the purpose of this study is estimation of daily value at risk (var) for total index of tehran stock exchange using parametric, nonparametric and semi-parametric approaches. conditional and unconditional coverage backtesting are used for evaluating the accuracy of calculated var and also to compare the performance of mentioned approaches. in most cases, based on backtesting statistics results, ...

Introduction Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autoinflammatory disease which is characterized by recurrent episodes of typical attacks with fever and abdominal pain. The pathophysiology shows an ineffective pyrin which leads to brakeless inflammation. It is not exactly known which factors lead to initiation of the attacks. Furthermore there seems to be sustained inflammation between the...

Soft l i thography is a low-cost, non-photolithographic strategy for carrying out micloand nano-fabrication. This unconventional approach consists oftechniques based on self-assembly and replica moiding oforganic molecules and polyneric marerialsFour such techniques, microcontact printing (ICP). replica molding. micromolding in capil laries (MIMIC), and microtransfer molding (ITM ). have been d...

The notion of cointegration has lead to a renewed interest in the identification and estimation of structural relations among economic time series, a field to which Henri Theil has made many pioneering contributions. This paper reviews the different approaches that have been put forward in the literature for identifying cointegrating relationships and imposing (possibly over-identifying) restri...

Nowadays, the huge production of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is one most strongly felt environmental issues. Consequently, European Union (EU) delivers laws and regulations for better waste management, identifying essential requirements disposal operations characteristics that make hazardous to human health environment. In Italy, define, among other things, sites be classified as “potentially c...