Creative behaviors are among the most complex that humans engage in, involving not only highly intricate, domain-specific knowledge and skill, but also domain-general processing styles and the affective drive to create. This study presents structural imaging data indicating that musically creative people (as indicated by self-report) have greater cortical surface area or volume in a) regions as...

BACKGROUND Several systematic reviews suggest that intermittent pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) chemotherapy is effective, but intensity (daily versus intermittent) and duration of rifampicin use (intensive phase only versus both phases) have not been distinguished. In addition, the various outcomes (success, failure, relapse, and default) have only selectively been evaluated. METHODS We conducte...

Leniec, M. 2016. Information and Default Risk in Financial Valuation. Uppsala Dissertations in Mathematics 95. 27 pp. Uppsala: Department of Mathematics, Uppsala University. ISBN 978-91-506-2551-6. This thesis consists of an introduction and five articles in the field of financial mathematics. The main topics of the papers comprise credit risk modelling, optimal stopping theory, and Dynkin game...

Agnosticism has always had its fair amount of criticism. Religious believers often described the first agnostics as infidels and it is not uncommon to see them somewhat dull fence-sitters. Moreover, undecided agnostic stance on belief in gods compared with being unsure about such obviously false statements existence orbiting teapots, invisible dragons or even Santa Claus. In this paper, I maint...

Only few studies exist concerning the recovery rate of bank loans. The recovery rate is defined as the payback quota of a defaulted borrower. Prediction models of recovery rates are gaining in importance because of the Basel II-reform and the impact for the credit risk management, the calculation of interest rates and the results of credit risk models. Factors that influence the recovery rate c...