... Correlation ofthe Responses on Tangible with Profile of Respondents 6.6 Correlation ofthe Responses on Responsiveness with Profile of Respondents 57 6.7 Correlation ofthe Responses on ... with Profile of Respondents 58 6.8 Correlation ofthe Responses on Assurance with Profile of Respondents 59 6.9 Correlation ofthe Responses on Empathy with Profile of Respondents 60 The Proposed ... Correlation ofthe Responses on Intructional Service with Profile of Respondents 52 Correlation ofthe Responses on Auxiliary Service with Profile of Respondents 53 Correlation...
... correlation coefficients (ICC) were used to evaluate correlational consistency between child and parent scores onthe generic core scales ofthe UK-English version ofthe Pediatric Qualityof Life ... status, therefore the difference in populations may account for the variation in results between studies We also considered the relationship between parents' own QOL onthe SF-36 and their ratings of ... both contributed to the design ofthe study; interpretation ofthe data and analyses; and revised the article for important intellectual content All authors gave final approval ofthe version to...
... consists of functional and symptomatic scales The functional scales consist ofthe general health condition, physical function, mental function, psychological function and the social function ... education program should be included as part ofthe patients’ treatment program with the aim of reducing the symptoms of cancer and improving thequalityof life Conclusions The results of this ... questionnaire evaluates four functional aspects and four sets of common symptoms in patients suffering from cancer It consists of mental conception ofthe body, sexual function, sexual function...
... consists of functional and symptomatic scales The functional scales consist ofthe general health condition, physical function, mental function, psychological function and the social function ... education program should be included as part ofthe patients’ treatment program with the aim of reducing the symptoms of cancer and improving thequalityof life Conclusions The results of this ... questionnaire evaluates four functional aspects and four sets of common symptoms in patients suffering from cancer It consists of mental conception ofthe body, sexual function, sexual function...
... 2008) Onthe other hand the voluntary rotation is mainly based onthe management decisions and choice regardless of time (Davidson et al., 2005) Proponents ofthe auditor rotation see that the ... that the main debate raised around the auditor rotation is whether it improves or deteriorates the audit qualityThe proponents ofthe auditor rotation concept see that the main purpose ofthe ... move to the part ofthe study related to assessment of whether the auditor rotation concept is applicable to Egypt, i.e whether the professionals in the field see whether the rotation is really needed...
... with one another The Linder hypothesis attracted the attention of scholars for decades due to its sharp contrast with the predictions ofthe Heckscher-Ohlin (or factor proportions) theory — the ... that quality specialization has important implications for the US labor market The public’s fear of globalization is often rooted in the vulnerability of contestable jobs The findings are consistent ... the relationship between a country’s pattern ofquality upgrading and its level of domestic competition depends onthe country’s distance to the world quality frontier The analysis is based on...
... accentuated the negative effectsof depression on mental functioning The indirect effect of pain onthe depression-QoL pathway was 0.043, suggesting that about 28% ofthe effect of depression onthe ... Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong 2Department of Social Work, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong 3Department of Community Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong 13 14 Authors’ contributions ... article as: Wong et al.: The differential mediating effectsof pain and depression onthe physical and mental dimension ofqualityof life in Hong Kong Chinese adults Health and Qualityof Life Outcomes...
... in the U.S setting provide no evidence of a deterioration of earnings quality with longer audit firm tenure However, a limitation of these studies is that they cannot take into account the contemporaneous ... companies contain not only the audit opinion but also the names ofthe audit firm and two signing partners These unique features ofthe Taiwanese audit market allow us to develop -1- two measures of ... affects the earnings qualityof private companies Second, we investigate the effect of auditors’ pre-client experience (taking into account the effect of client-specific experience) on earnings quality...
... client-specific) on earnings quality and on perceptions of audit quality for both public and private companies Our examination of these effects for private companies is among the first in the literature ... examine the effect of pre-client experience on earnings quality or the effect of pre-client and client-specific experience on perceptions of audit quality - 20 - In order to examine theeffectsof ... instruction and experience onthe acquisition of audit knowledge The Accounting Review 69: 157-178 Brucks, M 1985 Theeffectsof product class knowledge on information search behavior Journal of Consumer...
... Auditor Rotation; Professional Skepticism; Audit Quality; Game Theory I INTRODUCTION We test whether theeffectsof auditor rotation on audit quality depend upon the mental frame (Hanson 2011) with ... in the dishonesty frame conditions will sum to (not sum to) more than 100% in the no-rotation (rotation) conditions Consistent with the theory, within the no-rotation conditions, these complementary ... assessments ofthe honesty of management representations in the honesty assessment frame conditions, and 100% minus their probability assessments ofthe dishonesty of management representations in the...
