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... on the board and two industry dummy variables In addition, the directions of the signs of all significant coefficients in the regression model are in agreement with the hypotheses On the other hand, ... Disclosure rules governing insider dealings, related party transactions, and directors’ interests and remuneration are much less stringent than in the U.S Since the Listing Rules and HK SSAPs have ... delineating the rights and responsibilities of each group of stakeholders in the company Transparency is one major indicator of the standard of corporate governance in an economy In 1993 and...

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... cyclical and the structure of the industry causes instability Hecker (2005) argues that the inherent instability of the airline industry can be traced to the structure of the industry and its ... inefficient in explaining the relationship between CEO compensation and firm performance in the U.S scheduled passenger airline industry The business press reports that in the airline industry, ... compensation and firm performance in the U.S airline industry may aid those seeking to invest in the industry as well as forward looking investment decisions by various groups interested in the U.S airline...

Ngày tải lên: 11/09/2013, 11:44

... their clients - Assurance: the competence and skill of the staff of an organization to give confidence and trust to the clients - Empathy: the intimacy with the clients and understanding of their ... transparency and communication influencing students’ satisfaction and enhancing the learning process (cited in Daniel and Berinyuy, 2010) Lin (2006) refers that industries are different in target ... positive effect with the satisfaction of the current visit to the same destination, and then the feeling of satisfaction in the current visit affect intention to revisit in the future A recent...

Ngày tải lên: 05/07/2014, 10:08

... students by reinforcing what they gained from belonging to the groups is also very important for student success Mentoring, tutoring, and enrolling in freshman seminar classes reinforces of the social ... my mother, Consuelo Cadena Flores, and my father Candelario Flores for believing in the value of education and sacrificing their own lives by moving far away from their families to give me the ... Hispanics and what the relationship was between degree attainment and institutional policies and practices Background of the Problem According to the U.S Census Bureau (2005), Hispanics are the youngest...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2016, 22:46

... unexpectedly, the resulting impact on credit quality (or interest rates) will help determine how the assets and liabilities line up, consequently determining the institution’s financial health Thus, the relationship ... category They find significant negative correlations in the changes in interest rates, insignificant negative correlations in the convexity, and insignificant negative correlations in the change in ... this data, they find positive correlations between instantaneous default rate and interest rate Lin and Curtillet (2007) take another look at the relationship between credit spreads and interest...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 11:21

... from, and depending on population segments and regional locations, flavor preferences of consumers also vary Therefore, understanding the development and variations in taste that occur during the ... closely linked to the manufacturing process starting with the quality of the milk, and the aging and maturation conditions At 6–8 months of age, Cheddar cheese develops most of its flavor, and a ... multiple linear regression The only major difference in the analyses is the nature of the response variable In multiple linear regression, the response is a continuous variable, while in logistic...

Ngày tải lên: 03/04/2013, 21:06

... efficiency in the presence of this group of osmolytes Interestingly, there is a linear relationship between DDGD° and Dlog(kcat ⁄ Km) in the presence of methylamines and sugar However, the slopes of the ... the main driving force for the folding is the unfavourable interaction between the osmolyte and the peptide backbone, and (b) the total contribution of side chains to the stability of the native ... glycine, l-alanine, l-proline, l-lysine, l-serine, b-alanine, taurine, sarcosine, dimethylglycine, glycine betaine, trimethylamine N-oxide, and cytidine 2¢-3¢ cyclic monophosphate were also obtained...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 00:20

... assessment relying on the information involved in the statistics 2.2.3 The role the innovation of management accounting Nowadays, modern corporations manage and maintain their prosperity in the intensive ... progress in risk management  Ongoing operating network expansion to meet the demands of everincreasing customer numbers In 2010, Techcombank continued reinforcing and investing in non-financial innovations, ... culture and management accounting innovations involving definitions, elements, roles and theories of several international researches (Schein, Quinn and Rohrbaugh) The author also analyzes the relationship...

Ngày tải lên: 13/03/2014, 14:20

... years after they move, so the difference in results is not due to differences in the time elapsed since the move Given that both our study and theirs use the nlsy79, the difference in results ... (Plantinga and Bernell, 2007) discards those results and adopts our methodology, although with the differences discussed in the text 27 The 17 in the sample of movers The key is that Plantinga and ... sprawl index Table reports estimates for the main specifications discussed in the text but uses the sga index The labeling of columns is identical to those in the text Thus, ols1 provides the crosssectional...

