We apply the recently developed sampling algorithm, called random orthogonal matrix (ROM) simulation by Ledermann et al. [3], to compute VaR of a market risk portfolio. Typically, the covariance matrix has a large influence on ROM VaR. But VaR, being a lower quantile of the portf...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/10346
We present a four day old male neonate who presented at the special care baby unit of the University Teaching Hospital, Ado–Ekiti with features of peri-umbilical cellulitis. The factors that predisposed to the development of omphalitis in this neonate whose mother is a university...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/9694
Background: HIV/AIDS is one of the most dynamic epidemic infectious diseases. An estimated 1000 children are newly infected with HIV every day, most of them in sub-Saharan Africa. They often present with various clinical and laboratory manifestations that complicates their manage...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/9630
Most studies in Nigeria have focused on the classical approach to estimating technical efficiency. In this paper, we examine technical efficiency of small farms by estimating a stochastic production frontier model using the Bayesian methodology. The model is applied to farm house...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/10454
This study provides numerical comparisons of tornado outbreak risks in developed synoptic system along the season and along the time of a day. Time of day yields sharply changing risk along the geographic time (solar time) adjusted to the longitude of location, which makes it equ...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2014/10247
Aims: The ability of cardiac rehabilitation to reduce mortality in those with cardiovascular disease is well established. Despite its widespread use in the clinical setting, the Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) scale is yet to be validated for its ability to lead to improv...
Aim: To evaluate the acute and sub-acute toxicities of Raphia hookeri (Rh) seed hydroethanolic extract on experimental animals. Materials and Methods: Acute toxicity study was evaluated on Swiss albino mice of both sexes. Administration of a single dose of 4000mg/kg of Rh seed ex...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/9330
A number of authors have studied various aspects of fixed point theory in the setting of 2-metric and 2-Banach spaces. In this paper we prove a fixed point theorem for mappings in quasi-2-Banach space via an implicit relation. The results of this paper extend a host of previously...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/9655
Aims: This work was for the first time; undertaken to study the effect of different explant types and plant growth regulators on the callus induction and plant regeneration in both Satureja species. This protocol can be successfully employed for the large-scale multiplication and...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/7938
Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the hypoglycaemic and hypolipidaemic effects of the aqueous leaf extract of Tithonia diversifolia in Wistar albino rats. Methodology: Aqueous extracts of the leaves of Tithonia diversifolia was screened for hypoglycemic and hypolipidaem...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/6142
Biosensors have emerged as new alternatives in environmental toxicity assessment. In the development of biosensors for heavy metals detection in environment, whole cells are highly favored as these cells are able to reflect the real toxicity effects of heavy metals to living orga...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/9472
Aims: This study was designed to investigate the chemical composition (gas chromatography/mass spectrometry [GC-MS]) and antibacterial (Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria) activities of essential oils extracted from aerial parts of two medicinal plants, Mentha longifolia L....
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/7899
The field and screen house experiment was conducted at Tanzania Coffee Research Institute and Seliani Agricultural Research Institute respectively in Tanzania, between March-July 2013, to assess the effects of Bradyrhizobium japonicum and phosphorus on growth and total leaf chlor...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/6736
Food safety plays an important role in public health and thus to society as a whole. Food borne illness associated with toxins, pathogens or other food contaminants poses a serious health threat all over the world. Food may become unsafe due to the presence of adulterants such as...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/6218
Objective: 1. To find out the prevalence of Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) on the basis of presence of bitot’s spot and conjunctival xerosis among rural school going adolescents of District Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India. 2. To identify the associated factors and to suggest the suita...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2014/7766