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Definition and testing of the hydrologic component of the pilot land data system
The specific aim was to develop within the Pilot Land Data System (PLDS) software design environment, an easily implementable and user friendly geometric correction procedure to readily enable the georeferencing of imagery data from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) onboard the NOAA series spacecraft. A software subsystem was developed within the guidelines set by the PLDS development environment utilizing NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Image Analysis Facility's (IAF's) Land Analysis Software (LAS) coding standards. The IAS current program development environment, the Transportable Applications Executive (TAE), operates under a VAX VMS operating system and was used as the user interface. A brief overview of the ICARUS algorithm that was implemented in the set of functions developed, is provided. The functional specifications decription is provided, and a list of the individual programs and directory names containing the source and executables installed in the IAF system are listed. A user guide is provided for the LAS system documentation format for the three functions developed
Method and Apparatus for Production of Powders
Apparatus and method are disclosed for producing oxides of metals and of metal alloys. The metal or alloy is placed in an oxygen atmosphere in a combustion chamber and ignited. Products of the combustion include one or more oxides of the metal or alloy in powdered form. In one embodiment of the invention a feeder is provided whereby material to be oxidized by combustion can be advanced into a combustion chamber continuously. A product remover receives the powder product of the combustion
Method for Production of Powders
Apparatus and method are disclosed for producing oxides of metals and of metal alloys. The metal or alloy is placed in an oxygen atmosphere in a combustion chamber and ignited. Products of the combustion include one or more oxides of the metal or alloy in powdered form. In one embodiment of the invention a feeder is provided whereby material to be oxidized by combustion can be achieved into a combustion chamber continuously. A product remover receives the powder product of the combustion
Method and apparatus for production of powders
Apparatus and method are disclosed for producing oxides of metals and of metal alloys. The metal or alloy is placed in an oxygen atmosphere in a combustion chamber and ignited. Products of the combustion include one or more oxides of the metal or alloy in powdered form. In one embodiment of the invention a feeder is provided whereby material to be oxidized by combustion can be advanced into a combustion chamber continuously. A product remover receives the powder product of the combustion
Phosphate bonded monolithics for reheating furnaces
Use of monolithic construction in reheating furnaces for roofs, hearths and burner blocks is gradually on the increase, Phosphate bonded sintered corundum and electro corundum have been reportedly used with considerable
success in U. S. S. R. N. V. Pitak3 etal observed that such ramming mass for the bottoms of soaking pit furnaces
offered high resistances to thermal shock and to action
of ferrunginous 'slag at elevated temperature. According
to S. R. Zamyatin4 etal phosphate bonded fireclay blocks could be recommended for use in blooming soaking pits
Magnetic and structural properties of GeMn films: precipitation of intermetallic nanomagnets
We present a comprehensive study relating the nanostructure of Ge_0.95Mn_0.05
films to their magnetic properties. The formation of ferromagnetic nanometer
sized inclusions in a defect free Ge matrix fabricated by low temperature
molecular beam epitaxy is observed down to substrate temperatures T_S as low as
70 deg. Celsius. A combined transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and electron
energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) analysis of the films identifies the inclusions
as precipitates of the ferromagnetic compound Mn_5Ge_3. The volume and amount
of these precipitates decreases with decreasing T_S. Magnetometry of the films
containing precipitates reveals distinct temperature ranges: Between the
characteristic ferromagnetic transition temperature of Mn_5Ge_3 at
approximately room temperature and a lower, T_S dependent blocking temperature
T_B the magnetic properties are dominated by superparamagnetism of the Mn_5Ge_3
precipitates. Below T_B, the magnetic signature of ferromagnetic precipitates
with blocked magnetic moments is observed. At the lowest temperatures, the
films show features characteristic for a metastable state.Comment: accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B 74 (01.12.2006). High
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Pricing Options in Incomplete Equity Markets via the Instantaneous Sharpe Ratio
We use a continuous version of the standard deviation premium principle for
pricing in incomplete equity markets by assuming that the investor issuing an
unhedgeable derivative security requires compensation for this risk in the form
of a pre-specified instantaneous Sharpe ratio. First, we apply our method to
price options on non-traded assets for which there is a traded asset that is
correlated to the non-traded asset. Our main contribution to this particular
problem is to show that our seller/buyer prices are the upper/lower good deal
bounds of Cochrane and Sa\'{a}-Requejo (2000) and of Bj\"{o}rk and Slinko
(2006) and to determine the analytical properties of these prices. Second, we
apply our method to price options in the presence of stochastic volatility. Our
main contribution to this problem is to show that the instantaneous Sharpe
ratio, an integral ingredient in our methodology, is the negative of the market
price of volatility risk, as defined in Fouque, Papanicolaou, and Sircar
(2000).Comment: Keywords: Pricing derivative securities, incomplete markets, Sharpe
ratio, correlated assets, stochastic volatility, non-linear partial
differential equations, good deal bound
Eroding market stability by proliferation of financial instruments
We contrast Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT), the theoretical basis for the
development of financial instruments, with a dynamical picture of an
interacting market, in a simple setting. The proliferation of financial
instruments apparently provides more means for risk diversification, making the
market more efficient and complete. In the simple market of interacting traders
discussed here, the proliferation of financial instruments erodes systemic
stability and it drives the market to a critical state characterized by large
susceptibility, strong fluctuations and enhanced correlations among risks. This
suggests that the hypothesis of APT may not be compatible with a stable market
dynamics. In this perspective, market stability acquires the properties of a
common good, which suggests that appropriate measures should be introduced in
derivative markets, to preserve stability.Comment: 26 pages, 8 figure
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