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Fully modified least squares cointegrating parameter estimation in multicointegrated systems
No full textMulticointegration is traditionally defined as a particular long run relationship among variables in a parametric vector autoregressive model that introduces additional cointegrating links between these variables and partial sums of the equilibrium errors. This paper departs from the parametric model, using a semiparametric formulation that reveals the explicit role that singularity of the long run conditional covariance matrix plays in determining multicointegration. The semiparametric framework has the advantage that short run dynamics do not need to be modeled and estimation by standard techniques such as fully modified least squares (FM-OLS) on the original I1 system is straightforward. The paper derives FM-OLS limit theory in the multicointegrated setting, showing how faster rates of convergence are achieved in the direction of singularity and that the limit distribution depends on the distribution of the conditional one-sided long run covariance estimator used in FM-OLS estimation. Wald tests of restrictions on the regression coefficients have nonstandard limit theory which depends on nuisance parameters in general. The usual tests are shown to be conservative when the restrictions are isolated to the directions of singularity and, under certain conditions, are invariant to singularity otherwise. Simulations show that approximations derived in the paper work well in finite samples. The findings are illustrated empirically in an analysis of fiscal sustainability of the US government over the post-war period.</p
Electron impact ionization of small molecules at intermediate energies: the molecular R-matrix with pseudostates method
No full textA procedure for the ab initio study of electron–molecule collisions at intermediate energies is presented in detail. The molecular R-matrix with pseudostates method is based on the inclusion of discretized continuum states in the close-coupling expansion. This method allows, for the first time, the calculation of totally ab initio cross sections for electron impact ionization of molecules as well as for electronic excitation above the first ionization threshold. The method is general and can be applied to multielectron targets. Results for collisions with H+3 and H2 are presented. Numerical considerations necessary for performing a successful calculation are detailed
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Photoionization experiments with the ultrafast EUV laser 'FLASH' - free electron laser in Hamburg
No full textThe advent of mirror-less Free Electron Lasers emitting polarised and coherent 'laser-like' beams of high peak (> 1GW) and average (up to 100mW) powers in the extreme-UV (EUV) and X-ray bands of the electromagnetic spectrum heralds a new era in the study of the photoelectric effect. The unprecedented photon flux (~1013 photons per pulse) opens up to scrutiny processes with cross sections considered hitherto unfeasibly small to probe with conventional EUV sources such as synchrotrons and laser plasmas. The peak intensity of the focussed pulse train (<1013 W/cm2), combined with the high photon energy, ports non-linear optics and spectroscopy into a regime where inner shell electrons can become the predominant mediator of the photon matter interaction. Few photon, few electron photoionization processes are made amenable to study for the first time and the wavelength tunability of the FEL permits resonances to come into play. In combination with ultrafast optical lasers, pump-probe experiments on atoms and molecules where both fields are of comparable high intensity but orders of magnitude different in photon energy become possible. In mid 2005 the 2nd phase of the Free Electron Laser project at DESY, Hamburg (FLASH) opened to users. In what follows I will attempt to illustrate at least some of the impressive progress that has been made by very brief descriptions of just a few of the pathfinder experiments that the growing Atomic and Molecular physics community at FLASH has undertaken in the intervening two years
Square Dancing with the Stars to Enhance Dynamic Hirschman Linkages?
No full textIn this Presidential Address, the author takes the reader on a reconnaissance of his life and time as a regional scientist. He points out scenery he found scintillating along the way, hoping that some may pick up the banner and chew on a few of the ideas for a while. He suggests a revisit to Albert O. Hirschman’s notion of key sectors and more empirical analysis related to Marcus Berliant’s and Masahisa Fujita’s notion of knowledge creation and transfer.Presidential Address, San Antonio, Texas, March 29, 2014 (53rd Meetings of the Southern Regional Science Association
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
No full textWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Letter from unknown writer to Jesse L. Boyce
No full textLetter to Jesse L. Boyce from unknown author (possibly Jack) about the investigation into the powder magazine located in the Grand Canyon. Some personal news is included in the letter such as the writer's marriage to the daughter of C.A. Taylor, former Supervisor of Cochise County
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Double photoionization of He at 80 eV excess energy in the equal-energy-sharing condition RID C-9131-2009 RID G-7348-2011
No full textThe high flux of the gas-phase beamline at the Elettra storage ring, Trieste (Italy), and the efficiency of a multicoincidence end station have been combined to measure the triple-differential cross section (TDCS) for the double photoionization (DPI) of He at excess energies E=20 and 80 eV. The TDCS has been measured in the equal-energy-sharing kinematics, in which the kinetic energies of the two photoelectrons are equal (E 1 = E-2 = E/2). The experiments are compared with the predictions of a many-body Coulomb wave method and a convergent close-coupling calculation. The symmetrized gerade amplitudes of the He (DPI) extracted by the experiments as well as by the two calculations have been fitted by a Gaussian function. The results support the validity of the parametrization of the gerade amplitude via only one parameter, the full width at half maximum theta(1/2), of the Gaussian function, up to 80 eV above threshold
Sarah L. Blum Author Visit - Warrior Nurse: PTSD and Healing
No full textHear Sarah L. Blum, author of Women Under Fire: Abuse in the Military, discuss her newest book, Warrior Nurse: PTSD and Healing followed by a Q&A and book signing.
Sarah L. Blum is a decorated Vietnam veteran who served as an operating room nurse during the intense fighting of 1967. In recognition of her service, she was awarded the Army Commendation Medal.
Sponsored by CWU Veterans Center and CWU Libraries.https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/libraryevents/1252/thumbnail.jp
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