MODELLING THE OIL PRICE VOLATILITY AND MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES IN SOUTH AFRICA USING THE SYMMETRIC AND ASYMMETRIC GARCH MODELS

Modelling the oil price volatility and macroeconomic variables in South Africa using the symmetric and asymmetric GARCH models

This article employed the ARCH, GARCH and EGARCH models to model the oil price volatility and macroeconomic variables in South Africa for the period 1990Q1 to 2018Q2.The macroeconomic variables used in the study are GDP, inflation, interest rate and exchange rates.According to ARCH (1) and GARCH (1, 1) models, exchange rate and interest rate have a

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Iron supplementation during pregnancy: versions and contraversions

Iron deficiency status is one of the most common pregnancy complications in many countries of the world and requires timely diagnosis, prevention and treatment.The article describes the current understanding of etiology, pathogenesis, clinic and diagnosis of clinical manifestations and diagnostics of iron deficiency status during pregnancy.Particul

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Scintigraphy assessment of ischemic myocardial viability in patients with post-infarction left ventricular aneurysm

The study included 15patients with coronary heart disease Face wash (CHD), post-infarction cardiosclerosis, and chronic left ventricular (LV) aneurysm.All patients underwent interventional myocardial revascularization and Dor aneurysmectomy.Myocardial scintigraphy with 99mTc-MYOVIEW was performed at baseline (during nitroglycerine test and at rest)

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