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... approached by Anderson and Danthine (1980) in the framework of the simultaneous determination of an equili brium in the spot and futures markets based on supply and demand As explained by Anderson ... theory of Black and Scholes (1973) and Merton (1977), general equilibrium and pricing by arbitrage illustrated in Cox, Ingersoll, and Ross (1981), and transac tion costs in Harrison and Kreps (1979) ... Brennan (1991) estimates and tests alternative functions and stochastic processes for conveni ence yield and its dependence on price and time Both Brennan (1991) and Gibson and Schwartz (1990a, 1991)...

Ngày tải lên: 31/10/2014, 01:54

... cases and controls with seropositive atrophy The ORs of the G/A and A/A for gastric cancer was 1.05 (95% CI 0.63-1.74) and 1.05 (95% CI 0.27-4.07), respectively Table The Gab1 genotype frequency and ... cytokine and growth factor receptors and T- and B-cell antigen receptors Blood 1999; 93: 1809-1816 23 Hamajima N, Matsuo K, Saito T, et al Interleukin polymorphisms, lifestyle factors, and Helicobacter ... (0.81-2.07) 0.25 (0.08-0.71) 1.02 (0.67-1.56) odds ratio Table ORs and 95% CIs for gastric atrophy (GA) of Gab1 and the combinations of PTPN11 and Gab1 genotypes among seropositive healthy controls Genotype...

Ngày tải lên: 31/10/2012, 15:37

... and BMI categories on the risk of type DM Total unprocessed meat, red meat and poultry were categorized into groups (lower quartile, second and third quartiles combined, and upper quartile) and ... exercise and sports participation during the previous years and provided information on daily activity such as walking, stair climbing, cycling, household activities and daily commuting to and from ... alcohol consumption and history of hypertension, coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, and cancer Anthropometric measurements, including weight, height, and circumferences of the waist and hips, were...

Ngày tải lên: 31/10/2012, 16:49

... Williams’ “standard machine” f IP and IP Z The intuition behind the formula f IP A = is that we want to have A Z T  dIP 8A F f IP ! = Z T; !IP !; f f but since IP !  = and I ! = ... T  , T e T  = T + BT : B e Under IP , B T  is normal with mean and variance T , so B T  is normal with mean T and variance T :   exp , ~ , T 2 d~: b e IP B T  d~ = p b b 2T ... 2T 2T   exp , ~2 d~: b =p 2T b 2T f e Under I , B T  is normal with mean zero and variance P mean T and variance T e T Under IP , B T  is normal with Means change, variances don’t When...

Ngày tải lên: 18/10/2013, 03:20

... determined by the demand for and supply of that bond • Investors have preferences for bonds of one maturity over another • If investors have short desired holding periods and generally prefer ... terms to maturity but the same risk, liquidity and tax considerations – Upward-sloping short-term rates – Flat long-term rates are above short- and long-term rates are the same – Inverted long-term ... Risk and Term Structure of Interest Rates • The risk structure of interest rates looks at bonds with the same term to maturity and different interest rates • The...

Ngày tải lên: 05/01/2014, 16:56

... validation studies; advanced informatics and information flow; standardization of reagents and assays and data reporting; and creation of standard statistical and computational tools (see Part II) ... breast and gynecologic cancers, gastrointestinal and other associated cancers, lung and upper aerodigestive cancers and prostate and urologic cancers, each have biomarkers in prevalidation and validation ... Screening, Diagnosis and Therapy: The State of the Science, Evaluation, Implementation and Economics (Margie Patlak and Sharyl Nass, 2006) and Cancer Biomarkers: The Promises and Challenges of Improving...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 21:20

... no denture and no severe cognitive impairment (n=86), (2) no denture and severe cognitive impairment (n=151), (3) denture and no severe cognitive impairment (n=31) and (4) denture and severe ... primary school, medium = high school and high = technical or university studies) -Nursing and general medical variables Independence for dressing and washing and independence for oral hygiene were ... effect of oral hygiene on pneumonia and respiratory tract infection in elderly people in hospitals and nursing homes: Effect estimates and methodological quality of randomized controlled trials J Am...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 21:20

... TARs in England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Sweden, Czech Republic, Finland, and Denmark; 1968-2006 Table Model Fitting by Country: Regression Intercept and Coefficients, ... incidence is available (2005 for Republic of Ireland; 2004 for England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Sweden; 2003 for Czech Republic and Finland; 2001 for Denmark) Linear Regression Response ... within Ages 45-49 in England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Sweden, Czech Republic, Finland, and Denmark; 1943-2005 Cancer registrations in Scotland started in 1960 Rates...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 02:21

... matured and now has become a steady source of capacity for both primary insurers and reinsurers The market is growing steadily and set new records for market issuance volume in 2005, 2006, and 2007 ... 2007, and money managers and hedge funds accounted for 36 percent The declining spreads and increasingly broad market interest in the bonds suggest that the bonds are attractive to investors and ... confusion and controversy between the sponsor and investors Thus, the wipeout served to “reduce the overall uncertainty associated with this marketplace and therefore increase both investor and sponsor...

