The objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between economic freedom index and stock return in the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, Malaysia for the period, 1995 to 2013.The analysis is conducted within the framework of Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), while using the pooled ordinary least square as the method of estimation.The fi
Abstract Background The purpose of this study was to analyze if the use of texture analysis on spectral detector CT (SDCT)-derived iodine maps (IM) in addition to conventional Entertainment Center images (CI) improves lung nodule differentiation, when being applied to a k-nearest neighbor (KNN) classifier.Methods 183 cancer patients who underwent c
Advancement of banking and financial investment has led to the rapid expansion of services automation.The consistent increase of Artificial Intelligence (AI) usage in investment management implies the impending popularity of technology-based service.This study examined influencer endorsement and perceived security benefits as moderators to the rela
While serological and virological evidence documents the exposure of bats to medically-important arboviruses, their role as reservoirs or amplifying hosts is less well-characterized.We describe a novel orbivirus Scrappers (Reoviridae:Orbivirus) isolated from an Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus leachii) trapped in 2013 in Uganda and named B
Background and Objectives: The Bikini bottoms goal of the paper is to study the influence of noise on generalized synchronization in unidirectionally coupled systems with a complex topology of attractor.As the systems under study, two models of chaotic systems with two-sheeted topologies of attractors such as Lorenz and Chen systems are considered.