This dissertation contains two projects that are related to varying coefficient models. The traditional least squares based kernel estimates of the varying coefficient model will lose some efficiency when the error distribution is not normal. In the first project, we propose a novel adaptive estimation method that can adapt to different error distributions and provide an efficient EM algorithm ...

We study the interplay between correlation in stochastic project networks and project completion time. Suppose the activity durations have arbitrary marginal distributions and a Gaussian copula. The impact of an increase in correlation between parallel activities is a stochastic decrease in project duration regardless of network topology, whereas the impact of an increase in correlation between...

The International Linear Collider (ILC) is expected to begin a new era of discovery in elementary particles and high energy physics. To make this new advanced accelerator a reality, many critical R&D needs must be addressed. One of them is the in-depth understanding, and control, of the dynamics of the flat beam that the ILC damping rings are designed to produce. This advanced accelerator will ...

tional psychodynamic thinkers, Bowlby (1969) emphasized the importance of actual experience in shaping personality. According to Bowlby, the organization of secure base behavior arises from an interaction between biases in human infants' learning abilities and an environment that provides organized secure base support. Rather than programming into the genome all the information necessary for or...

The congruence between two configurations of points quantifies their similarity. The configurations to be compared are, in general, produced by factor analytic methods which decompose an “observations by variables” data matrix and produce one set of factor scores for the observations and one set of factor scores (i.e., the “loadings”) for the variables. The congruence between two sets of factor...

Acknowledgements The work presented in this report was performed as part of the California PATH Program of the University of California under project TO5320, in cooperation with the State of California contents of this report reflect the views of the authors who are responsible for the facts and the accuracy of the data presented herein. The contents do not necessarily reflect the official view...

Abstract ASTAROTH is a novel R&D project which aims at improving the physics reach of future direct dark matter detection experiments based on NaI(Tl) scintillating crystals. There strong need to test long standing DAMA positive observation an annual modulation that could be due Dark Matter (DM), with same target material and in model independent way. aim enhancement sensitivity signal, com...

introduction: the aim of this study was to examine the relationship between body dysmorphic concern psychological disorders and among university students. methods: 263 university students were selected through simple sampling. scl- 90- r and body image concern inventory were used to collect data. reliability coefficient of scl- 90-r was 0.88 and body image concern inventory was 0.95. result: th...

Economic growth in developing countries has resulted in increasing demand for infrastructure projects like power plants. To meet these development needs, the government of Iran has engaged companies to carry out power plant projects. While many papers have been written on the subject of project risk management, little information exists on the actual use of risk management in practice. The prim...