Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Home Bias in Open Economy Financial Macroeconomics

Standard theory would predict that investors hold a well diversified portfolio of equities across the world but despite the process of ‘financial globalization’, investors still hold a disproportionate share of local equities in their portfolio: the ‘equity home bias’ (French and Poterba (1991)). We review the various explanations of this puzzling phenomenon in the context of recent developments in macroeconomic modelling that have allowed to incorporate sophisticated international portfolio choices in standard two-country general equilibrium models. We refer to this literature as Open Economy Financial Macroeconomics. We focus on three broad classes of explanations : (i) hedging motives in frictionless financial markets (real exchange rate and non-tradable income risk), (ii) asset trade costs in international financial markets (such as transaction costs, differences in tax treatments between national and foreign assets.), (iii) informational frictions and behavioural biases. These recent developments raise the need for new portfolio facts beyond the equity home bias and we will present some new evidence on cross-border asset holdings across different types of assets: equities, bonds and bank lending. We also present some new micro data on institutional holdings of equity at the fund level. These data should inform macroeconomic modelling of the open economy and a growing literature of models of delegated investment. Ebrahim Rahbari, Nelson Costa-Neto and Francesca Monti provided excellent research assistance. ∗Department of Economics, SciencesPo, 28 rue des Saint-Pères, 75006 Paris, France. E-mail: nicolas.coeurdacier@sciences-po.fr. Web page: http://econ.sciences-po.fr/nicolas-coeurdacier/nicolas-coeurdacier ∗∗Department of Economics, London Business School, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4SA, UK. Telephone: +44 207 000 8412. E-mail: hrey@london.edu. Web page: http://faculty.london.edu/hrey
Gender Effects on Coronary Artery Flow and Left Ventricular Function in Patients with Acute Anterior ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) after Primary Coronary Angioplasty

C l i n M e d International Library Citation: Sharif D, Khaleeliah S, Sharif-Rasslan A, Rosenschein U (2017) Gender Effects on Coronary Artery Flow and Left Ventricular Function in Patients with Acute Anterior ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) after Primary Coronary Angioplasty. Int J Clin Cardiol 4:091. doi.org/10.23937/2378-2951/1410090 Received: October 27, 2016: Accepted: February 18, 2017: Published: February 21, 2017 Copyright: © 2017 Sharif D, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Sharif et al. Int J Clin Cardiol 2017, 4:090
Dengue & malaria global burden: A cross sectional study of awareness & practice of dengue and malaria & its difference among different age group in Pakistan

Malaria and Dengue both are mosquito borne infections. Malaria is spread by Anopheles mosquitoes. It’s caused by a parasite called Plasmodium. When an infected mosquito bites us this parasite enters in to our body and goes to liver where it affects red blood cells. While dengue is a mosquito borne viral infection it’s also called break bone fever in severe cases it changes in to life threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever, resulting in low level of platelets, low blood pressure and bleeding occurs. This study was conducted based on the awareness of dengue fever and malaria the survey forms were distributed in 100 different age group of people to determine that how much people are aware of these two diseases. In our survey we aimed to determine the awareness between different age groups about dengue fever and malaria. We set three different age ranges first one is between 15-30 years, second one is between 30-45 years and third one is above 45 years. The result of first range for malaria is (72%) and for dengue is (66.42%). The result of second range for malaria is (31.93%) and for dengue is (36.36%) and the result of third range for malaria is (35.56%) and for dengue is (34.60%). By our result we can conclude that the people of first range and third range are more aware of malaria as compare to dengue, while in second range people are more aware of dengue as compare to malaria. , Faculty of Pharmacy, Jinnah University for Women, Karachi-74600, Pakistan.
Irreversible Investment in Stochastically Cyclical Markets

