We propose two new measures for evaluating offensive ability of NBA players, using one-dimensional shooting data from three seasons beginning with the 2004-05 season. These measures improve upon currently employed shooting statistics by accounting for the varying shooting patterns of players...

In this note we are concerned with the inflated-parameter binomial distribution, which is a generalization of the classical binomial distribution. We show that there exists exactly one renewal process such that the number of renewals has an inflated-parameter binomial distribution.

Based on the daily precipitation data provided by the National Meteorological Information Center recorded at 89 representative stations in South China, as well as the reanalyzed monthly average 850-hPa wind field and sea surface temperature (SST) data from the National Centers for Environmental...

Changes in magnetic and structural properties of 60–82 nm iron films induced by heavy-ion implantation were studied using the magneto-optical Kerr effect, Mössbauer spectroscopy, Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and X-ray absorption fine structure. The influence of...

Gold nanoparticles were synthesized with seed mediated wet growth method. A coexistent system with gold nanorods and nanospheres was prepared. In-situ real-time small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) absorption were used to monitor the growth process of Au...

Thin polycrystalline Ni films of typically 75 nm thickness evaporated on Si or SiO<Subscript>2</Subscript> substrates were irradiated with 30-900 keV Xe-ions to fluences of 2.5 x 10<Superscript>13</Superscript> - 4 x 10<Superscript>14</Superscript>/cm<Superscript>2</Superscript>. The magnetization of the Ni films was measured using the longitudinal Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect and Vibrating Sample...</superscript></superscript></superscript></subscript>