Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality in Western countries. It also provides an archetypal example of how inherited predisposing genetic variants may interact with an environmental influence (smoking) to modulate individual cancer risk.
The Molecular Genetics of Lung Cancer describes how the new...
Supercharge options analytics and hedging using the power ofPython
Derivatives Analytics with Python shows you how toimplement market-consistent valuation and hedging approaches usingadvanced financial models, efficient numerical techniques, and thepowerful capabilities of the Python programming language. Thisunique...
Data Networks builds on the foundation laid in Kenyon’s first book, High Performance Data Network Design, with expanded coverage of routing, tuning, and troubleshooting. Kenyon provides strategies for overcoming some of the most challenging problems in network design and management. He provides clear, specific solutions for...
Beating IT Risks is quite different in perspective from beating a drum – which tends to be monotonal. The book is more like a entire symphony in which all of the voices are in intricate interrelationships. Enabling the reader to learn to understand the big picture as well as the details is perhaps its most significant...
Discover how to optimize business strategies from both qualitative and quantitative points of view
Operational Risk: Modeling Analytics is organized around the principle that the analysis of operational risk consists, in part, of the collection of data and the building of mathematical models to describe risk. This book is...
This book is an essential guide and support to understanding of the science and policy, procedure and practice that underpins the REACH risk assessments required for the use and placing on the market of chemicals in the European Union. A clear understanding of information provision and how this affects the assessment of chemical safety...
The credit crisis that started in 2007, with the collapse of well-established financial institutions and the bankruptcy of many public corporations, has clearly shown the importance for any company entering the derivative business of modelling, pricing, and hedging its counterparty credit exposure.
Today’s financial system is considerably more complex than in years past, as new financial instruments have been introduced that are not well understood even by the people and institutions that invest in them. Numerous high-risk opportunities are available, and the number of people who unwittingly wander into such ventures seems to grow...
This volume discusses radiotherapy and its role in the treatment of benign diseases. Its intent is to broaden the application of radiotherapy beyond malignancy to treat a range of clinical concerns, from minor skin problems to life-threatening arterial disease. In addition, it aims to encourage medical practitioners to consider the benefits...
"It is easy to write books that address broad topics and ideas leaving the reader with the question Yes, but how? By combining a comprehensive guide to data preparation for data mining along with specific examples in SAS, Mamdouh's book is a rare finda blend of theory and the practical at the same time. As anyone who has mined data will...
Uncover the Threats Lurking in the Darkness of Your Family's Computer
Many people have no idea of the evils that exist across the Internet or the danger that can result from simply answering an innocent-sounding e-mail or participating in a chat. Your loved ones could unknowingly be putting themselves in grave risk. By using...
Studies published before the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) tracked the incidence and course of HIV infection in relation to cardiac illness in both children and adults. These studies show that subclinical echocardiographic abnormalities independently predict adverse outcomes and identify high-risk groups to be...
