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Einstein Static Universe in Exponential Gravity
We analyze the stability of the Einstein static closed and open universe in
two types of exponential gravity theories. We show that the stable
solutions exist in these two models. In particular, we find that large regions
of parameter space in equation of state for the stable universe are
allowed in the theories.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figures, published version with references update
Characterization of the Electronic Structure of Spinel Superconductor LiTi2O4 using Synchrotron X-ray Spectroscopy
On Adaptive Portfolio Management with Dynamic Black-Litterman Approach
This paper presents a novel framework for adaptive portfolio management that
combines a dynamic Black-Litterman optimization with the general factor model
and Elastic Net regression. This integrated approach allows us to
systematically generate investors' views and mitigate potential estimation
errors. Our empirical results demonstrate that this combined approach can lead
to computational advantages as well as promising trading performances.Comment: 9 pages, 6 figure
Shape restricted regression with random Bernstein polynomials
Shape restricted regressions, including isotonic regression and concave
regression as special cases, are studied using priors on Bernstein polynomials
and Markov chain Monte Carlo methods. These priors have large supports, select
only smooth functions, can easily incorporate geometric information into the
prior, and can be generated without computational difficulty. Algorithms
generating priors and posteriors are proposed, and simulation studies are
conducted to illustrate the performance of this approach. Comparisons with the
density-regression method of Dette et al. (2006) are included.Comment: Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/074921707000000157 in the IMS
Lecture Notes Monograph Series
(http://www.imstat.org/publications/lecnotes.htm) by the Institute of
Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org
TEACHING AND PROMOTION ON INQUIRYBASED INSTRUCTIONAL MODULE
The purpose of this study is to design two teaching modules that will enable science teachers to teach laboratory course for students to achieve a meaningful and useful learning. We emphasize students’ self-exploration about science. Each module can be modified for students of different grades (7-12 students) and abilities. The modules greatly enhanced the teacher's own understanding of what he/she wishes the laboratory teaching to achieve. The module contained inquiring activities with explicit teaching of the nature of science. At the same time, these activities can promote their learning motivation; let the students have a better understanding of the science concepts by doing the experiments, and to undergo an experience of learning and reflection by themselves. By observing interesting phenomena and practicing the scientific process skills repeatedly, the modules also efficiently inspired students who lack of learning motivation. This study involves the design of two experimental teaching modules dealing with concepts about animal life, plant life, foraging behavior and social behavior. The designed modules are: 1) Ecosphere experimental teaching module: including photosynthesis, respiration and burning; and 2) Animal behavior ecological observation experimental teaching module: including foraging behavior and social behavior
Profiling time course expression of virus genes---an illustration of Bayesian inference under shape restrictions
There have been several studies of the genome-wide temporal transcriptional
program of viruses, based on microarray experiments, which are generally useful
in the construction of gene regulation network. It seems that biological
interpretations in these studies are directly based on the normalized data and
some crude statistics, which provide rough estimates of limited features of the
profile and may incur biases. This paper introduces a hierarchical Bayesian
shape restricted regression method for making inference on the time course
expression of virus genes. Estimates of many salient features of the expression
profile like onset time, inflection point, maximum value, time to maximum
value, area under curve, etc. can be obtained immediately by this method.
Applying this method to a baculovirus microarray time course expression data
set, we indicate that many biological questions can be formulated
quantitatively and we are able to offer insights into the baculovirus biology.Comment: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/09-AOAS258 the Annals of
Applied Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aoas/) by the Institute of
Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org
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