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MARKET FREE LUNCH AND LARGE FINANCIAL MARKETS BY IRENE KLEIN

The main result of the paper is a version of the fundamental theorem of asset pricing (FTAP) for large financial markets based on an asymptotic concept of no market free lunch for monotone concave preferences. The proof uses methods from the theory of Orlicz spaces. Moreover, various notions of no asymptotic arbitrage are characterized in terms of no asymptotic market free lunch; the difference lies in the set of utilities. In particular, it is shown directly that no asymptotic market free lunch with respect to monotone concave utilities is equivalent to no asymptotic free lunch. In principle, the paper can be seen as the large financial market analogue of [Math. Finance 14 (2004) 351–357] and [Math. Finance 16 (2006) 583–588].
Cherry-Picking RIS Functionality – Integration of Game and VR Engine Sub-Systems based on Entities and Events

Modern game engines provide a variety of high-end features and sub-systems which have made them increasingly interesting for AR/VR research. Here, it often is necessary to combine features from different sources. This paper presents an approach based on entity-event state decoupling and exchange. The approach targets the combination of sub-systems from different sources which simulate functionally coherent aspects of the virtual objects like physics, graphics, AI, or developer services like state editing. The approach decouples specific internal representations using a semantic description layer for identifiers, data types, and potential relations between them. We illustrate the main concepts using examples from the combination of the Unreal Engine 4, the Unity engine, and own research software and illustrate performance related aspects as a guideline for the choice of an appropriate transport layer.
K8sES: Kubernetes with Enhanced Storage Service-Level Objectives

Kubernetes (k8s) is a system for managing containerized applications across multiple hosts. It offers automatic deployment, maintenance, scaling, and resource management for applications. Applications in k8s usually have storage requirements in the form of service-level objectives (SLOs). However, the current k8s storage management is insufﬁcient in many aspects. The k8s administrators have to manually conﬁgure storage in advance, and users must know the con-ﬁgurations and capabilities of the provided storage. Users’ storage SLOs can be easily violated in k8s. In this paper, we design and implement a system, called k8sES (k8s Enhanced Storage), that efﬁciently supports applications with various storage SLOs along with all other requirements deployed in the Kubernetes environment. We design and incorporate storage scheduling as part of the node scheduling process in k8s. Applications will be scheduled onto correct nodes and storage without intervention from either users or administrators. Proper storage resources will be dynamically carved and allocated to applications based on users’ storage SLOs. In addition, we provide a tool to monitor the I/O activities of both applications and storage devices in k8sES. The evaluation shows that k8sES can better meet users’ storage SLOs along with other requirements. At the same time, k8sES can achieve higher resource utilization efﬁciency with overhead similar to that of the current k8s.
THE DIFFERENT PERCEPTIONS OF FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE USER SATISFACTION AMONG MOBILE COMMUNICATION SUBSCRIBERS: STUDY IN KUWAIT

Mobile phone related services are growing tremendously all around the world including Kuwait. Due to limited population and multiple service providers, there is enormous competition among major telecommunication service providers in Kuwait. There are three major companies operating simultaneously in the country. In such a highly competitive environment the major telecommunication service provides need to focus upon services they provide to the user in order to survive. User satisfaction is one apex gadget that can hold company on its user segment longer and sustainable. There is no such study available so far that looked in to this aspect user satisfaction, satisfaction plays an essential role for maintaining old clients and attract new ones. According to an estimate the population of Kuwait is more 4 million and the number of service subscriptions is 6.269 million. Meaning each user, on average has 1.5 subscriptions. Currently all three service providers namely ( Zain, Ooredoo, and Viva) have online services that provide instant services to their customers, such as paying bills and checking details, new promotions and downloading media, and access to the social networks. In this research a multidimensional model, consisting of three aspect; information quality, system quality, and service quality is proposed and telecom service user’s satisfaction is measured. In this regards the data was collected from three different segments of the population, the users working in banking sector, university students, and oil sector employees in Kuwait. Considering that these employees are the potential users who are clients of telecommunications service providers and experiencing user online services. The analysis shows some differences among different users and satisfaction for different services from all three service providers and results are reported in detail in result sections.
Healthy Korea 2010 : Role of the Health Educator

