基于自热修正的SOI NMOSFETs热载流子注入效应寿命预测方法

自热效应SHE（self-heating effect）是SOI MOSFETs可靠性研究的关键问题之一.在热载流子注入HCI（hot carrier injection）应力下会导致自热效应加剧,低估器件工作寿命,使得寿命预测不准.本文提出了一种基于直流HCI应力下的0.18μmPD-SOINMOSFETs可靠性寿命预测方法.通过栅电阻法提取沟道中因自热效应产生的温度,采用自热修正后的衬底电流/漏电流比率模型预测PD-SOI NMOSFETs在正常工作电压下的寿命值,预测结果与未消除自热影响预测出的寿命值存在较大差异,说明自热修正在寿命预测中不可忽略,否则会低估器件的工作寿命.     

Ex-post and ex-ante prediction of unobserved economic time series: a case study

In several countries, some macro-economic variables are not observed frequently (e.g. quarterly) and economic authorities need estimates of these high-frequency figures to make econometric analyses or to follow closely the country's economic growth. Two problems are involved in this context. The first is to make these estimates after observing low-frequency values and some related indicators, and the second is to obtain predictions using just the observed indicators, i.e. before observing a new low-frequency figure. This paper gives a new optimal solution to the first problem, and solves the second using a recursive optimal approach. In the second situation, additionally, statistical tests are developed for detecting structural changes at current periods in the macro-economic variable involved. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On estimation and prediction procedures for ar(1) models with power transformation

The power transformation of Box and Cox (1964) has been shown to be quite useful in short-term forecasting for the linear regression model with AR(1) dependence structure (see, for example, Lee and Lu, 1987, 1989). It is crucial to have good estimates of the power transformation and serial. correlation parameters, because they form the basis for estimating other parameters and predicting future observations. The prediction of future observations is the main focus of this paper. We propose to estimate these two parameters by minimizing the mean squared prediction errors. These estimates and the corresponding predictions compare favourably, via revs and simulated data, with those obtained by the maximum likelihood method. Similar results are also demonstrated in the repeated measurements setting.     

上市公司期权激励公告的市场反应研究

在回顾期权激励相关研究的基础上,利用事件研究法对《上市公司股权激励管理办法》实施以来我国上市公司期权激励公告的市场反应进行了研究,并检验了不同市场对期权激励公告的反应是否相同.研究表明,市场对期权激励公告持积极态度,公告公司股票能获得比非公告公司股票更高的累积超额收益,且不同市场股票的CAR没有差异.     

Case study research in the social sciences

In this paper, we offer an introduction to case study research in the social sciences. We begin with a discussion of the definition of case study research. Next, we point to various purposes that case study research may serve in the social sciences and then turn to outline the main philosophical issues raised by case study research. Finally, we briefly present the papers in this special issue.     

Earthquake prediction,biological clocks,and the cold war psy-ops: Using animals as seismic sensors in the 1970s California

A familiar story of seismology is that of a small field originally focused on local studies of earthquakes through diverse disciplinary perspectives being transformed, in the second half of the twentieth century, into a highly specialized field focused on global studies of the earth's deep interior via sophisticated instruments and transnational networks of seismological stations. Against this backdrop, this essay offers a complementing account, highlighting the significance of local circumstances and disciplinary agendas that were contingent not only on transformations in the geophysical sciences but also on the concurrently changing biological sciences during the Cold War. Using examples of the studies of unusual animal behavior prior to earthquakes conducted under the auspices of the US Geological Survey on the West Coast of the United States in the 1970s, this essay examines a variety of motivations behind the attempts to bridge geophysics and biology. These examples illustrate the ways in which earthquake prediction became entangled with concerns over the use of seismological data, pioneering research on biological rhythms, and the troubled field of Cold War-driven military brain studies.