“…Elegant representations of nature and the four seasons populate a wide range of Japanese genres and media--from poetry and screen painting to tea ceremonies, flower arrangements, and annual observances. …”

“…En este libro Sikkink muestra cómo las bases que permitieron la asom-brosa acusación pública contra Slobodan Milosêvic y contra Pinochet, removieron todo el sistema internacional, fueron sentadas por el largo y continuo activismo de civiles, a muchos de los cuales les habían destruido sus familias por la tortura, el asesinato y la desaparición. …”
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“…Conclusión: Los resultados de los estudios muestran que la alteración postural está relacionada con la alteración del control motor. Pero no tenemos datos suficientes para asegurar una relación absoluta Abstract: Introduction: The concept of motor control and his alterations have become a relevant matter inside the physiotherapy field, since its loss or alteration can be a predisposing element or cause of musculoskeletal injuries. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Fundamentals of Fundamental Factor Models -- FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS AND THE BARRA FUNDAMENTAL FACTOR MODEL -- CRITICAL INSIGHTS FROM THE BARRA FUNDAMENTAL FACTOR MODEL -- RISK DECOMPOSITION -- Performance Attribution -- KEY POINTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Multifactor Equity Risk Models and Their Applications -- MODEL DESCRIPTION AND ESTIMATION -- RISK DECOMPOSITION -- Total Risk Decomposition -- Systematic-Residual Risk Decomposition -- Active Risk Decomposition -- Active Systematic-Active Residual Risk Decomposition -- Summary of Risk Decomposition -- APPLICATIONS IN PORTFOLIO CONSTRUCTION AND RISK CONTROL -- Risk Control against a Stock Market Index -- Tilting a Portfolio -- KEY POINTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Multifactor Fixed Income Risk Models and Their Applications -- APPROACHES USED TO ANALYZE RISK -- Market Structure and Exposure Contributions -- Adding Volatility and Correlations into the Analysis -- A Detailed Risk Report -- APPLICATIONS OF RISK MODELING -- Portfolio Construction and Risk Budgeting -- Portfolio Rebalancing -- Scenario Analysis -- KEY POINTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Financial Econometrics -- Scope and Methods of Financial Econometrics -- THE DATA GENERATING PROCESS -- FINANCIAL ECONOMETRICS AT WORK -- Implications of Empirical Series with Only One Realization -- Determining the Model -- TIME HORIZON OF MODELS -- Model Risk and Model Robustness -- Performance Measurement of Models -- APPLICATIONS -- Portfolio Construction and Optimization -- Risk Management -- Asset-Liability Management -- KEY POINTS -- REFERENCES -- Regression Analysis: Theory and Estimation -- THE CONCEPT OF DEPENDENCE -- REGRESSIONS AND LINEAR MODELS -- Case Where All Regressors Are Random Variables -- Linear Models and Linear Regressions -- Case Where Regressors Are Deterministic Variables -- ESTIMATION OF LINEAR REGRESSIONS…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…PARAMETRIC APPROACH: CONTINUOUS LOSS DISTRIBUTIONS -- Exponential Distribution -- Lognormal Distribution -- Weibull Distribution -- Gamma Distribution -- Beta Distribution -- Pareto Distribution -- Burr Distribution -- EXTENSION: MIXTURE LOSS DISTRIBUTIONS -- A NOTE ON THE TAIL BEHAVIOR -- EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE WITH OPERATIONAL LOSS DATA -- Studies with Real Data -- Studies with Simulated Data -- KEY POINTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Optimization Tools -- Robust Portfolio Optimization -- THE ROBUST OPTIMIZATION APPROACH -- Selecting Uncertainty Sets from Statistical Procedures -- Clarifying a Misconception about Robust Optimization -- THE RELATIONSHIP TO BAYESIAN METHODS AND ECONOMIC THEORY -- USING ROBUST PORTFOLIO OPTIMIZATION IN PRACTICE -- Effect of Robust Portfolio Optimization Formulations on Performance -- PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR ROBUST PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION -- FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- KEY POINTS -- REFERENCES -- Introduction to Stochastic Programming and Its Applications to Finance -- WHAT IS STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Bayesian Linear Regression Model -- THE UNIVARIATE LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL -- Bayesian Estimation of the Univariate Regression Model -- Illustration: The Univariate Linear Regression Model -- THE MULTIVARIATE LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL -- Diffuse Improper Prior -- KEY POINTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Bayesian Estimation of ARCH-Type Volatility Models -- BAYESIAN ESTIMATION OF THE GARCH(1,1) MODEL -- Distributional Setup -- Posterior Distributions -- Posterior Simulations with the Metropolis-Hastings Algorithm -- MARKOV-SWITCHING GARCH MODELS -- Preliminaries -- Prior Distributional Assumptions -- Estimation of the MS GARCH Model -- APPENDIX: THE GRIDDY GIBBS SAMPLER -- Drawing from the Conditional Posterior Distribution of ν -- KEY POINTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Bayesian Techniques and the Black-Litterman Model -- PRACTICAL PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN MEAN-VARIANCE OPTIMIZATION -- Example: The True, Estimated, and Actual Efficient Frontiers -- Sensitivity to Estimation Error -- Incorporating Uncertainty in the Inputs into the Portfolio Allocation Process -- Large Data Requirements -- SHRINKAGE ESTIMATION -- THE BLACK-LITTERMAN MODEL -- Derivation of the Black-Litterman Model -- KEY POINTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Bond Valuation -- Basics of Bond Valuation -- GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF BOND VALUATION -- Estimating Cash Flows -- Determining the Appropriate Interest Rate or Rates -- Discounting the Expected Cash Flows -- Determining a Bond's Value -- The Price/Discount Rate Relationship -- Time Path of Bond -- ARBITRAGE-FREE BOND VALUATION -- Theoretical Spot Rates -- Valuation Using Treasury Spot Rates -- Reason for Using Treasury Spot Rates -- Stripping and Arbitrage-Free Valuation -- Credit Spreads and the Valuation of Non-Treasury Securities -- KEY POINTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Relative Value Analysis of Fixed-Income Products…”

