... 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 0advisory council forthe Institute.21‘‘(b) RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND INFORMATION AND 22EDUCATION.—23‘‘(1) ... regarding theimpactof environmentalfactors on women’s health and disease prevention.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1tives ofthe United States of America in Congress assembled,2SECTION ... stem1from environmental factors.2‘‘(d) COORDINATION OF CENTERS; REPORTS. The3 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 Model23 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 dps1 = 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 nosignificant 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 cleaningprofession.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 workorganization variables. Results ... rotation, based on the theoretical assumption that some correlation would existamong the factors. Data considerations and statisticalassumptions 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 lifeUnivariate 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 ... toperform 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 toprovide further information about the survey. Tworeminders 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 JAparticipated in the drafting ofthe article. All authors contributed to a criticalrevision of ... than the general EUpopulation. The Spanish version ofthe questionnairehas demonstrated acceptable validity and reliability[33,34]. In this study, only responses from adolescents and youths on...
... CO2econtri-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 60kg of CO2e, 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, HSproofread the manuscript and...
... Conclusions and Future WorkAccurate evaluation of mobility impactonthe routing proto-cols requires the testing of different mobility patterns. Other-wise, the observations made andthe conclusions ... mobilitymodels onthe performance of Bypass-AODV and AODVrouting protocols.5.1. Impactof Node Speeds on TCP Connection Length. Letus first present the statistical results fortheimpactof nodeEURASIP ... has the following two main objectives.(1) To study theimpactof other well-known randommobility models, Random Walk (RW) [5 ]and Random Direction Mobility (RDM) [3], on the performance of the...
... to the poor also depends onthe quality of servicesprovided. The responsiveness of transport and energy ser-vices to the needs ofthe poor is partly a function of publicpolicy 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 ... greaterbenefits 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...