This paper presents a new framework for studying irreversible (dis)investment when a market follows a random number of random-length cycles (such as a high-tech product market). It is assumed that a firm facing such market evolution is always unsure about whether the current cycle is the last one, although it can update its beliefs about the probability of facing a permanent decline by observing that no further growth phase arrives. We show that the existence of regime shifts in fluctuating markets suffices for an option value of waiting to (dis)invest to arise, and we provide a marginal interpretation of the optimal (dis)investment policies, absent in the real options literature. The paper also shows that, despite the stochastic process of the underlying variable has a continuous sample path, the discreteness in the regime changes implies that the sample path of the firm’s value experiences jumps whenever the regime switches all of a sudden, irrespective of whether the firm is active or not.
Govier’s Distinguishing A Priori from Inductive Arguments by Analogy: Implications for a General Theory of Ground Adequacy

In a priori analogies, the analogue is constructed in imagination, sharing certain properties with the primary subject. The analogue has some further property clearly consequent on those shared properties. Ceteris paribus the primary subject has that property also. The warrant involves non-empirical, e.g., moral intuition but is also defeasible. The argument is thus neither deductive nor inductive, but an additional type. In an inductive analogy, the analogues back the warrant from below. Distinguishing these two types of arguments by analogy gives epistemic evaluative factors primacy over resemblance factors in classifying arguments—a prescient insight on Govier’s part.
Mechanisms of thrombosis and restenosis after vascular injury

9 List of original papers . 11 List of abbreviations . 12 Background . 15 Introduction . 15 The artery wall . 16 Atherosclerosis . 16 Haemostasis . 18 Atherosclerosis, inflammation, and thrombosis . 22 Treatment of peripheral arterial disease . 24 Vascular response to injury . 26 Oxidative stress . 31 Aims of the study . 35 Material and methods . 37 Study design . 37 Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty . 39 Rat carotid balloon injury model . 40 Definitions . 40 Quality of life assessment . 40 Laboratory methods . 40 Statistical methods . 42 Ethical consideration . 42 Results . 43 Study I . 43 Study II . 45 Study III . 46 Study IV . 47 General discussion . 49 Long-term outcome of infrainguinal PTA . 49 Peripheral arterial disease and cardiovascular disease . 50 Animal models of vascular injury . 51 Thrombin and the vascular response to injury . 51 The inflammatory response after vascular injury . 53 Atherothrombotic markers after vascular injury . 53 Oxidative stress after vascular injury . 54 Future directions . 55 Conclusions . 59 Popular science summary in Swedish . 61 Acknowledgements . 63 References . 61 Papers I-IV CONTENTS
Occurrence of Atrazine and Degradates as Contaminants of Subsurface Drainage and Shallow Groundwater

Atrazine is a commonly used herbicide in corn (Zea mays L.) growing areas of the USA. Because of its heavy usage, moderate persistence, and mobility in soil, monitoring of atrazine movement under field conditions is essential to assess its potential to contaminate groundwater. Concentrations of atrazine, deisopropylatrazine (DIA), and deethlatraaine (DEA) were measured in subsurface drainage and shallow groundwater beneath continuous, no-till corn. Water samples were collected from the subsurface drain (tile) outlets and suction lysimeters in the growing seasons of 1990 and 1991, and analyzed for atrazine and two principle degradates won solid-phase extraction and HPLC. In 1990, atrazine concentration ranged from 1.3 to 5.1{mu}g L{sup -1} in tile-drain water and from 0.5 to 20.5 {mu}g L{sup -1} in lysimeter water. In general, concentrations of parent and degradates in solution were atrazine > DEA > DIA. Lesser levels of atrazine were measured in 1991 from Plots 2 and 4; however, greater concentrations of atrazine (6.0-8.4 {mu}g L{sup -1}) were measured from plot 5. Throughout the two growing seasons, atrazine concentration in Plot 5 tile-drain water was greater than that of Plots 2 and 4, suggesting a preferential movement of atrazine. Concentrations of DIA and DEA ranged from 0.1 tomore » 2.2 and 0.9 to 3.2 {mu}g L{sup -1} respectively, indicating that the degradation products by themselves or in combination with parent atrazine can exceed the maximum contaminant level (mcl) of 3 {mu}g L{sup -1} even though atrazine by itself may be <3 {mu}g L{sup -1}. The deethylatrazine-to-atrazine ratio (DAR) is an indicator of residence time in soil during transport of atrazine to groundwater. In Plots 2 and 4, DAR values for tile-drain water ranged from 0.43 to 2.70 and 0.50 to 2.66 respectively. By comparison, a DAR of 0.38 to 0.60 was observed in Plot 5, suggesting less residence time in the soil. 38 refs., 5 figs., 4 tabs. « less
Dynamic Routing in Flying Ad-Hoc Networks Using Topology-Based Routing Protocols

