... In 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 ... importance of customer satisfaction, customer retention and
other parameters related to the customer, whereas the role ofthe employees, their satisfaction,
loyalty andthe link between these variables ... (Day and Wensley, 1988), the lack of consensus in relation to the number of measures
and the subsequent difficulty for making comparisons (Clark, 1999; Ambler and Kokkinaki,
1997).
The reasons...
... section in consultation with the Director of1 9
the Office of Research on Women’s Health and with the2 0
advisory council forthe Institute.21
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‘‘(1) ... regarding theimpactof environmental
factors on women’s health and disease prevention.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives ofthe United States of America in Congress assembled,2
SECTION ... stem1
from environmental factors.2
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Director ofthe Institute shall, as appropriate, provide for4
the coordination of information among centers under...
... capturing theimpactof
inflation andthe effects ofthe fiscal-monetary policy mix; (iii) indicators forthe openness of
the economy and external competitiveness (such as the sum of export and import ...
creation ofthe monetary union andthe introduction ofthe euro. A list ofthe variables used in
the various regression models, as well as the sources of data, is presented in Appendix 1.
The ... growth rate ofthe population andthe ratio ofthe non-working age population to the
working age population, split between old and young dependency ratio; (iii) the level of
taxation (proxied...
...
Gordon Growth Model
Gordon and Gordon (1997) transform the dividend growth model using analysts’
forecasts of dividends and earnings as proxies forthe market’s expectations. Gordon and Gordon ...
Ohlson and Juettner-Nauroth (2005) Economy-Wide Growth Model
23
Ohlson and Juettner-Naroth (2005) utilize a series of mathematical transformations and
assumptions to convert the Gordon growth ... Method
Easton and Monohan (2005) convert the economy-wide growth model by assuming a no
abnormal earnings growth beyond the second period and dps
1
= 0. These two assumptions allow
the economy-wide...
... pesticides. The level of energy consumption and greenhouse gas
emissions depends onthe production system, for example, whether organic or not, andon
the product mix, i.e., the mix of crops and livestock. ... this topic often focus ontheimpactof
dietary choices either on energy and emissions or onthe availability of land, e.g., in the
studies conducted by Carlsson-Kanyama [4], Eshel and Martin ... options forthe use of biogas for heat and electricity production. One option is
combined heat and power generation, andthe other option is to feed upgraded biogas into
the natural gas grid for...
... in the Exercisers. There was no
significant difference between Exercisers and Non-exercis-
ers onthe cognitive component ofthe MFIS.
The impactof disease severity on fatigue, depression and ... QoL and fatigue scores (Table 2).
There was an interaction effect forthe Physical Function,
Bodily Pain and Physical Component Summary Score of
the SF36 (Figures 4, 5 and 6).
The influence ofthe ... 0.312) ofthe SF36 andthe Physical (r = -0.250)
and Psychosocial (r = -0.257) scales ofthe MFIS.
Discussion
The purpose of this study was to compare fatigue, depres-
sion and QoL scores in persons...
... of frequent on -the- job social contact and good col-
legial relationships for women working in the cleaning
profession.
Acknowledgements
The study was supported by grants from the Confederation ... relative risk in the logistic regression models.
Table 3 displays the correlation matrix forthe 4 dimen-
sions of psychosocial work conditions andthe three work
organization variables. Results ... rotation, based on the
theoretical assumption that some correlation would exist
among the factors. Data considerations and statistical
assumptions were met: data was quantitative at the inter-
val...
... between Exercisers and Non-exercis-
ers onthe cognitive component ofthe MFIS.
The impactof disease severity on fatigue, depression and
quality of life
Univariate analysis of variance between ... forthe Physical Function,
Bodily Pain and Physical Component Summary Score of
the SF36 (Figures 4, 5 and 6).
The influence ofthe quantity of regular physical activity
on fatigue, depression ... to
perform physical tasks, or improves a patients' perception
of theimpact their disability has on their physical func-
tioning. This improved QoL in the physical function, and
physical component...
... consent for return ofthe com-
pleted questionnaire. A telephone hotline was used to
provide further information about the survey. Two
reminders were sent in cases of non-response (after two
and ... conception and design ofthe study.
EVO, SRF, GV and JAPV analyzed the data. EVO, JMV, MH, MF, LR and JA
participated in the drafting ofthe article. All authors contributed to a critical
revision of ... than the general EU
population. The Spanish version ofthe questionnaire
has demonstrated acceptable validity and reliability
[33,34]. In this study, only responses from adolescents
and youths on...
... CO
2
econtri-
bution of conventional agricultural production.
Accounting for all sources, the production of 1 t of
wheat yields a CED of 676 kWh and emissions of 3 60
kg of CO
2
e, where 31% ofthe CED and ... options
for the use of biogas for heat and electricity production.
One option is combined heat and power generation, and
the other option is to feed upgraded biogas into the nat-
ural gas grid for ... wrote the manuscript, and
was responsible for textual design ofthe paper. HS contributed to the
underlying assumptions andthe scenario definition. Furthermore, HS
proofread the manuscript and...
... Conclusions and Future Work
Accurate evaluation of mobility impactonthe routing proto-
cols requires the testing of different mobility patterns. Other-
wise, the observations made andthe conclusions ... mobility
models onthe performance of Bypass-AODV and AODV
routing protocols.
5.1. Impactof Node Speeds on TCP Connection Length. Let
us first present the statistical results fortheimpactof node
EURASIP ... has the
following two main objectives.
(1) To study theimpactof other well-known random
mobility models, Random Walk (RW) [5 ]and
Random Direction Mobility (RDM) [3], on the
performance of the...
... to the poor also depends onthe quality of services
provided. The responsiveness of transport and energy ser-
vices to the needs ofthe poor is partly a function of public
policy and partly of ... of data and pub-
lished literature on poverty in Asia andthe Pacific, the
roles of growth and social development andof infrastruc-
ture in poverty reduction, theimpactofthe PRS on coun-
try-level ... greater
benefits of these programs forthe poor.
14. increase the flow of information to the poor.
15. by decreasing pressure on woodlands, protect
the access ofthe poor to natural capital.
16. increase the...