Study of Using Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Performance of Financial Markets

In an attempt to revive the stock market in Egypt and revitalize it to fulfill its developmental role, the Egyptian government has pursued a program of economic and financial reform aimed at improving the regulatory environment for the work of that market and removing all restrictions on foreign exchange transactions for foreign investors on the Egyptian Stock Exchange, so this program allowed free movement of entry and exit of the heads Money without any restrictions. Despite differing opinions about the freedom of movement of capital, however

Beginning farmers' entry and exit: evidence from county level data

PurposeThis paper identifies factors that affect entry and exit of beginning, young and women farmers and ranchers.Design/methodology/approachThe empirical framework is fixed effects regression analysis that uses county level data to evaluate how barriers to entry, access to and use of credit, local economic environment, and climate affect entry and exit of Beginning Farmers and Ranchers (BFRs). The dataset is assembled from several sources matching the Census of Agriculture years for the period of 1997–2017.FindingsResults show that new farmers are more likely to enter in counties with more and smaller farms and with lower farm productivity, indicating that BFRs have the potential to improve the overall productivity in such counties if able to grow and succeed. The results also indicate that the high capital intensity nature of farming is an effective barrier to entry. BFRs are more likely to do better in counties where agriculture is more important to the economy and with more off-farm work opportunities. The net entry is positively associated with higher input/output price index and the use of insurance but is unaffected by government payments and farm and off-farm income. The authors observe substitutability between farming and alternative self-employment for more entrepreneurial young people. Net entry increases with availability of non-real-estate loans but decreases with real estate credit. Thus, for BFRs to acquire the assets needed to reach optimal scale, access to credit remains essential.Originality/valueThe authors are not aware of other work that estimates how barriers to entry and other economic factors including access to credit affect entry and exit of BFRs of various ages and young and women farmers using the Census of Agriculture data up to 2017.

Does Technical Analysis Win?

The main goal of this chapter is to analyze the performance of four investment strategies within a recent period of international political uncertainties. RSI and MACD supported three competing investment strategies, which were compared to the conservative Buy and Hold strategy. Euro Stoxx 50 Index was selected through the Markowitz Theory, and the DAX index was established as a benchmark. The period considered was between the start of Donald Trump's official campaign to the US elections and the first date set for Brexit. Two subsequent additional studies were performed to evaluate their profitability. The entry and exit points were determined by international economic reports. Alternative time lengths for the RSI window were considered. The results suggest that, when the market is bear or undefined, the investor should have a strategy supported on technical analysis and he should consider more than one indicator to increase the information that is taken from the market. The passive Buy and Hold strategy should be considered when the market is considered a bull market.

Analysis of the Traffic Parameters on a Section in the City of the National Road during Several Years of Operation

The study carried out an analysis of the vehicle traffic parameters on a national road in 2011-2016. The variability and uncertainty of results were evaluated. An analysis of traffic data recorded on the city's entry and exit lanes was carried out. The variations in traffic volume are of interest e.g. in dynamic traffic management systems and navigation services, examining the benefits of flexible work time and places and assessing the environmental effects of traffic congestion. Research has shown that the assumption that lanes perform equally is not always true. Traffic volume models should be periodically calibrated taking into account the shape of the daily profile, which may, for example, allow public transport timetables to be more responsive to the needs of travelers.

Automatic Vehicle Access System using Ultra-High Frequency RFID

Securing and monitoring the territory have become a big challenge for everyone as the number of vehicle users have increased. The premise area must be secure with enforced entrances and exits. It should have an automated and efficient security and monitoring system. For this purpose, an automated vehicle access system with accurate and secure monitoring of vehicle entry and exit was developed with Graphical User Interface (GUI) and vehicle’s user database along with the prototype of Ultra-High Frequency RFID. The suitable configuration for the hardware prototype has also been evaluated to maximize the system’s capabilities. This system operates on frequencies from 400MHz to 950MHz and is performed at distances of 7 meters. The passive tag was attached to the various condition and sizes of the car. The result shows showed that the system was optimally performed with the speed of the vehicle up to 50 km/h, 7 m of reading range and a maximum 20% tinted windshield. The ideal angle for the reader is around 60ᵒ to 70ᵒ with 2 meters of mounting pole. For future improvement, it is suggested that the registered vehicle user data was linked with the official premise’s database and the data is saved in an off-site location (cloud storage). The GUI is also able to support more than 1 reader at a time depending on demand.

