Ouvrage: Les outils stochastiques des marchés financiers
Domaine: Mathématiques financières
Depuis 40 ans, les outils mathématiques probabilistes ont montré leur rôle central dans le développement dÂ’outils dÂ’aide à la décision pour les marchés financiers. Ils offrent un cadre méthodologique robuste de modélisation et calcul des risques associés aux produits dérivés, ces fameux instruments financiers qui dépendent de manière plus ou moins complexe dÂ’autres produits financiers plus simples (actions, indices, taux de change, taux dÂ
Ouvrage: Économie du climat.
Domaine: Sciences de l'économie, de la gestion et de la société
Le protocole de Kyoto pourrait prendre fin en 2012. Amorcé par le Sommet de la Terre à Rio en 1992, il jetait les bases d’un régime de coordination internationale combinant plafonds nationaux et marché de quotas pour la réduction des émissions de gaz à effet de serre. De nombreuses Conférences des Parties – les dernières à Bali, Copenhague, Cancun – ont cherché à mettre sur pied les modalités d’un tel régime.
Further reading Autism Spectrum Disorders Baron-Cohen, S. (1995) Mindblindness: an Essay on Autism and Theory of Mind, Cambridge, MA, MIT Press. Baron-Cohen excels in his capacity to unify complex argument and extensive empirical findings within a clear, persuasive and accessible theoretical framework. Mukhopadhyay, T.R. (2000) Beyond the Silence: My Life, and the World of Autism, London, National Autistic Society. A fascinating, poignant and unique book: the biog
Apple CEO Steve Jobs meets Obama
Technology executives including Apple CEO Steve Jobs meet with U.S. President Barack Obama at a private meeting in California.
Post-Mao Dreaming: Chinese Contemporary Art
Arthur Ross Gallery
Gallery Talk: Joan Lebold Cohen and art dealer Ethan Cohen present Evidence... Post-Mao Dreaming for the Arthur Ross Gallery's exhibition, Post-Mao Dreaming: Chinese Contemporary Art. This exhibit presents over thirty prints, drawings, photographs and paintings that offer a glimpse of the post-Cultural Revolution era in China following Mao Zedong's death, when Chinese artists began to throw off the restrictions of Maoist Communism (1949-1979) and to reclaim their individuali
Penn Readies for RecycleMania 2011
The University of Pennsylvanhia is taking part in RecycleMania 2011, pitting its efforts against 600 of its higher-education peers to see which school can out-recycle the others and minimize waste. Informational events such as the bookstore giveaway seen in this video are scheduled throughout the eight-week competition that runs through April 2. Visit www.upenn.edu/sustainability/recyclemania.html for more RecycleMania opportunities.
Research in Motion talks to Reuters
The co-CEO of Research In Motion Jim Balsillie talks to Reuters Technology correspondent Matt Cowan at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Safety Quiz
Author's description: 'A small step towards creating awareness on safety.' This is a large module of about 250 general questions on occupational health and safety. The questions are mostly multiple-choice or true-false. They are arranged into about a dozen categories and six different quizzes. Topics such as electricity, dangerous chemicals, fire hazards, poor work practices and first aid are covered.
P2i waterproofs your phone: News from Mobile World Congress Have you ever gotten your phone wet? It's a nightmare! I found this company called P2i at Mobile World Congress that is working on a new technology to waterproof our phones. Check it out!
A Discovery Laboratory Investigating Bacterial Gene Regulation
A laboratory exercise to introduce students to experimental design and gene regulation.
Anthony, Lawrence K.
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The Day-to-Day Lives of Libertarians [Bourbon for Breakfast • By Jeffrey Tucker • Ludwig von Mises Institute • 353 pages] Jeffrey Tucker's new book, Bourbon for Breakfast: L
Conducting Historical Research: The Case of "Oriental Cairo"
This course guides you through a variety of virtual research projects centered on Douglas Sladen's "Oriental Cairo: City of the 'Arabian Nights'" (1911). It is an introduction to some standard research techniques used by historians as well to using library resources.
Opening an Hispanic restaurant
This lesson focuses on vocabulary and currency associated with food, restaurants, and menus. Students conduct research to create an authentic menu with a companion recipe books. The lesson culminates in short presentations and food samples.
Oodles of ordinals
Children will integrate Math, Social Studies, Physical Education, Art, and Music to discover, explore, practice and enjoy the ordinal numbers "first" through "tenth."
"Night of the Twister"
Reading strategies are used to introduce a literary work.
Multiplying Polynomials
In this lesson, students apply their knowledge of distributive property to multiply polynomials. The process of multiplying by the FOIL method is developed. The English Language Development goals and objectives for this lesson are for a Novice High English Language Learner (ELL).
Segregation Ordinances: Birmingham, AL
This document from 1951 spells out Birmingham's segregation ordinances, the laws requiring the separation of the races.
"Avoid the Use of the Word Intervention": Wilson and Lansing on the U.S. Invasion of Mexico
In 1916, Francisco Villa, leader of the peasant uprisings in northern Mexico, raided Columbus, New Mexico, in an attempt to expose Mexican government collaboration with the United States. President Woodrow Wilson responded by ordering an invasion of Mexico. Five years after the beginning of the Mexican Revolution, which was characterized by hope for social change as well as death, hunger, and violence, many Mexicans did not welcome further involvement by the U.S. In the following correspondence,
Teaching Hydrogeology in the 21st Century
This site from the "The On the Cutting Edge" workshop series features a wealth of ideas, teaching examples and web-based resources that are useful for teaching undergraduate hydrogeology.
