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Each financial crisis calls for ΓÇö by its novelty and the mechanisms it shares with preceding crises ΓÇö appropriate means to analyze financial risks. In Extreme Financial Risks and Asset Allocation, the authors present in an accessible and timely manner the concepts, methods, and techniques that are essential for an understanding of these risks in an environment where asset prices are subject to sudden, rough, and unpredictable changes. These phenomena, mathematically known as ΓÇ£jumpsΓÇ¥, play an important role in practice. Their quantitative treatment is generally tricky and is sparsely tackled in similar books. One of the main appeals of this book lies in its approachable and concise presentation of the ad hoc mathematical tools without sacrificing the necessary rigor and precision.This book contains theories and methods which are usually found in highly technical mathematics books or in scattered, often very recent, research articles. It is a remarkable pedagogical work that makes these difficult results accessible to a large readership. Researchers, Masters and PhD students, and financial engineers alike will find this book highly useful.

Medical futility is a controversial issue not only in its definition but also in its application. There are few books on the subject, and those in existence mostly focus on the situation in the United States. This title, however, provides extensive international perspectives on medical futility. This book will benefit healthcare professionals as well as health policy makers around the world. It allows them to see how different countries approach the issue of medical futility and their experiences in dealing with this issue. The complexity of the issue, and in particular how some countries innovatively address it in an ethically sound manner, is clearly presented.

Suitable for Complementary and integrative medicine (CIM) primary health care research literature, this book outlines the core issues, challenges and opportunities facing the CIM-primary health care interface and can provide insight for those practicing, studying and researching the contemporary relations between CIM and primary health care.

The two most wanted terrorists in Southeast Asia a Malaysian and a Singaporean are on the run in the Philippines, but they manage to keep their friends and family updated on Facebook. Filipinos connect with al-Qaeda-linked groups in Somalia and Yemen. The black flag embedded in al-Qaeda lore pops up on websites and Facebook pages from around the world, including the Philippines, Indonesia, the Middle East, Afghanistan, Australia, and North Africa. The black flag is believed to herald an apocalypse that brings Islam's triumph. These are a few of the signs that define terrorism's new battleground: the Internet and social media. In this groundbreaking work of investigative journalism, Maria Ressa traces the spread of terrorism from the training camps of Afghanistan to Southeast Asia and the Philippines. Through research done at the International Center for Political Violence & Terrorism Research in Singapore and sociograms created by the CORE Lab at the Naval Postgraduate School, the book examines the social networks which spread the virulent ideology that powered terrorist attacks in the past 10 years. Many of the stories here have never been told before, including details about the 10 days during which Ressa led the crisis team in the Ces Drilon kidnapping case by the Abu Sayyaf in 2008. The book forms the powerful narrative that glues together the social networks both physical and virtual which spread the jihadi virus from bin Laden to Facebook.

This unique work is the first to address the subject of community engagement strategies in countering extremism, and explores the development and research of these strategies. In so doing it demystifies the process of community engagement, while simultaneously extolling the virtues of the ground breaking strategies to have been effectively employed in Asia, the Middle East, and the West. The book then proceeds to examine the efforts of community engagement made by several countries against their unique operational and geopolitical environments. Finally, detailed reference is made to the role and work of the media and non-government organizations to have conducted effective community engagement efforts. With contributions from authors of diverse backgrounds, including media, the social services, security, and academia, this book will be of interest to both the general public and to researchers.

Covering both the theoretical and practical aspects of fault-tolerant mobile systems, and fault tolerance and analysis, this book tackles the issues of reliability-based optimization of computer networks, fault-tolerant mobile systems, and fault tolerance and reliability of hierarchical networks.

Examines oxidative stress in a variety of models, at rest and after exercise. This book presents key concepts of oxidative stress, exercise and aging; explains oxidative stress in different types of exercises; and includes knowledge of the underlying mechanisms influencing health and disease processes associated with oxidative stress.

The International Conference on Scientific and Engineering Computation (IC-SEC 2002) served as a forum for engineers and scientists involved in the use of high performance computers. The proceedings cover a broad range of topics and applications including modelling and simulation work.

