Chemical surface inhomogeneities in late B-type stars with Hg and Mn peculiarity: I. Spot evolution in HD 11753 on short and long time scales

in Astronomy and Astrophysics (in press)

Wauthier de Corswarem, un commanditaire qui se laisse peu approcher par l'histoire…

in Peintures murales du XVe siècle dans la Principauté de Liége. Regards croisés sur la chapelle castrale de Ponthoz et l’église de Bois (in press)

Hombre de letras, escritor, autor: declinación social de una función simbólica

in Zapata, Juan (Ed.) Teoría del autor (in press)

Le Journal d’Antoine Galland (1646-1715) : la période parisienne. Volume IV (1714-1715)

Book published by Peeters (in press)

Currency Total Return Swaps: Valuation and Risk Factor Analysis

in Quantitative Finance (in press)

Currency total return swaps (CTRS) are hybrid derivatives instruments that allow to simultaneously hedge against credit and currency risks. We develop a structural credit risk model to evaluate CTRS ... [more ▼]

Currency total return swaps (CTRS) are hybrid derivatives instruments that allow to simultaneously hedge against credit and currency risks. We develop a structural credit risk model to evaluate CTRS premia. Empirical test on a sample of 23,005 price observations from 59 underlying issuers yields an average percentage error of around 10%. This indicates that, beyond interest rate risk, firm-specific factors are major drivers of the variations in the valuation of these instruments. Regression analysis of residuals shows that exchange rate determinants account for up to 40% of model pricing errors — indicating that a currency risk premium affects the CTRS price significantly but only marginally, which confirms the prevalence of credit risk in the pricing of CTRS. [less ▲]

A note on the item information function of the four-parameter logistic model

in Applied Psychological Measurement (in press)

This paper focuses on four-parameter logistic (4PL) model (Barton & Lord, 1981) as an extension of the usual three-parameter logistic (3PL) model with an upper asymptote possibly different from one. For a ... [more ▼]

This paper focuses on four-parameter logistic (4PL) model (Barton & Lord, 1981) as an extension of the usual three-parameter logistic (3PL) model with an upper asymptote possibly different from one. For a given item with fixed item parameters, Lord (1980) derived the value of the latent ability level that maximizes the item information function under the 3PL model. The purpose of this paper is to extend this result to the 4PL model. A generic and algebraic method is developed for that purpose. The result is practically illustrated by an example and several potential applications of this result are outlined. [less ▲]

Thematic analysis and the 3rd person plural suffix pronoun in the Medinet Habu historical inscriptions

in Kousoulis, Panagiotis (Ed.) Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress of Egyptologists (in press)

A ‘Dutch vision’ of Community Based Tourism: Dutch People in the Belgian Ardennes

in Cawley, Mary; Bicalho, Ana Maria; Laurens, Lucette (Eds.) The Sustainability of Rural Systems: global and local challenges and opportunities (in press)

One theoretical recommendation to develop sustainable rural tourism is to base its development on local resources. This should embed the tourist activity into the local society, avoid easy relocalization ... [more ▼]

One theoretical recommendation to develop sustainable rural tourism is to base its development on local resources. This should embed the tourist activity into the local society, avoid easy relocalization of investment, and help to brand the destination. The Belgian Ardennes is a proximate recreational location for Dutch people. The paper lists the local resources that attract Dutch tourists and the ways in which regional and local authorities deal with this tourist development. Based on key actor interviews and in depth analysis of the promotional material produced both by authorities and commercial companies, the paper underlines the hotchpotch of ways used in selling and consuming the Ardennes. Due to the lack of local entrepreneurship and because the Dutch tourism enterprises have better knowledge of the Dutch market, these enterprises control a huge share of tourism activities in the Ardennes. These Dutch investments change the destination as well as the local identity. Initially, Dutch companies developed a form of tourism based on nature and the rural landscape, but they diversified their activities into non land based tourism (not involving the use of land as in agriculture hors sol) and the ‘disneyfication’ of places. This Belgian case study follows more or less the well known ‘tourist destination life cycle model’, but the originality of the paper is to stress the difficulties posed for authorities to regulate tourism development and to maintain the quality of the destination. [less ▲]

Le goût et le toucher de la ville. La perception sensible de la ville par les sensorialités basses : l’exemple des Mémoires de Casanova

in Beck, Robert (Ed.) Les cinq sens de la ville (in press)

L'Alceste de Barclone (P. Montserrat inv. 158-161). Édition, traduction et analyse contextuelle d'un poème latin conservé sur papyrus

Book published by Presses Universitaires de Liège (in press)

This book consists of a textual and contextual study of the anonymous Latin poem known as the Alcestis Barcinonensis or « Barcelona Alcestis ». The work opens with a thorough codicological and ... [more ▼]

This book consists of a textual and contextual study of the anonymous Latin poem known as the Alcestis Barcinonensis or « Barcelona Alcestis ». The work opens with a thorough codicological and palaeographic analysis of the Montserrat codex miscellaneous (2nd half of the IV century) to which the Alcestis belongs, with particular attention to the pages containing the poem. Subsequently, a transcription of the papyrological text and a critical edition are providede alongside a French translation and a critical and linguistic commentary. Lastly, the question of the context of production and reception of the Alcestis in Late Antiquity is addressed. [less ▲]