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Current Financial Crisis and Inadequate Uncertainty Processing: A Comment

The current financial crisis: a brief reminder. As is well known, one of the main causes of the 2008 financial crisis is the fact that banks underestimated the risk of investing in high-risk mortgages. According to the news reports, this underestimation was caused by the banks “mixing” mortgages into complex financial instruments, which somehow lowered the estimated risks. The mixing means, cru...

Comment on "Josephson current through a nanoscale magnetic quantum dot".

We present theoretical results for the equilibrium Josephson current through an Anderson dot tuned into the magnetic regime, using Hirsch-Fye Monte Carlo simulations covering the complete crossover from Kondo-dominated physics to pi junction behavior in a numerically exact way. Within the "magnetic" regime, U/Gamma >> 1 and epsilon0/Gamma < or = 1, the Josephson current is found to depend only ...

[Current surgical management of severe peyronie's disease. Editorial comment].

OBJECTIVES To report the principles of penile resculpturing of different deformities caused by M. Peyronie: restoration of penile length, girth and shape with or without penile prosthesis implantation. METHODS In the period between February 2007 and March 2009, we performed grafting surgery for M. Peyronie in 98 patients aged between 24 and 72 years (mean 52 years). Penile deformities were di...

Comment on "Density and Physical Current Density Functional Theory"

Editorial comment on: current applications for prostate-specific antigen doubling time.

OBJECTIVE To review the current status of prostate-specific antigen doubling time (PSADT) as it pertains to the evolution of prostate cancer (PCa), specifically assessing its role in the following four stages: before diagnosis, prior to definitive treatment, following treatment including salvage therapy after recurrence, and lastly, after onset of androgen-insensitive PCa. METHODS We searched...