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Methodological tensions for non-Indigenous people in Indigenous research: A critique of critical discourse analysis in the Australian context

Social Sciences and Humanities Open, 2022
There are complex ethical issues about appropriate roles, responsibilities and methodologies for non-Indigenous people researching Indigenous Peoples and contexts. As a research methodology, critical discourse analysis (CDA) may expose colonial power and
Julia McCartan, Julie Brimblecombe, Karen Adams   +2 more
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Prices and Portfolio Choices in Financial Markets: Theory, Econometrics, Experiments [PDF]

, 2007
Many tests of asset-pricing models address only the pricing predictions, but these pricing predictions rest on portfolio choice predictions that seem obviously wrong.
Bossaerts, Peter, Plott, Charles, Zame, William R.   +2 more
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Identification of N-acylethanolamines in Dictyostelium discoideum and confirmation of their hydrolysis by fatty acid amide hydrolase[S]

Journal of Lipid Research, 2013
N-acylethanolamines (NAEs) are endogenous lipid-based signaling molecules best known for their role in the endocannabinoid system in mammals, but they are also known to play roles in signaling pathways in plants.
Alexander C. Hayes, Jacek Stupak, Jianjun Li, Andrew D. Cox   +3 more
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Portfolio Optimization [PDF]

ASTIN Bulletin, 2000
AbstractBased on the profit and loss account of an insurance company we derive a probabilistic model for the financial result of the company, thereby both assets and liabilities are marked to market. We thus focus on the economic value of the company.We first analyse the underwriting risk of the company. The maximization of the risk return ratio of the
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Complex Valued Risk Diversification

, 2018
Risk diversification is one of the dominant concerns for portfolio managers. Various portfolio constructions have been proposed to minimize the risk of the portfolio under some constrains including expected returns.
Kadoya, Takanori, Nakagawa, Kei, Uchiyama, Yusuke   +2 more
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Bitcoin and Portfolio Diversification: Portfolio Optimization Approach [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020
This study investigates the performance of Bitcoin as a diversifier under different constraining portfolio optimization frameworks. The study employs different constraining optimization frameworks that seek to maximize risk-adjusted returns (Sharpe ratio) of the portfolio by optimizing allocations to each asset class (asset allocation). The performance
Walid Bakry, Audil Rashid, Somar Al-Mohamad, Nasser El-Kanj   +3 more
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Carbon portfolio management [PDF]

, 2018
The aim of the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is that by 2020, emissions from sectors covered by the EU ETS will be 21% lower than in 2005.
Afonin, Amin, Bredin, Bredin, Bredin, Börger, Chen, Chevallier, Chopra, DeMiguel, DeMiguel, DeMiguel, Erb, Fabozzi, Huberman, Ibikunle, Jensen, Jobson, Jorion, Jorion, Kan, Labatt, Ledoit, Ledoit, Ledoit, Ledoit, Lucia, Mansanet-Bataller, Markowitz, Memmel, Merton, Michaud, Michaud, Point Carbon, Reboredo, Reboredo   +35 more
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The impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on SARS-CoV-2 transmission across 130 countries and territories

BMC Medicine, 2021
Background Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) are used to reduce transmission of SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, empirical evidence of the effectiveness of specific NPIs has been inconsistent.
Yang Liu, Christian Morgenstern, James Kelly, Rachel Lowe, CMMID COVID-19 Working Group, Mark Jit   +5 more
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Portfolio optimization for heavy-tailed assets: Extreme Risk Index vs. Markowitz

, 2015
Using daily returns of the S&P 500 stocks from 2001 to 2011, we perform a backtesting study of the portfolio optimization strategy based on the extreme risk index (ERI).
Mainik, Georg, Mitov, Georgi, Rüschendorf, Ludger   +2 more
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Municipal Compost as a Nutrient Source for Organic Crop Production in New Zealand

Agronomy, 2016
About 1% of New Zealand farmland is managed organically. Nitrogen is the nutrient most likely to limit organic crop production. A potential solution is incorporation of compost to supply N.
Abie Horrocks, Denis Curtin, Craig Tregurtha, Esther Meenken   +3 more
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