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Editorial -Special issue on adaptive multimedia computing
In recent years, there is an emerging research area in multimedia computing, with the increasing number of related work in scalable video, adaptive multimedia documents, adaptive multimedia services, to name just a few. This new trend comes about partly due to the increasing use of mobile media devices where media requirements could change among users and devices and at different times of reception or presentation, and partly due to the changing network conditions, where best-effort service is the general practice. Any change in Quality of Services (QoS) could imply a change in the delivery or scheduling of media contents. To complicate the matter, user interruptions or requirement changes during the communication process could also occur; for example, a user may not be satisfied with the current media quality and decide an upgrade in real time. The status quo is that this new research paradigm is beginning to take shape while no effort has been made to draw a roadmap for it. We could see some major research work missing, for example, formal methods or modeling of adaptive multimedi
Bias correction and confidence intervals following sequential tests
An important statistical inference problem in sequential analysis is the
construction of confidence intervals following sequential tests, to which
Michael Woodroofe has made fundamental contributions. This paper reviews
Woodroofe's method and other approaches in the literature. In particular it
shows how a bias-corrected pivot originally introduced by Woodroofe can be used
as an improved root for sequential bootstrap confidence intervals.Comment: Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/074921706000000590 in the IMS
Lecture Notes--Monograph Series
(http://www.imstat.org/publications/lecnotes.htm) by the Institute of
Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org
Non-Trivial Oblique Spin Equilibria of Super-Earths in Multi-planetary Systems
Many Sun-like stars are observed to host close-in super-Earths (SEs) as part
of a multi-planetary system. In such a system, the spin of the SE evolves due
to spin-orbit resonances and tidal dissipation. In the absence of tides, the
planet's obliquity can evolve chaotically to large values. However, for
close-in SEs, tidal dissipation is significant and suppresses the chaos,
instead driving the spin into various steady states. We find that the
attracting steady states of the SE's spin are more numerous than previously
thought, due to the discovery of a new class of "mixed-mode" high-obliquity
equilibria. These new equilibria arise due to subharmonic responses of the
parametrically-driven planetary spin, an unusual phenomenon that arises in
nonlinear systems. Many SEs should therefore have significant obliquities, with
potentially large impacts on the physical conditions of their surfaces and
atmospheres.Comment: 25 pages, 18 figure
Domestic bureaucratic politics and Chinese foreign policy
One of the outstanding features of China’s domestic politics is the prominence of the bureaucracy in the policy-making process. Arguably, bureaucracy is the next major player in the policy-making process in China after the top leaders. In this article, the three following aspects of the role of bureaucracy in the Chinese foreign policy-making process are examined: (1) the structure of the bureaucracy, especially the main agencies of the bureaucracy involved in foreign policy making; (2) the respective responsibilities of these agencies and their roles in the process; and (3) inter-agency coordination including the resolution of conflict among them. It observes that while the Ministry of Foreign Affairs plays a key role in the process, other ministries and bureaucratic agencies have significant and even growing input in an increasing number of functional areas, such as trade, finance, economy, climate change, soft power and military affairs. In addition, coordination among these agencies has become a key in the policy-making process
Assessment for Effective Lecture on Knowledge Retention towards Student Learning with Web-based Educational Tools
This study assessed the effective lecture for knowledge retention towards student learning. The survey involved 42 university students (fourth year in Chemical Engineering and Sustainability Energy Department, UNIMAS) where all of them were tested before and after the class through a 10 questions quiz as assessment. From this quiz assessment, only 50% (21 students) of the students managed to answer at least 7 questions correctly before the lecture was delivered. After delivering lecture, 100% (42 students) of the students managed to answer 10 questions correctly. However, after four weeks, only 90% (38 students) of the students managed to score 10 questions correctly due to short knowledge retention
The Announcement Effect of Monetary Policy on the Corporate Bond Markets
This study investigates the impact of the central bank’s monetary policy announcements on the perceptions of yield spread in corporate bond markets under the event of extreme events. These results highlight that the coronavirus pandemic has caused a market panic in the global economy. This caused investors to withdraw their money from bond markets, which caused a liquidity crisis in bond markets. The Fed announcements caused statistically significant tightening on US and global investment grades and high-yield corporate bond spreads. The Euro investment grade and high-yield corporate bond spread narrowed when the Fed took additional actions to provide more funds and expanded the buying scope to support market liquidity. These results suggest that forward guidance that emphasizes the Fed’s monetary policy causes stronger information effects
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