Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and other exchange-traded products (ETPs) provide simple
and efficient diversification and exposure to a wide range of investment asset classes. …

… 5 Figures 3 and 4 and parts of the text are based on Broms, Todd J. and Gary L. Gastineau,
“Exchange-Traded Funds: A Market-Based Solution to Mutual Fund Regulation,” presented …

Analyzing ecological data often requires modeling the autocorrelation created by spatial
and temporal processes. Many seemingly disparate statistical methods used to account for …

Methods are presented for the calculation of deflections, ultimate resistance, and moment
distribution for laterally loaded single piles and pile groups driven into cohesionless soils. The …

The design of lime, lime/cement and cement columns has been reviewed. The shear strength
and the bearing capacity of the columns should be calculated for both undrained and the …

Clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana) functions as a keystone seed disperser and ecological
mobile link for many western conifers. The bird is the primary seed disperser for limber …

Methods are presented for the design of laterally loaded piles. These methods are based on
the concepts that the deformations at working loads should not be excessive and that …

Francisella tularensis is a highly virulent gram-negative intracellular bacterium that causes
the zoonotic disease tularemia. Essential for its virulence is the ability to multiply within host …

… Failure by overturning can occur of the individual columns when the cracks become filled
with water (Broms and Boman, 1975b). This type of failure can be prevented by placing the …