in order to use an islamic financial instrument, this paper intends to measure and evaluate negative and positive deviations from target rate of return in investment opportunity evaluation,that leads to presenting an upside potential- adjusted risk measure. this risk measure named upside potential adjusted risk measure (alpm) is generally applicable and provides assumptions of variance, downsid...

We analyze monetary conditions in US asset markets — corporate equity, real estate, Treasury bond and corporate & foreign bond — from a market specific perspective, proposing the concept of market leverage. Market leverage measures the average leverage of all asset holders in a particular asset market. The concept builds on an accountingbased network that links balance sheet leverages of asset ...

We propose a quantile-based ranking and selection (R&S) procedure for comparing a finite set of stochastic systems via simulation. Our R&S procedure uses a quantile set of the simulated probability distribution of a performance characteristic of interest that best represents the most appropriate selection criterion as the basis for comparison. Since this quantile set may represent either the do...

Volatility is the most widely used measure of risk but its relevance is questionable in many settings. For long-term investors, short-term volatility is a nuisance they just have to live with and disregard as much as possible. Tail risks, however, are critical because, although rare by definition, they have a large impact on terminal wealth. Using a comprehensive sample that spans over 19 count...

Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Executive Director Bridget Culhane, RN, MN, MS, CAE, uses e-mail technology to good effect. She has established a list of ONS leaders and groups to whom she can send periodic e-mail alerts about information of particular interest or in need of immediate attention. A few weeks ago, she notified us of the impending publication of an important article in the New Engl...

We investigated the ERP correlates of the subjective perception of upright and upside-down ambiguous pictures as faces using two-tone Mooney stimuli in an explicit facial decision task (deciding whether a face is perceived or not in the display). The difficulty in perceiving upside-down Mooneys as faces was reflected by both lower rates of "Face" responses and delayed "Face" reaction times for ...

Electromyographic (EMG) activity was recorded from occipitoscapularis, semispinalis, and splenius neck muscles in five alert squirrel monkeys during 0.25-Hz rotations about horizontal axes oriented at 22.5 degrees intervals, including pitch, roll, and intermediate axes. The animals were oriented in either upright or upside down posture. In the upright posture, all monkeys exhibited compensatory...

PURPOSE To investigate the veracity of Jampolsky's statement that Bielschowsky's head tilt test is inverted if performed with the patient in the upside-down position and to interpret its neuromuscular mechanism. METHODS We present a series of 10 patients selected from a referred sample who were diagnosed with superior oblique paresis. Hypertropia was measured in the primary position, with the...