法检测地质样品中芳香化合物的方法。对观察到的色谱峰进行了定性分析，了该法对油气地球化学勘探的意义。     

固体基质室温燐光法测定L-色氨酸

本文提出在Na_2 CO_3存在下,以NaI为重原子微扰剂,以滤纸为基质的L-色氨酸的室温燐光(RTP)测定法。本法不需通干燥气体,工作曲线的线性范围较宽,用于谷物试样分析,得到了满意的结果。     

X—射线荧光分析中薄膜试样的面积和厚度对分析结果的影响

本文就薄膜法制样、用X-射线荧光谱法分析稀土样品时,试样面积和厚度对分析结果产生的影响作了定量研究,提出的有关分析条件和参数用于实际样品分析中,获得了满意的分析结果。     

石墨炉原子吸收光谱法直接测定血样中硒

用石墨炉原子吸收光谱法，以硝酸铜和硝酸铵为基体改进剂，塞曼效应扣背景，采用标准加入法可直接测定血样中硒，回收率为95％～105％，相对标准偏差为5．8％，检出限为96pg，测定结果准确可靠。     

Fiber-in-Tube Solid Phase Extraction (FIT-SPE) for Miniaturized Sample Preparation Process

A typical analytical separation procedure has several important steps: sample preparation, isolation, identification, quantitation, statistical evaluation and final decision. Each step is alwayscritical to obtain correct results to fulfill the analytical purpose. In these various steps sample