Cap and swaption prices contain information on interest rate volatilities and correlations. In this paper, we examine whether this information in cap and swaption prices is consistent with realized movements of the interest rate term structure. To extract an option-implied interest rate covariance matrix from cap and swaption prices, we use Libor market models or discrete-tenor string models as...

Several interviews are available for assessing PTSD. These interviews vary in merit when compared on stringent psychometric and utility standards. Of all the interviews, the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS-1) appears to satisfy these standards most uniformly. The CAPS-1 is a structured interview for assessing core and associated symptoms of PTSD. It assesses the frequency and intensity ...

A multi-agent system (MAS) is currently under development at the Center for Advanced Power Systems (CAPS) at Florida State University. CAPS is attempting reconfigure the shipboard power system without human intervention and without centralized scheduling and planning. CAPS has had success with radial plants. The CAPS solution is to use an agent to represent and exert high-level control on each ...

We examine the localized nematic regions (caps) on spherical colloidal particles suspended in a nematogenic liquid in the isotropic phase in the bulk by solving the Poisson equation with an orientation-dependent dielectric tensor. These caps appear and grow with an increasing applied electric field. We assume positive dielectric anisotropy of the nematogenic liquid and a high dielectric constan...

The study describes the Cardiff Anomalous Perceptions Scale (CAPS), a new validated measure of perceptual anomalies. The 32-item CAPS measure is a reliable, self-report scale, which uses neutral language, demonstrates high content validity, and includes subscales that measure distress, intrusiveness, and frequency of anomalous experience. The CAPS was completed by a general population sample of...

It is demonstrated here that the ability of injected Xwnt8 RNA to trigger mesoderm formation in Xenopus presumptive ectoderm (animal caps) depends on the time of explantation. Animal caps isolated from Xwnt8 injected embryos at the late blastula/early gastrula stages differentiate mesodermal tissues whereas caps isolated from early blastula do not. This finding suggests that an endogenous signa...

Few neuro-endocrinological studies have examined the relationship between occlusal disharmony and stress. To determine the effect of occlusal disharmony on the central nervous system, we measured plasma corticosterone and extracellular noradrenaline in the vicinity of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus in rats both with and without incisal caps. After the caps were set, plasma corticoster...

The objective of this study was to understand the everyday lives of users of a Psychosocial Care Center (CAPS, Centro de Atenção Psicossocial). This is a qualitative study, with Alfred Schutz's phenomenological sociology as the theoretical framework. The studied field was a CAPS located in Porto Alegre, and the interviewed subjects were 13 users. Data collection was performed between April and ...

In contrast with the limited sequence divergence accumulated after separation of higher primate lineages, marked cytogenetic variation has been associated with the genome evolution in these species. Studying the impact of such structural variations on defined molecular processes can provide valuable insights on how genome structural organization contributes to organismal evolution. Here, we sho...

For the past 5 years, cultures and subcultures of excised lemon fruit tissue have been maintained in Kimble screw-cap vials (60957, no. 2-2k4), the vials being hermetically sealed with rubber-lined plastic screw caps, size 24 (Kordan, Nature 198: 867, 1963). Under these conditions, the only oxygen available to the excised tissue was that present within the vials at the time of tissue implantati...