Empirical Evidence of the Market Price of Risk for Delivery Periods by Annika Kemper, Maren Diane Schmeck

“…In this paper, we provide empirical evidence of the market price of risk for delivery periods (MPDP) of electricity swap contracts. The MPDP enables an accurate pricing of such contracts in the presence of the delivery period such that the typical approximations can be avoided. …”
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Fixed point theorems for a sum of two mappings in locally convex spaces by P. Vijayaraju

“…Cain and Nashed generalized to locally convex spaces a well known fixed point theorem of Krasnoselskii for a sum of contraction and compact mappings in Banach spaces. The class of asymptotically nonexpansive mappings includes properly the class of nonexpansive mappings as well as the class of contraction mappings. …”
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Coupled and Tripled Coincidence Point Results with Application to Fredholm Integral Equations by Marwan Amin Kutbi, Nawab Hussain, Jamal Rezaei Roshan, Vahid Parvaneh

“…The aim of this paper is to define weak α-ψ-φ-contractive mappings and to establish coupled and tripled coincidence point theorems for such mappings defined on Gb-metric spaces using the concept of rectangular G-α-admissibility. …”
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Hβ-Hausdorff Functions and Common Fixed Points of Multivalued Operators in a b-Metric Space and Their Applications by Fahad Sameer Alshammari, Naif R. Alrashedi, Reny George

“…Hβ-Hausdorff functions for β∈0,1 are introduced, and common fixed-point theorems for a pair of multivalued operators satisfying generalized contraction conditions are proven in a b-metric space. …”
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Modeling of short-term financial transmission rights in a secondary auction market using game theory by Mohammad Tabrizian, Hosein Seifi, Mohamad Kazem Sheikh-al-Eslami, Hamidreza Shahmirzad

“…Purpose: Finding the best situation for the expected profit by each of the participants (players) in the secondary auction market of financial congestion transmission rights.Methodology: From the point of view of game theory, finding at least one Nash equilibrium point for this competition takes into account the various constraints of the secondary auction market.Findings: This paper study the issue of financial transmission congestion contracts then uses the game theory to analyze the short-term (weekly) secondary FTR markets, in which the players manage the transmission risk through optimal biddings.Originality/Value: Congestion risk management is one of the most important topics of transmission network management in restructured power systems and electricity markets in the world, especially markets based on regional or local pricing, whose main tool is transmission financial contracts. …”
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Drawings and Scale Models Used in Building the Spanish Royal Sites by Pilar Chías, Tomás Abad

“…The latter should also define the building contracts and build the models to be used by craftsmen. …”
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Healthcare Futures: Opportunities, Challenges and Risks in a Blockchain-Driven Environment by Robert Goldberg, Peter J. Pitts, Jennifer Hinkel

“…The integration of blockchain technology and smart contracts presents a transformative opportunity in healthcare financing by enabling the creation and trading of futures contracts based on the value of medical innovations. …”
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Effect of Meridian Scraping Therapy Combined with Rehabilitation Training on sEMG and Dynamics of Upper Limb of Hemiplegic Stroke by Zhiqiang HUANG, Ning ZHAO, Zhaoyuan SU, Jiafu SU, Qiang WU

“…The biceps and triceps sEMG values of IEMG in the ipsilateral elbow flexion and extension of the maximum isometric contraction were recorded, and the elbow flexion and extension moment and the corresponding co-contraction ratio were calculated before and after the treatment. …”
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Nondecreasing bounded continuous solutions of a <mml:math display="inline"><mml:mi>q</mml:mi></mml:math>-difference equation by Hou Yu Zhao, Shan Shan Guo

“…Schauder’s fixed point theorem and Banach contraction principle are used to study a q…”
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Double Controlled Quasi-Metric Type Spaces and Some Results by Abdullah Shoaib, Sabeena Kazi, Asifa Tassaddiq, Shaif S. Alshoraify, Tahair Rasham

