The performance of non‐linear exchange rate models: a forecasting comparison

In recent years there has been a considerable development in modelling non‐linearities and asymmetries in economic and financial variables. The aim of the current paper is to compare the forecasting performance of different models for the returns of three of the most traded exchange rates in terms of the US dollar, namely the French franc (FF/$), the German mark (DM/$) and the Japanese yen (Y/$). The relative performance of non‐linear models of the SETAR, STAR and GARCH types is contrasted with their linear counterparts. The results show that if attention is restricted to mean square forecast errors, the performance of the models, when distinguishable, tends to favour the linear models. The forecast performance of the models is evaluated also conditional on the regime at the forecast origin and on density forecasts. This analysis produces more evidence of forecasting gains from non‐linear models. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

应用核磁共振实验实现量子计算的注记

从量子力学的基本原理出发,阐述了利用核磁共振进行量子计算的实验方法,澄清了有关文献中若干容易混淆而又十分重要的概念,并进一步报道CNOT门操作的实验方法和结果.实验结果与理论的预言一致.     

计算Sanderson电负性标度中D_i的新方法

用一线性公式代替D_t-Z作图法,求Sanderson电负性标度中的D_t值。     

一类优美有向图的充要条件

研究了由恰有一个公共顶点的有向回路→／Ｃｍ和→／Ｃｎ（ｍ，ｎ≥３）组成的有向图→／Ｗｍ，ｎ的优美性，给出了→／Ｗｍ，ｎ是优美有向图的充要条件。     

优化铅酸蓄电池化成工艺参数的研究

本文针对生极板为同一型号的电池，采用二次加酸化成，改变电流密度和时间．控制电解液的温度等方法．得到优化的工艺参数。采用该组工艺参数，不仅缩短铅酸蓄电池化成周期．提高生产效率，而且节约能源。     

一维量子反铁磁链格点自旋对易关系与广义拉氏表示

以晶格自旋体系的Heisenberg模型为依据，计算了大s的极限情况下，一维量子反铁磁链转动生成元l与Neel矢量间的对易关系，求出了以广义坐标和广义动量形式表示的格点自旋间的拉氏函数密度表示。     

Induction of hemopoietic chimerism in the caprine fetus by intraperitoneal injection of fetal liver cells

Summary Intraperitoneal injection of allogeneic liver cells from 43-day-old male fetuses into normal 60-day female goat fetuses resulted in persistent hemopoietic chimerism in surviving recipients without clinical evidence of graft-versus-host disease. Transplantation of normal fetal liver cells into preimmunocompetent goat fetuses affected with -D-mannosidosis may provide an alternative strategy for evaluating hemopoietic stem cell transplantation in the treatment of human lysosomal storage diseases.     

The contents of the pygidial gland of the primitive antNothomyrmecia macrops (Hymenoptera:Formicidae)

Summary The principal constituent of the pygidial gland ofNothomyrmecia macrops is 3,7-dimethyloct-6-en-2-one, a substance not previously identified in insects. Also identified were 2,6-dimethylhept-5-enal, 2-nonanone, indole, -dodecalactone, and the hydrocarbons pentadecane, heptadecane, heptadecene and heptadecadiene, all in low nanogram quantities.     

Bicuculline and picrotoxin block γ-aminobutryic acid-gated Cl− conductance by different mechanisms

Summary Using isolated, internally perfused bullfrog dorsal root ganglion cells we have studied the dose-response curves for -aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the presence of internally or externally applied GABA antagonists. With external application of antagonists the inhibition of the GABA current by bicuculline was competitive and that by picrotoxin was noncompetitive. Picrotoxin but not bicuculline blocked when internally perfused.To whom reprint requests should be addressed.Acknowledgments. We thank Drs S. Minakami and S. Yasui for helpful discussions and comments.