"find_bigd.m    ">find_bigd      </A>: An example of using find_big()  
<A HREF = "findnear.m     ">findnear       </A>: finds element in the input matrix (or vector) with 
<A HREF = "fturns.m       ">fturns         </A>: finds turning points in a time-series
<A HREF = "fturns_d.m     ">fturns_d       </A>: demo of fturns() 
<A HREF = "growthr.m      ">growthr        </A>: converts the matrix x to annual growth rates
<A HREF = "ical.m         ">ical           </A>: finds observation # associated with a year