“…Believe it or not, failing at something is a great way to become successful. Experience teaches a lesson no advice could impart, and not being at the top just means there's more room to grow. …”

“…Publicados en revistas académicas en las últimas décadas, estos ensayos constituyen un debate incisivo y variopinto, de complejidad satírico menipea, que discute el canon teórico e incluye escritores como el chileno Roberto Bolaño, los cubanos Daína Chaviano y Leonardo Padura, o los mexicanos Homero Aridjis y Enrique Serna que devuelven a las letras latinoamericanas ese estatuto de innovadoras que tuvieron el Modernismo y el boom. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Deepening reform and opening-up for China to grow into a high-income country -- 2. China's economic development: A perspective on capital misallocation -- 3. …”

“…Pacific islanders have successfully promoted their own powerful normative framings of Oceania in the face of the attempted hegemonic impositions from outside the region; seen, for example, in the strong commitment to the ‘Blue Pacific continent’ framing as a guiding ideology for the policy work of the Pacific Islands Forum in the face of pressures to become part of Washington’s Indo-Pacific strategy…”

“…A growing understanding of how infants learn to reach, perceive information for reaching, and attend social cues for action has become central to many recent studies. These new lines of investigation and others have benefited from the use of a broad range of new investigative techniques. …”

“…Moreover, their bodies also become an instrument in the hands of the women themselves when they decide - with all the ambiguity which the context imposed (even on the author) - to repossess the same to use it as a weapon of revenge, an occasion of joy or a gift of love Il testo propone una rilettura del Decameron seguendo le figure femminili "costrette", come dice il Proemio, "da' voleri, da' piaceri, da' comandamenti de' padri, delle madri, de' fratelli e de' mariti" nei loro tentativi di aprire spazi di vita propria. …”

“…What separates these few unusually long and intense wars from the many conflicts that are far less destructive? …”

“…However many people with ASD can receive additional benefit from targeted pharmacological interventions. One of the major drawback in setting up therapeutics intervention is the remarkable individual differences found across individuals with ASD. …”

“…Perturbation of the UPR and failure to restore ER homeostasis inevitably leads to diseases. It has now become evident that perturbation of the UPR is the cause of many important human diseases such as neurodegenerative diseases, cystic fibrosis, diabetes and cancer. …”

“…This is relevant for profit organizations and business enterprises which become more active in the social service sector offering their activities for older people. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- What Can We Learn from the Success Stories of Addressing or Preventing Land Degradation? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Early urbanisation in Iran : A view from the west : some considerations about the theory of urbanisation / Expansion of the Kura-Araxes Culture in Iran. …”

“…The planning and execution that become visible as a result of this allow us to infer a central organisation. …”

“…Ghost-Managed Medicine by Sergio Sismondo explores a spectral side of medical knowledge, based in pharmaceutical industry tactics and practices. Hidden from the public view, the many invisible hands of the pharmaceutical industry and its agents channel streams of drug information and knowledge from contract research organizations (that extract data from experimental bodies) to publication planners (who produce ghostwritten medical journal articles) to key opinion leaders (who are sent out to educate physicians about drugs) to patient advocacy organizations (who ventriloquize views on diseases, treatments and regulations), and onward. …”