“…In this paper, we extend their concept and introduce the concept of double controlled quasi-metric type spaces with two incomparable functions and prove some unique fixed point results involving new types of contraction conditions. Also, we introduce the concept of α−μ−k double controlled contraction and prove some related fixed point results. …”
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An Approach of Lebesgue Integral in Fuzzy Cone Metric Spaces via Unique Coupled Fixed Point Theorems by Muhammad Talha Waheed, Saif Ur Rehman, Naeem Jan, Abdu Gumaei, Mabrook Al-Rakhami

“…In the theory of fuzzy fixed point, many authors have been proved different contractive type fixed point results with different types of applications. …”
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Critical Study of the Implementation of the Right of Self-Determination in Protecting Indonesia’s Environmental and Economic Sovereignty by Sudarmo Sudarmo, Febrianty Yenny, Putri Viorizza Suciani, Muhtar Mohamad Hidayat, Salahuddin Salahuddin

“…As foreign nations and corporations enter through investment and employment contracts, they often gain equal footing with domestic entities, which undermines Indonesia’s control over its environmental resources. …”
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L’évolution de l’affirmative action aux États-Unis sous la présidence de George W. Bush by Marie-Christine Pauwels

“…And similar roundabout policies in which race is implicitly targeted yet never mentioned as such have been increasing in the field of public contracting. The SBA HUBZone program that promotes economic development in distressed neighborhoods by providing access to more federal contracting opportunities is a good example. …”
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PROCESS MODEL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES OUTSOURCING ORGANIZATION FOR STATE COMPREHENSIVE COMPLEXES by M. Lisitsyn, N. Lyubimova

“…As a result of research into public pro-curement of IT outsourcing services for general education complexes a low level of technical support of the IT infrastructure by IT outsourcing companies and consequently frequent ear-ly termination of the concluded contracts of general education complexes with IT companies has been revealed. …”
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Diaspora and Syncretism: Marriage Rites in Yorùbá Homeland and Abroad by Olanike Lawore

“…The Yorùbá race accords great importance to this institution and has a distinctive manner of contracting its nuptials which underscores the sacredness it attaches to marriage. …”
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Compatible mappings and common fixed points revisited by Gerald Jungck

“…A fixed point theorem involving a Meir-Keeler type contraction principle is refined by diminishing continuity requirements.…”
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The Impact of Pelvic Floor Muscle Strengthening on the Functional State of Women Who Have Experienced OASIS After Childbirth by Atėnė Simanauskaitė, Justina Kačerauskienė, Dalia Regina Railaitė, Eglė Bartusevičienė

“…Participants exhibited stronger PFM contractions and an increased ability to maintain these contractions. …”
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The Impact of Exchange Rate Fluctuations on Financial Markets: A Case Study by Abdessalam Belbali, Samir Ouldbahammou, Abderrahim Belbali, Mohammed Amine Gasmi, Ali Yousfat, Asma Bellaama

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Study on Mechanics-Based Cracking Resistance of Semiflexible Pavement Materials by Duanyi Wang, Xiayi Liang, Danning Li, Hehao Liang, Huayang Yu

“…The results indicated that (1) the internal stress in this semiflexible mixture is mainly determined by the contraction of cement mortar, rather than expansion; (2) larger air void of matrix asphalt structure and less volumetric variation of cement mortar reduce the internal stress; (3) once the air void of matrix asphalt structure is decided, both maximum contraction and expansion deformations of cement mortar should meet specific requirement to ensure less internal cracking. …”
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Effect of Collagen/Ibuprofen Hydrogel in Wound Healing: An In Vivo Study by Kamyar Abbasi, Reza Eftekhar Ashtiani, Mitra Abdolahi, Maryam Hosseini, Reza Sayyad Soufdoost, Mostafa Alam, Sadaf Fani-Hanifeh

“…The healing procedures were explored via calculating wound contraction percentage after taking photographs on days 7 and 14. …”
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