... investigations did not use consistent and well characterized definitions of ExRA, which is a matter of vital importance tothe study of disease phenotypes in RA [26] The purpose of this study was to investigate ... new onset of inflammatory polyarthritis within the catchment area ofthe six participating rheumatology centers ofthe BARFOT program (total population is approximately 1.5 million), including ... tests The distribution of combinations of HLA-DRB1 and DQ alleles (i.e the distribution of HLA-DRB1-DQ haplotypes) was similarly compared in cases and controls To evaluate the association of single...
... transfer into motors for economic growth Although the growth rate of money supply over theyearsof 1999 - 2001 had increased, the economy remained inthe situation of deflation To cope with disinflation ... factors onthe inflation, however, the inflation in this period was directly affected by the international economic environment and prices According to study onimpactof real exchange rates on ... due tothe Asian financial crisis and reduction of inflation inthe world as well as spending cut-down further due to state budget deficit 35 In addition, expectations of inflation and nominal...
... seconds, stop the music Students stop drawing and pass their picture tothe person tothe left of them inthe circle Play the music again and they continue with the drawing the person nextto them ... achievement ofthe thesis and suggests some extensive topics relating tothe thesis “Reference” is coming next with a list of sources of materials are presented in detail The thesis ends with ... connected tothe content, the instructor and each other Given this, one ofthe greatest strengths of using games for learning is that they are excellent tools for connecting learners to knowledge,...
... to sharing their personal information? And inthe case ofthe responses, what kind of information in personal ads is considered the most (and least) desirable? Two economists and a psychologist ... Information isthe currency ofthe Internet As a medium, the Internet is brilliantly efficient at shifting information from the hands of those who have it into the hands of those who not Often, as inthe ... victims of taste -based discrimination: inthe early rounds and late rounds, they are eliminated far out of proportion to their skills It seems as if the other contestants—this is a show on which the...
... customer retention and other parameters related tothe customer, whereas the role ofthe employees, their satisfaction, loyalty and the link between these variables and profitability is not often ... practitioners remain using predominantly classical ones We can find the explanation for this behaviour inthe fact that these indicators are much easier to measure In addition, conventional methods ... 1998a) They not take into account the influence of marketing decisions on such variables as inventory levels, working capital needs, and financing costs that need to be managed for the well-being of...
... participated in answering questions and showed their opinion basedonthe application of ABC on their company Inthe questionnaires, respondent‟s choice of yes or no to a question depends onthe certain ... aspects: the way of statistic analysis and the results of analysis of questionnaires The main objective of this chapter is using the analysis of questionnaires in order to test the hypothesis which was ... assumption in this question Respondent only need to tick inthe blank of yes or no for each part of answering 49 4.3.1.2 Figures The result of this section ofthe questionnaire is showed inthe figure...
... evolving It is well beyond the scope of this thesis to look at all the theorists work in depth However, it is essential to understand the theoretical concepts that relate tothe development ofthe ... children work on their own onthecomputer they often engage in “selftalk” which is talking tothecomputer explaining their actions to reassure themselves (McCarrick and Xiaoming 2007) There is no evidence ... the user tothe last viewed page or tothe beginning ofthe programme depending on which is appropriate It is viewed as a regression button Progress to next: this button allows the user to progress...
... categorized into one of four classes Then, it was converted into a link cost by transforming the average PDR ofthe corresponding category tothe log scale, and then normalizing tothe integer domain The ... model shown in Figure The estimated LDR of each link is then used to calculate the cost ofthe link, according tothe routing metric used The accumulated cost ofthe path is written inthe RREQ ... evolution ofthe aforementioned many -to- one scheme proposed in [5] A path cost metric is computed as the sum ofthe link costs ofthe path The cost of a link is inversely proportional tothe LQI...
... station, and the determination is made on a case by case determination.91 Inthe course of formulating statutory law, the House of Representatives provided some guidance onhowto distinguish interactive ... law divides the copyrights of a musical work into two distinct parts There are rights held inthe composition of a song and rights held inthe sound recording of a song.29 Often times the two rights ... eliminating the cost of physical production and distribution of CD‘s, however the savings have not solved the recording industry‘s crisis of falling revenue Thirteen years before iTunes became the...
... morning Some ofthe information is available on news wires and America Online the night before, but only after the close oftradinginthe U.S Thus, if the IWS information is valuable, its impact ... trader anonymity: an analysis of insider trading Forthcoming inthe Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis Glosten, L.R., 1989 Insider trading, liquidity and the role ofthe monopolist specialist ... nontraded stocks Much ofthe price increase on Thursday occurs after the stockbrokers finish trading Consistent with the evidence in Cornell and Sirri (1992), insiders appear to only start the...
