University of Konstanz 10 6XPPDU\ The mammalian central nervous system (CNS) lacks the regenerative capacity to regrow axons upon injury. RTN-4/Nogo-A, a member of reticulon-family of proteins, is a potent myelin associated inhibitor for axon growth and regeneration in the adult CNS of higher vertebrates. In stark contrast, CNS lesioned axons in the zebrafish (ZF) optic nerve regenerate readily...

Jeremy Greenwood1, Glenn M. MacDonald2, and Guang-Jia Zhang3 1 Department of Economics, University of Rochester, NY 14627-0156, USA 2 W.E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration and Department of Economics, University of Rochester, NY 14627-0156, USA 3 Department of Economics, University of Rochester, NY 14627-0156, USA, and Department of Economics, University of Guelph, Guelph NIG 2W...

Influence of application of sewage sludge and manure compost on crop ZN concentration and soil Zn availability index in a loamy sand soil in Ontario Guang Wen1, R. P. Voroney2 J. J. Schoenau1 and T. E. Bates22 ‘Dept. of Soil Science, Univ. of Saskatchewan, SASK., Canada S7N 5A8. ‘Dept. of Land Resource Science, Univ. of Guelph, Ont., Canada NIG 2WI. _-__-____-----______~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------...

In modern asset price models, stochastic volatility plays a crucial role in order to explain several stylized facts of returns. Recently, [4] introduced a class of stochastic volatility models (the so called BNS SV model) based on superposition of Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes driven by subordinators. The BNS SV model forms a flexible class, where one can easily explain heavy-tails and skewness ...

OBJECTIVE To assess long-term effects and risk factors for the efficacy of hyperimmunization protocols against infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) during a longitudinal field study of dairy and dairy-beef mixed farms. ANIMALS Approximately 7,700 cows from 72 farms. PROCEDURES Farms were assigned to 3 treatment groups (hyperimmunization groups [HIGs] 1 and 2, which were hyperimmunized wi...

Infrared small target detection in complex cloud backgrounds has long been a research challenge. A novel robust method based on the divergence of gradient field is proposed to enhance and suppress background synchronously. The negative intensity (NIG field) matches with characteristics positive source. cluster, other hand, lacks this feature. First, NIG calculated target’s property from origina...

ERS Helen W. Belding,M.D., 1I’inston-Satem, N. C. Conrad Maier, M.D., Zurich, Switzerland Sheila T. Callender, M.D.,Oxford, England Milos Netou ek, M.D., Prague, Czechoslovakia Robert B. Chodos, M.D. Franiinghain .lfass. Charles E. Rath, M.D., Washington . . . Jean P. Soulier, M.D. Paris, France Roger C. Crafts Ph.D., Cincinnati Ram#{243}nM. Su#{225}rezM.D. San Juan, Puerto Rico C. R. DasGupta,...

This paper aims to estimate the Value-at-Risk (VaR) using GARCH type models with improved return distribution. Value at Risk (VaR) is an essential benchmark for measuring the risk of financial markets quantitatively. The parametric method, historical simulation, and Monte Carlo simulation have been proposed in several financial mathematics and engineering studies to calculate VaR, that each of ...