The electrocaloric (EC) effect, i.e., the reversible temperature change due to adiabatic variations of electric field, is great interest its potential technological applications in refrigeration. Based on entropy arguments, we present a new framework attain giant EC effects. Our findings are fourfold: (i) employ recently-proposed Grüneisen parameter ΓE quantify effect and discuss advantages ove...

agar is a gelling biopolymer that can be extracted from cell wall of some red algae. in this present, response surface methodology was used to investigate the procedure of agar melting point and gelling temperature from cultural algae of gracilariopsis persica. independent variables, alkalinity concentration (2, 3.2, 5, 6.8, -8%), extraction temperature (90, 96, 105, 114, 120°c) and extraction ...

JEL classification: C14 C23 AMS subject classifications: 62G08 62G20 62P20 Keywords: Varying coefficient models Fixed effects Panel data Local linear regression Oracle efficient estimator Within estimator Profile least squares estimator a b s t r a c t In this paper, we consider the nonparametric estimation of a varying coefficient fixed effect panel data model. The estimator is based in a with...

Title of dissertation: ASYMPTOTIC NORMALITY IN GENERALIZED LINEAR MIXED MODELS Min Min Doctor of Philosophy, 2007 Dissertation directed by: Professor Paul J. Smith Statistics Program Department of Mathematics Generalized Linear Mixed Models (GLMMs) extend the framework of Generalized Linear Models (GLMs) by including random effects into the linear predictor. This will achieve two main goals of ...

New concepts in the manipulation of time in video editing are presented, enabling some unique visual effects. These effects include (i) slowing down (or postponing) some dynamic events while speeding up (or advancing) others. (ii) Creating dynamic panoramic images of dynamic scenes. (iii) Generating new views of a scene without a 3D model. (iv) Creating panoramic stereo images. Time manipulatio...