How Meta-Analysis Increases Statistical Power.

One of the most frequently cited reasons for conducting a meta-analysis is the increase in statistical power that it affords a reviewer. This article demonstrates that fixed-effects meta-analysis increases statistical power by reducing the standard error of the weighted average effect size (T?.) and, in so doing, shrinks the confidence interval around T?.. Small confidence intervals make it more likely for reviewers to detect nonzero population effects, thereby increasing statistical power. Smaller confidence intervals also represent increased precision of the estimated population effect size. Computational examples are provided for 3 effect-size indices: d (standardized mean difference), Pearson's r, and odds ratios. Random-effects meta-analyses also may show increased statistical power and a smaller standard error of the weighted average effect size. However, the authors demonstrate that increasing the number of studies in a random-effects meta-analysis does not always increase statistical power. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Proactive resource allocation for asynchronous real-time distributed systems in the presence of processor failures

We present two proactive resource allocation algorithms, RBA^*-FT and OBA-FT, for fault-tolerant asynchronous real-time distributed systems. The algorithms consider an application model where task timeliness is specified by Jensen's benefit functions and the anticipated application workload during future time intervals is described by adaptation functions. In addition, we assume that reliability functions of processors are available a priori. Given these models, our objective is to maximize aggregate task benefit and minimize aggregate missed deadline ratio in the presence of processor failures. Since determining the optimal solution is computationally intractable, the algorithms heuristically compute sub-optimal resource allocations, but in polynomial time. Experimental results reveal that RBA^*-FT and OBA-FT outperform their non-fault-tolerant counterparts in the presence of processor failures. Furthermore, RBA^*-FT performs better than OBA-FT, although OBA-FT incurs better worst-case and amortized computational costs. Finally, we observe that both algorithms robustly withstand errors in the estimation of anticipated failures.     

在市场竞争中充分发挥国有粮食企业主渠道作用

指出了国有粮食企业存在的主要问题，提出了在市场竞争中发挥国有粮食企业主渠道作用的基本对策。     

奥里油在电力工业的应用及环保处理

委内瑞拉富藏奥里油约469亿t，中国政府与委内瑞拉政府签订了合作生产和供应每年650万t奥里油的合作协议。介绍了奥里油的特性和在全球以及中国的应用情况，分析了奥里油燃烧发电带来的特殊的环保问题和处理方法。     

国有施工企业走向市场应关注的几个问题

从辩证关系角度详细阐述了类似于北京燕化建筑工程公司这样的国有施工企业走向市场过程中应关注的企业定位、利益相关性、竞争策略与公平性、自我保护与內涵发展等问题,以促进国有施工企业的改革与发展。     

电网无功补偿方式的探讨

概述了电网无功补偿的基本情况，并对几种无功补偿方式进行了技术分析，结合几种补偿方式的特点，提出了无功补偿配置原则。     

关于引入劳动力市场价位的思考

引入劳动力市场价位是企业薪酬制度改革的必然趋势。系统研究和分析了劳动力市场价位的基本特征;提出企业在引入劳动力市场价位过程中应该遵循的基本原则。     

燃气联合循环的新发展

根据国内外能源结构的调整变化，就我国和世界上其他国家采用燃气联合循环发电的情况以及能电共生新趋势作一些介绍，供规划建设联合循环发电决策参考。     

一种基于TDA16846的新型有源功率校正电路设计

介绍一种由集成电路芯片TDA16846完成的利用电荷泵(Charge Pump)实现的有源功率因数校正(APFC)技术。这种APFC电路的突出优点就是结构简单,通过对常规缓冲电路进行合理调整,可以很容易变成具有PFC功能的高性能开关电源。分析了APFC的工作原理,应用专用芯片TDA16846设计了电路图,并阐述了主要元件的功能。经实验证明,推荐电路设计合理,应用前景广阔。     

质子交换铌酸锂波导MMI光功分器

利用三维非旁轴近似光束传输法对退火质子交换铌酸锂渐变折射率分布波导中的自镜像效应进行分析与模拟 .在此基础上 ,利用退火质子交换技术在 X切 Y传铌酸锂衬底上进一步制作了 1× 8MMI光功分器 .测试表明器件实现了 1路分成 8路的光功分功能 .