Choose statistically significant stock selection models using SAS®Portfolio and Investment Analysis with SAS®: Financial Modeling Techniques for Optimization is an introduction to using SAS to choose statistically significant stock selection models, create mean-variance efficient portfolios, and aggressively invest to maximize the geometric mean....

Throughout history, the thinking of Western Europe and America has often dominated scholarly conversation, even on objects of study outside of those cultures. Thus Western academic inquiry into Chinese philosophy, for example, from Confucius and Laozi to Mozi and Chen Liang, has rarely engaged with scholarly work from China itself....

Эта книга — репринт оригинального издания (издательство "ke ji wei sheng chu ban she", 1958 год), созданный на основе электронной копии высокого разрешения, которую очистили и обработали вручную, сохранив структуру и орфографию оригинального издания....

A high-resolution hydro-dynamic model for Delaware Bay was developed, validated and applied to hindcast the largely unknown tracers and circultions of the bay, to investigate the roles of these factors in influencing oyster diseases (e.g....

This study investigated the interplay of interpersonal behaviors and intergroup dynamics on evaluations and affective communication in virtual groups. Participants (N=256) were assigned to 64 four-person groups and interacted through synchronous computer chat....

Benedict O’Donohoe and Roy Elveton titled their book Sartre’s Second Century (2009) stating the twentieth-first century is very possibly “Sartre’s second century,” for his philosophy continues affecting the minds of people....

Information acquisition and information asymmetry are important issues in decision-making as they may have a vital influence on the decision makers' payoffs in the market or other economic situations. The value of information is the main interest in this book....

Key industrial equipment (such as pipelines, aircraft structure and tanks) should meet the requirements for reliability, integrity and safety for a long-term operation. During its service, defects that might be caused by natural disasters or external impacts could lead to a significant reduction in a structure’s strength and fatigue life....

There has been much recent innovations in the field of HCI in the last decade, with touch- based devices as well as other forms of interactionfirst introduced by the Nintendo Wii. This book looks at another form of HCI as an alternative - using yourfingers to directly manipulate objects on screen....

Economic growth is an important issue in global economy, especially in developing countries. A general review on relevant literature of industrial structure change lead by technical upgrading and innovation has been done. This study outlines and examine the above factors and the economic growth at the regional and national level in China....

Malignant melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer. It accounts for about 75% of skin cancer deaths. Patients with advanced melanoma with dissemination to distant sites and visceral organs have a very poor prognosis, with a median survival time of 6 months and a 5-year survival rate of less than 5%....

This book provides comprehensive descriptions of the innovative strategies and methodologies for detecting miRNA expression, their application in miRNA research and their potential as tools for clinical diagnosis and prognosis....

Written primarily from an experimental point of view, this book is devoted to the growth and characterization of epitaxial semiconductor nanostructures, with emphasis on the following approaches: strain-driven self-organization, droplet epitaxy, high index surfaces, and lithographic or template-based patterning....

In today\'s world of rapid advancements in science and technology, we need to scrutinize more than ever the historical forces that shape our perceptions of what these new possibilities can and cannot do for social progress....

This is a clear and well argued analysis of the crisis in Asia. Using an empirical model as a basis for dissecting the many complex interdependencies adds significantly to our understanding of the key policy issues facing Asia and the United States in the aftermath of the crisis....