Piazzesi and Swanson (2006) argues that the monthly excess returns on federal funds futures contracts are significantly positive on average; predictable using business cycle and financial market indicators; and that futures rates need significant adjustment for these excess returns. This paper shows that intermeeting moves of the federal funds rate by the FOMC can explain much of the variation ...

Near-infrared spectroscopy in diffuse reflection mode was used to evaluate the apparent viscosity of Para rubber field latex and concentrated latex over the wavelength range of 1100 to 2500 nm, using partial least square regression (PLSR). The model with ten principal components (PCs) developed using the raw spectra accurately predicted the apparent viscosity with correlation coefficient (r), ...

The aim was (1) to analyse the features of EDQM terminology, (2) formulate proposals for minor changes and (3) create a small ontology dose forms, based on characteristics EDQM, suitable alignment with other form terminologies. 428 Pharmaceutical Dose Forms (PDF) (“human veterinary” only) were extracted from Standard Terms database. A quantitative qualitative analysis textual definitions terms ...

desired physical form of cities has been noticeable since the beginning of urbanization, from old patterns of early civilizations to the latest urbanism’s theories, which offered to build better cities. the opinions in recent decades have expressed that compact physical form of cities is a better form than sprawl form to achieve urban sustainability. the form of the city is the embodiment of it...