... importance, the exact nature of therelationshipbetween credit and interest rate risk is not quite clear For example, consider therelationshipbetween default and interest rate If the economy ... slow the economy Therefore, we may conjecture that therelationshipbetween default risk and interest rates is sensitive to some measure of where the economy is in the business cycle and/ or other ... literature studies therelationshipbetween credit spreads and interest rate The papers addressing therelationshipbetween default and interest rates are relatively scarce and results can be...
... three-digit random numbers and served under identical conditions to the trained descriptive testing Consumers ranked the three cheeses in their order of preference, and then evaluated them using ... compared with the other cheeses (7- and 12-month) The 12-month-ripened cheese had the lowest mean score of liking of 5.75, which is categorized as between “like slightly” and “neither like nor ... AGED 7, AND 12 MONTHS acid, diacetyl and methional In the aroma attribute terms used in the descriptive analysis, these can be described as “free fatty acid,” “buttery” and “sulfur” aromas The principal...
... performance and thus stock price decreases is not conducive to stockholder theory and implies that in agency theory there is a conflict of interest betweenthe CEO andthe shareholders they represent Other ... in the null and alternative forms Statistical analysis allows the researcher to either accept or reject the null hypotheses The null and alternative hypotheses for this study are: H01 (null) There ... stockholder theory and agency theory as the foundation for its approach and consequently is limited by the theory itself According to Veliyath and Bishop (1995), agency theory predicts that there is...
... reason, the research focuses on understanding the value of the corporate culture, in particular, understanding therelationshipbetweenthe corporate culture andthe innovation of management accounting ... company Therefore, this research aims to: i Systematize the basic issues of corporate culture andthe management accounting innovation ii Understand what is therelationshipbetweenthe corporate ... receive the enthusiastic supports from all managers, chief accountant and other accounting staff who are involved in the survey conducted in this thesis Although therelationshipbetween me and those...
... with the differences discussed in the text 27 The 17 in the sample of movers The key is that Plantinga and Bernell study nlsy79 respondents between 1996 and 2000, rather than between 1988 and ... particular First, the physical characteristics of the built environment, such as the separation between residences andthe ease with which one can walk between them, and second, the neighborhood ... the extant literature, mixed-use records only nearby retail shops and churches and not other establishments.14 The combination of these three data sets allows us to examine therelationship between...
... Comparison of the Cel7A unfolding with and without the substrate either at pH 8.0 (Fig 3A and B), or pH (Fig 3C and D) shows interestingly that the unfolding of the protein andthe release of the substrate ... aho and R Suihkonen for construction of the Cel7A mutant, and for the purification of the wild-type andthe mutant protein K Rautajoki is thanked for the help with the fluorescence measurements The ... from the changed atoms of the mutated side chains In order to evaluate further the design of the mutations, it was of interest how the stability behaviour of the protein was changed by the mutations,...
... as the elderly may continue to work but reduce their hours as they age rather than abandon work altogether Figures, and show the weekly hours of work for men and women and additionally shows the ... levels and sources for elderly people (aged 60 and over) and for the non-elderly and compares these to the Vietnamese average The official income definition developed by GSO is used On average, the ... both nominal and in kind resources from the elderly in the process 33 TheRelationshipBetween Old Age and Poverty in Viet Nam The importance of co-residence as a means of support for the elderly...
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... organization to give confidence and trust to the clients - Empathy: the intimacy with the clients and understanding of their individuals’ feelings and problems Inheriting the theory on service quality ... - h: There are positive relationships between logistics and tourist satisfaction H1 - i: There are positive relationships between food and tourist satisfaction H1 - j: There are positive relationships ... Administration Thesis A Study on therelationshipbetween service quality and customer satisfaction in Hanoi’s tourism Tran Hong Hanh May, 2014 A Study on therelationshipbetween service quality and customer...
... Eucalyptus grandis plantations 3.5 Comparison betweenthe rate of tree growth and density and extractable content In order to determine if there was any relationshipbetweenthe rate of tree growth and ... difference betweenthe intercepts of the manually weeded and 1.2 m row weeding treatments andthe weedy control although there were no significant differences betweenthe slopes for the different ... content and fibre length (Fig and Tabs IV and V) The second eigenvector, which accommodates the remaining 36% of the variation, is a contrast betweenthe active alkali and fibre coarseness versus the...