The Korean Government has produced the Health Plan 2010 aimed at setting up healthy Korea objectives, policies on preventing chronic diseases, reshaping the country's health and medical infrastructure. The policy goal targets the people's healthy life expectancy at 75 by 2010, and includes healthy life practice measures including health education, health improvement services, and disease management measures, in achieving the objectives. Also, the plan provides life cycle-based health improvement and disease prevention services, as well as pushes ahead with projects with greater ripple effects in each area. To this end, the government is simultaneously pushing to operate an experts-centered health promotion committee and establishing the infrastructure including the augmentation of national health im provement funds. Through its Health Plan 2010, the Korean Government will exert efforts to achieve its policy objectives as addressed in the measures by enhancing the national potential health and providing systematic disease prevention services.
User experience and learning experience in a 4D virtual reality simulation game

Simulation training is an effective way of teaching in healthcare, yet it requires a great deal of time and effort. Virtual gear technology brings us new promising training methods, yet there is very little research data about the user experience and learning in immersive virtual environments. This research was based on the idea that 4D virtual reality simulation games can supplement traditional simulation training and provide consistent training to a wide group of professionals. As learning should be effective, it should also be pleasant enough to motivate professionals for continuous training. Therefore, user experience was emphasized in this study and learning effectiveness was not measured. This study explored the gaming and learning experience, as well as usability, in a multi-phase scenario based on the evidence-based theory of resuscitation. The participants played the scenario and were interviewed immediately afterwards. Their experiences of the 4D virtual simulation game were explored in the context of educational games and general theories of UX. Material from 13 thematic interviews was analyzed by applying a deductive content analysis. The findings suggest that gaming and learning experiences are very individual and vivid. Immersion created by the virtual gear had an essential impact on the overall experience. In addition, authenticity, interaction and feedback were important elements of learning experience. Usability had a major role on the whole. The findings are discussed in relation to earlier studies and actual practise as well as trustworthiness and challenges of overall implications.
Inactivation of E. coli O157:H7 by Ohmic Heating at Different Frequencies and Temperatures in Buffer and Pomelo Juice

The influence of an alternating current (AC) frequency from 50 to 20,000 Hz at 30 V/cm using ohmic heating on the inactivation of E. coli O157:H7 in buffer peptone water (BPW) and pomelo juice was investigated. Frequency affected bacterial reduction in both BPW and pomelo juice with the same trend, and the most efficient reductions were obtained at 60 and = 500 Hz. Besides, the resistance of E.coli O157:H7 was investigated. BPW and pomelo juice were treated at different temperatures (62-71 C) for various times (0-30 s) by ohmic heating (OH) and compared with conventional heating (CH). The technical parameters of OH were an electric field strength of 30 V/cm and frequencies of 60 and 500 Hz. At each temperature, the decimal reduction time (D) and the decimal reduction temperature (z) were determined. Microorganism reduction was significantly higher (P < 0.05) with OH than with CH, and there was no significant difference between the juice samples treated by OH at 60 and 500 Hz. For OH at 60 Hz, the D values of E. coli O157:H7 in pomelo juice were 59.0, 27.3, 10.3, and 3.6 s at temperatures of 60, 62, 65, and 68 C, with a z value of 6.7 C. For CH, the D values were 35.4, 14.3, 8.2, and 2.9 s, with a z value of 8.6 C. From the calculated D and z values, a processing schedule for the pasteurization of pomelo juice can be estimated. Observing the bacterial cells by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) showed considerable changes in the morphology of the bacterial cells with OH, which might be the cause of cell death. These results demonstrated that the electric field obtained with OH yields additional microbial destruction. As a result, the time and temperature required for bacterial inactivation can be reduced, diminishing the negative heat effects of pasteurization on the food products.
Machine Learning on Massively Parallel Architectures-a case study

