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...

PURPOSE Measures of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and heart rate recovery (HRR) can improve risk stratification for cardiovascular disease, but these measurements are rarely made in asymptomatic individuals due to cost. An exercise field test (EFT) to assess CRF and HRR would be an inexpensive method for cardiovascular disease risk assessment in large populations. This study assessed 1) the p...

In this study we assessed the influence of the three different recovery interventions massage (MSG), electrical muscle stimulation (EMS), and passive rest (PR) on lactate disappearance and muscle recovery after exhausting exercise bouts. Twelve healthy male sport students participated in the study. They attended the laboratory on five test days. After measurement of [Formula: see text]O2max and...

BACKGROUND Prolongation of the QT interval after exercise can be used to help diagnose long-QT syndrome, especially when the resting QT interval is borderline. The aim of this study was to determine the normal ranges for QT and corrected QT in the recovery phase after exercise in children. METHODS AND RESULTS Ninety-four volunteer boys and girls aged 8 to < 17 years without any history of hea...

PURPOSE Skin temperature assessment has historically been undertaken with conductive devices affixed to the skin. With the development of technology, infrared devices are increasingly utilised in the measurement of skin temperature. Therefore, our purpose was to evaluate the agreement between four skin temperature devices at rest, during exercise in the heat, and recovery. METHODS Mean skin t...

ÐCheckpointing is an effective fault-tolerant technique for improving system availability and reliability. However, a blind checkpointing placement can result in either performance degradation or expensive recovery cost. By means of the calculus of variations, we derive an explicit formula that links the optimal checkpointing frequency with a general failure rate, with the objective of globally...

New asymptotic upper bounds are presented on the rate of sequences locally repairable codes (LRCs) with a prescribed relative minimum distance and locality over finite field $F$ . The apply to LRCs in which recovery functions linear; ...

the probability of losing a customer in m/g/n/0 and gi/m/n/0 loss queuing systems withheterogeneous servers is minimized. the first system uses a queue discipline in which a customer who arriveswhen there are free servers chooses any one of them with equal probability, but is lost otherwise. providedthat the sum of the servers rates are fixed, loss probability in this system attains minimum val...