... mechanism and earnings management The occurrence of the agency problem results fromthe separation of ownership and control The managers might pursue their self-interest to maximize their own ... information is provided by the managers, who may overstate the numbers in the financial statements through their accounting estimates and standards (Watts and Zimmerman, 1986) The existence of earnings ... Research The FTSE Group (2010) distinguishes between advanced and secondary emerging markets on the basis of their national income andthe development of their market infrastructure The advanced...
... the starting point for the message; it is the ground for which the clause is taking off” and “if the message is organized as a Theme-Rheme structure… the Theme should be at the beginning, rather ... understand the particular things mentioned in the texts In other words, the meaning of the texts is the referential meaning, the readers need to refer to both the previous andthe later parts of the ... embodies the speech function of the clause, consists in turn of the Subject andthe finite in the verbal group The propositional element consists of the residue: the remainder of the verbal group and...
... DESIGN OF THE STUDY The study includes three main parts: Introduction, Development, and Conclusion Introduction presents the rationale, the scope, the methodology andthe design of the study ... units, from unit to unit We take six reading texts from these six units as written discourses of EC from which we analyze grammatical and lexical cohesive devices AIMS OF THE STUDY The aims of the ... independent of one another may be linked together Cohesion exists within a text and is not the same as coherence, which is something the reader establishes in the process of reading The importance of...
... Multi-electrode method and evaluate the extension of the sinkholes; with the Ground penetrating radar method, we measure the edge of the sinkholes fromthe river to the field, the distance between the line ... face collapse close to the verge of the river (Figure 11) Here, we measure Multi-electrode lines along the dam at the verge of the river andthe verge of the field to assess the ability to identify ... at the hollow cave area at the width of 0.7m andthe depth of 0.55m above the ground, the height of hollow cave is 0.4m (Figure 10) 3.2 Surveying and identifying sinkholes on the dikes 3.2.1 The...
... Economic activity From a theoretical standpoint there is positive relationship between economic activity and banks spreads As the economy expands, the demand for loans increases and this in turn ... of the index, the number of firms in the industry and each firm’s market share The fewer the number of firms in the industry the easier it is for them to coordinate higher prices Similarly, the ... provisioning The coefficient on the GDP variable is significant and positive in Antigua and Barbuda and Montserrat and significant and negative in Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia and St Vincent and the...
... #7) The response fromthe Indian stakeholders was mixed Whilst some believed there was great potential for telemedicine trade between theUKand India, others were of the opinion that theUK would ... the findings of the literature review previously carried out by the authors [11] On the other hand, the participants disagreed on a number of issues For instance, most of theUKandsome of the ... litigation, the main advantages being saving time and money fromtheUK side, and generating revenues fromthe Indian side, and protectionism and lack of recognition being key barriers These are...
... part of the community and treated within mainstream services with access to the same standards of health and social care as the rest of the population Nevertheless, it is recognised that there ... Training and Education and Community Payback) and monitor their clients’ progress and, while there are national standards, each Trust and is encouraged to tailor responses to local needs and priorities ... problems and learning disability, and ADHD does not fit well within either category Nevertheless, the Bradley Report has some translational value for youths and adults with ADHD Thus these proceedings...
... (2003) and Marry and Stangeland (2003) for the U.S., Klapper and Love (2004) for fourteen emerging markets, Durnev and Kim (2002) for twenty seven countries, Bauer et al (2003) for the EMU andthe ... deteriorates during the sample period For example, the firm with the most score decrease loses 11 points in 2002 From both the range between minimum and maximum scores andthe standard deviation ... Table lists the firms with the highest corporate governance disclosure by fiscal year and provides some statistics Column is the firm list Column and report the SCORE and score change for the current...
... the connectors within the CO or the splices in the OSP Still, the design engineer does have some options In designing the network, premium splitters and low loss connectors can be deployed, and ... teleconferencing, and other high-bandwidth applications Today’s (and tomorrow’s) enhanced services, interoperability requirements, use of enhancement bands, andthe promise of higher split ratios and increased ... architecture is the answer Page GPON – The Standard By its ratification of a GPON standard, the ITU has provided the industry with its first “coming together” of electronics vendors and enabled...
