We analyze the sovereign bond issuance data of eight major emerging markets (EMs) - Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, South Africa and Turkey from 1970 to 2018. Our analysis suggests that (i) EM local currency bonds tend be smaller in size, shorter maturity, or lower coupon rate than foreign bonds; (ii) EMs are more likely issue local-currency if their currencies appreciated befo...

-The spectra of either temperature, salinity or vertical velocity which might be measured by a sensor moving through a field of salt fingers are considered. A theoretical calculation is presented which attempts to incorporate the deviations from squareness and perfect orientation of the salt fingers. The resulting spectra rise to a peak close to ~o = (x/2)kv and decrease rapidly for larger to, ...

In this report, we describe the approaches and experiments on TRECVid 2013 video concept detection conducted by NTT Media Intelligence Laboratories in collaboration with Dalian University of Technology. For this year’s task, we focused our efforts on two aspects. For the first aspect, we investigated the state-of-the-art machine learning algorithm and feature representation for large-scale conc...

OBJECTIVES The historical evolution of the existing terms used to describe insanity may be able to shed light on the formation of stigma towards psychosis patients. In Hong Kong, a widely used Cantonese term for insanity 'Chi Sin' provides a unique example because of its neutral original sense, as it literally means misconnection in a network circuit. We attempt to trace the origin and subseque...