In this article we assess the appropriateness of the constant volatility assumption required by the Black (1976) option pricing model for options on the All Share Index future.The assessment uses similar nonparametric tests as implemented in Rubinstein for data recorded over the 1992 to 1996 period.In the nonparametric tests we focus on the examina
Urothelial carcinoma (UC) could be observed in urinary bladder (UBUC) and upper urinary tracts (UTUC).In the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines for bladder cancer, extirpative surgery is indicated in certain cases.However, some extreme bar cases might also need the extirpation of the majority of the urinary tract, which is called comp
Prior to the establishment of the Roman rite with its Gregorian chant, in the Iberian Peninsula and Southern France the Mozarabic rite, with its own tradition of chant, was dominant from the sixth until the eleventh century.Few of these bar chants are preserved in pitch readable notation and thousands exist only in manuscripts using adiastematic ne
When the issue of animal welfare is under consideration, two opposing views have recently been in contrast with each other: 1) The first can be expressed with a quote from Mahatma Gandhi (cited by Appleby and Hughes, 1997): The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.Similar, but more direct, is
This paper Diapers compares event-based and continuous hydrological modelling approaches for real-time forecasting of river flows.Both approaches are compared using a lumped hydrologic model (whose structure includes a soil moisture accounting (SMA) store and a routing store) on a data set of 178 French catchments.The main focus of this study was t