... use inthe production ofthe items it will sell as well as the overseeing and controlling of quantities of finished products for sale A business 's inventory is one of its major assets and represents ... operating profits, Return on investment but the researcher used one measure to measure the profitability of a firms is Return on Assets Hence, if the researcher use other measures of profitability, ... was then analyzed on quantitative The researcher estimated regressions basis by using Pearson s correlation and Linear regression analysis through SPSS 16.0 software The results of Pearson’s...
... centers under sub6 section (a) and ensure regular communication between such centers ‘‘(e) STRUCTURE OF CENTER.—Each center assisted under subsection (a) shall use the facilities of a single in1 0 stitution, ... The Director ofthe Institute shall 19 carry out this section in consultation with the Director of 20 the Office of Research on Women s Health and with the 21 advisory council for the Institute ... stitution, or be formed from a consortium of cooperating 11 institutions, meeting such requirements as may be pre12 scribed by the Director ofthe Institute 13 ‘‘(f) DURATION OF SUPPORT.—Support...
... risk strongly impacton purchasing decisions Factors associated with consumer s trust Perception about company and website quality influencing on consumer trust and then purchase intention inthe ... disposition to trust, reputation, privacy, security, the information quality of website, the company s reputation strongly affects on Internet consumers’ trust Then, Internet consumers’ trust and ... familiarity positively affects the consumer s trust H8: A disposition to trust positively affects the consumer s trust 17 Research Methods (1/2) Questions Methods What level of research is this? Exploratory...
... strength ofthe desired signal with the proposed algorithm inthe presence of mutual coupling 25 S/ N (dB) 30 35 40 cx , c y cxy Figure 5: RMSE ofthe coupling coefficients versus the SNR Conclusion In ... the desired signal accuracy is measured by the root meansquared error (RMSE), and L = 100 is the number of Monte Carlo runs Figure shows the RMSE ofthe estimated coupling coefficients versus signal-to-noise ... algorithm was proposed for the fast recovery ofthe signal with one snapshot of receiving signals inthe presence of mutual coupling, based on 2D D3 LS algorithm for URA Then, utilizing the 2-D...
... trees, assumptions about whether these trees reflect population trees, calibrations of molecular clocks and mutation rates ofthe genes being studied All these components have uncertainties inherent ... but by simulating DNA sequences it also incorporates the effect of mutational variance This makes it possible to use the amount of lineage sorting in extant populations, as measured by the number ... climate-induced shifts inthe Pleistocene on distribution of populations, and thus on speciation, include the use of ecological-niche modeling to predict past geographic distributions of ancestral source...
... frequency of suppressions However, the disturbance due to fungus disease produced an initial increase inthe frequency of releases, followed by an increase inthe frequency of growth suppressions ... identified inthe study area onthe basis ofthe distribution of growth releases The number and density of releases, the mean and maximum PGC values, and the change in percentage of suppressions ofthe ... rise of a growth release Thus the effects of disturbances inthe deviation chronology are not necessarily synchronized with the sequence of growth releases In spite of these limitations, the results...
... heterogeneous The presence of disease susceptibility alleles may define subsets of patients with different disease courses, including patients with mild, nonerosive disease and those with a true RA phenotype ... non-SE alleles Statistical analysis The age at RA diagnosis and the duration of RA at inclusion in ExRA cases and non-ExRA controls with RA were compared using the t test The sex distribution, the ... limiting the generalizability ofthe results Most studies were not sufficiently powered to examine the effect of linkage disequilibrium within the MHC, including HLA-DQB1 alleles Previous investigations...
... Socioeconomic status in Australian populations is determined using Census of Population and Housing data (referred to as ‘census’ here) collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics every five years [11] ... reports onall hospital separations for all admissions A hospital separation is defined as ‘an episode of care’ provided during a single Table International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes ... hospital admission, therefore, one patient may record multiple hospital separations during a single admission For the purposes of this study, separations recorded during 2005/06 for ICD codes...
... interview guide will also ask for participants' opinions regarding the usefulness ofthe intervention The interview guides are based on previously published guides for assessing barriers and supports ... interview guide is based on previously published guides for assessing barriers and supports [80], and has been structured to understand components of an intervention strategy considered useful to ... the best probability of success The relevance and pragmatic utility ofthe OMRU for guiding implementation of innovations (including nursing guidelines) has been demonstrated in previous research...
... interview guide will also ask for participants' opinions regarding the usefulness ofthe intervention The interview guides are based on previously published guides for assessing barriers and supports ... interview guide is based on previously published guides for assessing barriers and supports [80], and has been structured to understand components of an intervention strategy considered useful to ... the best probability of success The relevance and pragmatic utility ofthe OMRU for guiding implementation of innovations (including nursing guidelines) has been demonstrated in previous research...
