A Stochastic Approximation Algorithm for Quantile Estimation

In this paper, we present two new stochastic approximation algorithms for the problem of quantile estimation. The algorithms uses the characterization of the quantile provided in terms of an optimization problem in 1]. The algorithms take the shape of a stochastic gradient descent which minimizes the optimization problem. Asymptotic convergence of the algorithms to the true quantile is proven using the ODE method. The theoretical results are also supplemented through empirical evidence. The algorithms are shown to provide significant improvement in terms of memory requirement and accuracy.

Structural Failure Analysis and Numerical Simulation of Micro-Accelerometers under Impulsive Loading

Micromachined accelerometer is a kind of inertial MEMS devices, which usually operate under intensive impact loading. The reliability of micromachined accelerometers is one of the most important performance indices for their design, manufacture and commer

Preliminary Investigation of Fluid Flow in Meso-Scale Rectangular Tube

The fluid flow associated with micro and meso scale devices is currently of interest. Experiments were performed to study the fluid flow in meso-scale channels. A straight flow tube was fabricated with 1.0x4.0mm^2 in rectangular cross section and 200mm in length, which was made of quartz for flow visualization and PIV measurements. Reynolds numbers were ranged from 311 to over 3105. The corresponding pressure drop was from 0.65KPa to over 16.58KPa between the inlet and outlet of the tube. The micro PIV was developed to measure the velocity distribution in the tube. A set of microscope object lens was mounted ahead of CCD camera to obtain optimized optical magnification on the CCD chip. The velocity distributions near the outlet of the tube were measured to obtain full-developed flow. A CW laser beam was focused directly on the test section by a cylinder lens to form a small light sheet. Thus, high power density of light was formed on the view region. It is very important to the experiment while the velocity of the flow reaches to a few meters per second within millimeter scale. In this case, it is necessary to reduce exposure time to microseconds for PIV measurements. In the present paper, the experimental results are compared with the classical theories.

Caracterización molecular de 105 accesiones de cacao(Theobroma Cacao L.) utilizando 10 marcadores moleculares tipo SSR en INTA-CNIAB, Nicaragua, 2011

Se realizó la caracterización molecular de 105 accesiones de Cacao que contemplan 79 colectas nacionales, 21 híbridos de referencia y 5 materiales criollo referencia , congregados en 8 grupos de acuerdo a su ubicación geográfica al momento de la colecta; utilizando 10 marcadores moleculares tipo SSR con el fin de conocer la divers idad genética de Cacao colectado en finca de productores nicaragüenses . Se utilizó el método de extracción de ADN C TAB - Buffer, Amplificación de fragmentos de ADN mediante la técnica PCR , visualización de fragmentos de ADN en cámara electroforesis. Se identificaron 183 alelos en las 105 ac cesiones con una media de 18.3, los rangos de Heterosigocidad observada y esperada resultaron mayores para MTcCIR12 con 0.437 y 0.81 respectivamente ; el CIP y el Índice de Shannon proporcionaron los mayores valores para MTcCIR12 con 0.96 y 1.94 respectivamente . La media general del CIP e Índice de Shannon para todos los locus es de 0.87 y 1.37 respectivamente; e l análisis molecular de varianza reveló que las diferencias genéticas dentro de los grupos (85%) es mayor que las diferencias entre grupos (15%) ; se realizó el dendograma basado en las distancia de Nei’s donde revela diferencias m ínimas entre los grupos , la mayor relación genética son entre los grupos RSJ y Carazo ; en cambio para el grupo Carazo e Hibrido referencia se encontraron las mayores diferencias. E n el PCA se encontró materiales colectados que resultaron genéticamente pare cidos a los criollo s referencias, es el caso de RSJ 0211, RSJ 0 311, RSJ 0511, Bomat0510, Ji0210 ; los materiales Ji - Cuá 0104 y RSJ0411 están estrechamente relacionado . Se demostró que existe una alta diversidad genética y que existen materiales promisorios para posteriores estudios de mejora genética

El discurso en cuestión: la afirmación de la ideología señorial en el discurso jurídico castellano bajomedieval (el caso del manuscrito 431 de la BNM)

Integran este número de la revista ponencias presentadas en Studia Hispanica Medievalia VIII: Actas de las IX Jornadas Internacionales de Literatura Española Medieval, 2008, y de Homenaje al Quinto Centenario de Amadis de Gaula.

