Cholera toxin (Ctx) from Vibrio cholerae and its closely related homologue, heat-labile
enterotoxin (Etx) from Escherichia coli have become superb tools for illuminating pathways of …

Extreme Value Theory offers a careful, coherent exposition of the subject starting from the
probabilistic and mathematical foundations and proceeding to the statistical theory. The book …

Relations between Africa and China have increased over the years and become more
dominated by China's economic interests. With an annual growth rate of 8-9 per cent, and a …

Denote the loss return on the equity of a financial institution as X and that of the entire market
as Y. For a given very small value of p > 0, the marginal expected shortfall (MES) is defined …

… ; set l 0 = 0 and l m = 1 ⁠. We use the partial Hill estimator γ ^ l j − 1 , l j as above but use the
highest [k/m]+1 observations in each subsample, since, by construction, C ^ ( l j ) − C ^ ( l j − …

… Lemma 3.3 from de Haan and Resnick (1996) holds without … The statement of Lemma 3.2
from de Haan and Resnick (1996) … With these alterations the proof of Theorem 3.1 in de Haan …

We present a class of semi-parametric estimators for the second order parameter related to
a probability distribution with a regularly varying tail. The second order parameter plays an …

Arthropod predators and parasitoids attack crop pests, providing a valuable ecosystem service.
The amount of noncrop habitat surrounding crop fields influences pest suppression, but …

Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most lethal cancers due to a high
chemoresistance and poor vascularization, which results in an ineffective systemic therapy. …

A laboratory tornado simulator was designed, constructed and tested to generate tornado-like
vortices for the purpose of quantifying tornado-induced aerodynamic loads on civil …