Demand variability and incentives in inventory-based contracts

We present some results on the impact of demand variability on stocking policies and incentives to forecast, in the context of single period inventory-based contracts in a manufacturer-retailer channel.     

参麦注射液对糖尿病合并心力衰竭患者的疗效及心率变异率的影响

目的观察参麦注射液辅助治疗糖尿病合并心力衰竭的疗效,并观察其对患者心率变异率的影响。方法选取糖尿病心衰患者101例,随机分成2组。对照组50例予常规降糖、强心、利尿、扩血管治疗；治疗组51例在对照组治疗基础上加参麦注射液40～60ml于5%葡萄糖250ml中静滴,1次/d,14d为1疗程。观察两组总有效率及心率变异率的影响。结果两组总有效率分别为88.2%和68%,治疗组疗效优于对照组(P＜0.05),参麦治疗组心率变异率明显升高。结论参麦注射液辅助治疗糖尿病合并心衰疗效显著,能改善心率变异率,无明显不良反应。     

Intensity range as a function of task and training

This study examined intensity range as a function of elicitation task (reading and automatic speech sequences), musical training, and the interaction between task and musical training in 31 college students. The results indicated significant differences in loudness range by experiental task. Intensity range for the descending automatic sequence was significantly greater than that for the ascending and reading tasks. While the overall effect of musical training was nonsignificant, there was a significant interaction between task and training, with musicians having a significantly greater mean range on the ascending task. A comparison between ascending and descending tasks indicated a significant mean difference between lower limits and no significant mean difference between upper limits. The range for the reading probe was located approximately in the middle of the total available intensity range.     

Intra- and intersubject variability in acoustic measures of normal voice

Twenty-four normal adult women read part of the Rainbow Passage and sustained vowels three trials each. Utterances were assessed for selected parameters measured by Visi-Pitch (average and SD of fundamental frequency (F₀), average and SD of dBA, perturbation, and percent voiced/unvoiced/pause). Assessment of each parameter included measures of central tendency, dispersion, and distribution characteristics (skewness and kurtosis) of the data and of the ranges of values that would include 95% of the scores (95% fiduciary limits). Generally, differences for the group between the three trials were not significant. Intersubject variability for only a few parameters was less than 20% of the parameter's mean. For vowels, variability of jitter was 30–48% of the mean. Eight subjects provided performances 2 months later to obtain an estimate of intrasubject variability over time. There were desirable intrasubject correlations between performances for mean F₀, jitter in reading and on vowels /i/ and /a/, and percent of voicing. Inter- and intrasubject variability seems restricted and the data appear to resemble a normally distributed function for mean F₀ on reading, jitter on /i/, and percent of voicing. Thus, these parameters may have statistical merit for use in vocal testing.     

3C454．3红外波段光变特性分析

从SMARTS数据库中,收集了3C454．3的红外J波段和K波段的光变数据,并运用结构函数法和离散相关函数方法对其光变曲线进行分析,发现3C454．3在J波段和K波段可能存在192d的周期性光变,该周期很可能是由双黑洞系统中轨道驱动的螺旋喷流引起的。还发现3C454．3在红外J波段和K波段的辐射变化具有显著的相关性。     

Region of variability of two subclasses of univalent functions

Let F₁ (F₂ respectively) denote the class of analytic functions f in the unit disk |z|<1 with f(0)=0=f^′(0)−1 satisfying the condition RePf(z)<3/2 (RePf(z)>−1/2 respectively) in |z|<1, where Pf(z)=1+zf^″(z)/f^′(z). For any fixed z₀ in the unit disk and λ∈[0,1), we shall determine the region of variability for logf^′(z₀) when f ranges over the class and , respectively.     

冠心病心率变异性分析及其临床意义

探讨各类冠心病患者的心率变异性及其对预后的意义。为病情的诊断和临床治疗提供理论依据。     

BL Lac天体的光学谱指数变化研究

从公开发表的文献中收集到8个BL Lac天体的U、B、V、RI、波段的大量观测数据,研究了天体的光学谱指数的变化规律。我们的研究结果表明BL Lac天体的光学谱指数具有变化的特征:当BLLac天体S5 0716+714和OJ287变亮时光学谱变陡,而当BL Lac天体3C66A、H 0323+022、PKS 0422+004、PKS 0735+178、BL Lac和ON231变亮时光学谱变平。并对得到的结果作了简要的分析和讨论。     

Analytical and numerical solutions of the expected number of occurrences for combinations of event sequences due to variability

This paper investigates variability in the occurrence of different event sequences on an annual basis during the operation of a proposed nuclear facility. During the operational period of a nuclear facility, the annual radiological dose received by workers or members of the public depends on the number of event sequence occurrences. Based on the facility design, some combinations of event sequences will be expected to occur at least once during the operational period, and some combinations will not. This paper provides analytical solutions for calculating the expected number of combinations of independent event sequences. These analytical solutions agree with numerical solutions for an example problem. Although uncertainties can be incorporated into the method, only point-estimate parameter values are used in the example problem presented. The main objectives of this paper are to present calculational approaches to (i) identify which combinations of event sequences within the same year are expected to occur at least once during the operational life of a proposed facility and (ii) determine the annual doses from those identified combinations. Facility performance based on some proposed design is evaluated against the operational dose limits. Because the operational dose limits tend to be annual quantities that may not be exceeded in any year of operation, calculation of the doses resulting from combinations of event sequences that are expected to occur at least once can provide insight on the maximum annual dose expected during the operation of a proposed facility.