C1804: B. Ghezelayagh. On the adjustment od international stock prices to an exchange rate shock. Session CG243. Contributions in high frequency financial modelling. Room: MAL 541. Monday 18.12.2017 10:50 12:55. Abstract E0335: A. Daouia. Expectile depth. Session E033. New advances in statistical depth. Room: MAL 421. Sunday 17.12.2017 10:50 12:55. Abstract E0576: G. Rice. Inference for the aut...

OBJECTIVE To examine newspaper coverage of maternal health in three countries that have made varying progress towards Millennium Development Goal 5 (MDG 5): Bangladesh (on track), Rwanda (making progress, but not on track) and South Africa (no progress). DESIGN We analysed each country's leading national English-language newspaper: Bangladesh's The Daily Star, Rwanda's The New Times/The Sunda...

I will present an introduction to the NMR experiment and attempt to cover a number of recent topics from the past 20 years which are not normally covered in standard introductory textbooks, such as long-range magnetic interactions, low field detection or techniques for inhomogeneous fields. This presentation will be in the form of an introductory tutorial and discussions during the presentation...

Many jurisdictions have considered relaxing Sunday alcohol sales restrictions, yet such restrictions' effects on public health remain poorly understood. This paper analyzes the effects of legalization of Sunday packaged liquor sales on crime, focusing on the phased introduction of such sales in Virginia beginning in 2004. Differences-in-differences and triple-differences estimates indicate the ...