The idea behind this thesis is grounded on the observation, that performance scaling of General Purpose Unicores has come to a stop during the last years, due to power consumption, wire delays and DRAM access latencies1. The development of CPU’s therefore moves towards a multicore standard instead of unicore processing units. Today virtually every CPU on the market possesses more than one core and parallel programming techniques grow in importance. An even more radical approach to parallelization of computation can be found when looking at highly specialized architectures developed in the last years (NVIDIAs GPU’s2 or the Cell Broadband Engine3). Those architectures have already been used in several scientific studies to speed up computation [20, 36, 38]. Whilst for Multicore CPU’s there already exist several adaptations of machine learning techniques, very few implementations can be found for massive parallel systems. The scope of this thesis thus is to develop a parallelized version of an exemplary machine learning algorithm for such a massively parallel architecture. The thesis therefore proposes a feed-forward neural network implementation that is realized within the CUDA framework and evaluated against current CPU implementations on the task of digit recognition on the MNIST database. http://www.cerc. utexas.edu/vlsi-seminar/spring05/slides/2005.02. 16.hph. pdf http://www.khronos. org/opencl/ http://www.ibm. com/developerworks/power/cell/ Acknowledgements Many thanks go to my supervisors Prof. Dr. Martin Riedmiller and Sascha Lange for their kind support and feedback, as well as their open mindedness towards my ideas for this thesis. Furthermore I want to thank Thomas Gabel for his honest and helpful review of my thesis proposal which encouraged me to start working on it. I want to thank my friends and fellow students who helped me with their valuable advices and proof reading and the whole institute of Cognitive Science at the University of Osnabrueck for offering such a great Bachelor programme. Last but not least, I want to thank my family for their support and financial aid without either of which it would have been impossible to finish my studies. This thesis is dedicated to my Grandfather who would have loved to see me finally submit it.
Evaluation of innovative water treatments at molecular level based on high resolution mass spectrometry and advanced statistical analysis tools

This work aims at integrating the last advances in high resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) and statistical analysis of data to develop and optimize a smart methodology (workflow) for the assessment of the performance of innovative water treatments using different technological approaches based on advanced oxidation processes with UV-254nm: (i) UV/K2S2O8, where oxidation takes place mainly following the initial formation of sulfate radicals, (ii) UV/KHSO5, where oxidation begins with the formation of both sulfate and hydroxyl radicals and (iii) UV/H2O2, when only the formation of hydroxyl radicals takes place initially. Experiments were carried out using secondary effluent from a local wastewater treatment plant. The developed workflow allows the evaluation of the treatments in terms of overall oxidation through the careful study of Van Krevelen diagrams, where all the masses of the HRMS chromatograms are considered. The potential formation of transformation products with sulfur due to the sulfate radicals was also evaluated using statistical tools based on the isotopic pattern and accurate mass. Finally, the behavior of a large number of micropollutants with a wide range of physicochemical properties was studied using suspect screening strategies.
Use of Two-Piece Foot Orthoses to Adjust Lateral Inclination Angle in Medial Knee Osteoarthritis Treatment

