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Free Download Alternative Investments: Instruments, Performance, Benchmarks, and Strategies By
2013 | 628 Pages | ISBN: 1118241126 | PDF | 6 MB
A comprehensive guide to alternative investments that reveals today’s latest research and strategiesHistorically low interest rates and bear markets in world stock markets have generated intense interest in alternative investments. With returns in traditional investment vehicles relatively low, many professional investors view alternative investments as a means of meeting their return objectives. Alternative Investments: Instruments, Performance, Benchmarks, and Strategies, can put you in a better position to achieve this difficult goal. Part of the Robert W. Kolb Series in Finance, Alternative Investments provides an in-depth discussion of the historic performance, benchmarks, and strategies of every major alternative investment market. With contributions from professionals and academics around the world, it offers valuable insights on the latest trends, research, and thinking in each major area. Empirical evidence about each type of alternative investment is featured, with research presented in a straightforward manner. Examines a variety of major alternative asset classes, from real estate, private equity, and commodities to managed futures, hedge funds, and distressed securitiesProvides detailed insights on the latest research and strategies, and offers a thorough explanation of historical performance, benchmarks, and other critical informationBlends knowledge from the conceptual world of scholars with the pragmatic view of practitioners in this field Alternative investments provide a means of diversification, risk control, and return enhancement and, as such, are attractive to many professional investors. If you’re looking for an effective way to hone your skills in this dynamic area of finance, look no further than this book.Content: Chapter 1 Alternative Investments: An Overview (pages 1-17): H. Kent Baker and Greg FilbeckChapter 2 The Role of Alternative Investments in Strategic Asset Allocation (pages 19-36): Douglas Cumming, Lars Helge Ha? and Denis SchweizerChapter 3 Trends in Alternative Investments (pages 37-52): Erik BenrudChapter 4 Alternative Investments and Due Diligence (pages 53-75): Gokhan AfyonogluChapter 5 REITs and the Private Real Estate Market (pages 77-97): Shaun A. Bond and Qingqing ChangChapter 6 Commercial Real Estate (pages 99-117): Peter ChinloyChapter 7 Real Estate Investment Trusts (pages 119-141): Brad CaseChapter 8 Mortgaged?Backed Securities (pages 143-162): Eric J. HigginsChapter 9 Mezzanine Debt and Preferred Equity in Real Estate (pages 163-183): Andrew R. BermanChapter 10 Real Estate Appraisal and Valuation (pages 185-211): Jeffrey D. Fisher and Demetrios Louziotis, Jr.Chapter 11 Performance of Real Estate Portfolios (pages 213-237): David GeltnerChapter 12 Venture Capital (pages 239-262): Tom Vanacker and Sophie ManigartChapter 13 Mezzanine Capital (pages 263-280): Sameer Jain and Phillip MyburghChapter 14 Buyout Funds (pages 281-302): Christian Rauch and Mark WahrenburgChapter 15 Distressed Debt Investing (pages 303-321): Michelle M. Harner, Paul E. Harner, Catherine M. Martin and Aaron M. SingerChapter 16 Performance of Private Equity (pages 323-344): Christoph Kaserer and Rudiger StuckeChapter 17 Private Equity: Risk and Return Profile (pages 345-362): Axel Buchner, Arif Khurshed and Abdulkadir MohamedChapter 18 Investing in Commodities (pages 363-380): Claudio BoidoChapter 19 Performance of Commodities (pages 381-398): Andrew ClarkChapter 20 Commodity Futures and Strategic Asset Allocation (pages 399-418): Yongyang Su, Marco C. K. Lau and Frankie ChauChapter 21 Managed Futures: Markets, Investment Characteristics, and Role in a Portfolio (pages 419-435): Davide AccomazzoChapter 22 An Overview of Managed Futures’ Performance: 1983 to Post?2008 Credit Crisis (pages 437-452): Kai?Hong TeeChapter 23 Investing in Hedge Funds (pages 453-474): Hunter M. HolzhauerChapter 24 Performance of Hedge Funds (pages 475-494): Dianna PreeceChapter 25 Hedge Funds and Risk Management (pages 495-519): Theodore SyriopoulosChapter 26 Hedge Funds and the FinancialCrisis (pages 521-539): Jing?Zhi Huang and Ying WangChapter 27 Hedge Funds: Replication and Nonlinearities (pages 541-566): Mikhail Tupitsyn and Paul LajbcygierChapter 28 Fund?of?Funds: A Tale of Two Fees (pages 567-586): Kartik Patel

Free Download Tiffany Field, "Complementary and Alternative Therapies Research"
English | ISBN: 1433804018 | 2009 | 200 pages | PDF | 12 MB
Field describes the most common complementary and alternative therapies that have empirical support from peer-reviewed journals and provides guidance on which therapies have been most useful for which psychological and medical issues.

