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Cross-asset derivative securities are studied and a dichotomous asset pricing model (DAPM) is derived that significantly enriches the Sharpe-Lintner-Black capital asset pricing model. An assets beta is shown to be observable ex ante through the price of its cross-market call or put, and the DAPM separately predicts the assets’ expected return beta relations under the upper-market and lower-mark...

We investigate the modifications of the static BTZ black hole solution due to a chosen asymptotically constant dilaton/scalar. New classes of static black hole solutions are obtained. Using quasilocal formalism, we calculate their mass for a finite spat ial region that contains the black hole. Their temperatures are also computed. Finally, using some of the curvature singularities as examples, ...

BACKGROUND The use of transcutaneous bilirubin (TcB) as a screening tool, based on relevant population-specific nomogram, or proxy for total serum bilirubin (TSB) levels in assessing the risk of subsequent hyperbilirubinemia is supported by several clinical guidelines on the management of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. However, while TcB has been found to significantly over-estimate TSB in neonat...

Maximum drawdown is a risk measure that plays an important role in portfolio management. In this paper, we address the question of computing the expected value of the maximum drawdown using a partial differential equation (PDE) approach. First, we derive a two-dimensional convection-diffusion pricing equation for the maximum drawdown in the Black-Scholes framework. Due to the properties of the ...

The fraction of AGN with photoelectric absorption in the X-rays ranging from NH of 1022 up to about 1024 cm−2 (Compton-thin) appears observationally to be anticorrelated to their luminosity Lx. This recently found evidence is used to investigate the location of the absorbing gas. The molecular torus invoked in the unified picture of AGN, while it can be regarded as confirmed on several grounds ...

Stacking two-dimensional (2D) materials into multi-layers or heterostructures, known as van der Waals (vdW) epitaxy, is an essential degree of freedom for tuning their properties on demand. Few-layer black phosphorus (FLBP), a material with high potential for nano- and optoelectronics applications, appears to have interlayer couplings much stronger than graphene and other 2D systems. Indeed, th...

BACKGROUND The Esperanza Window Trap (EWT) baited with CO2 and human sweat compounds is attractive to Simulium ochraceum s.l., the primary vector of Onchocerca volvulus in the historically largest endemic foci in México and Guatemala. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS The ability of the EWT to locally reduce numbers of questing S. ochraceum s.l. was evaluated in two formerly onchocerciasis endem...

A classical spinning particle based on the Kerr-Newman black hole (BH) solution is considered. For parameters of spinning particles |a| >> m, the BH horizons disappear and BH image is drastically changed. We show that it turns into a skeleton formed by two coupled stringy systems. One of them is the Kerr singular ring which can be considered as a circular D-string with an orientifold worldsheet...

Two studies were conducted to determine the true P digestibility (TPD) of black-eyed pea (BEP) and peanut flour (PNF) and the TPD response to phytase supplementation using the regression method. Sequential diets containing 115, 230, or 345 g of BEP/kg (experiment 1) and 115, 230, or 345 g of PNF/kg (experiment 2) without or with 1,000 units of phytase/kg were formulated. Chromic oxide was added...