This paper characterizes conditions under which a risky coupon bond is equivalent to a portfolio of risky zero-coupon bonds. This characterization is extended to enable the estimation of firm specific zero-coupon bond prices from risky coupon bond prices for the determination of firm specific credit risk curves.  2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

The pair-defect-sum approximation to the bond strength of a hybrid orbital (angular wave functions only) is compared to the rigorous value as a function of bond angle for seven types of bonding situations, with between three and eight bond directions equivalent by geometrical symmetry operations and with only one independent bond angle. The approximation is seen to be an excellent one in all ca...

In the title compound, C(12)H(12)N(2)O(2)S, there are S-H⋯N and N-H⋯O hydrogen-bond inter-actions. The N-H⋯O hydrogen bond is bifurcated, with the hydrogen being simultaneously donated to two equivalent O atoms, forming one intra- and one inter-molecular N-H⋯O bond with an R(1) (2)(4) motif. The motif of the S-H⋯N hydrogen bond is R(2) (2)(12).

This study measured the immediate and 24 h shear (SBS) and micro-shear bond strengths (MSBS) to dentin of four self-etching adhesives. A resin composite was bonded using each adhesive to the area of 5-mm diameter for SBS test or 0.75-mm diameter for MSBS test of flat bovine dentin. The bond strengths of all adhesives at 10 min were lower than at 24 h for both tests. The mean SBS (MPa, 10 min, 2...

We present the first comprehensive experimental characterization of bond wire interconnects at microwave frequencies which includes a repeatability study, modeling and optimization. Wire bond interconnects with two different bond types (ball-crescent and wedge), two different loop types (tight and loose) and two different lengths (15 and 25 mils), were fabricated and experimentally investigated...

A discussion of duality continues the development of a mathematical theory for bond graphs as combinatorial structures. The dual of a bondgraph is de$ned and its associated vector spaces are the co-spaces of the original bond graph. The relationship between the algebraic structures and their duals is explored. The theory is used to justfy the construction of a simplified bond graph, the proper ...

An equation is derived for values of bond angles for two equivalent best spd hybrid bond orbitals with given amounts of s, p, and d character, and is applied in the discussion of structures of transargononic compounds, including the xenon and halogen fluorides. Bond orbitals with a rather small amount of d character tend to lie at angles 90 degrees and 180 degrees , and those with a larger amou...

By means of ab-initio calculations on the basis of the FPLAPW method, we compared the energy loss near edge structure (ELNES) of carbon K edges in crystalline phenanthrene and its isomer, anthracene. In these two organic compounds, different non-equivalent carbon atoms can result in distinct K edge spectra due to the different carbon-carbon bond lengths, as a characteristic behavior of the mole...