The pricing of newly issued bonds on the Swiss capital market is investigated over the years
1980–1982. The results reveal a slight underpricing of new bonds at the issue date that is …

The performance of a diversified stock portfolio is compared with that of a portfolio of Swiss
franc-denominated domestic corporate bonds over the period 1926-1987. The Swiss …

The question of whether foreign investments should be systematically hedged against currency
risk has not been clearly answered to date. Numerous theoretical and empirical studies …

Snowmelt infiltration into alpine soils can be severely reduced and even impeded by soil
frost. In order to learn more about the true nature of infiltration pathways into alpine soils, dye …

We report on field-measured microwave emission in a period of frost penetration into a
grassland soil. The measurements were recorded with a high temporal resolution using an L-…

BACKGROUND: A completely new approach to diagnose microbial agents at least one day
earlier based on mass spectrometric analysis becomes possible in the microbiology …

A 1.4 GHz radiometer, ELBARA, was constructed in 2001 at the Institute of Applied Physics,
University of Bern, in collaboration with and for studies at ETH in soil-moisture research, …

Background: The onset of sexual activity represents an important development stage with
positive aspects, such as love, discovery, intimate relationships, plans for the future, but also …

Few population-based surveys in Europe have examined the link between suicidality and
sexual orientation. The objective of this study was to assess the prevalences of and risk for …

An experiment to synthesize element 110 by the Co 59+ 209 Bi reaction has been performed
at the SuperHILAC at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. One event with many of the …