I examine the counterintuitive claim from Davis et.al. [1] that a stationary or receding galaxy in an expanding universe may exhibit blueshift, even when the universe contains no gravitating matter. I show that with more precise calculations the effect disappears for the empty universe. I also discuss how this is related to the currently popular idea of ‘expanding space’, looking at how this id...

Crime and migration has been a subject of debate over many decades. The present review of the literature attempts to synthesize the available evidence from statistics, crime victimization surveys, self-report surveys and other sources regarding offending and victimization rates among migrants and native populations, discriminatory decision-making by victims, police and criminal justice official...

The instructions to Authors for Ecology and Ecological Monographs include the statement: “Write with precision, clarity, and economy.” This wonderfully self-illustrative sentence contains some of the most important instructions given to prospective authors, yet it is probably the most overlooked. Based on my experience as a subject editor for the past three years, I contend that verbiage, obscu...

Hedging foreign currency risk is a central task for treasuries of multinational corporations. Traditionally, it has strongly relied on voice-based broking. With the advent of Internet technology, online platforms for foreign exchange trading emerged offering corporations a single point of access to the liquidity of a global market. However, online marketplaces only become truly valuable if seam...

Despite Taiwan financial institutions’ huge investments in online financial services systems, Taiwan consumers’ adoption of online financial services has been slower than anticipated. So far, online financial services research in Taiwan is still in its infancy, hence receiving little academic attention. This suggests a need to understand Taiwan Internet users’ adoption behavior of online financ...

Net Asset Value (NAV) calculation and validation is the principle task of a fund administrator. If the NAV of a fund is calculated incorrectly then there is huge impact on the fund administrator; such as monetary compensation, reputational loss, or loss of business. In general, these companies use the same methodology to calculate the NAV of a fund, however the type of fund in question dictates...

A multiframe selective information fusion technique, based on a time evolution equation with anisotropic gain, is applied to the spatio-temporal processing of a video captured from behind visual obstructions, achieving as final output a synthetic frame of unobstructed field of view, as though 'looking straight through the woods' at a distant scene. I. INTRODUCTION The goal of multiframe selecti...

The theremin was the first major electronic musical instrument. Players cause the theremin to produce sound without contact at all by manipulating electromagnetic fields with their hands. This unique design often sparks interest in those that learn about it, but despite this fact, the theremin has remained in relative obscurity since its invention. This paper discusses the history of the therem...

Despite increased concern about the privacy threat posed by new technology and the Internet, there is relatively little evidence that people’s privacy concerns translate to privacy-enhancing behaviors while online. In Study 1, measures of privacy concern are collected, followed six weeks later by a request for intrusive personal information alongside measures of trust in the requestor and perce...