Dementia is an increasing problem for an aging population, with a lack of available treatment options, as well as expensive patient care. Early detection is critical to eventually postpone symptoms and to prepare health care providers and families for managing a patient’s needs. Identification of diagnostic markers may be possible with patients’ clinical records. Text portions of clinical recor...

Recent financial research has provided evidence on the predictability of asset returns. In this paper we consider the results contained in Pesaran-Timmerman(1995), which provided evidence on predictability over the sample 1959-1992. We show that the extension of the sample to the nineties weakens considerably the statistical and economic significance of the predictability of stock returns based...

capital asset pricing model (capm) has been among the common models to estimate expected returns rate. since the linearity assumption is considered in the standard version of the capital asset pricing model, estimating beta in nonlinear setting will be inconsistent and bias-oriented. therefore, this study tries to evaluate predictive power of nonlinear capital asset pricing model as well as sta...

by proposing a predictive method with no adjustable parameter and by using infinite dilution activity coefficients of components in binary mixtures obtained from unifac model, the binary interaction parameters (k12) in van der waals mixing rule (vdwmr) and orbey-sandler mixing rule (osmr) have been evaluated. the predicted binary interaction parameters are used in peng-robinson-stryjek-vera equ...

Research shows that middle school is an important juncture for a student where he or she starts to be conscious about academic achievement and thinks about college attendance. It is already known that access to financial resources, family background, career aspirations and academic ability are indicative of a student’s choice to attend college; though these variables are interesting, they do no...

Online social networking tools developed for educators promise better mentorship, professional development and resource sharing among teachers. This paper presents a model of teacher mentoring behaviors within an existing middle school teacher social networking site. We analyze how teachers help others in discussion forums and learn a model that describes their behavior. Our initial results ind...

Specifically, the framework of methods and technology representing the VPH will have to possess three fundamental attributes: • descriptive: the framework should allow observations made in laboratories, in hospitals and in the field, at a variety of locations worldwide, to be collected, catalogued, organized, shared and combined in any suitable way • integrative: the framework should enable exp...