Portfolio optimization should provide large benefits for investors, but standard mean–variance
optimization (MVO) works so poorly in practice that optimization is often abandoned. Many …

We provide new out-of-sample evidence on trend-following investing by studying its performance
for 82 securities not previously examined and 16 long-short equity factors. Specifically, …

The authors develop a methodology that maps a given set of factor exposures to a group of
asset classes. When there are fewer factors than asset classes, which is the case in most …

Background: Chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) causes a spectrum of diseases
ranging from asymptomatic infective state to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. The …

A microbial fuel cell (MFC) or biological fuel cell is a bio-electrochemical system that generates
current by using bacteria and mimicking bacterial interactions found in nature. Sewage …

People’s participation is a buzz word in the development agenda of the national and international
agencies. In the governance of water also this concept has got central role in planning, …

We present a novel framework to decompose the drivers of trend-following performance into
(i) the magnitude of market moves,(ii) the strategy’s ability to profit from those market moves, …

The present study explains how the state engages with the dominant groups in the community
and how people’s consent is manufactured to legitimize the implementation of the project. …

Language is a prerequisite for quotidian human life. For the most part, it plays an instrumental
role in defining national, ethnocultural, and caste identifications in a polyglot society like …

The significance of natural products in the drug discovery and development has been
reported extensively. The natural products from mangrove fungi, which are known to be a rich …