Objective: To investigate the prevalence of Rotavirus, Adenovirus, Norovirus, and Astrovirus among Saudi children with gastroenteritis. Methodology: This study was conducted at the Department of Medical Laboratories, Qassim University during the winter seasons of the years 2004 and 2005. A total of 284 diarrhoeal fecal specimens collected from children were tested for the gastroenteritis causin...

The Black-Scholes (1973) option pricing model is used to value a wide range of option contracts. However, the model often inconsistently prices deep in-themoney and deep out-of-the-money options. Options’ professionals refer to this phenomenon as a volatility ‘skew’ or ‘smile.’ In this paper, we apply an extension of the Black-Scholes model developed by Jarrow and Rudd (1982) to an investigatio...

Peter Bühner, Die Freien und Reichsstädte des Heiligen Römischen Reiches. Kleines Repertorium (Schriftenreihe der Friedrich-Christian-Lesser-Stiftung, Bd. 38). Petersberg: Michael Imhof Verlag 2019. 623 S., 284 Abb. ISBN 978-3-731906-64-3. € 39,95

Background: HLA compatibility between transplant donor and recipient is one of the major determinants of transplant outcome. Objective: To determine HLA class I by PCR- Sequence-Specific Oligonucleotide Probe (PCR-SSOP) in cord blood donors. Methods: Genomic DNA of 142 cord blood samples registered at the Cord Blood Bank of Iran at Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplantation Researc...

Christian Kleinschmidt (Hg.), Seuchenbekämpfung, Wissenschaft und Unternehmensstrategien. Die Behringwerke die Philipps-Universität Marburg im 20. Jahrhundert (Quellen Forschungen zur hessischen Geschichte, Bd. 187). Darmstadt Marburg: Hessische Historische Kommission für Hessen 2021. 284 S., 52 Abb. ISBN 978-3-88443- 342-3. € 28,–