The objective of this study is to investigate the predictability of model based forecasts and the VIX index on forecasting future volatility of S&P 500 index daily returns. The study period is from January 1990 to December 2010, including 5291 observations. A variety of time series models were estimated, including random walk model, GARCH (1,1), GJR(1,1) and EGARCH (1,1) models. The study resul...

We have investigated the regulation of adhesion of metastatic human breast carcinoma cells to various protein substrates in the presence or absence of the protein kinase C (PKC) activator, 12-tetradecanoyl phorbol 13-acetate (TPA) or calcium ionophore A23187 (A23187). Both TPA and A23187 dramatically enhanced MDA-MB-435 cell adhesion to type IV collagen (collagen IV), vitronectin, and, to some ...

The performance of a high-pressure xenon gas proportional scintillation counter/microstrip gas chamber (GPSC/MSGC) hybrid detector has been investigated for filling pressures from 1 up to 10 bar, for 22-, 30and 60-keV photons. GPSC/MSGC hybrid detectors are based on a xenon-GPSC instrumented with a CsI-coated microstrip plate photosensor placed directly within the xenon envelope, as a substitut...

S8 ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND / VOLUME 6 / SUPPLEMENT 1 / AUGUST 2017 treated by EUS-CYA. Patients were followed up for 6 months after EUS or till death. A historical control group of HCC patients who underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy-CYA (EGD-CYA) for index gastroesophageal variceal bleeding alone was identified in a prospective gastrointestinal bleed database from 2009 to 2013 for comparison. R...

The stability constants and complexation reaction between L-glutamine, L-arginine andglycine with Zn (II) , Co (II) and Ni (II) were studied potentiometrically in aqueous solution at25° C and μ=0.1 M KNO3. The overall stability constants log β´s of all species are obtained bycomputer refinement of pH-volume data using BEST computer program. Several models weretested and the lowest δFIT, the bes...

the stability constants and complexation reaction between l-glutamine, l-arginine andglycine with zn (ii) , co (ii) and ni (ii) were studied potentiometrically in aqueous solution at25° c and μ=0.1 m kno3. the overall stability constants log β´s of all species are obtained bycomputer refinement of ph-volume data using best computer program. several models weretested and the lowest δfit, the bes...