Introduction Individualization of lateral inclination of foot orthoses (FO) is necessary to optimize the reduction of knee adduction moment (KAM) in medial knee osteoarthritis patients. The trial-and-error (or iterative) method is generally used for this purpose. Two kinds of orthoses can be used: several one-piece lateral FO (each with a different inclination height) for each patient or a two-piece lateral FO, that is, FO plus several laterally wedged insoles with different heights. The aim of this study was to determine whether comfort and mechanical impact on the knee and ankle are similar with the use of one-piece versus two-piece lateral FO during gait. Material and Methods Gait analysis was performed on 17 patients affected by medial knee osteoarthritis (grade II–III). Discomfort, frontal plane kinematics, and kinetics of the ankle and knee joints were compared in three conditions: without orthosis, with lateral customized FO, and with a combination of lateral wedge insoles and customized FO without lateral inclination. Lateral inclination was customized according to the orthotist's experience. Results One- and two-piece lateral customized FO had the same effect on the knee loading (p > 0.05). However, both conditions with FO led to similar significant differences in knee adduction and ankle eversion moment compared with the without-orthosis condition (p < 0.05; effect size from 0.05 to 0.40). Conclusions These results will be valuable for orthotists who make customized orthoses (with arch support) to reduce KAM in patients with medial knee osteoarthritis. Manufacturing two-piece orthoses is practical and economical: the customized FO can be kept and the wedge insole repeatedly replaced until the patient's pain is relieved.
The association of addictive mukbang watching with mukbang watching motives, emotion regulation, impulsivity, and psychiatric distress

Extant literature has focused on the psychological and emotional predictors of addictive use of different types of specific online activities, including social media addiction, online gaming addiction, and online sex addiction. However, there is little research on the addictive engagement of watching online eating shows called mukbang. The present paper describes the research protocol of a study that will examine motivational, emotional, and psychological risk factors of addictive mukbang watching. An online survey comprised of the Motives for Watching Mukbang Questionnaire, Mukbang Addiction Scale, Short UPPS-P Impulsivity Scale, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, and Depression Anxiety Stress Scales will be used to collect data from at least 1,000 mukbang watchers. The research methodology of the investigation is illustrated in the present paper, and describes the data collection, assessment tools, and analytic strategy that will be used to investigate the research questions and hypotheses. The study will contribute to the literature by providing empirical evidence on associations which have never before been demonstrated. More specifically, the relationship between addictive mukbang watching and mukbang watching motives, impulsivity, emotion regulation, and psychiatric distress will be provided. Furthermore, future directions on studying addictive mukbang watching are discussed.
A new sustainable approach in recovering Cobalt from “hard metal” production by-products

The present work shows the capability of Maleic Acid solutions to tune the amount of Co in cemented carbide-based recovery powders with a Co content exceeding the threshold (10% Co) for industrial manufacturing in Hard Metal production and required by safety regulations. Maleic acid solutions react promptly and selectively in very mild conditions (0.5M, room temperature and pressure, EtOH as solvent) with Co contained in WC-Co sintered powders obtaining the [Co(Mal)2(H2O)4] compound almost quantitatively. Characterization of the resultant recovery powders (SEM-EDS, XRD) and reaction solutions (ICP-OES) after treatments confirmed the almost complete Co removal and high leaching efficiency. Recovery powders deprived of Co demonstrated proper quality to be re-employed in the production process. These results seem really promising in providing a novel, tunable and effective remediation of this hazardous industrial waste and preserve raw material depletion.
Poster: DBB-DSE : Dynamic Backward-Bound Dynamic Symbolic Execution

In order to help deobfuscation of malware, this poster focuses on detecting on opaque predicates, a special kind of conditional expressions that always represent true or always false, which are essential for obfuscators to increase the complexity of analyses. We propose a dynamic opaque predicate detection method, focusing on data dependency aware selection of the portion of instructions to be symbolically analyzed. We adopt the backward bound dynamic symbolic execution (BB-DSE) scheme presented in [2], but our method enables handling loops in better ways; experimental results with real-world obfuscators such as Code Virtualizer [3] show that our proposed one performs slightly better than the previous one.
Are Healthy Kids All Work and No Study? Unpacking the Effect of Current Health on Time Allocation and Cognitive Production in Ethiopia

