... addition, conventional methods have the advantage of being investment evaluation settings Their major drawback of evaluation is that they focus onthe estimation of cash flows and accounting criteria ... myriads of interactions taking place in a company and the value created in each of them The problem is not the amount of relationships since firms have the help of sophisticated information systems ... model of measurement The increasing interest in developing measurements which justify investments in CRM includes financial and non-financial measures, since the latter ones are receiving more...
... evaluation ofthe frequency and intensity of GERD symptoms, the GIS providing complimentary information in terms ofthe use of additional medication for GERD symptoms and theimpactof such symptoms ... irrespective ofthe number of times they had attended the primary care clinic during the identification period Patients participating inthe study were required to provide informed consent Exclusion criteria ... questionnaires, including the RDQ, GIS and the Gastrointestinal Symptoms Rating Scale, may be one such instrument, providing more accurate and sensitive quantification ofthe symptoms and the impact...
... failing a grade in school involves a sufficient impact to be part of a risk group In addition, the combination of these two LEs seems to be usual In fact, not only the LCUs sum score determine the ... together with a stamped, addressed envelope and informed consent for return ofthe completed questionnaire A telephone hotline was used to provide further information about the survey Two reminders ... adult respondent and included the highest family level of education according to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) Categories were: low (a maximum of lower secondary...
... Fixed Point Theory and Applications The special issue contains 38 papers accepted Most ofthe papers touched on all applications of Kirk’s fixed point theorem Mohamed A Khamsi Tomas Dominguez-Benavides...
... figure, the inner circle represents the area of interest A and contains all the nodes for which the connectivity is evaluated The outer nodes contained inthe second circle are used only as relay for ... graph The mean number of links is constant whatever m is, but fading favors longer links which are more efficient to maintaining the network connectivity The conclusions are twofold: (i) the mean ... integration bound again yields μ0 = 2π · ρ impactof unreliability on connectivity Equation (28) therefore confines to MEAN NODE DEGREE CLOSED-FORM DERIVATION In this section, a closed-form derivation...
... produced upon request9 Seasonal dummy variables were included inthe initial round ofthe estimation procedure Inthe process of estimating the consumption function, the F-test onthe joint significance ... fluctuations in property prices We rationalise this outcome by the observation that while property booms drive higher gross investments, there is an offsetting decline in private consumption Inthe ... maintain usual consumption habits in view ofhigher living expenses Also of note, refinancing a housing loan does not depend on house prices alone but also on interest rates 80 International Research...
... forthetradebalance and thebalanceof payments Forthe world as a whole, the sum of all trade balances o r the sum of all balanceof payments is constrained to be zero For each export inthe ... clearly inlproved thebalanceof payments T h e contrasting pattern of response to devaluation forthetradebalance and thebalanceof payments is also apparent within the individual countriesIn ... devaluation or succeeding years Onthe other hand, there is clear evidence ofthebalanceof payments improving following devaluation This pattern of contrasting behavior is reinforced by the succeeding...
... responses to VIP inthe presence of rolipram The addition of VIP and rolipram on their own or in combination inthe absence of an activating stimulus failed to induce cytokine production VIP augmented ... monocytes, a finding that would confirm thehigher level of endogenous PDE activity observed in macrophages Thus, inthe presence of high endogenous PDE activity, VIP is incapable of maintaining ... a role in perpetuating the chronic inflammatory response inthe rheumatoid joint T cells inthe rheumatoid joint are in close proximity to macrophages and can regulate the activation of such...
... 0.28 Therapy in patients with OSA, indicating a causative role of OSA inthe inflammatory process Since inflammation might play a central role in renarrowing ofthe vessels in OSA patients, the ... greater risk of developing cardiovascular disease during the follow up, independent of other risk factors [1] Our data support the hypothesis, that coronary occlusion might be one reason forthe worse ... hypoxemia in patients with OSA In this regard, there is only one study investigating the contribution of nocturnal hypoxemia to the development of restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention...
... tone termination and the shock onset allows assessment of hippocampal integrity [16] The high level of freezing seen inthe naïve animals is indicative of good learning and memory retention Contextual ... after 30 minutes, promotes synthesis of other cytokines and the initiation ofthe acute-phase response, chemokine release and oxidative stress Systemic cytokines, including IL-1β, can bind receptors ... administration [21], but not inthe context of hippocampal-dependent cognitive dysfunction Reactive microglia inthe hippocampus interfere with memory processing Within the brain, cytokines interact...
