This article includes a unique data set of a balanced daily (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) for oil and natural gas volatility and the oil rich economies' stock markets for Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Bahrain and Oman, using daily data over the period spanning Oct. 18, 2006-July 30, 2015. Additionally, we have included unique GAUSS codes for estimating the spillover asymmetric multiplicative error model (SAMEM) with application to Petroleum-Based Stock Market.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of this study was to assess whether the continuous retrograde blood cardioplegia ensures prolonged aortic cross-clamping time without increasing the operative risk. From 1996 to 2003, 204 consecutive patients who had cardiac procedure requiring aortic cross-clamping time > or = 150 min, were prospectively included in this study: low risk group (EuroSCORE < or = 2) 50 patients, medium risk group (EuroSCORE 3-5) 68 patients, high risk group (EuroSCORE > or = 6) 86 patients. The myocardial protection associated induction of cardiac arrest by antegrade injection of hyperkalemic warm blood, continuous retrograde intermediate lukewarm (20 degrees C) blood cardioplegia, retrograde warm blood reperfusion and systemic normothermia.
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