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Plain People and Modern Medicine - Dr. D. Holmes Morton
No full textDr. Holmes Morton discuses the impact of the work of the Clinic for Special Children on medical outcomes and the economic value of the clinic’s work for Plain communities at large. Dr. D. Holmes Morton cofounded the Clinic for Special Children, a nonprofit medical center or children with inherited metabolic disorders, in 1989, and served as its medical director for many years
Caring for the Patient in the Time of Genomics - Dr. D. Holmes Morton
No full textThe Clinic for Special Children is a small medical practice by design—it has not adopted the modern medical system as its scientific or business model. It uses modern technology, but with a different focus: to do “small science,” basic research on a small scale, with the case study as the fundamental unit of work and a priority on spending time with the patient. Morton discusses the benefits of this way of practicing medicine Dr. D. Holmes Morton cofounded the Clinic for Special Children, a nonprofit medical center or children with inherited metabolic disorders, in 1989, and served as its medical director for many years
Morton D. Brooks Oral History Interview
No full textMorton D. Brooks was a rifleman in the 42nd Infantry Division. During the Battle of the Bulge, he volunteered to repair a telephone line, following it into a bunker near the town of Hatten. He and several other men trapped there, realizing they had no other choice, surrendered to the Germans and were taken prisoner. Brooks was brought to Stalag IX B, where he and 80 other Jewish soldiers were separated; he was one of the 350 American POWs sent to Berga. He was assigned to work in the tunnels, hollowing out a mountain. In April the prisoners were taken out of the camp on a death march. While on the road, Brooks and a friend attempted to escape but were caught by a farmer and brought back to the group. A few days later, they were liberated by members of the 11th Armored Division. Brooks spent six weeks in England recuperating before going home. He discusses the effects of his experience and his readjustment to civilian life. Brooks regularly speaks at schools and has often been interviewed
T. D. Morton, Corner of Cedar and Cherry Streets, Nashville, Tenn.: Importer of French and English Fancy & Staple Goods.
No full textA pamphlet for the the T. D. Morton import company in Nashville, Tennessee. The cover displays the title of the company and an eagle perched on a shield and holding an arrow in its claw. The other pages each have a heading for different types of goods which are then listed below
Finding Common Ground: Morton Coleman: My Life as a Mediator in Neighborhoods, Communities, Government, and Politics
No full textIn his memoir, Morton Coleman illustrates the importance of mediating influences and finding common ground, especially "as our political environment has become increasingly polarized, with both conservative and liberal perspectives becoming hardened by the echo chambers of ideologically skewed media outlets." The memoir covers Mr. Coleman's: 1. Work as a community organizer at two Pittsburgh settlement houses amidst upheaval due to urban development and major changes in the racial makeup of the neighborhoods served (approximately 1954–61, 2. Involvement in neighborhood development issues, first at the Kingsley settlement house and the Pittsburgh Department of City Planning (1959–64) and then through interaction with community development organizations and as a consultant to Henry Ford II in Detroit, Mich., 3. Time as an aide to Pittsburgh Mayor Joseph Barr (1964–69)—years dominated by Great Society programs, the civil rights movement, desegregation, and Vietnam War protests, and 4. Attempts at community consensus building, first as executive of the Hartford Process in Hartford, Conn., (1977–1980), and then at the University of Pittsburgh Institute of Politics, which he founded in 1989 and with which he remains active as director emeritus
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T. D. Morton, Corner of Cedar and Cherry Streets, Nashville, Tenn.: Importer of French and English Fancy & Staple Goods.
No full textA pamphlet for the the T. D. Morton import company in Nashville, Tennessee. The cover displays the title of the company and an eagle perched on a shield and holding an arrow in its claw. The other pages each have a heading for different types of goods which are then listed below
A Maximum Likelihood Approach to Estimation of Heath-Jarrow-Morton Models
No full textResearch on the Heath-Jarrow-Morton (1992) term structure models so far has focused on the class having time-deterministic instantaneous forward rate volatility. In this case the forward rate is Markovian, even if the spot rate process is not. However, this Markovian feature can only be used under the historical measure, involving two unsatisfactory assumptions: one on market price risk, usually made for pure mathematical tractability, the other to use futures yields as a proxy for the instantaneous forward rate, which may result in estimation bias. This paper circumvents both of these assumptions. First, the bias is quantified and shown to be non-negligible. Then futures contracts are treated as derivative instruments written on forward rates to derive the full information maximum likelihood estimator for observable futures prices, using both time series and cross-sectional data, without the need to assume and estimate any functional forms for the market price of interest rate risk. The derivation involves the likelihood transformation method of Duan (1994). The method is then applied to the estimation of a humped forward rate volatility model for Eurodollar futures series traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.term structure; heath-jarrow-morton; time-deterministic forward volatility; humped forward volatility model; full information maximum likelihood
Forward Rate Dependent Markovian Transformations of the Heath-Jarrow-Morton Term Structure Model
No full textIn this paper, a class of forward rate dependent Markovian transformations of the Heth-Jarrow-Morton [HJM92] term structure model are obtained by considering volatility processes that are solutions of linear ordinary differential equations. These transformations generalise the Markovian system obtained by Carverhill [Car94], Ritchken and Sankarasubramanian [RS95], Bhar and Chiarella [BC97], and Inui and Kijima [IK98], and also generalise the bond price formulae obtained therin.
Morton, D N, VX38989
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/406380Surname: MORTON. Given Name(s) or Initials: D N. Military Service Number or Last Known Location: VX38989. Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: 12510.247579
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A Class of Heath-Jarrow-Morton Term Structure Models with Stochastic Volatility
No full textThis paper considers a class of Heath-Jarrow-Morton term structure models with stochastic volatility. These models admit transformations to Markovian systems, and consequently lend themselves to well-established solution techniques for the bond and bond option prices. Solutions for certain special cases are obtained, and compared against their non-stochastic counterparts.
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