The respiratory responses to cold ambient temperatures in birds have only rarely been described. Bernstein & Schmidt-Nielsen (1974) studied the fish crow (Corvus ossifragus) during moderate cold exposure, while Bouverot, Hildwein & Oulhen (1976) measured ventilatory variables in pigeons (Columba livia) at near thermoneutral (22°C) and at cold (2°C) ambient temperatures. With respect to the amou...

Information technology enables trading of financial products to be much more efficient and effective. In nowadays, 90% of the trading volumes of stocks come from algorithmic trading in market microstructure. In this project, we explore to apply LAMSTAR network to predict the price movement in market microstructure. More specifically, the historical price movement, the current order book statist...

The lattice dynamics (LD) and molecular In the LD method the crystal potential is usually estimated dynamics (MD) methods have been used to calculate the in the harmonic or quasi-harmonic approximation. LD structure, bulk modulus, and volume thermal expansivity of calculations are very useful and powerful for predicting MgSiO3 perovskite, in order to investigate the reliability of vibrational f...

The hedonic price literature suggests that locations with more favourable characteristics should display compensating wage and house price differentials. Estimates of the marginal willingness to pay for small changes in climate variables are derived using the hedonic price technique applied to Italian data. A hedonic price model was specified in terms of January and July averages. There exists ...

Pistachio butter (semi solid paste), which is made from roasted pistachio kernels, is an appropriate alternative to work on because of its high nutritional and economical values. In this study, timedependent flow properties of pistachio butter were determined at two different temperatures (25˚C and 45˚C) for five different formulations (with different levels of emulsifying agents). Forward a...

Time-varying risk premia traditionally have been associated with the empirical fact that conditional second moments are time-varying. This paper additionally examines another possible source for time-varying risk premia, namely the market price of risk (lambda). For utility functions that do not imply constant risk aversion measures, the market price of risk will in general change over time. We...

purpose: transcranial magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound (mrgfus) is a new development in the field of functional neurosurgery. a comprehensive review of the current literature was performed to evaluate of transcranial mrgfus in treatment of essential tremor (et) and parkinson’s disease. methods: articles available in electronic databases of pubmed, and web of science, as of july 2016...

On September 24, 1984, President Reagan signed into law the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984. This law, the first change in United States patent terms since 1861, restores part of the patent life lost during the premarket regulatory process for new pharmaceuticals (and also for medical devices and food additives). A second major provision of the law facilitates the...

Nigeria is a dominant economic force in sub-Saharan Africa with a strong economy as well as booming oil and agricultural sectors. However, over-dependence on the production and export of oil as well as food imports has rendered the economy vulnerable to global price fluctuations. The increasing spate of fluctuations in the world price of oil affects not only the economic sector but also agricul...