... with students opening the flashcards on their own during the beginning ofthe week or as they see fit Another limitation ofthe study was the low amount of voluntary participation The study was designed ... enjoyable, and the software monitors students’ answers, so the website becomes a customizable instructional tool The second conclusion I was able to draw from this study concerns the time ofthe week ... during the fourth week ofthe study, so the cycle of weekly testing was interrupted This had no noticeable effect onthe test scores, but again the interruption may have slowed the pace of the...
... (Singleton, 2003) The most likely reasons for this are increases in area and intensity of rice production, and asynchronous planting of crops (Singleton and Petch, 1994, and Singleton, 2003) The ... et al (2009) investigated the importance of EBRM inthe light ofthe previous food crisis, and the potential effects of this approach onthe position ofthe undernourished The study indicated that ... useful information onthe economic impacts on rice producers of adopting EBRM inthe rice sub-sector inthe Mekong River Delta Such information can guide policymakers in formulating appropriate intervention...
... Summaries Series Re-inventing budgeting: theimpactof third way modernisation on local government budgeting Contents Overview The main findings Objectives Findings 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Local government ... structures onthe practice of budgeting To assess theimpactof public/private partnerships onthe practice of budgeting To examine theimpactof cross-service programmes on budgeting practice To compare ... Series Re-inventing budgeting: theimpactof third way modernisation on local government budgeting Hofstede, G (1968), The Game of Budgetary Control Tavistock, London Hood, C (1995), The ‘new...
... of interpretations In this paper, the definition of default isbasedonthe same criteria adopted by S&P in rating the outstanding bonds of public firms Precisely, an institution is defined to ... to be able to explore its impactonthe risk of default We posit that the default risk is an increasing function ofthe size ofthe debt Our argument rests onthe belief that 50 Journal Of Financial ... Here, if the -2 correction is ignored, the ρ's indicate the contribution of each individual variable tothe default risk, independent ofthe sample size The ρ statistic is equal to if the variable...
... (2011-2015) The questionnaire is divided into two sections consisting ofthe first section which asked about the issue of 186 organization’s computer network security in today’s market and the second ... especially act oncomputer network security within the organization The separation of duties, understanding, and the decision ofthe responsible staff is confusing As a result, the organization’s computer ... valuable tothe organization is data or information, so protecting the data or information is very important and necessary inthe information age In this era, who possesses more information has the...
... study Therefore, the future researches should investigate generalization ofthe findings beyond the Vietnam construction sector and not only on share construction firms Thus, the scope ofthe further ... firms’ profitability 1.4 Hypotheses ofthe study The aim of this study isto understand theimpactof working capital management on companies’ operating profitability, the following hypotheses ... done in Vietnam This limited evidence inthe context of Vietnam along with the importance of working capital management calls for research on their impacton firms’ profitability In light of the...
... with increased risks of early mortality, insofar as they reflect abrupt termination or non-initiation of breastfeeding due to separation of mother and child, and earlier intake of contaminated ... departamentos in Guatemala; seven of 27 provinces in Indonesia (representing seven per cent ofthe national population); the three southern regions in Sudan; and nine of 34 districts in Uganda ... more meaningful comparisons of results among the regions The countries in each region are noted at the bottom of Table The Cox proportional hazards model is used to analyse the chance of dying between...
... purpose is conducting multidisci16 plinary research on environmental factors that may be re17 lated tothe development of women’s health conditions (as 18 defined in section 486) The Director ofthe ... environmental factors ‘‘(d) COORDINATION OF CENTERS; REPORTS. The Director ofthe Institute shall, as appropriate, provide for the coordination of information among centers under sub6 section (a) ... Director ofthe Institute shall 19 carry out this section in consultation with the Director of 20 the Office of Research on Women’s Health and with the 21 advisory council for the Institute 22 ‘‘(b)...
... examines whether the characteristics ofthe sovereign play a role in addition tothe traditional determinants ofthe cost of issuing bonds for banks (ie the characteristics ofthe bank and the bond, ... compare the risk aversion of investors in bank securities with that of investors in nonbank securities by comparing the risk aversion implied in options written on a main European bank stock index ... exposures tothe distressed sovereigns are mainly inthe form of bonds, rather than loans This facilitates the spreading of sovereign risk among non-bank investors, rather than concentrating it in the...