This paper studies a class of exponential family models whose canonical parameters are specified as linear functionals of an unknown infinitedimensional slope function. The optimal minimax rates of convergence for slope function estimation are established. The estimators that achieve the optimal rates are constructed by constrained maximum likelihood estimation with parameters whose dimension g...

Generalized hydrostatic and geostrophic equations can be derived from the equations in the terrain-following framework. The generalized hydrostatic equation permits some non-hydrostatic motions (as obtained from a Cartesian framework) to remain when a non-zero slope exists. Correspondingly, the generalized geostrophic wind permits a horizontal divergent component (in addition to divergence caus...

ARTICLE TEXT SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL REFERENCES ABSTRACT We report measurements of electrical resistivity under pressure to 5.8 GPa, magnetization to 6.7 GPa, and ac susceptibility to 7.1 GPa in KFe2As2. The previously reported change of slope in the pressure dependence of the superconducting transition temperature Tc(p) at a pressure p∗∼1.8 GPa is confirmed, and Tc(p) is found to be nearly const...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The role of DCE-MR imaging in the study of bone marrow perfusion is only partially developed, though potential applications for routine use in the clinical setting are beginning to be described. We hypothesize that DCE-MR imaging can be used to discriminate between hypervascular and hypovascular metastases based on measured perfusion variables. MATERIALS AND METHODS We ...

The response of terrestrial ecosystems to climate warming has important implications to potential feedbacks to climate. The interactions between topography, climate, and disturbance could alter recruitment patterns to reduce or offset current predicted positive feedbacks to warming at high latitudes. In northern Alaska the Brooks Range poses a complex environmental and ecological barrier to spe...

BACKGROUND Intraoperative evaluation of successful pancreatic tumor ablation using irreversible electroporation (IRE) is difficult secondary to lack of visual confirmation. The IRE generator provides feedback by reporting current (amperage), which can be used to calculate changes in tumor tissue resistance. The purpose of the study was to determine if resistance can be used to predict successfu...

Three indexes developed originally to assess left ventricular contractile performance were applied instead to the right ventricle (RV) in 11 conscious dogs: the relation between stroke work and end-diastolic volume (EDV), termed the preload recruitable stroke work (PRSW) relation; the end-systolic pressurevolume (ESPV) relation; and the maximum dP/dt (dP/dtm )-EDV relation. The reproducibility,...

We present experimental results on continuously supplied and well developed gravity currents moving from horizontal to concave or constant-slope boundaries. Results show that the gravity current velocity is in continuous spatial development and approaches an equilibrium state velocity only when the slope change is small. Following closely the theory of Turner (1973) we derive a general equation...

tba Peter Fankhauser (Institut für Deutsche Sprache, Mannheim), Visual correlation for exploring paradigmatic language change Abstract: Paradigmatic language change occurs when paradigmatically related words with similar usage context rise or fall together. We introduce an approach to explore such paradigmatic change in diachronic corpora by visually correlating two factors: Frequency change an...