Extant literature establishes co-movements among commodity (metal and oil) prices; whereas oil price/shocks aggregate, as a lone predictor, has relative predictability for most financial assets. We assess the of Baumeister Hamilton's (2019) decomposed shocks (economic activity shocks, consumption demand inventory supply shocks) conditional volatilities prominently traded precious metals (gold, ...

Metaphor is a conventional and ordinary part of language. An approach to metaphor, based on the explicit representation of knowledge about metaphors, has been developed. This approach asserts that the interpretation of conventional metaphoric language should proceed through the direct application of speci c knowledge about the metaphors in the language. midas (Metaphor Interpretation, Denotatio...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE This study aimed to assess the efficacy of modafinil, a wakefulness-promoting agent in alleviating post-stroke fatigue ≥3 months after stroke. We hypothesized that 200 mg of modafinil daily for 6 weeks would result in reduced symptoms of fatigue compared with placebo. METHODS This single-center phase 2 trial used a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover...

Fabiano Fernandes1, Rodrigo Bonifácio2, Lourdes Brasil3, Renato Guadagnin4 and Janice Lamas5 1Instituto Federal de Brasília, 2Computer Science Department, University of Brasília, 3Post-Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering, University of Brasília at Gama 4Post-Graduate Program in Knowledge Management and Information Technology, Catholic University of Brasília, 5Janice Lamas Radiology Clini...

Some fishes mature and function as one sex and later transform to the other sex in response to social interactions. Previous evidence suggested that a change in developmental timing may be involved in the evolution of adult sex change in fishes. The most recent support for this idea came from reports that sex in the Midas cichlid, Amphilophus citrinellus, was determined by social conditions exp...