Free Download National Research Council, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, "Integrated Design of Alternative Technologies for Bulk-Only Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities"
English | 2000 | pages: 59 | ISBN: 0309069459 | PDF | 0,5 mb
The U.S. Army is pilot testing chemical hydrolysis as a method for destroying the chemical agents stockpiled at Aberdeen, Maryland (HD mustard agent), and Newport, Indiana (VX nerve agent). The chemical agents at both locations, which are stored only in bulk ton containers, will be hydrolyzed (using aqueous sodium hydroxide for VX and water for HD) at slightly below the boiling temperature of the solution. The resulting hydrolysate at Aberdeen, which will contain thiodiglycol as the primary reaction product, will be treated by activated sludge biodegradation in sequencing batch reactors to oxidize organic constituents prior to discharge to an on-site federally owned wastewater treatment facility. The hydrolysate at Newport, which will contain a thiol amine and methyl phosphonic acid as the major reaction products, is not readily amenable to treatment by biodegradation. Therefore, organic constituents will be treated using supercritical water oxidation (SCWO).

Free Download Iemima Ploscariu , "Alternative Evangelicals: Challenging Nationalism in Interwar Romania’s Multi-ethnic Borderlands"
English | ISBN: 3506796682 | 2024 | 191 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Evangelicals in interwar Romania were a vibrant mix of ethnicities, languages, and social statuses. Jews, Roma, Germans, Hungarians, Serbs, Ukrainians, and Russians sang, prayed, and preached in their native languages. Romanian statesmen perceived them as a danger for the construction of a strong post-WWI national identity. The lived religion of interwar Romanian evangelicals and their struggle through music for legitimacy demonstrates the close ties between national self-understanding and religion. The diverse groups of Romanian evangelicals reveal how minorities in 20th century Europe challenged established religious concepts and constructed their new identities. "Finally a book on Romanian history that unpacks the day to day experiences of ordinary people and how they built churches and communities. Ploscariu tells her stories through the voices and experiences of individuals from ethnic and religious minorities, showing us how they saw their world, not just what the authorities thought about them. This book complicates Romanian religious history in wonderful and surprising ways. It will be the definitive work on the subject for many years to come." Roland Clark, University of Liverpool Author of Sectarianism and Renewal in 1920s Romania "Drawing on a diverse range of often untapped sources, Iemima Ploscariu’s exploration of the history of evangelicals in interwar Romania brings vividly to life the experiences of a multiethnic community defined by their faith. She explores how, through their everyday practices – most notably their active musical life – these groups both contested the homogenizing nationalization policies of the Romanian state and carved out a place for themselves in Romanian society. This book contributes significantly to our understanding of the social and religious history of interwar Romania and to the transnational evangelical expansion of the era." Heather Coleman, University of Alberta Author of Russian Baptists and Spiritual Revolution, 1905-1929 "Here is a masterful reconstruction of the everyday life of evangelical communities in interwar Romania and their members’ intricate personal relationships. This excellent study is a must-read for any scholar of nationalism who wants to understand how diverse religious and ethnic minorities struggled and thrived in a nationalising European state." Maria Falina, Utrecht University Author of Religion and Politics in Interwar Yugoslavia

Free Download Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Ethics, the Patient, and the Physician By Lois Snyder JD (auth.), Lois Snyder JD (eds.)
2007 | 242 Pages | ISBN: 1588295842 | PDF | 1 MB
Complementary and Alternative Medicine examines the real-life implications of patient issues and the healthcare system in which care is delivered.Because complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) are not presently considered to be a part of conventional medicine, this book discusses the effect that CAM has on patients, physicians, healthcare, and policymakers. Also included are the implications that CAM has on traditional patient-physician relationships as well as the physician’s ethical obligations on this subject.

