This thesis is concerned with an agent in a financial market who wishes to trade between day t = 0 and day t = τ . The agent starts with a specific objective in mind, which defines a class of acceptable (random) financial positions at the end of day τ . He wants to determine an initial amount and a self-financing trading strategy which will turn the discounted terminal value of his portfolio ac...

background and objectives evaluation of protein quality in food is of great importance due to the biological and economical impacts of food proteins. this study has been conducted with the aim of comparing the protein quality of homemade food (mixture of macaroni and soy bean) with commercial baby food (cerelac wheat) using casein as the refference point.   methods this study was conducted on 6...

Research in diet, nutrition, and cancer is multidisciplinary. As a result there are many factors to consider in the conceptualization and design of experiments that may not be readily apparent to someone entering this field. In this article issues are identified that should be considered in the development of hypotheses about the effects of diet and nutrition on the carcinogenic process and the...

The validity of ten popular anthropometric percent fat prediction equations for estimating changes in percentage of body fat for obese females was studied. Thirty-one obese females (mean ± SEM, %fat = 36.7 ± 1.1%, body mass = 75.6 ± 1.7 kg, age = 32.8 ± 1.1 years) participated in a diet-only, diet-plus-exercise, or exercise-only program. Subjects lost 2.7 ± 0.3 fat percentage points and 3.0 ± 0...