HST still alive

Beta Is Still Alive!∗

This paper investigates whether beta can predict the expected return after controlling for the beta instability resulting from shift in the covariance structure. Such a shift is driven by idiosyncratic volatility’s clientele effect: speculative investors prefer stocks with high idiosyncratic volatility. Consequently, these stocks tend to have low future returns from overpricing, and high beta b...

50 Years Old and Still Alive: Eigenproblems

Stem Cell Therapy for Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Still Alive?

In mammals, the auditory system, which includes the cochlea, has a very complex structure harboring many types of cells performing different functions. Among these cells are the auditory hair cells (HCs), which are terminally and well differentiated unique cells which have lost their regenerative potential after development. The auditory HCs are easily damaged by aging as well as during episode...

Surviving on Planet CCRMA, two Years Later and Still alive

Planet CCRMA at Home [2] is a collection of packages that you can add to a computer running RedHat 9 or Fedora Core 1, 2 or 3 to transform it into an audio workstation with a low-latency kernel, current ALSA audio drivers and a nice set of music, midi, audio and video applications. It is also now a standalone distribution based on Fedora Core 3 which you can install by itself (without a previou...

Comparative psychology is still alive but may be losing relevance.

Greenberg et al., in their perspective on the current state and fate of comparative psychology, present convincing data that the field is viable and that comparative psychologists are making important contributions to the research literature. The central feature of the field is its emphasis upon evolution. This is also its weakness since advances in genetic techniques permit researchers to crea...