... to read the case materials, render their perceptions ofthe independence ofthe CPA performing the financial statement audit, and render a decision onthe perception of audit qualityThe independent ... three versions of a case The versions ofthe case are different only as it relates to the rotation policy and length of tenure within the rotation policy This section provides details on participants, ... perception of auditor independence when the firm is performing the audit in the first year of a rotation policy versus in sixth year of a rotation policy The second research question asks whether the...
... depends onthe friction and lubrication conditions including the surface roughness In hydrodynamic lubrication, the lubricant is pulled into the converging clearance by the rotation ofthe shaft The ... increasing the aluminium content in Ti–N coatings led to an improvement in the oxidation resistance ofthe coatings, and the reason was attributed to the formation of an aluminium oxide layer onthe ... THEEFFECTSOF ZDDP AND ASHLESS ANTIWEAR ADDITIVES ONTHE FRICTION AND WEAR CHARACTERISTICS OF TRIBOLOGICAL COATINGSON STEEL EDWARD NG SOO YONG (B Eng (Hons.), NUS) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE...
... done ontheeffectsof layers added to the FePt magnetic layer The focus point of this thesis project is to carry out a systematic study onthe influence of additional nonmagnetic layers onthe ... to longitudinal direction when the doped Ag in the FePt films was above 20 vol % The change ofthe direction of easy axis might be caused by the random distribution of Ag in the 19 FePt thin films ... addition, the SNR depends not only onthe average grain size D, but also onthe distribution of grain size Increasing ofthe range of distribution decreases the SNR If grains are not uniform, the...
... presence of Ca2+, the aggregation of κ- carraggenan helices was limited, resulting in the formation of weaker gels The aggregation ofthe dimerss in the presence of Ca2+ may be limited by the accumulation ... Hence, the extent of moisture sorption ofthe cross-linked composite film was dependent onthe proportion of alginate to copolymer and the moisture sorption ability ofthe individual polymer components ... gelation of κ-carrageenan by stabilization ofthe helical conformation ofthe polymer, through shielding ofthe charge of sulphate groups by Ca2+ (Watase and Nishinari, 1986) This phenomenon enabled...
... weight ofthe alginate filmsThe thickness ofthe resultant alginate films is shown in Table 15 With the exception of CAE 0.35 films, the rest were markedly thinner than the corresponding films ... the pH ofthe medium used promoted interactions between Ca2+ and alginate The displacement of Ca2+ by H+ could be controlled by careful manipulation ofthe pH ofthe medium The FTIR spectra of ... thickness Onthe other hand, evolution of CO2 from the reaction between H+ and CaCO3 resulted in the formation of abundant minute cavities, hence, contributing to volumetric increase ofthe internally...
... a strong influence ofthe polymer viscosity onthe extent of cross-linking in the microspheres In film formation, the sodium alginate was in direct contact with the cross-linking solution while ... Comparing the tensile strength of LH and FL films as well as between MP and NI films, the molecular weight ofthe alginate polymer was found to have an influence onthe tensile properties ofthe alginate ... from these studies did not take into account the tensile properties ofthe different sodium alginate matrices and comparison was based only onthe values obtained from the tensile tests of the...
... was explained based onthe theory of binary alloy oxidation and the consideration of large difference in the heat of formation of SiO2 and GeO2 Rapid thermal oxidation of SiGe films was examined ... [23] The formation of dislocation and strain relaxation has deleterious effectsonthe device performance [9] The growth of a high quality gate oxide is an essential step in the fabrication of ... reduction of intervalley scattering The presence of strain resulted in the lifting ofthe degeneracy ofthe bands of interest (i.e the valence band in compressively strained SiGe on Si and the conduction...
... 75.40% of total production of white leg shrimp and 63.30% ofthe total farming area Meanwhile, the South accounted for only 17.4% ofthe total production and 19.00% ofthe total area of farming The ... were measured from the tip ofthe rostum to the tip ofthe telson by millimeter paper under microscope Thequalityofthe postlarvae were assessed by studying the resistance ofthe postlarvae to ... bacteria in the environment, as well as the colonization ofthe digestive tract ofthe larvae Changes in salinity, temperature and dissolved oxygen variations, change the conditions that are...
... A, Atchison B “Putting the occupation back in occupational therapy:” A survey of occupational therapy practitioners’ use of gardening as an intervention The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy ... This study explored theeffectsof gardening onthequalityof life of patients with cerebral vascular accidents Theeffectsof plants with different duration of life cycles on patients’ QoL were ... 376 The response was defined as the change in score onqualityof life between the before and after measures, the higher the response the greater the improvement Thus, a total of 13 responses,...
... ofthe socket itself, which are the results of concomitant mechanisms of bone resorption and apposition4-6 A succession of events leading to the healing ofthe alveolar socket after extraction ... understanding ofthe true effectsofthe use of platelet concentrates for enhancing post-extraction socket healing Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare they have no conflicts of interest ... studies7-9 The greatest amount of bone loss occurs in the horizontal dimension, mainly onthe facial aspect, causing narrowing ofthe ridge A consistent vertical reduction also takes place, more pronounced...