Working Paper 05-47 Statistics and Econometrics Series 09 July 2005 Departamento de Estadística Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Calle Madrid‚ 126 28903 Getafe (Spain) Fax (34) 91 624-98-49 BAYESIAN INFERENCE FOR THE HALF-NORMAL AND HALF-T DISTRIBUTIONS M.P. Wiper‚ F.J. Girón‚ A. Pewsey* Abstract In this article we consider approaches to Bayesian inference for the half-normal and half-t distributions. We show that a generalized version of the normal- gamma distribution is conjugate to the
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The most controversial aspect of Gone With the Wind is the film’s depiction of race relations. Though freed from the novel’s positive portrayal of the Ku Klux Klan‚ Gone With the Wind’s depiction of slavery remains decidedly simplistic. Adopting historian U. B. Phillip’s “plantation school” view of the institution‚ the film shows slaves as well-treated‚ blindly cheerful “darkies” loyal to their benevolent masters. Slaves are portrayed as normal employees‚ are rewarded with presents like the master’s
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Report on ENGINEERING COMPARISON BETWEEN FLEXIBLE AND RIGID PAVEMENT Submitted by . Md. Tahmidul Islam Farabi 06 02 03 031 4th Year 2nd Semester Department of Civil Engineering Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology Pavement The road pavement is the actual surface on which the vehicles will travel. It’s purpose is two fold‚ to provide friction for the vehicles and to transfer normal stresses to the underlying soils. Typically‚ pavements are built for three main purposes: 1.
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pubs.acs.org/NanoLett Atmospheric Oxygen Binding and Hole Doping in Deformed Graphene on a SiO2 Substrate Sunmin Ryu‚†‚| Li Liu‚‡‚| Stephane Berciaud‚‡‚⊥ Young-Jun Yu‚§ Haitao Liu‚‡ Philip Kim‚§ George W. Flynn‚*‚‡ and Louis E. Brus*‚‡ Department of Applied Chemistry‚ Kyung Hee University‚ Yongin‚ Gyeonggi 446-701‚ Korea and ‡ Department of Chemistry and § Department of Physics‚ Columbia University‚ New York‚ New York 10027‚ United States ABSTRACT Using micro-Raman spectroscopy and scanning
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA v. ROBERT P. CASEY No. 91-744 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 505 U.S. 833 June 29‚ 1992‚ Decided * JUSTICE O’CONNOR‚ JUSTICE KENNEDY‚ and JUSTICE SOUTER announced the judgment of the Court. I Liberty finds no refuge in a jurisprudence of doubt. Yet 19 years after our holding that the Constitution protects a woman’s right to terminate her pregnancy in its early stages‚ Roe v. Wade (1973)‚ that definition of liberty is still questioned
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w w w e tr .X Syllabus m eP e ap .c rs om Cambridge International A & AS Level Design and Technology Syllabus code 9705 For examination in November 2013 Contents Cambridge International A & AS Level Design and Technology Syllabus code 9705 1. Introduction ..................................................................................... 2 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Why choose Cambridge? Why choose Cambridge International A & AS Level Design and Technology? Cambridge Advanced International
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Combined Tension and Bending Loading in Bottom Chord Splice Joints of Metal-Plate-Connected Wood Trusses by Philip J. O’Regan Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE in Biological Systems Engineering APPROVED: Frank E. Woeste‚ Chairman Joseph R. Loferski Audrey G. Zink John V. Perumpral May‚ 1997 Blacksburg‚ Virginia Keywords: wood truss‚ combined
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Carjacking — Insights from South Africa to a New Crime Problem Linda Davis University of Pretoria‚ South Africa A l t h o u g h ve h i c l e h i j a c k i n g i s a wo r l dwi d e p h e n ome n o n ‚ i t h a s increased to such an extent in South Africa that it is currently regarded as one of the countries with the highest hijacking figures in the world. It is estimated that a motor vehicle is hijacked every 40 to 54 minutes in South Africa. This implies that more than 25
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University of Manchester Reliability & Maintainability Group Project: Wind Turbine Group G Alistair Lambert Artur Placha Benjamin Holmes Robert Smithers Simon Hicks Figure 1 (Farmery‚ 2013) Table of Contents Introduction 4 Wind Turbine Components 5 Reliability Analysis 7 FMMA Analysis 9 FMEA and FMECA Analysis 11 System Fault Tree Diagram Analysis and RBD 15 Failure Probability 19 Bowtie Analysis of Hazard Event 20 Results and
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60 days SUMMER training project report AT Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY in Civil Engineering Submitted to: Submitted by: Mr. Satyaprakash
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