In a two-level factorial experiment, we consider construction of parallel-flats designs with two identical parallel flats that allow estimation of a set of specified ...

As the name suggests, data replication involves keeping identical data sets in more than one database node. There are two types of data replication in a database management system: Full replication is ...

The study relates to the effect of social class and other background factors on childhood socialization. The Kohn research indicating the middle-class tendency to use psychological rather than ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Exchange traded funds have come a long way since they first appeared in the US in the early 1990s. Providers ...

Common fragile sites are specific chromosomal loci that appear as constrictions or gaps on metaphase chromosomes following conditions that slow, but do not arrest, DNA replication. These sites are an ...

Most exchange traded funds (ETFs) are designed to deliver to the investor what industry practitioners often refer to as beta – that is, market risk and market reward. To achieve this, a number of ...