Inclusive production of neutral vector mesons in hadronic Z decays

A data sample of about 3.0 million hadronicZ decays collected by the ALEPH experiment at LEP in the years 1991 through 1994 is used to make an inclusive selection of B hadron events. In this event sample 4227±140±252B* mesons in the decayB*→Bγ and 1944±108±161B** _u,d mesons decaying into a B meson and a charged pion are reconstructed. Here and in the followingB** _u,d denotes the eightL=1(bū) and (bd) states and their charge conjugate. For the well establishedB* meson the following quantities are obtained:ΔM=M _B*−M_B=(45.30±0.35±0.87) MeV/c² andN _B*/(N _B+N _B*)=(77.1±2.6±7.0)%. The angular distribution of the photons in theB* rest frame is used to measure the relative contribution of longitudinalB* polarization states to beσ _L/(σ _L+σ _T)=(33±6±5)%.     

Erratum: Synthesis and characterization of diorganotin(IV) complexes of Schiff bases with ONO‐type donors and crystal structure of [N‐(2‐hydroxy‐4‐nitrophenyl)‐3‐ethoxysalicylideneiminato]diphenyltin(IV)

The article referenced above was first published online on 30 August 2007 with incorrect pagination; the pagination has now been corrected online and in print. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Improved search for $B_{s}^{0} - \overline{B}_{s}^{0}$ oscillations

An improved search for B _s ⁰ oscillations is performed in the ALEPH data sample collected during the first phase of LEP, and reprocessed in 1998. Three analyses based on complementary event selections are presented. First, decays of B _s ⁰ mesons into hadronic flavour eigenstates are fully reconstructed. This selection yields a small sample of candidates with excellent decay length and momentum resolution and hi gh average B _s ⁰ purity. Semileptonic decays with a reconstructed D _s ^- meson provide a second sample with larger statistics, high average B _s ⁰ purity, but a poorer momentum and decay length resolution due to the partial decay reconstruction. Finally, semileptonic b-hadron decays are inclusively selected and yield the data sample with the highest sensitivity to B _s ⁰ oscillations, as the much higher statistics compensate for the low average B _s ⁰ purity and poorer time resolution. A lower limit is set atps^-1 at 95% C.L., significantly lower than the expected limit of 15.2 ps^-1. Received: 21 February 2003 / Published online: 11 June 2003     

Portfolio optimization in stochastic markets

We consider a multiperiod mean-variance model where the model parameters change according to a stochastic market. The mean vector and covariance matrix of the random returns of risky assets all depend on the state of the market during any period where the market process is assumed to follow a Markov chain. Dynamic programming is used to solve an auxiliary problem which, in turn, gives the efficient frontier of the mean-variance formulation. An explicit expression is obtained for the efficient frontier and an illustrative example is given to demonstrate the application of the procedure.     

Asymptotic discrimination between renewal processes

Limit theorems for the logarithm of the likelihood ratio are proven. With their help the rate of decrease in the probability of errors of the second kind in the Neumann-Pierson criterion is established.Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 44, No. 10, pp. 1382–1388, October, 1992.     

Algorithms for non-linear huber estimation

The Huber criterion for data fitting is a combination of thel ₁ and thel ₂ criteria which is robust in the sense that the influence of wild data points can be reduced. We present a trust region and a Marquardt algorithm for Huber estimation in the case where the functions used in the fit are non-linear. It is demonstrated that the algorithms converge under the usual conditions.     

海螵蛸入药部分和废弃部分8种无机元素分析

为合理开发利用海螵蛸 ,用原子吸收分光光度法测定了海螵蛸中入药部分和废弃部分中8种人体必需无机元素含量。结果表明 ,入药部分和废弃部分中钙含量丰富 ,分别达到 742 1 3× 1 0 - 3和 65 9 76× 1 0 - 3。入药部分铜、铁含量较废弃部分高 ,分别为 9 41× 1 0 - 6 、 91 86× 1 0 - 6 和2 3 5× 1 0 - 6 、 2 5 7× 1 0 - 6 。废弃部分含锌丰富 ,为 3 5 3 62× 1 0 - 6 ,数倍于入药部分 64 65× 1 0 - 6 。可见海螵蛸入药部分和废弃部分均具有良好的开发前景     

血清硒浓度与口腔鳞癌相关性研究

分析了１９９４￣１９９５年在浙江医科大学附属第一医院门诊的口腔鳞癌患者的血清的硒浓度，结果表明口腔鳞癌患者血清硒浓度极显著低于正常人群，而手术后患者血清硒浓度又极显著高于手术前患者。