• The predictive value of inequality measures for stock returns : an analysis of long-span UK data using quantile random forests 

  Gupta, Rangan; Pierdzioch, Christian; Vivian, Andrew J.; Wohar, Mark E. (Elsevier, 2018-08)

  We contribute to research on the predictability of stock returns in two ways. First, we use quantile random forests to study the predictive value of various consumption-based and income-based inequality measures across the ...
• Time-varying rare disaster risks, oil returns and volatility 

  Demirer, Riza; Gupta, Rangan; Suleman, Tahir; Wohar, Mark E. (Elsevier, 2018-09)

  This paper provides a novel perspective to the predictive ability of rare disaster risks for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil market returns and volatility using a nonparametric quantile-based methodology over the monthly ...
• Hooded vultures Necrosyrtes monachus nearly extirpated from Edo State, Nigeria : a report on the avian scavenger community 

  Nosazeogie, Esther; Tende, Talatu; Monadjem, Ara (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2018)

  Avian scavengers, by feeding on carrion and other organic matter, provide critical ecosystem services. Vultures, the only obligate avian scavengers, have reportedly experienced massive population declines in Africa yet ...
• Association patterns of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Bahía San Antonio, Argentina 

  Vermeulen, Els (Wiley, 2018-07)

  This study aims to investigate the association patterns of a small and resident population of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Bahía San Antonio (Argentina), and assess any seasonal variation in view of the ...
• Renal azotemia and associated clinical and laboratory findings in dogs with Babesia rossi infection 

  Defauw, Pieter; Daminet, S.; Leisewitz, Andrew L.; Goddard, Amelia; Paepe, D.; Duchateau, L.; Schoeman, Johan P. (Elsevier, 2018-08)

  The occurrence of acute kidney injury in canine babesiosis is not well documented. Furthermore, interpretation of urine specific gravity (USG) to assess renal concentrating ability is hampered by the frequent presence of ...

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