... It measures the strength and indicates the direction of therelationship [54] Results Correlation between Self-Esteem Scales In the current study, the correlation coefficient betweenthe two self-esteem ... psychiatric patients Of these, the most significant were the presence of a psychiatric disorder, the exact psychiatric diagnosis, the age of the patients, andthe gender of the patient Educational ... although the exact relationshipbetween self-esteem and age is uncertain While Bloom [5] found a curvilinear relationshipbetween age and self-esteem, with self-esteem reaching a peak in the 40–49...
... activity andthe risk for developing knee OA Recommendation Details There is evidence to indicate the importance of investigating the role of the following factors when examining therelationshipbetween ... examining the effect of age and sex on therelationshipbetween physical activity and risk for developing knee OA Table (continued) Arthritis Research & Therapy Other studies that have examined the ... investigated the effects of age, sex, body mass index (BMI), knee injury and/ or knee alignment on therelationshipbetween physical activity and risk for developing radiological, symptomatic and physician...
... indicted the need for drainage of the affected pleural cavity[8] To our knowledge, there are no publications in the medical literature evaluating therelationshipbetween fluid appearance andthe ... 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 ... of the study, manuscript writing and final approval of manuscript MS: Conception and design of the study, manuscript writing and final approval of manuscript HTC: Conception and design of the...
... performed the statistical analysis and interpreted the results; EB prepared the first draft of the paper; EB and JG-A had full access to all of the data in the study and take responsibility for the ... and arterial blood gases), and six-minute walk test Detailed information about the methods and sources of the questionnaires andthe standardisation of the tests used in the PAC-COPD study has been ... potential confounders and (2) identify the effect modifiers of this relationship Authors hypothesised that therelationshipbetween anxiety and/ or depressive symptoms and HRQoL in COPD patients...
... addition to the work by Vandenbroucke and colleagues, three further studies by other investigators also used autopsy material to look at therelationshipbetween FV Leiden and PE and found no association ... found the prevalence of prothrombin G20210A variant and FV Leiden to be similar to that found in the general population Therelationshipbetween PE and DVT As noted by Bounameaux [21], therelationship ... and DVT with PE As in the earlier studies, this study found FV Leiden to be less common in the PE only cases than in the other two groups [18] They did, however, find that the prevalence of the...
... [26,27] there is glaring lack of published randomised trials [28] Differences between respiratory and gastroenterology society publications There is a degree of variance between adult respiratory and ... However, the predictive value of pH monitoring has been questioned even for the diagnosis of GORD itself [35] with no agreement about the gold standard for the diagnosis of GORD [6] Furthermore, ... with cough will result in better selection of patients for therapeutic trials of PPIs or other therapies Moreover, the duration of therapy and time to response needs to be better defined as advice...
... to the upper, middle and lower cervical spine They measured the strain on the vertebral artery during these maneuvers The arteries were then harvested and stretched to mechanical failure They ... activity, CMT) and their relationship to cervical artery dissection individually and as a group They used seven days as the time period betweenthe mechanical event and stroke for all the potential ... Conclusion The current understanding of therelationshipbetween CMT and VADS provides new responsibilities and new opportunities The response the chiropractic profession takes to these responsibilities...
... ACh andthe receptors: ARO, ORA, and ARA Here, the first andthe third letter indicate the species occupying site1 and site2, A is ACh, O is an empty site, and R is the postsynaptic receptor The ... by the first stimulus ([A]1) and either the same or smaller amounts released by the fourth stimulus ([A]4) The ratios of the initial concentrations of acetylcholine released by the fourth andthe ... conceived the theoretical analysis and drafted the manuscript JK performed the clinical experiments and contributed in drafting the manuscript AA performed the calculations for the theoretical...
... be But the matter of intensivists and their training is just one piece of this pie Since little is known about the relationships between ICU organization and outcomes, we need much more and higher ... absent from the medical literature [13-15] Within this systems-based concept, every aspect of what we and how we it is a candidate for study and change [12]; this list includes the training and organization ... a consistent and integrated understanding of this complex topic But there are steep barriers to conducting such studies They are difficult to perform, get funded, and get published The impediments...