Abstract Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has been an essential tool in the surgical sector for many years due to its crucial advantages compared open surgery. To overcome remaining limitations, teleoperated MIS experienced a strong emergence. However, widespread usage of such systems is hindered by enormous financial hurdle. The use standard components and conventional tools can facilitate int...

When calculating financial need, the FAFSA does not consider the parental income of students who turn 24 years old. This paper uses the student’s quarter of birth interacted with the treated cohort to instrument for financial need. Using the interaction mitigates many of the concerns regarding quarter of birth instruments. A dollar increase in financial need is associated with 15 cents in feder...

financial policies in major parts of the samanid era as well as throughout the ghaznavid period were very tyrannical and in this period much oppression was inflicted upon the subjects and the affluent land owners in particular. heavy tributes and other financial infringes and demands in this period, which lasted about a century in khurāsān, plundered and confiscated many properties and lands of...

In recent years the financial world has seen an increasing demand for faster risk simulations, driven by increasing contract complexity and client portfolio growth. Traditionally many financial models employ Monte-Carlo simulation, which can take excessively long to compute in software. Hence, commonly a hardware accelerator is sought out. This thesis focuses on accelerating structured financia...