Ultra-thin Pb films with magic thicknesses of 2 monolayer (ML), 4 ML and 6 ML were prepared of atomically flat on the substrate of Si(111)-α-√3 × √3 (or SIC phase) at 145 K. Their surface morphologies and stability were studied by low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and...

We have studied the superconductivity of Pb ultra-thin films with thickness from 1 monolayer (ML) to 7 ML grown on Si(111) by molecular beam epitaxy. In situ low temperature scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) measurements were performed on...

This paper proposes to reexamine the trade effect of GATT/WTO based on non-parametric econometric techniques. Our estimation framework uses the simplest gravity model that explains bilateral trade volumes with country sizes and trade resistance, without imposing parametric assumptions typically...

<Para ID="Par1">For a linear regression model subject to left-truncation and right-censoring where the truncation and censoring points are known constants (or always observed if random), Karlsson and Laitila (Stat Probab Lett 78:2567–2571, <CitationRef CitationID="CR3">2008</CitationRef>) proposed a semiparametric estimator which deals with...</citationref></para>

In a sample-selection model with the ‘selection’ variable Q and the ‘outcome’ variable Y∗, Y∗ is observed only when Q=1. For a treatment D affecting both Q and Y∗, three effects are of interest: ‘participation’ (i.e., the selection) effect of D on Q, ‘visible performance’...