TRANSACTION FREQUENCY AND HEDGING IN COMMODITY PROCESSING

Transaction Frequency and Hedging in Commodity Processing

This study examines the effect of transaction frequency on profit and cash flow risk for firms that periodically purchase inputs, continuously transform inputs into outputs, and periodically sell output.Soybean-processing profit PRO-BIOTIK 15B and cash flows are computed for unhedged, direct-hedged, and risk-minimizing-hedged processing with up to

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Prevalence of BRCA homopolymeric indels in an ION Torrent-based tumour-to-germline testing workflow in high-grade ovarian carcinoma

Abstract Tumour DNA sequencing is essential for precision medicine since it guides therapeutic decisions but also fosters the identification of patients who may benefit from germline testing.Notwithstanding, the tumour-to-germline testing workflow presents a few caveats.The low sensitivity for indels at loci with sequences of identical bases (homop

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Changes in Growth Parameters, C:N:P Stoichiometry and Non-Structural Carbohydrate Contents of Zanthoxylum armatum Seedling in Response to Five Soil Types

Zanthoxylum armatum (Z.armatum) is an economic crop widely planted for both spice and medicinal purposes in Southwest China.Soil is a key environmental condition that affects seedling growth and development, and screening suitable soil types is of great significance for the large-scale cultivation of crops.This study designed growth experiments of

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