... populations making the results of this study meaningful for other Holstein populations Variability of accuracy of GEBVs Results of this study demonstrate that the accuracy of GEBVs is not constant ... information considerably better than G-BLUP The question arises why G-BLUP was mostly as good as BayesB and superior to P-BLUP despite the underlying prior assumptions for SNP effects, causing strong ... accuracy of 0.8 for the offspring of 1,000 training individuals inthe simulations by [42] compared to the accuracies of this study Therefore additional information from cosegregation should...
... on study results ofthe dissertation, the author proposes several solutions such as individualization, application of individual cultural factors in advertisements of consumer electronics; minization ... variables Hypothesis 4a (H4a): Innate consumer innovativeness has positive impact (+) onthe intention purchasing new consumer electronics Structure of research samples is built statistically in terms ... controlled Thus, it can be concluded that one ofthe four individual cultural factors has an impactonthe frequency of purchasing new consumer electronics of consumers The second model is suitable...
... and in foreign market (external substitution) In Russia, after the currency crisis in 1998, internal substitution reduced the consumption of high-quality but expensive imported goods and increase ... synchronized actions in fiscal policy, income, etc Devaluations must be considered in combination with other policies Lessons learnt from the Black Tuesday in Russia in 1989 would remind us about ... Research Methodology The author uses a combination of research methodologies including literature study, qualitative analysis, comparative study, etc Besides, the thesis also investigates this...
... long discussions onthe history of Vietnam and other historical topics I wish to thank Sara Jones and Sony Karsono for their support of my study Other friends of mine inthe Southeast Asian Studies ... variety of impacts onthe material and spiritual life ofthe Vietnamese people This thesis examines people s opinion concerning several specific issues, such as perceptions ofthe outside world, the ... stories Among the sources for this thesis, there are three main classifications Due to the limited sources that I can access for this thesis, literature (including novels, short stories, poems),...
... T-test and questionnaires Part C is the conclusion which discusses the major findings and limitations ofthe research, then suggests teaching implications and proposes some suggestions for further ... results Research hypotheses and questions In order to achieve the above purposes, the study was designed to test the following hypotheses: Null hypothesis: The students who take part inthe experiment ... in previous lessons for communication when needed In other words, they soon forget words they have just acquired The main aim of this study therefore is to investigate theimpactof repetition...
... access to other resources for the firm Second, connections with political institutions provide benefits to the firm, such as information, physical resources and social status Finally, firms’ political ... out that entrepreneurs obtain access to business license by spending resources on politicians such as hiring the politician upon retirement Following studies on political connections have defined ... out the entrants or as a result of increasing market supply Empirically, several studies have examined incumbent pricing responses to entry, yielding inconsistent results Some find that incumbents...
... letting the students formulate a conclusion and explain to the class why; as well as using questions where this involves the different ways of using questions inthe classroom to stimulate discussion ... discussion Reciprocal peer questioning involves a post-lecture small group discussion In reader 's questions, these require students to write questions on assigned reading and turn them in at the ... Skills Critical writing skills are defined by the following characteristics which include using the writing process to practice the habits and processes of successful writers; writing in various...
... accounting literature) and practitioners since the early 199 0s Its strengthen lies in its emphasis on value creation but it has been accused of an excessive focus onthe shortterm and undervaluation ... profitability, share of new customers, etc but they increasingly include qualitative indicators such as customer satisfaction, customer retention or brand familiarity These findings confirm the ... their perceptions about the company and its products Brown (2000) considers that managing relationships with customers is revolutionizing marketing and redefining business models In this sense,...
... Accounting Business School Loughborough University Leicestershire LE11 3TU UK E w.b.seal@lboro.ac.uk Amanda Ball Professor of Accounting College of Business and Economics University of Canterbury ... developing necessary skills in contract negotiation and monitoring on a rather ad hoc basis Since these areas seemed to be seen as the responsibility of finance staff, professional accounting bodies ... Printed in Great Britain The publishers of this document consider that it is a worthwhile contribution to discussion, without necessarily sharing the views expressed which are those ofthe authors...
... mother or family, but also onthe receptivity ofthe existing urban population and municipal authorities and institutions, and the conditions underlying migration :the reasons for the move and intended ... rural and urban nonmigrant women inthe ten years preceding each survey These constitute the samples used for most ofthe calculations and analyses in this study Rural-urban migrants are considered ... characterize most urban residents in developing countries, and is consistent with gross disparities in economic opportunities and housing quality between urban and rural areas of most countries It is apparent...