... Vietnamese and English and then analyzing noun phrases fromthe two selected chapters of “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen and their equivalents in the translated version The results of the study ... general fromthe source language text into the mother tongue and vice versa This is also the case when the author read the favourite novel “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen Then in the author’s ... two parts is optional 15 Example: The handsome man sitting next to me is ……… In the above example, the head is “man”, the premodifier is the handsome” andthe postmodifier is “sitting next to...
... covers the period from fertilisation to hatching of the egg During incubation, the embryo cannot feed, but is nourished by the egg yolk and other food stores The embryo’s cells divide and differentiate ... tail and body, to release the larva Page A guide to larvae juveniles of some common fish species fromthe Mekong River Basin The larval phase This phase covers the period from hatching up to the ... formation The size and position of fins andthe number of spines and rays are diagnostically important The median fins (dorsal, caudal and anal) begin to form from a finfold which is present in the...
... understand and use these tones in communication - offer a helping hand in deciding the tone choice as speakers and understanding the message as listeners ORGANISATION OF THE STUDY The thesis ... tunes andthe grammatical structures of the utterances Then, this situation description and analysis would lead to the identification of the gaps andthe needs for the current study 1.1 THEOREOTICAL ... of falling and rising tunes andthe possibility of the correlation between the tunes used andthe grammatical structures of the IUs The features synthetized are presented in tables and graphs...
... túc bạn If you can get someone else to put some money in, or you can put some in - yourself, this will make the bank more likely to lend to you Go to lots of banks, not just the one you have your...
... (2005), among the common strategic management theories noted and applicable are the profit-maximizing and competition-based theory, the resource-based theory, the survival-based theory, the human ... On the other hand, the resource-based theory which stems fromthe principle that the source of firms competitive advantage lies in their internal resources, as opposed to their positioning in the ... in the field In addition, there were some debates regarding both the nature andthe determinants of competitive advantage andthe relevancy of the resource-based view The most notable were the...
... overview of the study This part is devoted to presenting the methodology of the research, including the data collection instruments and procedure and data analysis The subjects of the study The six ... particular, the author search for every lexical item related to the examined device in all the texts, then calculate them and sum up Step 2: the absolute count of each category is then converted to the ... interpreting the text Limitations and Suggestions for further studies Although the study has done, it is unavoidable that there are some limitations of the research due to the limited scope, the time...
... understand and use these tones in communication - offer a helping hand in deciding the tone choice as speakers and understanding the message as listeners ORGANISATION OF THE STUDY The thesis ... interviews fromthe Ellen Show? Is there a correlation between the falling and rising tunes and sentence types at the level of intonation unit? If yes, how is the correlation realized? SCOPE OF THE ... STUDY Under the scope of this mini study, the author would closely examine the use of falling and rising tunes as well as the relationship between the tunes andthe syntactic structures of the intonation...
... deleted fromthe risk:benefit analysis In some cases a medication with greater side effects or medical risk may be the preferred treatment because of the documented efficacy of the agent either ... across other populations [38,39] The effects of lamotrigine and topiramate on serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels have been reported in small studies and case reports [16,38] Neither of these ... delayed As the physician with the most (and often the only) contact with these patients, psychiatrists need to be vigilant in detecting early signs and symptoms of medical illness and facilitating...
... down-regulated the protein levels of VEGF, cMyc and ODC in the gastric mucosa (Fig 4A, 4B and 4C respectively) There was a 73% decrease in the VEGF protein level and a 22% decrease in the c-Myc protein ... restore their normal immune response (Fig 1) The present findings suggest that AP has immunostimulatory effect which can accelerate the recovery from leukopenia induced by CY and thereby shortens the ... action of CY in the stomach in this study was due to the activation of p53 and therefore leading to the suppression of the c-Myc/ODC pathway All these findings could explain the mechanism of...