... Graduate Faculty of The University of Texas at San Antonio in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ... EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSISOF THE FACTORS IMPACTING AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBERS’ JUDGMENTS AND DECISIONS Julie Sara Persellin, Ph.D The University of Texas at San Antonio, 2008 Supervising Professor: James E Groff, ... regarding the professional experience of the audit committee financial expert Almost half of the financial experts of the large firms sampled have held the positions of Chief Executive Officer and/or...
... evaluate the factorsaffecting the activation thresholds of RGCs The framework described here is similar to the one reported recently by us to study spatial extent of stimulation and effect of electrode-tissue ... activation of one or more RGCs as a result of extracellular stimulation Two major electrical parameters responsible for affecting the efficiency of retinal prostheses [13] are: (i) the fluctuation of ... than those of a spherical cell by a factor of 1.7-1.8 throughout all pulse durations In spite of this factor, we considered a transcellular potential of 10 mV created across an RGC soma of around...
... Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales The content of this publication is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of any of the ... proportion of patients in this study were diagnosed with HIV at the time of the cancer diagnosis, with more than a quarter of cancers diagnosed within one month of HIV diagnosis (28% and 26% of ADCs ... analysis plan, contributed to interpretation of the analysis results and commented on drafts of the manuscript All authors approved the final manuscript draft for journal submission Page 13 of...
... of P cactorum were acquired from stem lesions of white poplar, common beech and horse chestnut The identity of the isolates was verified by morphological analysis as well as by the analysisof ... Republic In: Woody Ornamentals of the Temperate Zone Průhonice, VÚKOZ: 100 Nicklová-Navrátilová H (1949): Three quarters of year of gardening work from point of view of phytopathologist Ochrana ... P. citricola composed from group of very close taxa (P plurivora, P multivora, P citricola group I, and P. citricola s.s.) Because of the unclear identity of the Czech population of this pathogen, we use...
... http://ccforum.com/content/7/3/R7 Table Table Univariate analysisof various factors for predicting severe corrected QT prolongation in 100 SAH-patients Multivariate analysisof various factors for predicting severe corrected ... independent risk factors by means of multivariate analysis Patients and method R8 In order to identify potential risk factors for severe QTc prolongation, univariate analysis was conducted using the ... 46 ms For the purposes of univariate analyses, the patients were stratified into two groups based on the QTc interval, with a cutoff line of 470 ms (Table 1) Univariate analysis Univariate analyses...
... Copyright Disclaimer Title of Thesis/Dissertation: A retrospective analysisof comorbid traits affecting feeding in infants with Down syndrome For the degree of Master of Science Choose your degree ... Signature of Candidate 08/19/2010 Date (month/day/year) *Located at http://www.purdue.edu/policies/pages/teach_res_outreach/c_22.html A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSISOF COMORBID TRAITS AFFECTING ... SYNDROME A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Purdue University by Nichole L Duvall In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science December 2011 Purdue University...
... research 3.1 Chapter 4: Analysisoffactorsaffecting capital structure of listed companies in Vietnam Object of the research Object of the thesis is the firm’s capital structure and factors Chapter ... fixed effect 4.1 Testing offactorsaffecting capital structure models with depedent variables of total leverage (LEV), long-term 4.1.1 Testing of impact of company specific factors on capital leverage ... structure Table 4.12: Summary ofanalysis results Factors Sign of impact Sign of impact agrees with proposed hypothesis Size (+) Profitability (-) Bankrupcy risk (-) The value of collateral (+) Liquidity...
... Criteria for analysis 23 2.6 Content analysis procedure 24 2.6.1 Purpose of the analysis 24 2.6.2 Sample of the analysis 24 2.6.3 Elements of the analysis ... 26 2.6.4 Units ofanalysis 26 2.6.5 Instrument of the analysis 26 2.6.5.1 Constructing the content analysis card 26 2.6.5.2 Description of the content analysis card ... Culture is the evolving way of life of a group of persons, consisting of a shared set of practices associated with a shared set of products, based upon a shared set of perspectives on the world,...
... support offered in times most needed They have always inspired me to strive towards the best in life TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements Table of Contents 3-6 List of Figures 7-9 List of Tables ... transcriptional status of genes There are five known isoforms of histone H1 (H1.1, H1.2, H1.3, H1.4 and H1.5) as well as a lesser studied H1 isoform H1.X Simultaneous inactivation of these multiple ... Networks Transcription factors often act in multimeric complexes These complexes play crucial roles in regulating the dynamics of activation and silencing of genes at the level of the chromatin Identifying...
... term of the service qualities, skills and qualifications of their staffs to meet the demand of customers The analysisof the survey on the satisfaction and important factors has given us more profound ... purpose of the project is to set up Marketing Strategies for TCIT to enhance its competitiveness The project including five chapters with profound analysisof the external and internal factorsaffecting ... The fact that the revenue of coffee export increased sharply while the increase of export volume went up slightly reflects the encouraging signal of the raise of Vietnam Coffee price in the global...