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Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 08:20

... 8% annual return and t�at t�e real estate investments �ere a safe and lucrative alternative to more traditional investments suc� as certificates of deposit and stocks Mr Warr and �is entities ... nearly decade�long Ponzi sc�eme ��ere Mr Smit� and Mr Snelling told investors t�ey �ere talented day trad� ers and promised up to 20% returns Mr Smit� and Mr Snelling, t�roug� various companies, ... SEC filed charges alleging that two companies and four individuals misrepresented and concealed numerous material facts in connection with the offer and sale of $10 million in bonds to approximately...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 16:20

... pulp and paper mills, and factories, such as metal processing works They are highly toxic and found in the food chain 8,62 Bisph • Bisphenol A (BPA) - used in plastics and resins to make water and ... http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4080994 33 Singletary KW, Gapstur SM (2001) Alcohol and breast cancer: review of epidemiologic and experimental evidence and potential ... pill and HRT; weight gain and lack of exercise; and, alcohol consumption What other factors might be playing a role? Given that exposure to natural and synthetic oestrogens (in the pill and HRT)...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 01:20

... Helwege and Kleiman (1997); Ho and Lee (1986); Ho and Singer (1982, 1984); Hull and White (1996); Jacod and Shiryaev (1987); Jarrow and Madan (1995); Jarrow and Turnbull (1994, 1998); Altman and ... 1996); Altman and Kao (1992a,b); Wei (1995); Weiss (1990); Altman and Nammacher (1985); Amin and Jarrow (1991, 1992); Anderson and Sundaresan (1996); Asquith et al (1994, 1989); Barclay and Smith ... measure The Jarrow±Lando±Turnbull model has been extended by Das and Tufano (1996) and Monkkonen (1997) Das and Tufano assume that in the event of default the recovery rate is a random variable correlated...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 04:20

... divorce rely on some notion of exchange of expressive and instrumental goods and services between husbands and wives (Amato, 2000; Becker, Landes, & Michael, 1977; Kelly, Fincham, & Beach, 2003; ... Health and Social Behavior, 31, 162 – 172 Mirowsky, J., & Ross, C (2003) Education, social status, and health Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter Ono, H (1998) Husbands’ and wives’ resources and marital ... Divorce and separation: Context, causes, and consequences (pp 37 – 60) New York: Basic Books Loomis, L., & Booth, A (1995) Multigenerational caregiving and well-being: The myth of the beleaguered sandwich...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 21:20

... Issues and Options In P.T Bobrowsky and H Rickman (Eds.) Comet/Asteroid Impacts and Human Society: An Interdisciplinary Approach (pp 469-478) New York: Springer-Verlag LandScanTM (2005) LandScanTM ... Figure The mean damage ratio, fatality rate, and injury rate are assumed to be 70%, 50%, and 40% in the inner contour of the footprint and 30%, 2%, and 35% in the outer contour of the footprint, ... respectively) (Glasstone and Dolan, 1977) and to fire ignitions due to thermal exposure Total economic exposure measures $760 billion between the outer and inner contours of the footprint and $1.38 trillion...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 16:20

... methodology of Cavrini and associates and Sitoh and colleagues [18,19], an ordinal variable for the EQ-5D index was created by categorizing the continuous variable into levels, and an ordered logit ... conception, design and coordination of the SHIELD study and helped to draft the manuscript KF performed the statistical analysis and drafted the manuscript All authors read and approved the final ... guidelines, and expert opinion as modifiable or treatable risk factors for the future development and/ or diagnosis of diabetes [11,12] Respondents with 0–2 risk factors were classified as low risk and...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20

... depression, and physical health) The most negative and significant correlation coefficient was between avoidance and physical health (r = -0.44) Attention and general anxiety (r = 0.45), and fear and ... complications, increased levels of heart-focused attention and monitoring of cardiac related stimuli, and fear and worries about heart-sensations and functioning Higher degrees of these symptoms indicate ... would be elevated and that physical health would be poorer compared to the expected scores of the general population, and further that the levels of general anxiety and depression and heart- Hamang...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... the 21st century more and more people live and work in a man-made environment They depend on engineering and the application of science and technology for housing, electrical and gas supplies, water ... how to ensure the health and safety of people at work Introduction The cost of safety and reliability The occupational safety and health management system Education and training Supervision Control ... unknown) and his notes on Piper Alpha Roland Pruessner, GE Power Systems, Essen, Germany for providing examples of computer control screens R Flood and J Wilkinson for proof reading and comments...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 12:20

... health, safety and welfare at work of all their employees To provide and maintain safe plant and equipment and ensure the safe handling and use of substances To provide a health and safety policy ... Work Regulations (1989) SI 1989/635 2.17.1 Codes and standards Codes and standards are International Organization for Standardization (ISO EN) standards that have been drawn up to be in compliance ... identify all the health and safety regulations that are applicable to their business and to exercise reasonable care in ensuring the health and safety of their workers and the public who may be...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 12:20

... safety and dependability mended actions have been implemented This becomes an audit and record of what was carried out or, if not carried out, then what was the alternative and why The standard ... has shown how processes and systems can be broken down and analysed to find hazards to safety and reliability The techniques of using ‘What if’, producing block flow diagrams and how to apply FMEA ... managers and engineers to understand the subject This will enable those who design plant and machinery to work 119 © Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2010 120 The risk management of safety and dependability...

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