... grow quickly and others not That is, the variation in the dependent variables comes from both the time series andthe cross-sections, and some pooling of data is necessary to address the questions ... data, and note significant deviations betweenthe PWT 6.0 and PWT 5.6 results The PWT 6.0 data contain more observations than the PWT 5.6 data, but when matched with the data for other variables the ... and liberalization, on the one hand, and growth and growth volatility, on the other, were tradeoffs in democracies We explore briefly both lines of inquiry as a guide to further research 13 The...
... the only protein with which one can biochemically assay both DNA endonuclease and RNA maturase activities in vitro This investigation provides the first step in the study of therelationshipbetween ... lost in about 45 The substitution of either Na+ for K+ or acetate for Cl– ions, as well as the inclusion of 0.1 mgÆmL)1 BSA did not increase the stability of the protein and slowed the reaction rate ... slow release of the cleavage products from the protein The amplitudes of the initial burst (2.78 and 2.83 nM) gave a ratio of DNA/protein of 0.94 : As will be discussed further, these data indicate...
... banks to their customers, therefore they have effects on the behaviour of borrowers and consequently on the real economy On the other hand, prices set by banks influence their profitability and soundness ... parentheses Daggers ‡ and † denote significance at the 5% and 10% levels, respectively For the LR tests we report the degrees of freedom of the chi-square statistics in parentheses andthe corresponding ... in the deterministic components for the assessment of the cointegration properties of the systems The estimated long-run cointegration relationships between bank and interbank rates assumes the...
... our understanding of malignancy in RA forward but raises many important questions for future research First, as much of the literature they cite (and most of the patients included in the meta-analysis) ... backgrounds influence the risk for malignancies in RA patients, thereby suggesting a genetic link between these diseases Second, in the case of lung cancer it would be very useful to improve the control ... V: Anti-TNF antibody therapy in rheumatoid arthritis andthe risk of serious infections and malignancies: systematic review and meta-analysis of rare harmful effects in randomized controlled...
... by anti-TNF therapy in this and other studies after years [35,27], there are also other factors [4] to be considered to explain this major difference to response to therapy between these two diseases ... write the manuscript JL analysed the data, performed the statistical evaluation, and helped to write the manuscript MR and JS helped to write the manuscript JB helped to conceive of the idea for the ... In this study, the primary outcome was based on the analysis of VEs because the patterns of spinal inflammation andthe development of syndesmophytes are likely to differ in andbetween individuals...
... much of the literature reviewing and contributed to the writing of the report HJM contributed to appraising the content andthe writing of the report CDS contributed to the supervision and conceptualisation ... dysphoric mood and low self-esteem that increases the risk of over-eating The reasons for the non-linearity of therelationshipbetween BMI and psychological adjustment require further exploration ... wellbeing However, the variation in published findings are unlikely to be wholly explained by the different measures employed Rather, there may be genuine differences in therelationshipbetween childhood...
... some of the practitioner value derived from academic research to the 11 front of the process, thereby improving the partnership between researchers and businesses 1.5 Organization of the Dissertation ... propositions based on the literature Chapter describes the research methods used to test and analyze the positions Chapter discusses the results and potential threats to their validity and generalizability ... study aims to capture and quantify therelationshipbetween lean manufacturing management practices and financial performance at both the operations and business levels The literature review...
... the results did not reveal a significant relationshipbetween current values of the ratio betweenthe market value andthe book value of company equity and governance indices (the GIM Index and ... which the companies included in the research database operate The difference betweenthe Tobin’s Q ratio for each company andthe median ratio for the respective sector represents the ∆Q, andthe ... in the dividend distribution rate, a 9.9% increase for the ratio betweenthe market value andthe book value of the capital and a 2.7 % increase of the Tobin’s Q ratio for a 1% increase in the...
... (1976) studied the relation betweenthe delaying of corporate financial reporting in New Zealand companies and both of the company volume andthe company activity andthe company profit, and it get ... to the energy companies andthe other services companies from the companies in New Zealand Gilling (1977) explainthe reason to the audit report delaying to the auditing offices volume, since the ... completely and there are standards Inapplicable on practically Although they are found in the generated laws Of the companies andthe financial market, and this returns to the poor awareness of the...
... input then words by giving the meaning of the words, by illustrating pictures and real objects, by writing them on the board and then giving the meanings of the words, asking them to listen and ... of the study This thesis consists of three parts The first part is the introduction including the rationale for the study, aims of the study, methods of the study, scope of the study andthe ... selected randomly The researcher asked the form teachers of the classes for permission to explainthe purpose, importance of the study and clarify some questions if they came up Secondly, the researcher...
... F (the so-called structure function [5]) and vector (X1 , Xn , W1 , Wp ) where n is the number of components of the models (and leaves of the DFT) and p is the number of PAND gates in the ... Now, we change the initial step of the simulation When we draw the random number, we check if un < S In that case we trigger the event in the subtree and we compute the value of the PAND gate If ... the three new gates: SEQ, SPARE and FDEP For the structure function, SPARE and SEQ gates are similar to an AND gate They only differ by the rates of the transition which are state dependent The...
... agenda-setting between blogs and traditional mass media Outside the United States, the literature on therelationshipbetweenthe mass media and blogs appears to be non-existent Therefore, this thesis ... also found in another study on the coverage of the issue of cocaine between 1985 and 1986, with the New York Times taking the lead in setting the agenda for other newspapers and television networks ... revealed that the candidates’ websites directly set the public’s agenda Ku, et al (2003) noted that while the exact functional relationships betweenthe candidates’ websites andthe public’s agenda...
... 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 ... cheeses According to the eigenvalues (percentage by which variation is explained in the biplot), 70% of the variation is explained by dimension 1, and almost 15% of the variation is explained by dimension ... 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...
... On the other hand, Ballmer has reduced a level of management to manage more easily and efficiently Microsoft structure is less flat therefore, the span of control is narrower andthe gap between ... just about technology It’s also about improving the way the company handles relationships with customers and others in the technology industry” Further, specific manifestations of culture are people ... work well, entrepreneurial style and spirit, good judgment and consensus building skills…etc Therelationshipbetween an organization’s structure and culture andthe effects on business performance:...
... 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 ... theory, labor theory, and others have attempted to explaintherelationshipbetween CEO compensation and firm performance Furthermore, managerial discretion as defined by Hambrick and Finkelstein ... 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...
... companies rather than bonds The paper has two objectives The first is to examine therelationshipbetween credit default swap spreads and bond yields The second is to examine therelationshipbetween ... less than the swap rate The second part of the paper looks at therelationshipbetween credit default swap spreads and credit ratings Some previous research has looked at therelationshipbetween ... is betweenthe Treasury rate andthe swap rate 16 C The Benchmark Risk-Free Rate To investigate the benchmark risk-free rate further we examined the statistics of r − rT and r − rS where r is the...