Colossal magnetoresistance materials, to which manganites and conventional ferromagnetic semiconductors belong, draw great attention because of their intriguing physical properties and the excellent prospects for their practical applications in electronic devices. In addition, magnetic semiconductors are basic materials for high-temperature conductors, and it is impossible to construct a theory of the latter without elucidating properties of the former.This book presents theoretical and experimental results on manganites and conventional magnetic semiconductors, with emphasis on the former. It is addressed mainly to researchers dealing with manganites or high-temperature superconductors, but is also useful for undergraduate and graduate students.

An exploration of cavitation and its effects in turbines and pumps. After introducing cavitation and its relation with hydraulic machines, the contributors review in detail relevant cavitation subjects from fundamental phenomena to various problems and solution measures in hydraulic machines.

This volume originated from the need for a suitable student text for the course "An Introduction to Modern Physics" given at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The presentation of the course material emphasizes the physical aspects of the phenomena.

Every day, headlines emphasise the impact that technology has on the manipulation of life. We all want to live longer, healthier, happier lives. To live at all costs and maintain life at all costs has become a popular aim. This book probes the consequences of putting one's faith in science.

The lectures included in this series of papers cover a variety of topics, ranging from the Earth's climate to pests and pesticides, illustrating the diverse and interdisciplinary nature of environmental issues and problems.

This revised text serves as an introduction to finite element methods. Its main emphasis is on the simplest methods suitable for solving two-dimensional continuum mechanics problems, particularly those encountered in stress analysis, fluid mechanics and heat transfer.

This illustrated volume on venous diseases aims to fill the requirements of primary care staff and trainees for information on the diagnosis and management of the different conditions and their complications.

Suitable for graduate students and ambitious undergraduates in mathematics and mechanics, this title offers an introduction to the subject of Fractional Calculus of Variations (FCV). It describes non-conservative systems in mechanics.

Examines the questions: What can science do for the theatre? And what can the theatre do for science? which raise challenges for both theatre professionals and scientists. This book includes texts of the author's two plays, "Insufficiency" and "Phallacy", to offer concrete examples of plays dealing with actual (rather than invented) chemistry.

Suitable for undergraduates in the physical and biological sciences, as well as graduates in engineering and materials science, this title deals with single-site heterogeneous catalysts (SSHCs) and presents both principles of design and applications, such as the benign synthesis of nylon 6 and vitamin B3.

Focuses on nano-biomedical engineering. This title follows four groups within the field, namely nano-biomechanics, nano-bioimaging, nano-biodevices, and nano-biointervention.

There continues to be much interest in the business and academic communities in the concept of strategic competencies or core capabilities, in other words, how organisations define and differentiate themselves. This book attempts to integrate strategic and knowledge management approaches to capability-building and the development of competencies.

Deals with the requirements of space physics. This title describes the Earth's plasma environment, followed by a derivation of single particle motions in electromagnetic fields, with applications to the Earth's magnetosphere. It discusses the origin and effects of collisions and conductivities and solar wind-magnetosphere coupling.

Presents the important results of probability and statistics without making heavy mathematical demands on the reader. This title enables an intelligent reader to properly assess statistical information and to understand that the same information can be presented in different ways.

Presents an introduction to modern asset pricing theory. This book also tackles recent advancement on inversion problems raised in asset pricing theory, which include the information role of financial options and the information content of term structure of interest rates and interest rates contingent claims.

Presents a comprehensive overview of the modern theory of spectral line broadening and shifting by pressure of atmospheric gases. This book describes semi-classical methods for calculating vibrotational line widths and shifts, including various modifications and developments realised by the authors themselves.

Presents a description of the physiologic manifestations of sleep that are significant from the viewpoint of the principle of homeostasis. This book shows that the systemic homeostatic regulation of many physiologic variables underlying cellular life is not active in a particular state of the ultradian sleep cycle in mammals.

Covers the studies and achievements in some adaptive and very functional polymers such as chitosan, cyclodextrin, dendrimer and hyper-branched polymers in terms of principles of adaptiveness, properties, structure design and characterization with an emphasis on their applications, particularly in textiles and related areas.

Intends to present several main advances in Natural Language Semantics and the interface between syntax and semantics, based on logical theories of linear logic and ludics, and on sharp analyses of computing due to advanced theories in Theoretical Computer Sciences.

Explores the concept of knowledge discovery processes and enhances decision-making capability through the use of intelligent agents like ants, termites and honey bees. This title provides readers with an integrated set of concepts and techniques for understanding knowledge discovery and its practical utility.