Febrile convulsions in childhood constitute one of the commonest medical emergencies in paediatric practice. Although the aetiology, clinical picture, treatment and possible sequelae are described and discussed in the standard paediatric literature, little or no mention is made of the exact cerebrospinal fluid (C.S.F.) composition in this condition (Sheldon, 1951; Grulee and Eley, 1952; Collis,...

this paper, a pattern-based stock data mining approach which transforms the numeric stock data to symbolic sequences, carries out sequential and non-sequential association analysis and uses the mined rules in classifying/predicting the further price movements is proposed. Two formulations of the problem are considered. They are intra-stock mining which focuses on finding frequently appearing pa...

This paper examines lunisolar calendar anomalies in the Taiwan stock market, particularly the solar term effect. Using the Taiwan Stock Exchange Capitalization Weighted Stock Index (TAIEX), the significance of the solar term effect was tested. Statistical results showed that the lowest and the highest average stock returns are observed on Cold Dew and White Dew, respectively. Additionally, we f...

This research paper was an endeavor to make a model, to find out the connection involving stock market and interest rate (Pakistani market) and to run certain tests related to statistical analysis. These tests run with the help of month end closing stock prices of Karachi Stock Exchange and interest rates of previous ten years i.e. Jan 2004 to Dec 2013. Correlation, Regression analysis and desc...

In this paper, we examine the scope for international stock portfolio diversification, from the viewpoint of a United States representative investor, in regard to both the Asian and the European stock markets. Our findings indicate that despite correlation style evidence to the contrary, the European stock markets provide a superior long-term diversification opportunity relative to that provide...

With trend of globalization in the international financial market, a more intimate relationship of capital flows is being formed day by day in capital market. Thus, it is important to understand the relationship of individual country with others in the international stock markets. The main purpose of this study is to explore the relationship of Stock Indices among China, US, and Japan. The stud...

Stock control is the most important aspect in an inventory system. It determines the safety stock in order to ensure that products are readily available when the customers require them. The decision makers in organizations tend to rely on software solution in obtaining stock control solutions since they have to manage a massive number of Stock Keeping Units (SKUs). However, managers intervene i...

This paper investigates the nature of volatility characteristics of stock returns in the Bangladesh stock markets employing daily all share price index return data of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) from 02 January 1993 to 27 January 2013 and 01 January 2004 to 20 August 2015 respectively.  Furthermore, the study explores the adequate volatility model for the stoc...

a r t i c l e i n f o This paper examines the relationship between option trading activity and stock market volatility. Although the option market is uniquely suited for trading on volatility information, there is little analysis on how trading activity in this market is linked to stock price volatility. The bulk of the discussion tends to focus on whether trading activity in the stock market i...