Financial, Macro and Micro Econometrics Using R, Volume 42, provides state-of-the-art information on important topics in econometrics, including multivariate GARCH, stochastic frontiers, fractional responses, specification testing and model selection, exogeneity testing, causal analysis and forecasting, GMM models, asset bubbles and crises, corporate investments, classification, forecasting, nonstandard problems, cointegration, financial market jumps and co-jumps, among other topics.

Known for its clear presentation style, single-author voice, and focus on content most relevant to clinical and pre-clinical students, Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th Edition, employs a distinctive format to ensure maximum learning and retention of complex concepts. A larger font size emphasizes core information, while supporting information, including clinical examples, are detailed in smaller font and highlighted in pale blue - making it easy to quickly skim the essenti...

A practical guide to adopting an accurate risk analysis methodology

The Failure of Risk Management provides effective solutionstosignificantfaults in current risk analysis methods. Conventional approaches to managing risk lack accurate quantitative analysis methods, yielding strategies that can actually make things worse. Many widely used methods have no systems to measure performance, resulting in inaccurate selection and ineffective application of risk management strategies. These fundament...

Showcases the latest theory and application of social construction across a range of disciplines with a focus on real-world practice in addition to theoretical work, thus making it useful for advanced students, scholars, and practitioners alike.

The bold illustrations and humorous text of this board book, printed at the perfect size for the little hands of children aged 2-4, help children to learn all about the bones in their own bodies through guessing games and by comparing their bones to those in animals

Forceful, intense and visionary – in an incredibly short and turbulent life Jackson Pollock changed painting forever. This vivid graphic novel delves into his pioneering physical approach to making art, highlights the key characters surrounding the New York mid-century art scene and reveals the intriguing relationship between Pollock’s painting and the covert activities of the Cold War.

In "Gedichte fürs Gedächtnis" versammelt die vielfach ausgezeichnete Lyrikerin Ulla Hahn gut einhundert Gedichte aus acht Jahrhunderten, ausgewählt speziell zum Auswendiglernen. Die Auswahl schließt nicht nur Höhepunkte deutscher Dichtung ein, sondern auch vergessene Kostbarkeiten. Von den Klassikern bis in unsere Zeit reicht die Sammlung aller Genres, Lieder und Balladen, Sonette, Gedankenlyrik und Meditationen, die die Leserinnen und Leser nicht nur erfreuen, sondern auch verlocken sol...

The maritime industry still lacks a standardisation of the exact contents and methods how crews should be trained especially in Bridge Resource Management (BRM) and human factors. Obviously, the international committees are building on the shipping companies' own responsibility and safety culture.

The practice-oriented book Improving Bridge Resource Management contributes to closing this gap: It deals with the causes of accidents in the "safety industry" of shipping, presents sources of erro...

Het eerste deel van de definitieve biografie over de ongrijpbare en geliefde JFK

Toen John F Kennedy in 1963 werd vermoord, was hij het staatshoofd van het machtigste land dat de wereld ooit had gezien. Amerika floreerde en JFK had het land net gered van een van de gevaarlijkste momenten van de Koude Oorlog. Kennedy werd in 1917 geboren, in een ambitieus Iers- Amerikaans gezin. Zijn razendsnelle opkomst in de politiek, tot het moment dat hij de jongste president ooit werd, heeft hem tot een v...

Hoe is het huidige Boek 2 BW van Aruba opgebouwd? Hoe staat dit wetboek in verhouding tot het Curaçaose Boek 2 BW en het Nederlandse recht? En welke lijnen uit de Landsverordening VBA (2009)zijn doorgezet in het wetboek? Deze titel omvat een volledig geactualiseerde, kernachtige bespreking van de ontwikkelingen en de structuur van het Arubaanse rechtspersonenrecht. Het Arubaans rechtspersonenrecht is lange tijd verspreid geweest over verschillende wetboeken en landsverordeningen. Op 1 janua...