We study multi-period equilibrium asset pricing in an economy with EZ-agents whose preferences for consumption are represented by recursive utility and with LAagents who experience additional utility of trading gains and losses and are averse to losses. We propose an equilibrium gain-loss ratio for stocks and show that the LAagents hold less (more) stocks than the EZ-agents if and only if the L...

Herein, the spectral coexistence scenario of two multibeam satellites over a common coverage area is studied where a primary satellite produces larger beams while a secondary satellite has smaller beams. A novel cognitive beamhopping satellite system is proposed assuming that the secondary gateway is aware of the primary’s beamhopping pattern. The performance of the proposed system is evaluated...

Commentary Localization of epileptic brain is the cornerstone of successful epilepsy surgery. In the final decades of the 20th century, advances in neuroimaging led to significant improvements in epilepsy surgery efficacy (1). Unfortunately, the gains in epilepsy surgery efficacy have reached a plateau. In particular , patients with normal MRI, diffuse or multifocal imaging abnormalities remain...

BACKGROUND Treating traumatic fractures in osteoporosis is challenging. Multiple clinical treatment options are found in literature. Augmentation techniques are promising to reduce treatment-related morbidity. In recent years, there have been an increasing number of reports about extended indication for augmentation techniques. However, biomechanical evaluations of these techniques are limited....

Up to one-third of patients with epilepsy are medically intractable and need resective surgery. To be successful, epilepsy surgery requires a comprehensive preoperative evaluation to define the epileptogenic zone (EZ), the brain area that should be resected to achieve seizure freedom. Due to lack of tools and methods that measure the EZ directly, this area is defined indirectly based on concord...

Nine publically available biosafety protocols for safely handling conotoxin peptides were tested to evaluate their decontamination efficacy. Circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy and mass spectrometry (MS) were used to assess the effect of each chemical treatment on the secondary and primary structure of α-CTx MII (L10V, E11A). Of the nine decontamination methods tested, treatment with 1% (m/v) ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the safety and reactogenecity of indigenously produced measles vaccine derived from EZ strain. DESIGN A longitudinal clinical follow up after vaccination. SETTING Hospital based and home follow up, as required. SUBJECTS 12,470 children, 9 to 15 months old, immunized with measles vaccine of EZ strain, in accordance with the National Immunization Schedule, at five center...

OBJECTIVE An open cell stent system may offer better apposition of cell struts to vessel wall than a closed cell stent system in acute vasculature. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of coiling using the jailing technique with the Neuroform EZ stent system. METHODS The jailing technique using the open-cell stent system of the Neuroform EZ stent was planned in 22 consecu...