The Complete Works of Count Rumford

Why the Rotation Count Algorithm Works

The characteristic functions of many affine jump-diffusion models, such as Heston’s stochastic volatility model and all of its extensions, involve multivalued functions such as the complex logarithm. If we restrict the logarithm to its principal branch, as is done in most software packages, the characteristic function can become discontinuous, leading to completely wrong option prices if option...

The complete blood count.

The Effect of Pregnancy Induced Hypertension on Complete Blood Count of Newborn

  Background: Pregnancy induced hypertension is one of the most common causes of maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity. New born delivered to mothers with hypertension are more liable for intrauterine growth retardation and may be delivered prematurely. We aimed to determine the effect of pregnancy-induced hypertension on complete blood count, gestational age and birth weight of newborn...

My complete works and more*

PREFACE As we approach our last quarter of a century, some of us who might by some extension of the word be called writers may be swept away by a desire to summarize. This is my shot at writing a summary. By what standard am I a writer? When I was a little boy in the East Bronx, people would point with great respect to rather ragged men, often with flapping overcoats and scarred shoes and usual...

The effect of taurine addition on the complete blood count

DOI: 10.5581/1516-8484.20130007 The complete blood count (CBC), also known as hemogram or blood panel, one of the components of the routine physical examination, aims to provide a lot of information to the physician regarding the state of a person’s general health. The CBC is frequently used as an essential screening test for a wide range of conditions and disorders, including anemia, infection...