The ever-increasing demand for flexible and portable communications has led to a rapid evolution in networking between unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) often referred to as flying ad-hoc networks (FANETs). However, due to the exclusive characteristics of UAVs such as high mobility, frequent topology change and 3D space movement, make routing a challenging task in FANETs. Due to these characteristics, designing new routing protocols for FANETs is quite difficult. In the literature study of FANETs, a variety of traditional ad-hoc networking protocols have been suggested and tested for FANETs to establish an efficient and robust communication among the UAVs. In this context, topology-based routing is considered the most significant approach for solving the routing issues in FANETs. Therefore, in this article we specifically focus on topology-based routing protocols with the aim of improving the efficiency of the network in terms of throughput, end-to-end delay, and network load. We present a brief review of the most important topology-based routing protocols in the context of FANETs. We provide them with their working features for exchanging information, along with the pros and cons of each protocol. Moreover, simulation analyses of some of the topology-based routing protocols are also evaluated in terms of end-to-end delay, throughput and network load the using optimized network engineering tools (OPNET) simulator. Furthermore, this work can be used as a source of reference for researchers and network engineers who seek literature that is relevant to routing in FANETs.
Laser Spot Welding of Thermoplastic and Ceramic: An Experimental Investigation

Laser welding of dissimilar materials classes has vast potential in a variety of applications due to the non-contact nature of the process. This study investigates the effects of CO2 laser process parameters on the characteristics of spot welded joint between ceramic and thermoplastic. Using a full-factorial design an experimental investigation is carried out studying the effect of welding parameters (laser exposure, number of spots, stand-off distance) on the tensile strength and the diameter of spot weld. The study reveals an increase of joint tensile strength with the increase in the number of spots and the duration of exposure. However at low laser power, the effect of stand-off distance on the spot weld diameter is found to be inconclusive. Optimal process parameters are estimated using the multi-objective optimization on the basis of ratio analysis. The analysis shows that the higher number of spots and the longest duration of laser exposure result in optimal weld characteristics. Alongside these conditions, a larger stand-off distance is seen to have beneficial impact on the weld characteristics.
The EAOO-H Design Model for Transformation of WebGRL based Web Applications

In case of systematic web application development. The first step is to capture the requirements comprehensively both explicit and implicit requirements. Further, in order to ensure a smooth conversion of comprehensive description of the requirements we need a design model that can handle the requirements captured earlier in totality. For this we need a design model that has the ability to present the different perspectives of a web application holistically. Therefore a new enhanced EAOO-H design model is presented in this paper that can capture both explicit and implicit requirements with the help of different web specific design models namely the content, navigation and the presentation models. These web specific models form a very important part of structured modeling of web applications. Therefore, we need to ensure that these web specific design models are such that they aid the conversion strategy from the requirements stage to the design stage and further convert easily into the construction stage. In this paper we present the EAOO-H model used for the transformation strategy for translation from the webgrl content model to the EAOO-H domain model.
Unconstrained Fingerphoto Database

