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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"MJD"”.
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Socio-ecological risk factors, explanatory models and treatment-seeking behaviours associated with Mseleni joint disease: a biocultural mixed methods study
Mseleni Joint Disease (MJD) is a crippling osteoarthropathy of unknown aetiology endemic to southern African Bantu-language speakers in a remote region of Northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Effective management of MJD has been hindered by limited insight into risk factors, explanatory models or …
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Modelling the early development of cartilage and bone in Mseleni Joint Disease using induced pluripotent stem cells
Mseleni joint disease (MJD) is an unusual crippling osteoarthropathy that occurs in significant numbers of the indigenous population in a remote rural region of Northern KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. The most affected joints are the hip, and early developmental abnormalities lead to secondary …
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Comparison of asset pricing models using Icelandic stock data
… stock behaviour. The Merton jump-diffusion (MJD) model is also made on the assumption that stocks follow a geometrical Brownian motion, but has an added "jump" component which follows a compound Poisson process. These two models were compared and their accuracy in simulating real world data …
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Nutrient deficiencies in soils of the Mseleni area, Kwazulu-Natal
… of an endemic disease. Mseleni Joint Disease (MJD) is a crippling, osteo-arthritic condition which afflicts an unusually high proportion of the inhabitants of this district. Home-grown produce and indigenous plants, which form the basis of the local diet, may be nutritionally inadequate due to …
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Modelling long-term security returns
… Additionally, the Merton Jump Diffusion (MJD) model is considered to account for jumps in stock trajectories with an independent Poisson process term based on the GBM model. Market crashes, defined as a decline of at least 10% in the S&P500 over a maximum of 252 trading days, are modelled …
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The potential application of rapeseed pomace extracts in the prevention and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.
… disease in one Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) and three Parkinson’s disease (PD) C. elegans (nematode) models. To achieve this aim at the start of the project, three extraction techniques (i.e. Soxhlet, ultrasonic assisted and accelerated solvent extraction) were employed, using a solvent …
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Investigating Exoplanets and Transients Using Small-Aperture Telescopes
… mag is observed at a tmax of 56690.79 +/- 0.01 MJD and provides Dm15 = 0.98 +/- 0.20 mag. A peak E(B-V) extinction of 1.24 +/- 0.16 mag (E(B-V)host = 1.19 +/- 0.16 mag) is determined.