This paper presents a dynamic linear model for modeling hourly ozone concentrations over the eastern United States. That model, which is developed within an Bayesian hierarchical framework, inherits the important feature of such models that its coefficients, treated as states of the process, can change with time. Thus the model includes a time–varying site invariant mean field as well as time v...

Methods of determining, from small-variable asymptotic expansions, the characteristic exponents for variables tending to infinity are analyzed. The following methods considered: diff-log Padé summation, self-similar factor approximation, Borel and Borel–Leroy summation. Several typical problems treated. comparison results shows that all these provide close estimates large-variable exponents. re...

One of the basic obstacles in the deployment of clean technologies such as wind turbines or PV modules is their intermittent nature due to dependency on the wind speed and solar radiance. In fact, the authors in this paper aim to investigate the effect of clean technologies such as wind turbines and PV modules on the total and individual costs of the distribution system. In order to model the u...

Aim—To study the eVect of enteral feeding on splanchnic blood flow velocity in preterm infants. Method—Coeliac axis and superior mesenteric artery (SMA) blood flow velocity were measured longitudinally in a cohort of 61 babies using Doppler ultrasound. Results—Babies fed 1 hourly had significantly higher preprandial SMA peak systolic velocity (PSV) than those fed 3 hourly (70 vs 53 cm/s). Those...