Histone modifications (HMs) are an important post-translational feature. Different types of HMs are believed to co-exist and co-regulate biological processes such as gene expression and, therefore, are intrinsically dependent on each other. We develop inference for this complex biological...

This article examines the flexibility of the Johnson system of distributions by assessing its per-formance in terms of modeling crop yields for the purpose of setting actuarially fair crop in-surance premiums. Using data from corn farms in Illinois coupled with Monte Carlo simula-tion...

We adopted the simple average Divisia index approach to explore the impacts of factors on the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from road freight transportation in China from 1985 to 2007. CO2 emissions were investigated using the following as influencing factors: the emission coefficient, vehicle...

We investigate the enlarging coastal-inland income gap in China during the 1990s, using GMM estimation of a Solow growth model. Disaggregating capital investment by source: public, foreign and private: helps to disentangle the effect of policy from those of geography. The impact of public...

This article presents a hedonic analysis of crude oil, the price and quality of which varies considerably from one stream to another. Different from common hedonic applications in the literature, the estimated implicit prices for the physical characteristics of crude oil have a clear...

The Andaman–Nicobar (A–N) Islands region has attracted many geo-scientists because of its unique location and complex geotectonic settings. The recent occurrence of tsunamis due to the megathrust tsunamigenic north Sumatra earthquake (Mw 9.3) with a series of aftershocks in the A–N region...

The microstructures in the YBa2Cu3Oy films grown on Eu2CuO4/Y-ZrO2(YSZ) buffered silicon were studied by means of transmission electron microscopy. Our effort was emphasized on the influence of the interfacial microstructures on the formation and epitaxy of the grown layer. It was found that a...