Many exotic derivatives do not have closed-form valuation equations, and must be priced using approximation methods. Where they can be applied, standard lattice techniques based on binomial and trinomial trees will achieve correct valuations asymptotically. They can also generally handle American exercise. But for many problems, including pricing barrier options, convergence may be slow and err...

BACKGROUND In highly sensitized patients (HSP) awaiting renal transplantation, accurate delineation of acceptable human leukocyte antigen (HLA) mismatches (AMM) aids identification of suitable crossmatch negative donors. Comparison of differences in polymorphic triplet amino acid sequences in antibody accessible regions of HLA may predict immunogenicity. We have examined the ability of the HLAM...

The weatherloach, Misgurnus angulliacaudatus, is an intestinal air-breathing, freshwater fish that has the unique ability to excrete ammonia through gut volatilization when branchial and cutaneous routes are compromised during high environmental ammonia or air exposure. We hypothesized that transepithelial gut NH(4)(+) transport is facilitated by an apical Na(+)/H(+) (NH(4)(+)) exchanger (NHE) ...

Objectives To assess body composition and bone mineral density (BMD) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) women compared to patients with osteoarthritis (OA). Methods 133 RA 45 OA aged 50 over were enrolled the study. Body (fat mass (FM), lean component (BMC)) BMD of lumbar spine, femoral neck total hip measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Appendicular muscle (AMM) appendicular index ...

The present study shows that the weak (out-of-phase) correlation between boreal spring Atlantic Meridional Mode (AMM) index and Indian summer monsoon rainfall (ISMR) during 1990–2001 periods turned into a significant positive relationship after that. During first period, (MAM) season SST variability is dominated by stronger cooling in southeastern region. After 2002, pattern has north warming e...

As an integral part of the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem, exchanges (DEXs) with automated market maker (AMM) protocols have gained massive traction recently revived interest in blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) general. Instead matching buy sell sides, makers (AMMs) employ a peer-to-pool method determine asset price algorithmically through so-called conservation functi...