... ratio andthe classic risk–return relationships of arbitragepricing theory andthe capital asset pricing model. The second hypothesis concerns theperceptionof time. I conjecture thatin times of ... QUANTITATIVEFINANCE The perceptionof time, risk and return during periods of speculation The ratio between a tick of intrinsic timeand a second of calendar time varies from stock to stock, depending on the ... in a time measure different from that of calendar time. They may perceive andexperiencethe risk and return of astock in intrinsic time, a dimensionless time scale that counts the number of trading...
... hold the CPU for excessiveperiods of time. The negative values next to the end times of supplier and consumer show the number of secs the dead-lines were missed. In other words, consumer held the ... provided by ACE. Therefore, in the average and worstcase, thetime required to schedule, cancel, and expire a timeris O(log N) (where N is the total number of timers). The timermechanism preallocates ... discusses the real- time extensions we added to the CORBA Event Service; Sec-tion 5 outlines the OO framework for real -time event dis-patching and scheduling that forms the core of TAO’s Real-time...
... (16.4%). The discussants also suggested these same factors as the cause of PTB. All the discussants andthe majority (74.3%) ofthe interviewees reported that persistent cough as the main symptom of ... is similar to the beliefsfound in a previous study in another part of Ethiopia [19].While the community perception about the role of star-vation and smoking as the cause ofthe disease cannot ... studiedconsidered the role of HIV/AIDS as a risk factor in PTBdevelopment. On the other hand, our study of communi-ties underlined that shortage of food andthe habit of using khat and smoking as...
... agents about the structure ofthe economy and the policymaker preferences. Hence, these two features increase the sensitivity of in‡ation expectations andofthe term structure of interest rates ... all the period. Wechoose the German series due to the central place ofthe German policy in the European Monetary System before the launch ofthe ECB and because the German bond rates remain the ... previous periods. The middle panel shows the volatility of the bond rate over 12 months. This is computed at the date t as the standarderror ofthe series over the interval [t-12, t]. Andthe bottom...
... cleaning the segment and chooses the segments with the highest ratio of benefit to cost. The benefit has twocomponents: the amount of free space that will bereclaimed andthe amount oftimethe space ... contains 10% ofthe files; it iscalled hot because its files are selected90% ofthe time. The other group iscalled cold; it contains 90% ofthe filesbut they are selected only 10% of the time. Within ... sequen-tially, then writes 100 Mbytes randomly to the existing file, thenreads 100 Mbytes randomly from the file, and finally reads the filesequentially again. The bandwidth of each ofthe five phases...
... specialized audience.State -of -the- art researchers need this kind of detailed mathematics tounderstand the theoretical implications ofthe work. A basic premise of this book is that most practical ... with radio waves to probe the interior of the human body. Properly adjusting the strength and frequency ofthe fields cause the atomic nuclei in a localized region ofthe body to resonate between ... word in the incoming audio signal is isolated and then analyzed toidentify the type of excitation and resonate frequencies. These parameters arethen compared with previous examples of spoken...
... contempt and ridiculeinstead, further diminishing their rather uncertain standing within the group. Concerned both about losing and winning À thereby stoking the resentment of other competitors À they ... ofthe notion of socialphobia and its equivalents (mostly from the end of nineteenth centuryFrance) in the context of a rising interest in anxiety-related phenomena and the desire to give them ... thisend, they make themselves agreeable, smiling and nodding with interest and approval with those they know. When not preoccupied with them-selves, they can be well attuned to the needs of others and...
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... Department of State. A few ofthe groups on the official list,however, are guerrilla organizations. These include the FARC, the LTTE, and the PKK. To be sure, the FARC, the LTTE, andthe PKK engage ... integrate the good and bad parts of the self, which are instead split into the “me” andthe “not me.” TheseLibrary of Congress – Federal Research Division The Sociology and Psychology of Terrorism37 The ... Zealots’justification for their killing of other Jews was that these killings demonstrated the consequences ofthe immorality of collaborating with the Roman invaders, and that the Romans could not protect their...
... criteria of good tests and theoretical ideas on test reliability and validity as well as achievement tests.Chapter 3- The study is the main part ofthe thesis showing the context ofthe study andthe ... interpretations to the ones intended. (Hughes, A. 1989: 38). In the case ofthe English section at the University of Technology, the teachers should do the trial tests first and then, mark and remark the ... directions for further research.4.2 Limitations ofthe studyWithin the limited timeframe and limited volumn ofthe study, the thesis possesses a number of unavoidable limitations. The limitations...
... stay there?3. Where do they usually stay?4. Where do they sometimes stay?5. Where did they go last summer?6. What did Hoa and her mother do there in the morning?7. What did her brother and ... In the morning, Tuan and his father go jogging around Xuan Huong Lake. Hoa and her mother walked along Bui Thi Xuan Street and then visited the flower garden. Hoa liked it very much andthe ... beautiful. In the afternoon, the family went to visit the palace. They were so happy after the trip.Questions:1. Where does Hoa’s family often go for their summer holiday?2. How long do they often...