General Foundation Programs (GFPs) Student Entry and Exit Standards

This paper assessed the performance of General Foundation Programs (GFPs) in Oman in the area of 'Student Entry and Exit Standards'. Data was collected from the GFP quality audit reports prepared and published by Oman Authority for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Education (OAAAQA). The study adopted a simple descriptive data analysis method, consisting of identifying the formal conclusions issued by OAAAQA (Commendations, Affirmations, and Recommendations) and analyzing their distribution (frequency of occurrence and percentages) and the issues they covered. The study found out that (a) HEIs are yet to establish sustainable practices in their GFPs in relation to entry and exit standards; and (b) the systems in the GFP are still underdeveloped and practices are largely unsystematic. The paper ended by highlighting four improvement suggestions in order to ensure GFP effectiveness.

Syntaxin 12 and COMMD3 are new factors that function with VPS33B in the biogenesis of platelet α-granules

Platelet a-granules regulate hemostasis and myriad other physiological processes but their biogenesis is unclear. Mutations in only three proteins are known to cause a-granule defects and bleeding disorders in humans. Two such proteins, VPS16B and VPS33B, form a complex mediating transport of newly synthesized a-granule proteins through megakaryocyte endosomal compartments. It is unclear how the VPS16B/VPS33B complex accomplishes this function. Here we report VPS16B/VPS33B associates physically with Stx12, a SNARE protein that mediates vesicle fusion at endosomes. Importantly, Stx12 deficient megakaryocytes display reduced a-granule numbers and overall levels of a-granule proteins, thus revealing Stx12 as new component of the a-granule biogenesis machinery. VPS16B/VPS33B also binds CCDC22, a component of the CCC complex working at endosome exit sites. CCDC22 competes with Stx12 for binding to VPS16B/VPS33B suggesting a possible hand-off mechanism. Moreover, the major CCC form expressed in megakaryocytes contains COMMD3, one of ten COMMD proteins. Deficiency of COMMD3/CCDC22 causes reduced a-granule numbers and overall levels of a-granule proteins, establishing the COMMD3/CCC complex as a new factor in a-granule biogenesis. Furthermore, P-Selectin traffics through the cell surface in a COMMD3-dependent manner and depletion of COMMD3 results in lysosomal degradation of P-Selectin and PF4. Stx12 and COMMD3/CCC deficiency cause less severe phenotypes than VPS16B/VPS33B deficiency, suggesting Stx12 and COMMD3/CCC assist but are less important than VPS16B/VPS33B in a-granule biogenesis. Mechanistically, our results suggest VPS16B/VPS33B coordinates the endosomal entry and exit of a-granule proteins by linking the fusogenic machinery with a ubiquitous endosomal retrieval complex that is repurposed in megakaryocytes to make a-granules.

General Foundation Programs (GFPs) Student Entry and Exit Standards

This paper assessed the performance of General Foundation Programs (GFPs) in Oman in the area of 'Student Entry and Exit Standards'. Data was collected from the GFP quality audit reports prepared and published by Oman Authority for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Education (OAAAQA). The study adopted a simple descriptive data analysis method, consisting of identifying the formal conclusions issued by OAAAQA (Commendations, Affirmations, and Recommendations) and analyzing their distribution (frequency of occurrence and percentages) and the issues they covered. The study found out that (a) HEIs are yet to establish sustainable practices in their GFPs in relation to entry and exit standards; and (b) the systems in the GFP are still underdeveloped and practices are largely unsystematic. The paper ended by highlighting four improvement suggestions in order to ensure GFP effectiveness.