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The Dogs of the Dow Strategy Applied to the S&P 500
<p>The Dogs of the Dow trading strategy popular strategy that invests in the ten stocks with the highest dividend yield in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. We examine a newer variation of this strategy that involves investing in the five highest dividend yield stocks from each sector of the S&P …
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The effects of glycolic acid and Dow latex 464 (Saran) on the strength and microstructure of neat cement paste
Thesis (Civ. E.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1967.
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Women and subjugation: An evaluation of feminist rhetoric in selected novels by Mary Karooro Okurut, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Unity Dow, Elieshi Lema and Kaleni Hiyalwa
… Adichie, The Screaming of the Innocent by Unity Dow, Parched Earth by Elieshi Lema and Meekulu’s Children by Kaleni Hiyalwa. The focus was to evaluate women fiction writers’ perspectives on social, economic and political subjugation of women and how they employ persuasive tools in their writing …
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Pit House Revival: An Exercise in Composition
… is an approach to "art through structure" (Dow, 1997). Following Arthur Wesley Dow's work, Composition 1997, this thesis consists of a series of photographic and architectural exercises, demonstrating each of Dow's elements and principles of composition. Though Dow does not define his work …
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Islamic finance: a low risk, value-adding alternative
… side, the MSCI World Index was compared to the Dow Jones Islamic Index, within the United States the S&P 500 Index was compared to the S&P Shariah Index and for South Africa the FSTE All Share Index was compared to the FTSE Shariah All Share Index. Within the fixed income asset class, the …
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LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHIC/MASS SPECTROMETRIC INVESTIGATIONS OF BIO-OIL AND ADVANCES IN LASER-INDUCED ACOUSTIC DESORPTION FUNDAMENTALS AND INSTRUMENTATION
Dow, Alexander Russell. Ph. D., Purdue University, August 2015. Liquid
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MARKET INTEGRATION BETWEEN CRYPTOCURRENCY AND TECHNOLOGY INDICES
… Semiconductor index, NASDAQ, S&P500, and Dow Jones. The NASDAQ, S&P500 and Dow Jones were found to cause crypto prices movements, but the reverse was true – for the latter two – when Binance was removed from the index. These findings suggest a lack of diversification benefits of …
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Market integration between cryptocurrency and technology indices
… Semiconductor index, NASDAQ, S&P500, and Dow Jones. The NASDAQ, S&P500 and Dow Jones were found to cause crypto prices movements, but the reverse was true – for the latter two – when Binance was removed from the index. These findings suggest a lack of diversification benefits of …
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A comparative evaluation of manufacturing technologies and their effect on morphology and mechanical properties of poly-(propylene-ethylene) copolymers
… (Basell grades), Univation PP technology (DOW grades) and Borstar PP technology (Borealis grades). Form this investigation, thirty different grades where evaluated to determine their structural morphology in relation to their physical and mechanical properties. For the ease of analysis, the …
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Mode of action of organosilicone surfactants in enhancing the performance of Triclopyr herbicide
… identified; three organosilicone surfactants (Dow Corning 57, Dow Corning X25152 and Silwet L77), an N-alkyl pyrrolidone surfactant (Surfadone LP300) and an octylphenoxy surfactant (Triton X-45). The inherently difficult nature of gorse as an experimental plant was identified as potentially …
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Morphology, Crystallization and Melting Behavior of Propylene-Ethylene Statistical Copolymers
… crystallization and melting behavior of novel Dow Chemical propylene-ethylene copolymers were investigated. The incorporation of ethylene units into a polypropylene chain resulted in the decrease in crystallization, melting and glass transition temperatures and overall crystallinity. Based on …
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Using big data for decisions in agricultural supply chain
… months in advance of a very short sales window. With improved demand forecasting based on abundantly-available data, Dow AgroSciences, the manufacturer of AgChem, can make better production and distribution decisions. We analyzed various data to identify factors that influence AgChem sales. …
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Study of the Morphology and Optical Properties of Propylene/Ethylene Copolymer Films
The development of a new catalyst system by The Dow Chemical Company has resulted in the production of isotactic polypropylene and propylene/ethylene copolymers with a unique defect and comonomer distribution. This work investigated the morphology and optical properties of cast and compression …
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Topics in the theory of semiconductors: I. Novel semiconductors II. Uniaxial stress dependence of deep impurities
… publication: Chapter 1, D. Y. Jenkins and J. D. Dow, Phys. Rev. B, in press and Chapter 3, D. Y. Jenkins, K. E. Newman, and J. D. Dow, Phys. Rev. B 32, 4034 (1985).
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Previsões do PIB brasileiro a partir de informações de mercado: aplicações com dados de diferentes frequências
… brasileira, a B3, o Índice Bovespa, o Índice Dow Jones, o preço do barril de petróleo Brent, a cotação do câmbio Dólar PTAX e a taxa CDI. As previsões dos modelos MIDAS utilizados foram realizadas para três horizontes de previsão diferentes, 1, 2 e 4 trimestres à frente. Essas previsões de …
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Investigation of the effect of different frother blends on the flotation of selected PGM bearing ores
… and alcohols, and included Senfroth 516, DOW 200 and DOW 250 (all polyglycols), and 1-butanol, 1-pentanol, 1-hexanol and MIBC (all low molecular weight alcohols). The frothers were used individually and as v blends at a total dosage of 50 g/t. Two phase tests were also carried out to …
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Hydrate Formation Using Dowfax Gemini Surfactants
… This work investigates the effect of two Dow surfactants, Dowfax 2A1 and Dowfax C6L, on gas hydrate formation, first by determining the adsorption isotherms via liquid-liquid titration methods, and then investigating the role in methane hydrate formation in a non-stirred batch reactor. …
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Comparison of the Biological Attributes, First and Second Level of Detail of Friction Ridge Skin of the Palms and Fingers
<p>Since the case of Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, the Daubert criteria is nothing new to forensic science. Today's practices and techniques presented in a court of law are held to high scientific scrutiny. For nearly 100 years, expert witness testimony concerning fingerprint …
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Soft x-ray near edge spectroscopy of cuprous oxide and silicon-germanium alloys
… predicted for this alloy system by Newman and Dow. The design, operating characteristics, and advantages of the University of Illinois beam line at the 1 GeV electron storage ring Aladdin, including the new extended range grasshopper (ERG) grazing incidence grating monochromator for use in the …
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