Our aim in this paper is to explore how current health (denoted by BMI for age scores) affect current PPVT and Mathematics test scores directly and indirectly, through the channel of time devoted to studying and working, for a sample of Ethiopian children during childhood (5-8 years) and mid-childhood (8-12 years). As the first step, we establish a causal relationship between BMI for age scores and test scores. The second step explores the causal effect of BMI for age scores on time devoted to studying or working. The final step is to measure the direct and indirect (through time allocation channel) causal effects of BMI for age on test scores through mediation analysis. The results show that improvements in current health can lead to better cognitive test scores. However, in our mediation analysis we find that much of this effect is driven by the effect of current health on time allocation. We also find that as the child approaches midchildhood, improved current health can lead to a reduction in study time and an increase in work time. Our results point to time allocation as an important channel in the influence of current health on cognition production. Therefore, policies that improve returns to education while simultaneously reduce returns to child labor are likely to improve cognitive outcomes. 1 Mohammad Ali (the corresponding author) is a graduate student pursuing his PhD in Economics from the University of New Mexico, MSC 05 3060, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 (moali@unm.edu) Tel: (+1) 505-720-9017 Fax: (+1) 505-277-9445.
Influences of Phosphorus And Potassium on Nutritive Value And Shelf Life of Sub-Tropical Strawberry

An adequate management of nutrient elements is crucial to guarantee plant growth and development as well as for longer shelf life of fruit. The present experiment was conducted to observe the response of various combinations ofphosphorus (P) and potassium (K)fertilization on the nutritional quality and shelf life of subtropical strawberry.The first part of the experiment for nutritive value was designed in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) including seven combined doses of P and K fertilizer (viz., T1 P0 K100 kg/ha, T2 P25 K100 kg/ha, T3 P50 K100 kg/ha, T4 P75 K100 kg/ha, T5 P50 K0 kg/ha, T6 P50 K50 kg/ha and T7 P50 K150 kg/ha)with three replications.In the second part, the shelf life was evaluated byfactorialCompletely Randomized Design (CRD) with three replications. The results revealed that under fresh condition, the maximum amount of carotene (15.13 IU/100 g), TSS (13.16 %), K (0.85 %), reducing sugar (6.18 g/100 g) and total sugar (8.57 g/100 g) was recorded in T7. The highest amount of non-reducing sugar (2.51 g/100 g) and P (0.08 %) were found in T4andascorbic acid (55.94 mg/100 g) in T3. In terms of shelf life and packaging conditions, treatment T4 showed the longest shelf life (25.33 days) compared to others at 4 0 C with polyethylene package. Therefore, P50 K150 kg/ha (T7) showed better performance for most of the nutritive values and P75 K100 kg/ha (T4) was better for enhancing shelf life of strawberry. However, further investigation is necessary to determine whether nonreducing sugar or P content are related to extended shelf life of strawberry.
NEW CONCEPTS IN COMBINATIONAL CIRCUIT DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY

Permanent amelioration of the numeric equipment’s performances comes with an increase in the complexity of the digital structures that are designed, which makes it difficult, some times up to impossible, to test them. This can lead to an impossibility of creating complex digital equipment. This paper proposes new concepts of design for testability (DFT) based on reconfiguring and homogenizing the digital structures during the tests by using complementary reconfigurable elementary digital structures (CREDS) and elementary structures that change the parity of the digital signal (ESCP). Homogenizing the structure during the testing allows us to obtain a plenitude of universal and minimal control/diagnostics tests. The results can serve as a basis when designing for testability arbitrary combinational circuits with multiple entry points.
The relationship between debt and growth: an application to the Canadian Provinces

Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further reproduction prohibited. While the risks and dangers of too high a level of debt are well known, what level of debt is “too high” was long thought to be unclear. This changed in 2010 when Reinhart and Rogoff declared they had an answer, and had found a clear threshold: a debt-to-GDP ratio over 90% severely impaired long-term growth prospects. Their result attracted widespread attention, had a significant influence on the debate about fiscal policy, and was used to support fiscal austerity in both Europe and the United States. Interestingly, the influence of Reinhart and Rogoff has not been confined to debates over national debt. In discussing the prospects for economic growth among Canada’s provinces, Palacios, MacIntyre, & Lammam (2014) consider the adverse effects of provincial government debt and cite the relevance of the Reinhart-Rogoff result.