Which survey indicators are useful for monitoring consumption? Evidence from European countries

This paper assesses the information content of two survey indicators for consumption developments in the near future for eight European countries in the period 1985–1998. Empirical work on this topic typically focuses on consumer confidence, the perceptions of buyers of consumption goods. This paper examines whether perceptions of sellers of consumption goods, measured by retail trade surveys, may also improve short‐term monitoring of consumption. We find that both consumer confidence and retailer confidence embody valuable information, when analysed in isolation. For France, Italy and Spain we conclude that adding retail confidence does not improve the indicator model once consumer confidence has been included. For the UK the reverse case is obtained. For the remaining four countries we show that combining consumer sentiment and retail trade confidence into a composite indicator leads to optimal results. Our results suggest that incorporating information from retail trade surveys may offer significant benefits for the analysis of short‐term prospects of consumption. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

关于《数学实验》课考试的思考

通过对《数学实验》课程考试内容、方式,以及考试环境的分析,研究了实验课考试面临的一系列问题。结合实验课程的特点,强调重视考试反馈信息,对试卷分析报告提出了一种实用的写作框架。     

舰载超视距雷达背景杂波统计特性分析

海杂波的统计特性对于岸基与舰载表面波雷达目标检测算法的设计非常重要。岸基雷达测试下海杂波的统计特性已有论述 ,主要阐述舰载雷达情形下背景海杂波的理论与数学统计模型 ,并提出了海杂波序列的参数自回归模型 ,对海杂波的重要统计参数如相关性进行了统计分析 ,最后得出了舰载雷达情形下一阶与二阶海回波皆为正态分布的结论 ,为在舰载雷达情形下进行信号检测奠定了理论基础。     

Timed bromocriptine administration reduces body fat stores in obese subjects and hyperglycemia in type II diabetics.

Obese postmenopausal female volunteers were given timed daily oral dosages of bromocriptine, and tested for reduction of body fat stores. This dopamine agonist has been shown to reset circadian rhythms that are altered in obese animals and to reduce body fat levels in several animal models. The participants were instructed not to alter their existing exercise and eating behavior during treatment. Skinfold measurements were taken on 33 subjects as indices of body fat. The measurements (e.g., suprailiac) were reduced after six weeks by about 25%, which represents a reduction of 11.7% of the total body fat. These dramatic decreases in body fat, which are equivalent to that produced by severe caloric restriction, were accompanied by more modest reductions of body weight (2.5%), indicating a possible conservation of protein that is usually lost as a consequence of such caloric restriction. The effects of bromocriptine treatment on body fat and hyperglycemia were also examined in non-insulin dependent diabetics being treated with oral hypoglycemics (7 subjects) or insulin (7 subjects). Total body fat was reduced by 10.7% and 5.1% in diabetics on oral hypoglycemics and insulin, respectively, without any significant reductions in body weight. Hyperglycemia was reduced in most of the 15 diabetic subjects treated leading to euglycemia and even cessation of hypoglycemic drugs in 3 of the 7 subjects during 4-8 weeks of bromocriptine treatment. These findings support the hypothesis that obesity and type II diabetes may be treated effectively with bromocriptine when administered at the proper times and dosages.     

矿区最优投资分配动态规划模型研究

应用动态规划的理论,针对矿区建设的特点,以投资呆滞损失和欠产损失为主优化目标,以初期投资少为次优化目标,建立了矿区建设投资最优分配的多阶段动态规划投资模型,并给出了模型的解法.最后以我国某矿区为实例,应用模型进行求解,得出了满意结果.     

线性驱动下一级相变的重正化群理论

把重正化群理论应用于一受外场驱动而发生一级相变的系统中，结果表明，与有序化过程一样，该系统也由零温不动点所决定，并得到磁化强度及结构函数的新的动力学标度关系．由此可获得滞后回约面积与变场速率的标度关系．     

Short alanine-based peptides may form 3(10)-helices and not alpha-helices in aqueous solution.

Short alanine peptides, containing 16 or 17 residues, appear to form alpha-helices in aqueous solution. But the main spectroscopic analyses used on helical peptides (circular dichroism and nuclear magnetic resonance) cannot distinguish between an alpha-helix (in which the ith residue is hydrogen-bonded to residue i + 4; ref. 9) and the next most common peptide helix, the 3(10)-helix10 (i-->i + 3 hydrogen-bonding). To address this problem we have designed single and doubly spin-labelled analogues of alanine-based peptides in which the nitroxide spin label forms an unbranched side chain extending from the sulphur atom of a cysteine residue. Here we report the circular dichroism, Fourier-transform infrared and electron-spin resonance spectra of these peptides under helix-forming conditions. The infrared absorbance gives an amide I' band with a frequency that is substantially different from that observed for alpha-helices. The electron-spin resonance spectra of doubly labelled helices show that the ranking of distances between side chains, around a single turn (residues 4-8), is inconsistent with an alpha-helical structure. Our experiments suggest that the more likely peptide geometry is a 3(10)-helix.     

一种最短路径的演示算法

根据最短径问题的理论 ,编制了一个最短路径问题的演示算法 ,文中给出了合理的存储结构及主要算法 ,本算法与教材中的算法不同 ,更好地体现了迪杰斯特拉思想