... equation (1). The lag is often justified with the view that the impact ofhealth behaviors on health requires time. In this case, and omittingunobservables à for the sake of simplicity, thehealth production ... εicgbt(24)where X is a vector of controls, B the vector of behaviors, ε isthe error term, i denotes the individual, c the country, t the year ofthe interview, g gender, and b isthe birthcohort.Following ... balance of these effects is tilted in favor ofthe first.Finally, we consider an alternative and more objective measure ofhealth outcome, the number of chronic diseases. While this number is reported...
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... research, the authors attend to two areas of project management from nine existing areas, because of the operation ofthe conceptual model. One is integration management and the other is communications ... assuring customer satisfaction (Kirsilä et al., 2007). By these definitions, and due to theimportanceofthe role of project management in the success of projects, the authors consider related ... feedback, the purpose ofthe conceptual model, some background of the research that lead to the development ofthe model, and key 11852 Afr. J. Bus. Manage. Figure 5. Trend of project management...
... price of a mousetrap?Customers no longer need to know the price of servers, software and the rest ofthe parts making up the IT service stack. This knowledge is as useful as knowing the price of ... I discuss one functional transformation that has taken placed as a result of cloud services, namely; the impact on the assessment of value. This is a timely discourse as the vast majority of ... mousetrap. Customers, however, must know the price ofthe equivalent services from other cloud providers. This is the crucial performance measure. It is only this performance measure that constitutes...
... only these kinds of studies are rigorous, as will be discussed in Section 2 of this report.2. Synthesise what these studies tell us about: a. The impact of microfinance on the incomes of the ... brings together all these studies, and assesses the nature ofthe evidence ofthe impact of microfinance on the poor in SSA.Given this paucity, the particular nature of MFIs in SSA, and the policy ... poor b. The impact of microfinance on wider poverty/wealth ofthe poor c. The impact of microfinance on other non-financial outcomes for the poor. The volume and nature ofthe evidence is varied...
... prevented them from trading quite as they wished, the cases on the use of goods discussed in this Article signal the end ofthe slippery slope approach of allowing any expansion ofthe type of measures ... firm rejection of siren calls in favor oftheimportanceofthe unity of the internal market within the European Union. II. PARADISE REGAINED? The first ofthe cases under discussion to come ... on freedom of movement, namely the criterion of access to the market.”80 This would be “based on the effect ofthe measure on access to the market rather than on the object ofthe rules involved.”...
... that establishes a reasonable linkbetween the NSES and the professional development system, then the evidence ofthe influence ofthe NSES on the systemof professional development is variable. ... discussion ofthe quality ofthe empirical evidence base at the end of each section.TABLE 3-1 Matrix ofthe Quality ofthe Evidence and Different Components ofthe Professional Development System Quality ... the model is a promising approach to capturing some ofthe policy and structural influences ofthe NSES on the systems that undergird the delivery of professional development. Likewise, the Eisenhower...
... year.29 These statistics are alarming and disturbing for the healthofthe nation. The good news is that research has revealed that health risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of ... development is more likely to result in the desired healthy behavior when practicing the skill is tied to the content of a specific health behavior or health decision. The most effective method of ... National Health Statistics Group; U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis; and U.S. Bureau ofthe Census. 11 Soni A. Personal health behaviors for heart disease prevention among the...
... measure the quality ofthe legal system and enforcement (i.e., efficiency ofthe judicial system, rule of law, and corruption index). SIZE isthe book value of total assets at the end ofthe fiscal ... We use the natural log ofthe size variable in the analysis. Financial leverage (LEV) is measured as the ratio of total debt to the sum of total debt plus book value of equity. GROWTH isthe annual ... we benchmark the variability of operating earnings to the variability ofthe cash flow from operations. Specifically, the measure is computed as the ratio ofthe standard deviation of operating...
... were in the southern axis ofthe local government. Each ofthe polit-ical wards served as a cluster. The first step was tochoose whether the northern part or the southern partbecame the experimental ... There was almostno change in the use of these modes of treatment in the control group. Worthy of note isthe fact that the use of herbs and other drugs were not significantly influenced by health ... in the proportion of respondents using the correct dose of arthemisinin-based combination therapy in the home managementof malariaand 23.9% (P < 0.001) in the proportion using it for the...