Economics and business topic list of research papers
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Notas acerca del movimiento natural de la población para el estudio de la salud perinatal
Resumen El movimiento natural de la población, publicado por el Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), constituye una fuente de enorme importancia para el estudio de la salud perinatal en el ámbito nacional. Sin embargo, se desconocen las...
2014 / Sol Pía Juárez -
Building damage from the 2011 Great East Japan tsunami: quantitative assessment of influential factors2014 / Natt Leelawat, Anawat Suppasri, Ingrid Charvet, Fumihiko Imamura
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Empirical Study of the influence of Urban Major Events on Land Use–with Shanghai Airport Park as an Example
Abstract With the impact of “Big HongQiao” event on the land readjustment in Airport Park as an example, the paper counted on the quantitative research of the land use change caused by major events. Considering single dynamic index of changes of...
2013 / N. Yao -
Managing the Limbe Floods: Considerations for Disaster Risk Reduction in Cameroon2014 / Roland Ndille, Johannes A. Belle
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Social Intelligence in Portuguese Students: Differences According to the School Grade
Abstract This study aims to present Portuguese students’ perceptions about their social intelligence and to analysis and discussion of the differences between groups according to their school grade. Participants are adolescents attending the 8th,...
2014 / Joana Carneiro Pinto, Liliana Faria, Maria do Céu Taveira -
Efficiency of PV Module under Real Working Conditions
Abstract This work illustrates the testing of a photovoltaic module (ISOFOTON I-100/24) under real operating conditions. The location of the test is in Adrar region in south Algeria. The module was exposed outdoor under cloudless sky during light...
2014 / Soualmi Hamou, Saadi Zine, Rahmani Abdellah -
The Benefits of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System Implementation in Dry Food Packaging Industry
Abstract The corporate competitive environment is being liberalized and globalized, therefore the organizations, especially dry food packaging industry, need greater interaction between their stakeholders. One of the problems organizations face to...
2014 / Samira Sadrzadehrafiei, Abdoulmohammad Gholamzadeh Chofreh, Negin Karimi Hosseini, Riza Sulaiman -
Deriving Personal Trip Data from GPS Data: A Literature Review on the Existing Methodologies
Abstract GPS technology was used in person trip (PT) survey since mid-1990, and this technology achieved its popularity because of the improvement of accuracy and portability of GPS device. Although GPS data could provide precise spatiotemporal...
2014 / Lei Gong, Takayuki Morikawa, Toshiyuki Yamamoto, Hitomi Sato -
Motorcycle accidents in China
Objective To analyze the characteristics and causes of motorcycle accidents in China from 2000 to 2005. Methods We collected data on possession of motorcycles and automobiles,...
2008 / Yang LI, Jun QIU, Guo-dong LIU, Ji-hong ZHOU, Liang ZHANG, et al. -
Scientific Outputs: Integration and Unification of Catalan CRIS Information Systems
Abstract Society increasingly demands quickly, easily and a homogeneous access to the information. Access to Internet, mobile devices, social networks as Facebook or ResearchGate, which create links between people to share data reaching anywhere in...
2014 / Núria Cuní -
Effects of Training on Cloud Computing Services on M-learning Perceptions and Adequacies
Abstract Cloud system users are able to access documents, photos or other data and used applications through their terminal devices such as PDAs, smartphones, tablets, PCs etc. that are connected to the network. However, there is no study on what...
2014 / Fezile Ozdamli, Huseyin Bicen -
Board affiliation and pay gap
Abstract This paper examines the effects of board affiliation on the corporate pay gap. Using a sample of Chinese listed firms from 2005 to 2011, we find that boards with a greater presence of directors appointed by block shareholders have lower pay ...
2014 / Shenglan Chen, Hui Ma, Danlu Bu -
Macroeconomic Factors and Corporate Capital Structure
Abstract The aim of this study is to indicate the influence of macroeconomic factors on corporate capital structure in different European countries. The recent Global Financial Crisis and the following European debt crisis show the significance of...
2014 / Natalia Mokhova, Marek Zinecker -
The Effect of Hypoglycemia on Health-Related Quality of Life: Canadian Results from a Multinational Time Trade-off Survey
Abstract Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of hypoglycemia according to severity and time of onset on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in a Canadian population. ...
2014 / Stewart Harris, Muhammad Mamdani, Claus B. Galbo-Jørgensen, Mette Bøgelund, Jens Gundgaard, et al. -
Who Benefits from R&D Tax Policy?
Abstract This paper explores which types of firms benefit more from the R&D fiscal incentives and the effect of this type of instrument on the performance of R&D activities. Spain is considered the most generous countries in the OECD in...
2013 / M. Beatriz Corchuelo, Ester Martínez-Ros -
Multivariate Fay–Herriot models for small area estimation
Abstract Multivariate Fay–Herriot models for estimating small area indicators are introduced. Among the available procedures for fitting linear mixed models, the residual maximum likelihood (REML) is employed. The empirical best predictor (EBLUP) of ...
2015 / Roberto Benavent, Domingo Morales -
Measuring Efficiency of Teaching Mathematics Online: Experiences with WeBWorK
Abstract Nowadays it is pretty common to use ICT in teaching in higher education. Efficiency of these tools – compared with the traditional ways of learning –, however, is not well known. In this paper I present the results of a research that I made ...
2013 / Peter Fejes Toth -
Effects of Aural-imitative and Aural-motivic Analyses on Higher-order Thinking Skill and Creative Musical Product in Music Improvisation
Abstract This study aims to investigate the effects of two teaching strategies, aural-imitative and aural-motivic analyses on higher-order thinking skill (HOT) and creative musical product (CMP) in music improvisation. The study employed a...
2014 / Cheong Ku Wing, Chua Yan Piaw, Pan Kok Chang -
Modeling Trip Attributes and Feasibility Study of co-ordinated Bus for School Trips of Children
Abstract This paper reports the results of a self-reporting survey (N = 821) that was conducted to examine the travel behaviour of primary school children in the study area of Vadodara city. In many Indian cities including metropolis, auto-rickshaw...
2013 / S.M. Dave, D.P. Raykundaliya, S.N. Shah -
Tablets as Primary Educational Computing Devices. An Impact Analysis on the Educational Landscape in an Austrian University
Abstract In this study, we analyze how tablet devices could be used as educational tools to support innovative educational practice in a university in Austria. Students and educators were issued tablet devices in 2011 across the full spectrum of...
2014 / Birgit Oberer, Alptekin Erkollar