This paper introduces a dynamic panel data model in which the intercepts and the coefficients on the lagged endogenous variables are specific to the cross section units, while the coefficients on the exogenous variables are assumed to be normally distributed across the cross section. Thus the model includes mixture of fixed coefficients and random coefficients, which I call the “MFR” model. The...

This paper considers nonparametric estimation of autoregressive panel data models with fixed effects. A within-group type series estimator is developed and its convergence rate and asymptotic normality are derived. It is found that the series estimator is asymptotically biased and the bias could reduce the mean-square convergence rate compared with the cross section cases. A bias corrected nonp...

The relation between variables that modulate the probability and the topography of key pecks was examined using a concurrent variable-interval variable-interval schedule with food and water reinforcers. Measures of response probability (response rates, time allocation) and topography (peck duration, gape amplitude) were obtained in 5 water- and food-deprived pigeons. Key color signaled reinforc...

In a comment to Dahlberg, Edmark and Lundqvist (2012), Nekby and Pettersson-Lidbom (2012) argue (i) that the refugee placement program should be measured with contracted rather than actually placed refugees, and claim that the correlation between the two measures is insignificant and close to zero; (ii) that instead of using the rotating individual panel, we should have used the full cross-sect...

In this paper, we address the problem of selecting the ‘optimal’ variable subset in a logistic regression model for a medium-sized data set. As a case study, we take the British English dative alternation, where speakers and writers can choose between two (equally grammatical) syntactic constructions to express the same meaning. With the help of 29 explanatory variables taken from the literatur...

background: some studies have previously shown that geometry of proximal femur can affect the probability of fracture and type of fracture. it happens since the geometry of the proximal femur determines how a force is applied to its different parts. in this study, we have compared proximal femur’s geometric characteristics in femoral neck (fnf), intertrochanteric (itf) and subtrochanteric (stf)...

phospholipids are important for the biological lipid and are commonly used in biophysical studies.A quantumcalculation for two phospholipids Dipalmitoylphosphatidylethanolamine and dipalmitoylphosphatidic acidwere performed using the abinitio software. Geometry optimization structures were obtained at RHF level using3-21G, 6-31G*. These basis sets were used To understanding the effects of envir...

The spatial topography of visual attention is a distinguishing and critical feature of many theoretical models of visuospatial attention. Previous fMRI-based measurements of the topography of attention have typically been too crude to adequately test the predictions of different competing models. This study demonstrates a new technique to make detailed measurements of the topography of visuospa...

Abstract. Retreat of marine outlet glaciers often initiates depletion inland ice through dynamic adjustments the upstream glacier. The local topography a fjord may promote or inhibit such retreat, and therefore geometry constitutes critical control on sheet mass balance. To quantify processes ice–topography interactions enhance understanding dynamics involved, we analyze multitude topographic s...

Operational monitoring of vegetation and land surface change over large areas can make good use of satellite sensors that measure radiance reflected from the Earth’s surface. Monitoring programs use multiple images for complete spatial coverage over time. Accurate retrievals of vegetation cover and vegetation change estimates can be hampered by variation, in both space and time, in the measured...