Biometrics based user authentication for mobile devices is now popular with face and fingerprints being the primary modalities. Fingerphoto, an image of a person's finger captured using inbuilt smartphone camera, based user authentication is an attractive and cost-effective alternative. Existing research focuses on constrained or semi-constrained environment; whereas, challenges such as user cooperation, number of fingers, background, orientation, and deformation are important to address before fingerphoto authentication becomes usable. This paper presents the first publicly available unconstrained fingerphoto database, termed as UNconstrained FIngerphoTo (UNFIT) database, which contains fingerphoto images acquired in unconstrained environments. We also present baseline results with deep learning based segmentation as well as CompCode and ResNet50 representation based matching approaches. We assert that the availability of the proposed database can encourage research in this important domain.
CUBULATING MALNORMAL AMALGAMS

A. We examine conditions on a group G splitting as a graph of groups which ensure that G acts properly on a CAT(0) cube complex. The system of conditions include: hyperbolicity of G relative to abelian subgroups, quasiconvexity of the vertex groups, and malnormality and subgroup separability properties of the edge groups. An additional condition involves an extension property for codimension-1 subgroups.
Global hydrographic variability patterns during 2003–2008

[1] Monthly gridded global temperature and salinity fields from the near-surface layer down to 2000 m depth based on Argo measurements are used to analyze large-scale variability patterns on annual to interannual time scales during the years 2003–2008. Previous estimates of global hydrographic fluctuations have been derived using different data sets, partly on the basis of scarce sampling. The substantial advantage of this study includes a detailed summary of global variability patterns based on a single and more uniform database. In the upper 400 m, regions of strong seasonal salinity changes differ from regions of strong seasonal temperature changes, and large amplitudes of seasonal salinity are observed in the upper tropical and subpolar global ocean. Strong interannual and decadal changes superimpose long-term changes at northern midlatitudes. In the subtropical and tropical basin, interannual fluctuations dominate the upper 500 m depth. At southern midlatitudes, hydrographic changes occur on interannual and decadal time scales, while long-term changes are predominantly observed in the salinity field. Global mean heat content and steric height changes are clearly associated with a positive trend during the 6 years of measurements. The global 6-year trend of steric height deduced from in situ measurements explains 40% of the satellite-derived quantities. The global freshwater content does not show a significant trend and is dominated by interannual variability.
Confocal Raman spectroscopy of graphene on hexagonal boron nitride

F. Forster, A. Molina-Sanchez, S. Engels, A. Epping, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, L. Wirtz, and C. Stampfer JARA-FIT and II. Institute of Physics B, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany, EU Peter Grunberg Institut (PGI-9), Forschungszentrum Julich, 52425 Julich, Germany, EU Institute for Electronics, Microelectronics, and Nanotechnology (IEMN), CNRS UMR 8520, Dept. ISEN, 59652 Villeneuve d’Ascq Cedex, France, EU Physics and Material Sciences Research Unit, University of Luxembourg, Campus Limpertsberg, L-1511 Luxembourg, EU Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan (Dated: December 2, 2012)
Electrostatic Effects in Biosorption. The Role of the Electrochemistry

Biosorption is the passive sequestration of pollutants by non-metabolizing non-living biomass. The technique emerged in 1980’s as a possible alternative method for wastewater treatments in an environmentally friendly manner. In this paper it is shown that a basic research in biosorption processes is closely related to the field of Electrochemistry according to the conceptual division of this area in Ionics and Electrodics.
Interactive comment on “ Temperature and humidity dependence of secondary organic aerosol yield from the ozonolysis of β-pinene ” by C . Stenby et al .

This paper presents the results of an experimental study to investigate the temperature dependence of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) yields from the ozonolysis of betapinene over the temperature range 263-303 K, under nominal dry and humid conditions, and interpretation of the results using a classical two partitioning product model. The results are rather unusual in that they demonstrate a strongly "oscillating" (but on average negative) dependence of the observed yields on temperature under dry conditions, but a smooth positive temperature dependence under humid conditions. These observations suggest that a number of factors over and above partitioning product volatility considerations influence SOA formation. The resultant main conclusion of the work is that it is important to consider the effect of temperature and humidity on
Wind speed model design and dynamic simulation of a wind farm embedded on distribution networks

