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Straddle
STRADDLE In the stock and commodity markets, a strategy in options contracts consisting of an equal number of put options and call options on the same underlying share, index, or commodity future. A straddle is a type of option contract that gives the holder of the contract the option to either... Read more |
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referendum
referendum referral of proposed laws or constitutional amendments to the electorate for final approval. This direct form of legislation, along with the initiative , was known in Greece and other early democracies. Today, these legislative devices are widely used in certain countries, most notably... Read more |
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Golden Age
Golden Age Golden Age is one of several prominent periodicals serving the metaphysical and post-New Age spiritual community in Australia. A full-color periodical that covers a wide range of current topics across the spectrum of personal psychic and spiritual development and holistic health, it has... Read more |
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Looping
LOOPING Looping is a practice in which a teacher stays with the same class for more than one year; it is a multiyear placement for both the students and the teacher. For example, a teacher begins with a group of first-grade students and rather than sending those students on to a new teacher... Read more |
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bourse
bourse , term applied to a European stock exchange . The first international bourse was established in Antwerp in the 16th cent. The Paris bourse, dating from 1720 but completely reorganized in 1999, consists of the main exchange, equivalent to the New York Stock Exchange, plus the Matif (the... Read more |
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Trade shows
Trade Shows A trade show is an event where companies that are involved in a certain industry gather to exhibit their products, learn about current trends in their industry, and gain knowledge about their competitors. Trade shows provide opportunities for selling, reinforcing existing business... Read more |
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Enterprise Server
ENTERPRISE SERVER As the number of businesses adopting e-business strategies continued rising into the new millennium, technology firms began offering a host of hardware and software options designed to meet enterprise needs. These offerings, enterprise servers among them, were developed to give... Read more |
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rock mechanics
rock mechanics Rock mechanics is the theoretical and applied science of the mechanical behaviour of rock and rock masses; it is the branch of mechanics that is concerned with the response of the rock and rock mass to the force fields of their physical environment. It is an extremely complex subject... Read more |
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Lumpectomy
Lumpectomy Definition Lumpectomy is a type of surgery for breast cancer. It is considered "breast-conserving" surgery because only the malignant tumor and a surrounding margin of normal breast tissue are removed. Lymph nodes in the armpit (axilla) may also be removed. This... Read more |
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Ileoanal anastomosis
Ileoanal reservoir surgery Definition Ileoanal reservoir surgery or ileoanal anastomosis is a two-stage restorative procedure that removes a part of the colon and uses the ileum (a section of the small intestine) to form a new reservoir for waste that can be expelled through the anus. This surgery... Read more |
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New half-match bone marrow transplant procedure yields promising outcomes for...
...step half-match procedure has produced some promising results: the probability...strengthen their new immune system. Dr...studies have shown promising increases in overall...represent a very promising improvement in this... |
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New procedure yields promising results
...couples who suffer the pain of infertility, there is a new option, a procedure that is proving effective even for those who are unsuccessful...000 sperm]. It's a process that can certainly provide new hope for many infertile couples." |
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Findings from Sichuan University provide new insights into tissue engineering.
...Considering the unique properties of PRP, we propose an alternative technique that may not only simplify the procedure but also yield promising results. The specific reasons are explained in this letter," wrote P. Wang and colleagues, Sichuan University... |
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New Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedure Restores Quality of Life in...
...clinical results from the...reveal that a new minimally...these early results hold great...that can yield the same result with potentially...these initial promising results. If the procedure ... |
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New propulsion and power study findings recently were published by D....
...project to assess the acoustic benefits of new exhausts and novel hot-stream streamliners...at which the combustion noise is dominant, yield promising results, suggesting that the procedure of discrimination is relevant." Blacodon... |
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Guardian Technologies International Forms New Applied Visual Sciences, Inc....
...Technologies International Forms New Applied Visual Sciences...Technologies International Forms New Applied Visual Sciences...lesions undetected). These results are particular promising given that current mammography procedures ... |
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Study findings from G.W. Berger et al provide new insights into quaternary...
...Radiocarbon (C-14) dating yields variable and high reservoir...single-aliquot PSL procedures were employed. Thus...aliquot IR-PSL procedure yields the expected zero ages for several samples, a promising result that requires ... |
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NYP/Weill Cornell gene therapy clinical trial yields promising results for...
NEW YORK (May 13, 2008) -- Promising results from a team of NewYork...search/topics/New+York-+Presbyterian...trial found that the procedure -- which involves injecting...results are not just promising for ... |
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Frost & Sullivan: Cancer Research Yields Promising Results.
...diagnosis or misdiagnosis, the number of new cancer cases is set to double by 2020...gatekeepers, limiting public access to new developments in cancer therapy and the...government efforts to extend screening procedures and increase funding research will encourage... |
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FINANCIAL SERVICES: ACTION PLAN YIELDS PROMISING RESULTS... IF PROPERLY...
...been reached, under the co-decision procedure, on the Financial Instruments Markets...the adoption of three proposals by the new European Parliament and Council this year...the G-10 Basel Committee to develop a new international framework and the Commission... |
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