... “creative accounting”. In the literature, creative accounting can still be found under the name of income smoothing, earnings smoothing, cosmetic accounting or accounting cosmetics, financial crafts ... case in the USA history. Remaining on the sphere of serious accounting scandals within the big companies (for example, World Com and Enron) and in the banking sector (for example BCCI, Barings, ... idea, exemplifying the cases of some British companies which use creative accounting practices (finding concrete proofs at 45 economic entities of great Britain), taking the exampleof three companies...
... almostroutinely during the course of chemotherapy. Decreasinglevels of CA125 after cytoreductive surgery and during ini-tial chemotherapy courses have been used as an indicator of clinical outcome ... prospectivestudies indicated the inadequate sensitivity of CA125 in the setting of ovarian cancer screening in asymptomaticpopulations [32-34]. Despite the well-characterized limi-tations in the interpretation ... CentralPage 1 of 20(page number not for citation purposes)Journal of Ovarian Research Open Access Review Role of CA125 in predicting ovarian cancer survival - a reviewof the epidemiological literature Digant...
... Hospital Clinical Practice Guidelines combines advice for “rhinosinusitis”, defined as “inflammation of the epithelial lining in the paranasal sinuses” and noting that this is “common in children”, ... the following findings are worth noting in respect of non-allergic rhinitis: ã Antihistamines (all classes) versus placebo: Only one study which examined the role of antihistamines in the treatment ... allergic rhinitis, study results indicate no consistent benefit of sedating antihistamines over nonsedating antihistamines. However, the side-effect profile favors use of nonsedating antihistamines.”...
... needs (in terms of timeliness, reliability, and capacity) following a terrorist threat. 3.3.g Training. Training of personnel for routine monitoring as well as event sampling and analysis of ... an interface module for mapping cases as they occur during an investigation of an outbreak or contamination event. This type of mapping could assist officials in identifying and isolating ... ReviewofResearch Needs 33 problem of analyzing for a contaminant threat of unknown origin is so challenging that general screening methods may have to be developed and used in lieu of or in addition...
... Two-thirds of the increase in assets of funds of funds in the past 10 years is attributable to increasing investor interest in lifestyle and lifecycle funds. The growing popularity of these funds, ... both an index and a method of tracking its target index. Index-based ETFs track their target index in one of two ways. A replicate index-based ETF holds every security in the target index because ... referred to as index-based ETFs, are designed to track the performance of their specifi ed indexes or, in some cases, a multiple of or an inverse (or multiple inverse) of their indexes. In early 2008,...
... fund investing following the passage of the Investment Company Act of 1940. But successive bear markets in stocks in the 1970s along with rising interest rates drew investors into a growing ... aging of the U.S. population, the reduced appetite for investment risk by investors of all ages, and the increasing use of target date and other asset allocation funds, many of which are offered ... net new cash flow in 2010 (Figure 2.8). Investor demand for hybrid funds, which invest in a combination of stocks and bonds, remained steady in 2010, with investors adding $23 billion, on...
... considered for inclusion in the review. Hand searching of the reference lists of studies included in the review was conducted to check the completeness of initial electronic searches. In- press articles ... differential use of zinc containing fertilisers or zinc content of the soil. ã Relevance to health Zinc is present in reasonable amounts in most foodstuffs although the bioavailability of zinc is ... ofResearch and Applications in Agricultural Engineering 52(3): 55-60. There is a growing interest for organic farming in Europe and other parts of the world. Consumers are constantly looking...
... president of the National Academy of Engineering.The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciencesto secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions ... produceddepending on location and market factors. The use of fossil fuels as a possiblepathway to producing hydrogen is also in keeping with the growing interest of DOE in supporting the development of ... are inherently intertwined.New knowledge gained in one program will in all likelihood lead to advancementand new knowledge in the other. Transfer of experience and research results 8 REVIEW OF...
... including sources for identifying literature reviewedã Explicit statement of criteria used for selecting articles for detailed review ã At least two studies reviewed met criteria for assessing ... following a first episode of either non-affective or affective psychosis that occurs in individuals during adolescence or early adulthood.The review focused on studies investigating the effects of ... these findings and in consideration of the more established efficacy of CBT for treatment-resistant schizophrenia (for review see77). 22Early Psychosis: A Reviewof the Treatment Literature Children’s...
... many proteins involved in apoptosis, including the expression profiles of proteins involved in the mito-chondrial (bcl-2, bax, and bcl-x, etc.) and stress reac-tion-related pathways of apoptosis ... trend of protein changes for the experimental sample to control detected by using the Odyssey Infrared Imaging System. (+) means an increase of signal intensity, and (-) means a decrease of signal ... overexpressed in cytotrophoblasts, and a decrease in the expression of Bcl-2 and increase of apoptotic cells are seen in preeclampsia. Thus antiapoptotic proteins can play an important role in preventing...