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Amplification of large-scale magnetic field in nonhelical magnetohydrodynamics
It is typically assumed that the kinetic and magnetic helicities play a
crucial role in the growth of large-scale dynamo. In this paper we demonstrate
that helicity is not essential for the amplification of large-scale magnetic
field. For this purpose, we perform nonhelical magnetohydrodynamic (MHD)
simulation, and show that the large-scale magnetic field can grow in nonhelical
MHD when random external forcing is employed at scale the box size. The
energy fluxes and shell-to-shell transfer rates computed using the numerical
data show that the large-scale magnetic energy grows due to the energy
transfers from the velocity field at the forcing scales.Comment: 8 pages, 13 figure
Estimation of a Two-component Mixture Model with Applications to Multiple Testing
We consider a two-component mixture model with one known component. We
develop methods for estimating the mixing proportion and the unknown
distribution nonparametrically, given i.i.d.~data from the mixture model, using
ideas from shape restricted function estimation. We establish the consistency
of our estimators. We find the rate of convergence and asymptotic limit of the
estimator for the mixing proportion. Completely automated distribution-free
honest finite sample lower confidence bounds are developed for the mixing
proportion. Connection to the problem of multiple testing is discussed. The
identifiability of the model, and the estimation of the density of the unknown
distribution are also addressed. We compare the proposed estimators, which are
easily implementable, with some of the existing procedures through simulation
studies and analyse two data sets, one arising from an application in astronomy
and the other from a microarray experiment.Comment: 42 pages, 8 figures, 6 table
Generic Medicines: Assessment Of The Knowledge And Perceptions Of Medical Specialists And General Practitioners In Malaysia
Dalam tahun-tahun kebelakangan ini, perbelanjaan farmaseutikal telah berkembang
lebih cepat berbanding komponen lain yang berkaitan perbelanjaan penjagaan
kesihatan. Secara global, tekanan untuk menguruskan perbelanjaan farmaseutikal
telah membolehkan kerajaan dan organisasi kesihatan bukan kerajaan untuk
menggalakkan penggunaan ubat-ubatan generik. Pada tahun 2012, perbelanjaan outof-poket (OOP) Malaysia terhadap penjagaan kesihatan adalah 79% daripada
perbelanjaan sektor swasta dan ia adalah dua kali ganda tinggi bagi negara-negara
berpendapatan tinggi out-of-poket pembayaran (OOPPs), yang purata 37% daripada
perbelanjaan sektor swasta.
In recent years, pharmaceutical expenditure has grown faster than many of the other
components of healthcare spending. Globally, pressure to manage pharmaceutical
spending has led governments and non-governmental health organizations to
promote the use of generic drugs. In 2012, Malaysia’s out-of-pocket (OOP)
expenditure on healthcare was 79% of private sector spending and it was twice the
high income countries out-of-pocket payments (OOPPs), which average at 37% of
private sector expenses. To bring down the OOPPs and reduce financial burden on
patients in private healthcare sector, it is highly recommended to promote the use of
generics
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