Teología : misterio y humanidad

Resumen: En continuidad con su Lección Inaugural de 2010 en la Facultad de Teología de la UCA, el Pbro. Dr. Fernando Ortega, actual Decano de esta Facultad, reflexiona sobre la teología en diálogo con el misterio de Dios y la humanidad en este contexto epocal para alentar la tarea de profesores y alumnos de la comunidad académica. Se propone una teología humilde, es decir, orante, amante, consciente de sus límites, admirativamente abierta al exceso del Dios siempre mayor, que podrá cantar en el presente el “ya pero todavía más” de Dios en la humanidad, empezando por nuestra comunidad teológica.

跨声速开槽壁超临界翼型洞壁干扰的N－S方程模拟

本文采用二维可压缩非定常Ｎ－Ｓ方程模拟了带有上下开槽壁的跨声速二维管风洞中超临界翼型绕流的流场。网格生成中内层采用解双曲型偏微分方程，外层采用代数生成法。开槽壁采用只有压力梯度没有顶板运动的Ｃｏｕｅｔｔｅ流动的解析解近似。推导出槽间流动与开闭比的三次方关系。上下壁边界层可由无滑移条件直接模拟，也可用平板边界层近似。本文对驻室压力作了几种近似处理，结果表明，所给Ｎ－Ｓ方程的边界条件与风洞实验多接近一步，其结果就符合得更好，这为下一步用Ｎ－Ｓ方程进行洞壁干扰修正打下了基础。

磁场约束的近圆弧形等离子体拱

等离子体弧是日冕中的一种基本结构,其高温观测特性意味着它有较高的等离子体压力。本文在二维近似下,讨论了等离子体拱被两个强磁场区域所约束时的平衡。对于较大的等离子体标高,等离子体具有近似圆弧形的结构。通过求出强磁场区域中的磁场位形,可以得到孤立的等离子体拱的平衡状态。由于总压守恒的边界条件是高度非线性的,整个问题是一类非线性的自由边界问题。在近圆弧形近似下,其基态是一维的非线性问题,而相对于基态的偏离是二维的线性问题。这样,整个问题可以给出分析解。

摄动法在研究弹-粘塑性波问题中的应用

采用控制金属材料宏观塑性流动的两个无量纲物理参数作为小参数,将一维弹/粘-塑性问题的解摄动展开,从而,求解非线性波动方程的问题可以转化成求解相应的齐次或非齐次电报方程的问题,用Laplace积分变换或级数展开技术首先得到零次精确解。然后,用Riemann函数方法可获得一次和高次摄动解。与非线性问题的数值解比较,在恒应力或恒速度边界条件下,一次摄动解给出了波动问题的良好近似。这就表明,摄动技术在研究一类广泛的弹/粘-塑波问题中是有效的。

托卡马克中等离子体平衡的数值计算

<正> 一.引言 环形等离子体的理想磁流体力学平衡的自由边界问题,等人做了研究,但是仅给出a/R《1的圆截面等离子体柱平衡的分析结果。目前建造大型托卡马克装置时,要求纵横比a/R比较大,并且要能够准确的求出等离子体的平衡位形。本文用超松弛法求解平衡方程,得到计算自由边界问题的磁面的方法。自由边界问

T.E. wave in inhomogeneous magnetized plasma-filled cylindrical waveguide

The T. E. wave in cylindrical wavegulde filled with inhomogeneous plasma immersed in the external uniform longitudinal magnetic field is investigated. The analytic solution expressed in polynomial formed by cutting the confluent hypergeometric function is obtained. Furthermore the eigenfrequency of T. E. wave is obtained.

High-speed streams from coronal holes and the accelerating mechanism of the solar-wind

In this paper, the general Mach number equation is derived, and the influence of typical energy forms in the solar wind is analysed in detail. It shows that the accelerating process of the solar wind is influenced critically by the form of heating in the corona, and that the transonic mechanism is mainly the result of the adjustment of the variation of the crosssection of flowing tubes and the heat source term.The accelerating mechanism for both the high-speed stream from the coronal hole and the normal solar wind is similar. But, the temperature is low in the lower level of the coronal hole and more heat energy supply in the outside is required, hence the high speed of the solar wind; while the case with the ordinary coronal region is just the opposite, and the velocity of the solar wind is therefore lower. The accelerating process for various typical parameters is calculated, and it is found that the high-speed stream may reach 800 km/sec.