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This paper examines Idzorek’s extension of the Black-Litterman model with respect to confidence levels and makes a general comparison with the Canonical Reference Model. To test Idzorek’s method a global equities portfolio is constructed using assets representing nine different countries consisting in total of 80.9% of the global equities market. Two views are specified, one absolute view and one
The Philippines is highly vulnerable to natural disasters, particularly flooding due to extreme climatic events, therefore efforts in reducing and managing associated risks are crucial. A case study for a flooding risk assessment based in Region III, Central Luzon was conducted through an exposure, damage, and risk analysis of economic and social factors for three different return periods with the
A Credit Default Swap spread is a reliable measure of credit risk as it is the compensation demanded by a party to bear this risk. Officially, credit risk is denoted as credit ratings announced by credit rating agencies. Since rating announcements contain information regarding credit risk, the market should incorporate this new information into the CDS spread. The aim of this study is to investiga
Named entity linking is the task of identifying mentions of named things in text, such as “Barack Obama” or “New York”, and linking these mentions to unique identifiers. In this paper, we describe Hedwig, an end-to-end named entity linker, which uses a combination of word and character BILSTM models for mention detection, a Wikidata and Wikipedia-derived knowledge base with global information aggr
The purpose of this thesis was to investigate the possibility of application of the cluster based rural development approach in Armenia to promote its structural transformation. Case study was selected as a research methodology, and both qualitative and quantitative methods were employed. Analysis of the key findings from the ‘field’, i.e. - the potential cluster, shows that rural households pract
When a↵ected by a high spinal cord injury the first wish is to regain the ability to walk. However, in a short matter of time, the wish to use the hands increases and is considered the most desired ability to recover. The injured nerves cannot be healed, but with the use of AI technology and sensors, small preserved muscle activities can be detected. The company Tendo AB has developed a gripping a
Popular science Temporal variation of soil respiration at Skyttorp Soil respiration (Rs) is a major component of carbon fluxes from terrestrial biosphere to the atmosphere with contributing 30-80% of annual total ecosystem respiration in forests. Rs, refers to the production of CO2 from soil by respiration of root and microorganisms, is normally demonstrated by soil CO2 flux in the unit of μmol m
This master’s thesis analysed sustainable development policies in China’s 11th Five-Year Plan and sustainable development considerations at the building of the Bui Dam in Ghana. The theory section discusses and defines sustainable development, and in the method section, ‘ideal-types’ of economic, social and environmental development were developed. These ideal-types were then used as reference poi
This thesis examines how residential buildings from different construction periods perform during extended outages of heating, electricity, and ventilation. The purpose was to evaluate building robustness during crisis or war situations and identify technical measures that may improve building resilience. The study combined literature review with engineering calculations related to heat retention,
This thesis investigates how analyst coverage and blockholder ownership shape the informativeness of insider purchases in a market characterized by concentrated ownership, dispersed analyst coverage, and high retail participation. While prior research has established a negative relationship between analyst coverage and insider purchase abnormal returns in the U.S., whether this relationship genera
This paper presents a methodology for estimation of physically interpretable building energy performance characteristics such as: heat loss coefficient, azimuth angle dependent solar gain, and diurnal periodicity in heat-demand. The models are demonstrated on a case-study with hourly observations of district-heating connected apartment buildings in Denmark. The weather model inputs are obtained fr
Vad är probiotika och på vilket sätt tros den kunna påverka ett insjuknande i typ 1-diabetes eller celiaki? Här reder vi ut begreppen och ger en vetenskaplig bakgrund till varför probiotika ges i studierna PreCiSe och SINT1A. Vad är probiotika? Ordet probiotika är en term som i likhet med ”kosttillskott” omfattar olika ämnen. Ämnena i det här fallet är levande mikroorganismer (se faktaruta), i de
https://www.gppad.lu.se/probiotika-vad-ar-det - 2026-07-17
Each study year is divided into two terms of 30 credit each (20 weeks), autumn term and spring term. Each term is then divided into two periods of 15 credits each. Course web pages can be found under the term in which they are offered.Note that the elective courses may vary from year to year. The elective courses presented here under the second and third terms are the ones offered in the current o
https://www.law.lu.se/study/masters-programmes/masters-programme-european-economic-law/european-economic-law-courses - 2026-07-17
Antenner och vågorI ett trådlöst system utgör antennen gränssnittet mellan den elektriska kretsen och vågor som fortplantar sig i det omgivande mediet. Ur ett systemperspektiv verkar antennen under flera grundläggande begränsningar vad gäller tillgänglig bandbredd, förstärkning m.m. i förhållande till exempelvis tillgänglig volym eller komplexiteten i anpassningsnätet. Vågutbredning och växelverka
https://www.eit.lth.se/forskning/elektromagnetism-och-nanoelektronik/forskning-emn - 2026-07-17
In this article, we study 19-year-olds in Sweden (n = 2,942) with and without an immigration background (Iran, Yugoslavia, and Sweden). We follow-up on a recent study, which shows that religion and happiness tend to be positively associated at the individual level only in countries with high aggregate levels of religiosity and proposes that what affects happiness is not religiosity per se but conf
This is the title of my paper Is the notion of linguistic competence at all relevant in Cognitive Linguistics? CARITA PARADIS 1 Introduction Linguistic competence is a term we associate with Chomsky (e.g. 1965: Ch 1), who made the distinction between people’s knowledge of language (competence), and that knowledge put to use in real situations (performance).1 Competence is an aspect of our mental c
https://www.sol.lu.se/fileadmin/media/forskning/workingpapers/engelska/vol01/Cim_cecilia.pdf - 2026-07-16
WP.doc 1 Is the notion of linguistic competence at all relevant in Cognitive Linguistics? CARITA PARADIS 1 Introduction Linguistic competence is a term we associate with Chomsky (e.g. 1965: Ch 1), who made the distinction between people’s knowledge of language (competence), and that knowledge put to use in real situations (performance).1 Competence is an aspect of our mental capacity underlying ou
https://www.sol.lu.se/fileadmin/media/forskning/workingpapers/engelska/vol01/Cim.pdf - 2026-07-16