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... T reesei Cel7A and all of them are situated in the catalytic domain; five of them are buried and four are situated in the active site tunnel, stacking against the cellulose chain The fluorescence ... temperature in the presence and absence of substrate at pH and pH 5, respectively Interestingly, upon binding of the substrate, an increase in the fluorescence intensity (data not shown) and a blue ... interestingly that the unfolding of the protein and the release of the substrate coincide at both pH 5.0 and pH 8.0 This would indicate that while the enzyme is folded the substrate is bound in the active...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 07:20

... co-residence, giving them money and receiving back both nominal and in kind resources from the elderly in the process 33 The Relationship Between Old Age and Poverty in Viet Nam The importance ... 25 The Relationship Between Old Age and Poverty in Viet Nam Finally, we turn to consider the resulting income distribution for the elderly Figure 23 shows the quintiles of final income for the ... for the 2nd and 3rd quintiles before rising again for the richest two quintiles, with the richest quintile receiving 631,000 VND on average 23 The Relationship Between Old Age and Poverty in Viet...

Ngày tải lên: 27/05/2014, 07:47

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... Acknowledgements: The Forestry Industry, and in particular the field staff of the Mtunzini Plantation for their assistance in the implementation, maintenance and felling of the trial Dr C Clarke ... fast growing Eucalyptus grandis plantations 3.5 Comparison between the rate of tree growth and density and extractable content In order to determine if there was any relationship between the rate ... content and fibre length (Fig and Tabs IV and V) The second eigenvector, which accommodates the remaining 36% of the variation, is a contrast between the active alkali and fibre coarseness versus the...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 01:21

... Ivani-Chalian C and Robindon M Self-esteem and its sources: stability and change in later life Aging and Society 1993, 13:171-192 Brandtstadter J and Greve W Explaining the resilience of the aging self: reply ... Clinebell HJ Understanding and counselling the alcoholic through religion and psychology Nashville, Abingdon Press 1968, Sands PM, Hanson PG and Sheldon RB Recurring themes in group psychotherapy with ... It measures the strength and indicates the direction of the relationship [54] Results Correlation between Self-Esteem Scales In the current study, the correlation coefficient between the two self-esteem...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 20:23

... examining the relationship between physical activity and the risk for developing knee OA Recommendation Details There is evidence to indicate the importance of investigating the role of the following ... examining the effect of age and sex on the relationship between physical activity and risk for developing knee OA Table (continued) Arthritis Research & Therapy Other studies that have examined the ... contributed to inconsistency in findings between studies examining the relationship between physical activity and knee joint health Although surveys are easy to implement in large cohorts and provide...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:22

... knowledge, there are no publications in the medical literature evaluating the relationship between fluid appearance and the results of cytological evaluation and chemical laboratory testing of pleural ... manuscript writing and final approval of manuscript CHM: Conception and design of the study, collection and assembly of data, data analysis and interpretation, manuscript writing and final approval ... Conception and design of the study, manuscript writing and final approval of manuscript GAE: Conception and design of the study, manuscript writing and final approval of manuscript DO: Conception and...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; nor in the decision to submit the article for publication The researchers are independent from the funders ... tested but not included in the final model because they were not independently related to the outcome, nor modified estimates for the remaining variables † According to International Standard Classification ... study [20] Limitations in activities of daily living were assessed by the Barthel index, which quantifies independence in selfcare and mobility The final score on the Barthel index ranges from 0,...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 01:21

... factors The clinical implications of these observations remain uncertain and the findings not discount the prevailing belief that DVT and PE are a consequence of a single disease entity They suggest, ... 13.0%, intermediate between the two other groups In comparison, the prevalence of FV Leiden in the control group was approximately 3.0% These data demonstrate that the relative risk for PE in the individuals ... while most of the information linking FV Leiden and DVT has come from central referral centers The other hypothesis is that the paradox is actually a reflection of the clot structure and its location...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:20

... considered independent of reflux, whereas 30.6% occurred within two minutes of a reflux episode [24] In a review using strict definitions, Dent and colleagues found that "in the year following the diagnosis ... of the oesophagus and/ or resolved with acid suppression therapy [32-34] However, non-acid reflux can now be measured using multi-channel intraluminal impedance combined with pH monitoring and ... aggressive anti-reflux therapy" [16] controlled clinical trials are performed with adequate power and using adequate instrumentation guidance for therapy in clinical practice will remain based on sub-optimal...

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