Licence de brevet et partage du risque: Résultats de simulation

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Morphological and chemical characterization of weathering products on buried Sasanian glass from central Iraq

This paper discusses the morphological and chemical features of the weathering products on Sasanian glass finds excavated at the ancient Sasanian town of Veh Arda?īr, some 30 km south of Baghdad (Iraq), and dated from the third to the sixth century. All the considered fragments represent soda-lime glass, with MgO contents between 3% and 8%, resulting from the use of soda-rich plant ash as a flux; within this general frame, two productions can be distinguished due to their MgO to K₂O ratio. Four main alteration typologies were observed by visual examination of the excavated samples; these were studied by scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray analysis, inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry, X-ray diffraction and thermal analysis. Different alteration features were generally observed for samples belonging to the two compositional groups. In particular, samples with higher MgO to K₂O ratios show definitely thinner crusts, associated with alteration plugs going down into the glass. Moreover, gray or black crusts are related to the presence of manganese at significant levels in the original glass.     

Stochastic production frontiers and panel data: A latent variable framework

This paper deals with the issue of estimating production frontier and measuring efficiency from a panel data set. First, it proposes an alternate method for the estimation of a production frontier on a short panel data set. The method is based on the so-called mean-and-covariance structure analysis which is closely related to the generalized method of moments. One advantage of the method is that it allows us to investigate the presence of correlations between individual effects and exogenous variables without the requirement of some available instruments uncorrelated with the individual effects as in instrumental variable estimation. Another advantage is that the method is well suited to a panel data set with a short number of periods. Second, the paper considers the question of recovering individual efficiency levels from the estimates obtained from the mean-and-covariance structure analysis. Since individual effects are here viewed as latent variables, they can be estimated as factor scores, i.e., weighted sums of the observed variables. We illustrate the proposed methods with the estimation of a stochastic production frontier on a short panel data of French fruit growers.     

Telecommunications Demand and Pricing Structure: An Econometric Analysis

The main objective of this paper is to analyse residential demand by traffic destination, using a translogarithmic indirect utility function. We focus on five traffic directions, in order to construct a model adapted to evaluate the characteristics of telecommunications demand in a competitive market. The resulting price elasticities express high reactivity to own price changes for the main traffic directions, as well as little interactions between the different types of traffic. Moreover, the high values of income elasticities confirm the importance of income effects when analysing residential telecommunications demand. This model shows useful for welfare analysis. The computation of customers' income equivalent variation shows, on average, a higher willingness to pay for some traffic directions than the bill actually paid. Finally, we show that the optimal prices for the operator, in a cost minimisation point of view, are higher than the observed prices for local and national traffic directions. This emphasises the existence of important cross-subsidies among the different segments of customers.     

Crystal structure of magnesioferrikatophorite

The crystal structure of the Na,Ca-amphibole magnesioferrikatophorite found in carbonatites from the Turiy Cape (Kola Peninsula) was refined (Siemens P4 diffractometer, λMoK _α radiation, 1481 independent reflections with |F|>4σ(F), anisotropic refinement, R(F) = 0.039). The parameters of the monoclinic unit cell are a = 9.875(5) Å, b = 18.010(8) Å, c = 5.309(3) Å, β = 104.39(5)°, sp. gr. C2/m, Z = 2. The distribution of the cations over the crystallographically nonequivalent M(1–4)-positions was revealed by Mössbauer spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis. The character of splitting of the A-position correlates with the characteristic features of the magnesioferrikatophorite composition. The resulting structural formula (Na_0.87K_0.13)_{Σ = 1} · (Na_1.18Ca_0.82)_{Σ = 2}(Mg_1.41Fe _0.42 ³⁺ Ti _0.17 ⁴⁺ )_{Σ= 2} Fe _1.31 ³⁺ Mg_0.69)_{Σ = 2}(Mg_0.60Fe _0.38 ²⁺ Mn_0.02)_{Σ = 1}(Si_3.16Al_0.84)_{Σ = 4} · Si₄O₂₂(O_1.05OH_0.66F_0.29)_{Σ= 2} agrees well with the electron microprobe analysis data. Based on the zonal character of the crystal and high Fe ³⁺ content, the conditions of crystallogenesis are defined as oxidative against the background of a decrease in the Na potential in the course of the evolution of a mineral-forming system.     

The Significance of Metal Coordination in Imidazole-Functionalized Metal–Organic Frameworks for Carbon Dioxide Utilization

The grafting of imidazole species onto coordinatively unsaturated sites within metal–organic framework MIL-101(Cr) enables enhanced CO₂ capture in close proximity to catalytic sites. The subsequent combination of CO₂ and epoxide binding sites, as shown through theoretical findings, significantly improves the rate of cyclic carbonate formation, producing a highly active CO₂ utilization catalyst. An array of spectroscopic investigations, in combination with theoretical calculations reveal the nature of the active sites and associated catalytic mechanism which validates the careful design of the hybrid MIL-101(Cr).