Wind Energy is a clean and economic energy resource from which, thanks to the technological advances achieved in the last decades, we can derive many benefits in a n increasingly efficient way. In line with this advance in the different systems of wind generation, new models that allow to simulate the operation with a gr eater accuracy should be developed. Therefore it is necessary to thoroughly study an essential factor in the operation of this type of facilities as it is the wind behaviour. This paper explain the design, implementation and simulation of a model that represents the possible conditions of wind that can occur in a given wind installation.
IMPROVING SEMI-GLOBAL MATCHING: COST AGGREGATION AND CONFIDENCE MEASURE

Abstract. Digital elevation models are one of the basic products that can be generated from remotely sensed imagery. The Semi Global Matching (SGM) algorithm is a robust and practical algorithm for dense image matching. The connection between SGM and Belief Propagation was recently developed, and based on that improvements such as correction of over-counting the data term, and a new confidence measure have been proposed. Later the MGM algorithm has been proposed, it aims at improving the regularization step of SGM, but has only been evaluated on the Middlebury stereo benchmark so far. This paper evaluates these proposed improvements on the ISPRS satellite stereo benchmark, using a Pleiades Triplet and a Cartosat-1 Stereo pair. The over-counting correction slightly improves matching density, at the expense of adding a few outliers. The MGM cost aggregation shows leads to a slight increase of accuracy.
The Amphibolous Role of miR-203 in Gastrointestinal and Urogenital Cancers

miR-203, as a member of the miRNAs family, play a major role in control of gene expression during normal development and are disrupted in the initiation and progression of specific diseases. It was worth nothing that a growing body of evidence indicated an abnormal expression of miR-203 in several human leading cancers including gastrointestinal and urogenital cancers. The cytosine-phosphoguanine (CpG)-island methylation was one of the most significant factors which controlled the expression of miR-203. Furthermore, miR-203 participated in these cancers via targeting its downstream genes. However, the precise regulatory mechanisms underlying miR-203 association with these cancers are still not fully understood. The aim of this review is to sum up the collective knowledge of miR-203 in gastrointestinal and urogenital cancers.
Reconstructing the thermal structure of the upper ocean: Insights from planktic foraminifera shell chemistry and alkenones in modern sediments of the tropical eastern Indian Ocean

[1] Shell chemistry of planktic foraminifera and the alkenone unsaturation index in 69 surface sediment samples in the tropical eastern Indian Ocean off West and South Indonesia were studied. Results were compared to modern hydrographic data in order to assess how modern environmental conditions are preserved in sedimentary record, and to determine the best possible proxies to reconstruct seasonality, thermal gradient and upper water column characteristics in this part of the world ocean. Our results imply that alkenone-derived temperatures record annual mean temperatures in the study area. However, this finding might be an artifact due to the temperature limitation of this proxy above 28°C. Combined study of shell stable oxygen isotope and Mg/Ca ratio of planktic foraminifera suggests that Globigerinoides ruber sensu stricto (s.s.), G. ruber sensu lato (s.l.), and G. sacculifer calcify within the mixed-layer between 20 m and 50 m, whereas Globigerina bulloides records mixed-layer conditions at ∼50 m depth during boreal summer. Mean calcifications of Pulleniatina obliquiloculata, Neogloboquadrina dutertrei, and Globorotalia tumida occur at the top of the thermocline during boreal summer, at ∼75 m, 75–100 m, and 100 m, respectively. Shell Mg/Ca ratios of all species show a significant correlation with temperature at their apparent calcification depths and validate the application of previously published temperature calibrations, except for G. tumida that requires a regional Mg/Ca-temperature calibration (Mg/Ca = 0.41 exp (0.068*T)). We show that the difference in Mg/Ca-temperatures of the mixed-layer species and the thermocline species, particularly between G. ruber s.s. (or s.l.) and P. obliquiloculata, can be applied to track changes in the upper water column stratification. Our results provide critical tools for reconstructing past changes in the hydrography of the study area and their relation to monsoon, El Nino-Southern Oscillation, and the Indian Ocean Dipole Mode.