This paper investigates whether Japanese banks had been following herd behavior in the domestic loan market from 1975 through 2002. Applying the technique developed by Lakonishok, Shleifer, and Vishny (LSV) (1992, J. of Fin. Econ.) to the data of loans outstanding to different types of borrowers, we obtain evidence indicative of the existence of herding. Consistent herding during the entire sam...

Within a simple model context, the sensitivity and stability of the thermohaline circulation to finite amplitude perturbations is studied. A new approach is used to tackle this nonlinear problem. The method is based on the computation of the so-called Conditional Nonlinear Optimal Perturbation (CNOP) which is a nonlinear generalization of the linear singular vector approach (LSV). It is shown t...

In this report, vulcan XC-72 supported PtNi alloy catalyst nanoparticles were synthesized by electroless deposition method using NaBH4 as a reduction agent. The properties of the synthesized Pt-Ni/C catalysts were investigated and evaluated. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) results showed that PtNi alloy catalysts dispersed well on the carbon supports and their particle size was in the ra...

The paper adopts from the investment behavior theory and studies the affecting factors of financial investors in investment decision-making and the investment fund behavioral deviation. At the same time, the thesis also analyzes the efficiency of asset allocation and investment behavior of China's securities investment funds, and studies its impact on China's securities market. On the basis of ...

Development of inexpensive and robust electrocatalysts towards oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is crucial for the cost-affordable manufacturing of metal-air batteries and fuel cells. Here we show that cross-linked CoMoO4 nanosheets and reduced graphene oxide (CoMoO4/rGO) can be integrated in a hybrid material under one-pot hydrothermal conditions, yielding a composite material with promising ca...

Although there are various determination methods for gamma -oryzanol contained in rice bran oil by absorptiometry, normal-phase HPLC, and reversed-phase HPLC, their accuracies and the correlations among them have not been revealed yet. Chloroform-containing mixed solvents are widely used as mobile phases in some HPLC methods, but researchers have been apprehensive about its use in terms of safe...

Abstract Introduction The long saphenous vein (LSV) is frequently used in cardiac surgery; however, its use complicated by late stenosis or occlusion due to the development of intimal hyperplasia (IH). TGF-β has been implicated process IH however impact acute haemodynamic changes on activation endothelial-to mesenchymal transition (EndMT) not assessed and it's focus this study. Purpose To asses...

Objective
 Shear wave elastography (SWE) is a new
 ultrasonography technique that can non-invasively
 evaluate liver stiffness. The efficacy of SWE in adults
 has been demonstrated by numerous studies, but
 there are few studies pediatric groups. Since
 the stiffness values (LSV) vary according to the
 device and method used, standard reference
 have not ...

Non-targeted strategies based on high-performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection (HPLC-UV) and fluorescence (HPLC-FLD) fingerprints were evaluated to accomplish the classification authentication of instant coffee (40 samples), decaf (26 chicory (22 samples, including both ground instant), as well detect quantify frauds adulteration by multivariate chemometric methods. HPLC-UV ...