... group) Garnacho-Montero et al [23] evaluated theimpactonthe outcome of a monotherapy or a combined therapy in patients with PA-VAP They showed that the initial use of a combination therapy significantly ... CK participated inthe study design and inthe redaction ofthe draft and the final manuscript JFT conceived the study design and coordinated the data-capture, the data cleaning, the statistical ... and the redaction ofthe final manuscript YD, JRZ, MGO, EA, ASD, CA and YC participated inthe patients enrolment into the study CF participated in study design, and inthe redaction ofthe final...
... environment in an industry In fact, the entry of new firms is considered as one ofthe most important determinants of industry evolution (Thomas, 1999) In summary, entry can lead to the erosion of ... attention to the topic of market entry and incumbent reaction These studies have evolved from determining the barriers of entry during the 1970s following Bain (1956) to more recent trend of examining ... sources of information and improving information’s quality, relevance and timeliness (Adler & Kwon, 2002) Social relations can serve as a vehicle for accessing and disseminating information (Nahapiet...
... only on patients included during the period of interest Predictors for drug discontinuation Independent of anti-TNF treatment, significant predictors of premature treatment termination were higher ... reason therefore exists The reason forthelow percentages of termination because of both treatment failure and AEs is due primarily to the design ofthe registration scheme and should not be interpreted ... differences in costs ofthe TNF-blocking agents did not induce a selection bias Also, the possibility for termination bias was investigated by examining disease activity of patients terminating therapy...
... of these researches have only focused on either the inflation aspect or tradebalance aspect rather than taken the trade- off between them into consideration: a devaluation may improve tradebalance ... understand the role of exchange rate inthe variance oftradebalance and inflation For empirical study, the thesis uses monthly data from 2000 to 2012 1.5 Structure ofthe Thesis The thesis includes ... follow: • • Chapter - Introduction Chapter - Theoretical foundation ofimpactof exchange rate ontradebalance and inflation • Chapter - Overview oftheimpactof exchange rate ontrade balance...
... Council forHigher Education Accreditation (CHEA), signed Joint Declaration onHigher Education and General Agreement onTradein Services that strongly expresses opposition to the inclusion ofhigher ... Tooley, The Debate onHigher Education: Challenging the Assumptions Studies in Education No.5 (London: The Institute of Economic Affairs Education and Training Unit, 1997) See also, Ronald G ... Economic Cooperation Agreement (India - Singapore) CERI –Centre for Educational Research and Innovation CHEA –Council forHigher Education Accreditation CII –Confederation of Indian Industry CONESUP...
... 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 reform ... population originating from the Indian sub-continent The other authority was located inthe south of England near to London and faced different challenges based around issues of congestion and ... Value performance frameworks and cabinet structures onthe practice of budgeting To assess theimpactof public/private partnerships onthe practice of budgeting To examine theimpactof cross-service...
... spectrum of interpretations In this paper, the definition of default is based onthe same criteria adopted by S&P in rating the outstanding bonds of public firms Precisely, an institution is defined ... guarantee to themselves the total profit ofthe project Therefore, a rise inthe firm's debt1 over time may be interpreted as the beginning of more risky investments to follow and consequently ... determine the level of significance ofthe variable coefficients included inthe model The ImpactOf Firm's Characteristics On Junk-Bond Default 51 TESTING THE MODEL GOODNESS OF FIT To test the...
... banks pass on this increase, the real cost of financial intermediation increases We therefore determine first how higher capital ratios might influence banks’ cost of funding and their lending spreads ... cost of capital for non-financial corporate and a lower share of bank finance for non-financial corporate The economic benefits ofhigher capital Higher capital levels should make the banking ... long-run impactofhigher bank lending spreads on GDP can be assessed using a simple production function In this framework, an increase in non-financial firms’ cost of capital reduces their investment...
... 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 ... 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 ofthe ... an outline ofthe study 1.1 Overview of working capital management Working capital is a critical component inthe functioning of any business After the initial investment of setting up the factory...