Local polynomial smoothers recently received much attention in the literature, owing to their optimality properties (Fan, 1993). However, Seifert and Gasser (1996a; 1996b) showed that in finite samples these smoothers may suffer problems arising from data sparseness. To overcome this problem they suggest a modification based on ridge regression ideas. In this paper we shall describe another app...

Despite negative perspectives on their consequences, gated communities continue to spread in cities due to structural reasons such as globalization and economic neo-liberalism. Hence, there is a need to seek for a way of achieving a balance and make these communities livable. Due to agreement with economic market perspectives, livability principles might offer a solution for mediating the socia...

Mountain marathons are 2-d, self-supported adventure races, during which competitors must carry all nutritional requirements to sustain athletic effort. This requires a compromise between the energy required to perform and the weight penalty of carrying it. We have undertaken a nutritional survey of event competitors in the UK using a questionnaire-based approach and have monitored dehydration ...

In this paper, I would like to review the economic activities of China and Korea based on their respective strategies discuss future Japan, in Visegrád countries.. is expected increase its investment strengthen ties with countries. view Japanese government’s cooperative posture U.S., some private companies have begun restructure supply chains, countries are likely be attractive them as importan...

Female chimpanzees exhibit exceptionally slow rates of reproduction and raise their offspring without direct paternal care. Therefore, their reproductive success depends critically on long-term access to high-quality food resources over a long lifespan. Chimpanzee communities contain multiple adult males, multiple adult females and their offspring. Because males are philopatric and jointly defe...