Free Download Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America [5 volumes] By William M. Ashcraft, Eugene V. Gallagher
2006 | 1504 Pages | ISBN: 0275987124 | PDF | 11 MB
Most new or alternative religious are gravely misunderstood by members of the religious mainstream. Labeled cults or sects, groups and their members are often ridiculed or otherwise disregarded as weird and potentially dangerous by the populace at large. Despite their efforts at educating the general public, the various anti- and counter-cult activists have in fact promoted much more mis-understanding than accurate understanding of the religious lives of some of their fellow citizens. Consequently, they have helped to create a very hostile environment for anyone whose religious practices do not fit within a so-called mainstream. This set rectifies the situation by presenting accurate, comprehensive, authoritative and accessible accounts of various new and alternative religious movements that have been and are active in American society, and it addresses ways of understanding new and alternative religions within a broader context.Determining what actually constitutes a new or alternative religion is a subject of constant debate. Questions arise as to a new faith’s legitimacy, beliefs, methods of conversion, and other facets of a religious movement’s viability and place in a given culture. How a religion gains recognition by the mainstream, which often labels such new movements as cults, is fraught with difficulty, tension, and fear. Here, experts delineate the boundaries and examine the various groups, beliefs, movements, and other issues related to new faiths and alternative beliefs. Readers will come away with a fuller understanding of the religious landscape in America today. Volume 1: History and ControversieS≪/i> discusses the foundations of new and alternative religions in the United States and addresses the controversies that surround them. This volume helps readers better understand what makes a new or alternative belief system a religion and the issues involved. Volume 2: Jewish and Christian TraditionS≪/i> explores the various new religions that have grown out of these two Abrahamic faiths. Groups such as the Shakers, the People’s Temple, the Branch Davidians, Jehovah’s Witnesses and others are examined. Volume 3: Metaphysical, New Age, and Neopagan MovementS≪/i> looks at Shamanism, Spiritualism, Wicca, and Paganism, among other movements, as they have developed and grown in the U.S. These faiths have found new and devoted followers yet are often misunderstood. Volume 4: Asian TraditionS≪/i> focuses on those new and alternative religions that have been inspired by Asian religious traditions. From Baha’i to Soka Gakkai, from Adidam to the Vedanta Society, contributors look at a full range of groups practicing and worshiping in the U.S. today. Volume 5: African Diaspora Traditions and Other American InnovationS≪/i> examines the various traditions linked to the African diaspora such as Rastafarianism, Santeria, and the Nation of Islam, alongside traditions that are truly American incarnations like Scientology, UFO religions, and Heaven’s Gate. Some of the new and alternative religions covered in these pages include: ; Shamanism ; Wicca ; Black Israelites ; Santeria ; Scientology ; Elan Vital ; Hare Krishna ; Soka Gakkai ; and many more

Free Download Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi, "Handbook of Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Medicine: Education, Practice, and Research Volume 3: Research E"
English | ISBN: 1032346841 | 2024 | 351 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Six volumes combine to make up the Handbook of Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Medicine: Education, Practice, and Research, which describes the education, practice, and research-related issues of complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine; and its efficacy and safety in treating diseases and health conditions. Further the volumes review integrative medicine around the world to share the best practices and experiences in terms of education, practice, and research; and identify the challenges and suggest recommendations to overcome them.

Free Download DK Travel, "Go Here Instead: The Alternative Travel List"
English | 2022 | ISBN: 0744061091 | EPUB | pages: 224 | 277.3 mb
Bursting with beautiful photography, this alternative bucket list takes some of the world’s best-known sights, experiences and destinations – everything from over-visited national parks to crowded museums – and reveals more than 100 fascinating alternatives.

Free Download Matthew Ichihashi Potts, "Forgiveness: An Alternative Account"
English | ISBN: 0300259859 | 2022 | 288 pages | PDF | 841 KB
A deeply researched and poignant reflection on the practice of forgiveness in an unforgiving world

Free Download Body Recomposition; A Comprehensive and Metabolic Alternative to Weight Loss
by Sanjoy Chakraborty, Debasis Bagchi, Tandra R. Chakraborty, Bernard W. Downs, Kenneth Blum
English | 2025 | ISBN: 1032421681 | 623 pages | True PDF EPUB | 48 MB