... AREAER provides information on the extent and nature of the restrictions on external accounts for a wide cross- section of countries. In this set of on- off” clarification, k1 is an indicator ... the openness of the current account, and no obligation of surrender of export proceeds. N is the number of observations. RMSE is root mean squared error of the regression. Regressions include ... based on the AREAER binary series is constructed with the goal of incorporating the intensity of capital controls. Our index on capital controls is the first standardized principal component of...
... which acts as an nitrosating agent of amines and amides, as consequence of NOC[2]. Under chronic infl ammatory conditions, such as precancerous conditions of gastric cancer (GC) and oesophageal ... systematic reviewof the epidemiological evidence Paula Jakszyn, Carlos Alberto González Paula Jakszyn, Carlos Alberto González, Unit of Nutrition, En-vironment and Cancer, Department of Epidemiology ... but evidence was insufficient in relation to OC. A high proportion of case-control studies found a positive association with meat intake for both tumours (11 of 16 studies on GC and 11 of 18...
... results of research on impact and importance of Activity Based Costing (ABC) on financial performanceof manufacturing firm. The contribution of this project is to improve the financial performance ... of ABC in DLV Company and the hypotheses. 2.2 Conceptualization of financial performance Financial performance is the measuring of the results of a firm‟s policies and operations in monetary ... CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Overview This chapter consists of main sections such as general aspects of the impact and importance of ABC method on Financial Performanceof manufacturing...
... Details of instructional time and of instruction received by the intervention groups Author, date Amount of instructional time in experiment Information about what other literacy instruction participants ... Systematic Reviewof the Research Literature on the Use of Phonics in the Teaching of Reading and Spelling Carole J. Torgerson * Greg Brooks ** Jill Hall * * University of York ** ... (reading comprehension; spelling) Effect size, as calculated by the reviewers (mean of word recognition and word attack measures; also mean of comprehension measures, mean of spelling measures,...
... cohort or longitudinal studiesusing prognostic variables, with the exception of onerandomised controlled trial of a cardiac rehabilitationintervention [27]. Timing of classification of participantbaseline ... work performance. Conclusion: Depression is a predictor of work resumption post-MI. As work is a major component of Quality of Life (QOL), this finding has clinical, social, public health and economic ... 8:95http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/95Page 6 of 11 REVIEW Open AccessDepression as a predictor of work resumptionfollowing myocardial infarction (MI):a reviewof recent research evidence Adrienne...
... analysis of theGaussian approximation and its impact on the decodingprocess. A confirmation of the analytical results in form of simulations is given in Section 4. Conclusions are drawn inSection ... be concluded that the quality of the Gaussian ap-proximation, and therefore of the soft outputs, depends on the number of transmit antennas and on the cardinality of the symbol alphabet. To our ... PDF of interference and noise termThe actual PDF of the interference and noise term is a sum of QM−1Gaussian distributions, each of them caused by onepossible interfering symbol constellation...
... variations in the height/width ratio of the cross sec-tion. The influence of the cross section size effect on the firstfive vibration frequencies is also discussed.2. THEORETICAL FORMULATIONLet ... equation by integration of equations based on the three-dimensional elasticity theory. A new shear factorformula was proposed which integrates Poisson’s ratio for anisotropic material but the cross ... rectangular cross section. This new theoreticalformulation includes relations based on the three-dimensionalelasticity theory and takes the size effect of the cross sectioninto account. Numerical...
... slight chondroprotective effect on thedevelopment of spontaneous lesions but not on surgicallyinduced OA [62]. In view of these conflicting results and in theabsence of strong evidenceof efficacy ... stimulated production of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 could decrease MMPactivation.The effects of avocado unsaponifiables alone, of soybeanunsaponifiables alone, and of three mixtures of ASUs, ... management of OAis largely palliative, focusing on the alleviation of symptoms.Current recommendations for the management of OA includea combination of nonpharmacological interventions (weightloss,...
... a necessary condition of transformation. However, simple innovation routiniza-tion is not a sufficient condition, given that definitions of transformation also incorporate shifts of collective ... The inclusion of the compari-son group, which had no changes, strengthens the conclu-sion the intervention was the necessary and sufficientcondition for the changes in outcomes. None of the otherstudies ... However none of these studies,or the anecdotal evidence reported in other studies fullycaptures the multidimensional construct of organiza-tional culture, leaving valid questions on these...
... varying conditions. First, they consider a situation in which each maintenance worker can fix only one type of part. In the second trial, they relax this condition and consider a situation in ... with missions of greater scale and scope. And the world is a less certain place. New concerns about the implications of operational and personnel tempo and the distribution of responsibilities ... recommendations. This research was sponsored by the Office of Military Personnel Policy and was conducted for the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. It was conducted within...
... 5-Conclusion & Discussion The purpose of this study was to analyze the level of correlation between fund size and performanceof Iranian mutual funds. To meet this purpose, the conclusion ... end of the month as a proportion of total market capitalization. In this paper, a similar definition was used in which total net assets were calculated at the end of the month as a fraction of ... expenses and fees: economies of scale Liquidity Professional Website Information Dissemination On Line Supervision Diversification Characteristics of Mutual funds 6890...
... rigorous systematic reviews of the evidence of the impact of microfinance on the poor. Further, while many of the first institutions offering microfinance were not-for-profit local NGOs driven ... reviewof the evidenceof the impact of microfinance timely.And in the latter half of 2010 the microfinance industry made news for negative reasons.7 By October of that year regulation of the ... List of MFI organisations contacted for information on impact studies 79Appendix 3.1: Citations for 34 impact evaluations which did not include comparisons of microfinance versus no microfinance...
... effectiveness of branching regulations (Degryse & Ongena, 2004). This reviewof the literature shows that the interplay of concentration and competition is ambiguous and dependent oncountry context. ... question 6 Research model 6 Conclusion 8 2. LITERATURE REVIEW 9 Introduction 9 The role of the financial sector 10 Concentration and competition 15 Measuring competition and concentration ... environment and given national government control of inflation and monetary policy, competition and concentration determine bank behavior and the countenance of appropriate risk levels. Bank concentration...
... institutions of German developmentcooperation subject to this review: German TechnicalCooperation (GTZ), with its 67 country offices, is themain technical implementing agency on behalf of theGerman ... address only a small areawithin HRH development. In Malawi, for example,despite the country& apos;s relatively advanced level of donorsupport to HRH, one of the most frequent contributionsby ... peryear, of whom 50 to 60 are health professionals. Indone-sia alone has approximately 20 health specialists return-ing every year via CIM. Recognition of German medicaltraining by Indonesian...
... dimensionDespite the interviews focusing on perceived intergoalrelations within a single consultation, the longitudinaland chronic nature of diabetes care was often reflected inGPs' responses ... multiple goals pursued.To the best of our knowledge, none of the studies in sys-tematic reviews of tests of social cognition models withhealth professionals [5,8] considered whether performingmultiple ... questioninvolves GPs' reports of high intention to prescribe toreduce BP, but expressing conditions related to the situa-tional demands of the consultation that affect that highintention;...