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Pricing of Forwards and Options in a Multivariate Non-Gaussian Stochastic Volatility Model for Energy Markets
2013
In Benth and Vos (2013) we introduced a multivariate spot price model with stochastic volatility for energy markets which captures characteristic features, such as price spikes, mean reversion, stochastic volatility, and inverse leverage effect as well as dependencies between commodities. In this paper we derive the forward price dynamics based on our multivariate spot price model, providing a very flexible structure for the forward curves, including contango, backwardation, and hump shape. Moreover, a Fourier transform-based method to price options on the forward is described.
Comparison of the smile perception and smile characteristics among Latvian and Uzbek population
2021
Šī pētījuma mērķis bija: 1) izpētīt Latvijas un Uzbekistānas iedzīvotāju smaida raksturojumu 20-35 gadu vecuma grupā, 2) un salīdzināt smaida pašvērtējumu Latvijas un Uzbekistānas iedzīvotāju vidū. Metodes: 1) Tika uzņemtas piecdesmit dalībnieku no Latvijas un piecdesmit dalībnieku no Uzbekistānas pilna smaida fotogrāfijas, kurās novērtēja smaida estētiskās īpašības (smaida tips, smaida simetrija, smaidā parādīto zobu skaits, augšžokļa priekšzobu malas novietojums attiecībā pret apakšlūpu, tika pētīts augšžokļa incisīvu izliekums attiecībā pret apakšlūpu). 2) Lai novērtētu dalībnieku smaida pašnovērtējumu, tika izveidota anketa latviešu, uzbeku, angļu un krievu valodā. Dalībniekiem tika nos…
Caracterización de haces láser empleados en la industria
2012
Los láseres tienen numerosas aplicaciones. En estas aplicaciones es necesario utilizar sistemas ópticos para guiar y a veces transformar el haz láser. Para un correcto diseño de estos sistemas ópticos es fundamental, además de un conocimiento de las propiedades de propagación de los haces láser, el empleo de técnicas de caracterización de los mismos. Existe una serie de cuestiones que todavía no han sido investigadas suficientemente y que no son fenómenos de excepción, sino que se presentan en las aplicaciones cotidianas. Dos de estas cuestiones son: 1º El considerar a los haces láser utilizados en la industria que son monocromáticos cuando en la mayoría de los casos como por ejemplo, en lo…
A Carbohydrate-Based Julia–Kocienski Reagent for Syntheses of Chain-Extended and C-Linked Saccharides
2014
The carbohydrate-derived Julia–Kocienski reagent 2-{[(3aS,4S,6R,6aR)-6-methoxy-2,2-dimethyltetrahydrofuro[3,4-d][1,3]dioxol-4-yl]methylsulfonyl}-1,3-benzothiazole (6) was prepared from d -ribose and investigated in the eponymous olefination. The base-promoted generation of the Julia anion induced a rearrangement to the corresponding l -lyxose epimer 2-{[(3aS,4R,6R,6aR)-6-methoxy-2,2-dimethyltetrahydrofuro[3,4-d][1,3]dioxol-4-yl]methylsulfonyl}-1,3-benzothiazole (12), which reacted readily with aldehydes and with a gluconolactone. The latter reaction furnished an exo-glycal-linked C-diglycoside.
Volatility transmission in the CO<inf>2</inf> and energy markets
2009
The main consequence of the launch, in 2005, of the European Union Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS) has been the establishment of a price for carbon emissions. Thus, major energy producers in Europe are now aware of the impact of their polluting activities. The interest in analysing the carbon markets from a financial point of view has exponentially increased since the launch of the EU ETS. However, no research articles have focused their attention on the volatility transmission between CO 2 and energy markets. The aim of this paper is to fill this gap in the literature. Specifically, our particular interest is to examine whether or not conditional volatility is transmitted across those mar…
Transamidation reactions of 2-(2-sulfonylguanidino)acetamides
2007
Abstract The reactivity of a series of sulfonylguanidinoacetamides 2A–E towards amines is reported. Guanidinoacetamides 2A–C, containing the arylsulfonylimino moiety, undergo a facile transamidation to give substituted carboxamides 4A–C, through the imidazolidinone intermediate 3. Acetamide 2D, having a methanesulfonylimino substituent, affords the imidazolidinone 3D and no transamidated carboxamides 4 are detected. In the case of guanidinoacetamide 2E, with a p-nitrobenzenesulfonylimino substituent, a Smiles rearrangement was observed.
Teacher smiles as an interactional and pedagogical resource in the classroom
2020
In classroom settings, laughter and smiles are resources for action that are available to both teachers and students. Recent interactional studies have documented how students use these resources to deal with trouble of various kind, but less is known about the sequential and activity contexts of teachers’ laughter-relevant practices, as well as their pedagogical functions. We use multimodal conversation analysis (CA) to investigate the interactional unfolding and pedagogical orientations of teacher smiles during instructional IRE (initiation-response-evaluation) sequences in a corpus of 37 bilingual lessons collected in schools in Finland and Spain. In analysing the focal smiles, we pay at…
Empirical Study on the Relationship between the Cross-Correlation among Stocks and the Stocks' Volatility Clustering
2013
In this paper we discuss univariate and multivariate statistical properties of volatility with the aim of understanding how these two aspects are interrelated. Specifically, we focus on the relationship between the cross-correlation among stock's volatilities and the volatility clustering. Volatility clustering is related to the memory property of the volatility time-series and therefore to its predictability. Our results show that there exists a relationship between the level of predictability of any volatility time-series and the amount of its inter-dependence with other assets. In all considered cases, the more the asset is linked to other assets, the more its volatility keeps memory of …
A Do-It-Yourself Hyperspectral Imager Brought to Practice with Open-Source Python
2021
Commercial hyperspectral imagers (HSIs) are expensive and thus unobtainable for large audiences or research groups with low funding. In this study, we used an existing do-it-yourself push-broom HSI design for which we provide software to correct for spectral smile aberration without using an optical laboratory. The software also corrects an aberration which we call tilt. The tilt is specific for the particular imager design used, but correcting it may be beneficial for other similar devices. The tilt and spectral smile were reduced to zero in terms of used metrics. The software artifact is available as an open-source Github repository. We also present improved casing for the imager design, …
Sposoby vyraženiâ položitelʹnyh èmocij v Internete
2021
The Internet as a new means of communication promotes the emergence of new ways of expressing thoughts and emotions. Our brief analysis of the techniques for verbalizing positive emotions on the Internet shows that Internet users have found ways to solve these problems. The graphic and lexical means they use allow them to express the entire range of experiences. Prolongation and chanting replace phonetic means, emoticons convey facial expressions, duplicated punctuation marks express the power of emotions. The statements of Internet users are characterized by brevity, because saving time is also one of the features of communication in the virtual space. It should be noted, however, that thi…