... number offactors extracted The analyses eventually resulted in the selection of a four-factor solution based on 17 out of the 18 initial variables These factors accounted for a total of 59.17 ... intermediate level In the term of knowledge of AOP, 42 percent of respondents rated their knowledge level as "intermediate" and knowledge of about 20 and 38 percent of respondents was below and ... questionnaire was found to have content and face validity by a panel of experts consisting of faculty members of Tehran University Departments of Agricultural Extension and Education and food science The...
... socioeconomic factors contributing to production efficiency of coffee The overall objective of this study was to estimate the technical efficiency of coffee production and evaluate factorsaffecting ... ii ANALYSISOF SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORSAFFECTING TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF SMALL-HOLDER COFFEE FARMING IN THE KRONG ANA WATERSHED, DAK LAK PROVINCE, VIETNAM A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ... the level of technical inefficiency of small holder coffee farmers in the Krong Ana Watershed of Dak Lak province The specific objectives were to (i) identify the factorsaffecting coffee production,...
... culling of horses for reasons of lack of quality The major problem was to choose a measure of the level of performance for each year, which remained as independent as possible of the chance of an ... the full knowledge of the past life of the horse They represented 10.9% of the total number of horses For horses still in competition in 1991, 31.6% of the total, the lengths of life were treated ... number of starts than horses remaining alive throughout this year To assess the where (t) i z corresponds dependent influence of the level of earnings regardless of the influence of the number of...
... culling of horses for reasons of lack of quality The major problem was to choose a measure of the level of performance for each year, which remained as independent as possible of the chance of an ... the full knowledge of the past life of the horse They represented 10.9% of the total number of horses For horses still in competition in 1991, 31.6% of the total, the lengths of life were treated ... number of starts than horses remaining alive throughout this year To assess the where (t) i z corresponds dependent influence of the level of earnings regardless of the influence of the number of...
... Regression analysisof Work life balance 39 Table 4.10 Model Summary and ANOVA of work life balance with moderating effect of gender 40 Table 4.11 Regression analysisof work ... results of regression analysis, we knew the importance of each factor affecting the work life balance of employees Regression analysis with moderation variables Regression analysis with moderation ... are as follows: Identify factors influence work life balance of employees banking sector Investigate effects of moderators of gender on work life balance 1.3 Scope of study This study will...
... the software outsourcing stands out as one of the most profitable and fast-growing industry This paper studies the current situation of software outsourcing development, some of the favorable factors ... According to statistics of the IT Industry Department, the US is a big software exporter but its import of software accounts for 30% of the total spending for software of the world and its payment ... because of some difficulties 2.5.1 Scale of operation In general, most software outsourcing companies are of small scale and facing up with dispersed, unprofessional development The scope of software...
... relies on those basic assumptions, but instead of goods, we aim to study different ways of planning expenditure of FTU’s students Thus in the scope of this project, we will adjust the three assumptions ... everything into consideration, we decided to choose and study the project: “THE FACTORSAFFECTING MONTHLY EXPENDITURE OF FTU’S STUDENT” Although the government has tried to implement financial aid ... limited source of money into a range of activities in the most effective way Thus through our project, we would like to provide you with more in-depth understanding about some main factors dominating...
... characteristics of trunk musculature Previously, the factors discussed have been viewed as mutually exclusive, but consideration of their potential interactions may assist understanding of the complex ... of the complex aetiology of these fractures Therefore, the aim of this review is to highlight factors identified in the literature that may act to influence the risk of sustaining an osteoporotic ... design of the trabecular network allows for the efficient distribution of compressive and shear forces This efficiency exists via the orientation and spacing of the three dimensional arrangement of...
... mountainous secondary schools Scope of the study For the limitation of time, conditions, and materials, this study only focuses on some major factorsaffecting English learning of some grade ethnic minority ... divided into two groups: internal factors and externalfactors Weiner, B (qtd in Williams, M & Burden, R.L 1997) saw that internal factors arise from inside and external ones are from the outside ... acknowledgement and stimulation of students’ ideas, (lack of) criticism, use of structuring comments at the beginning and during lessons, guiding of student answers In another study of effective teaching,...
... firm-specific factors and cost of equity 31 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: The performance of VN-Index and trading volume from 2000-2013 Figure : The research framework 25 Figure : Mean of Cost of ... level of risk as well as the position of stocks in the market In this research, the empirical results provide enough evidence to state that the level of firm-specific factorsaffecting to cost of ... between cost of equity and relative factors CHAPTER III LITERATURE REVIEW This chapter reviews the definition of term cost of equity; popular models used for estimating the cost of equity as...