The article presents an analysis of the impact foreign currency dynamics on fundamentals (basic indices economic performance) Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland during financial crisis 2007/2008 its aftermath until 2017. subject are three currencies: US dollar, euro Swiss franc. assessment their above-mentioned economies is based joint volatilities bond spreads currencies. A series copula-GARCH...

We dissect the impact of a large and sudden exchange rate appreciation on Swiss border import prices, retail consumer expenditures domestic imported nondurable goods, following removal EUR/CHF floor in January 2015. Cross-sectional variation price changes by currency invoicing carries over to prices allocations, impacting imports competing as well expenditures. provide measures sensitivity shar...

Three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) and speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) have recently applied as imaging techniques to accurately evaluate left atrial (LA) size, anatomy and function. 3DE and off-line quantification softwares, have allowed, in comparison to magnetic resonance imaging, the most time-efficient and accurate method of LA volume quantification. STE provides a non-Dopple...

Mercedes Pascual,* Manojit Roy and Alain Franc Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048, USA. INRA, Forest and Natural Environment Department, Paris and Orsay University, Laboratory ESE, France *Correspondence: E-mail: [email protected] Abstract Spatial patterns are ubiquitous in nature. Because these patterns modify the temporal dynamics ...