Economics and business topic list of research papers
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The Effect of Stud Shape on Penetration Characteristics Through Synthesized Natural Turf in Football
Abstract The aim of this study was to provide information to footwear manufacturers to assist improvements in player performance and injury rates. Custom-made studs were dropped onto a synthesised natural turf surface using a bespoke instrument...
2014 / Robindronath Dé, David James -
Modelling the Acoustics of a Golf Ball Impacting a Titanium Plate
Abstract Finite element techniques are often applied to the design and development of golf clubs. While distance and accuracy are the primary design characteristics, the acoustics of the ball/club impact play an important role in player perception....
2014 / Tom Allen, Jim Gough, David Koncan, David James, Eric Morales, et al. -
The Effect of Buckle Closure and Temperature on the In-vivo Flexibility of Ski-boots: A Pilot Study
Abstract Stiffness properties of ski-boots in forward/backward flexion are fundamental in characterizing their level of performance considering that they have to transmit control loads from the skier to the skis. Despite their importance, the...
2014 / Nicola Petrone, Giuseppe Marcolin, Matteo Cognolato, Patrick Hofer, Werner Nachbauer -
Investigation of Advanced Energy Saving Stand by Strategies for Production Systems
Abstract Switching machinery into standby during non-productive phases for saving energy is rarely applied in today's production environments. Frequent reasons for this are lack of information on potential benefits and the uncertainty on resulting,...
2014 / Nils Weinert, Christian Mose -
QFD – Method for eLearning Systems Evaluation
Abstract Our study consists of the identification of the eLearning systems users’ requests. The main objective of our study is to determine an optimum between users’ requirements and available technical resources of the system. In order to apply the ...
2013 / Monica Leba, Andreea Cristina Ionica, Eduard Edelhauser -
Some issues related to the practice of immunization
Abstract This article reviews the basic principles of immunization, identifies the components of the practice of immunization, and points to some of the issues specific to that practice that will need to be taken into account as the vaccines of the...
2004 / David M. Salisbury -
La habilidad de los directivos y su papel mediador entre formación e innovación
Resumen El objetivo de este artículo es comprobar cómo la formación que reciben los directivos y la habilidad directiva influyen en la innovación que se produce en la empresa. Usando una muestra de 316 grandes empresas españolas se obtiene que la...
2014 / María Isabel Barba-Aragón -
Enhancing Internal Quality Assurance Mechanism at HEI through Responsive Program Evaluation
Abstract Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) should be more responsive and routinely take proactive role in quality assurance in time with the internationalization of education and massification of enrolment in academic programs offered. This can...
2014 / Ahmad Saruddin Endut -
Project Cost Management – Global Issues and Challenges
Abstract This paper examines the global issues and challenges facing the project cost management profession. This relates to professionals in the fields of quantity surveying, cost engineering, project controls and project managers providing cost...
2014 / Peter Smith -
University Students Entrepreneurial Intention: Perception of Commerce Students at Tehran Region
Abstract Iran's entrepreneurial Total Early-Stage Acuity (TEA) among the 51 countries that Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) has studied in 2009 is increased dramatically (GEM Iran, 2010). It is up to the country's higher education to sustain...
2013 / Mohammad Shirazi Pour, Mohammad Hosein Nooriaee, Jafar Heydari -
Study Concerning the Conflict Prevention within the Handball Teams
Abstract The handball teams are in fact small groups. The small group comprises a number of persons in interaction, regulated by individually recognized standards, aimed at achieving one or more purposes, goals, and the components are differentiated ...
2013 / Hantau Cezar, Igorov Maria, Manos Mihaela, Caracas Valentin, Hantau Cristina -
Effects of Entrepreneurial Characteristic of Public and Private Tehran School Principals on Evaluation of Innovativeness
Abstract The Iran's Ministry of Education has started extensive efforts in order to enhance innovation in schools so that staff structure and planning as well as management and scheduling of cultural and educational capacity of schools are better...
2013 / Ali Nejatbakhsh Esfahani, Mohammad Shirazi Pour -
Confronting Challenges of Contingency: Using a Web-Based Patient Record for Ulcer Care
Abstract In the Norwegian authorities’ “Coordination Reform”, insufficient coordination is considered the main reason that people with chronic diseases lose out in health care. Thus, the purpose of the web-based ulcer record at the University...
2013 / Anne G. Ekeland -
“We Look Beyond the Cancer to See the Person”: The Healing Path of Female Cancer Survivor
Abstract The purpose of this study was to understand the lived survivorship experience of Portuguese women with gynaecological cancer. A phenomenological hermeneutical method, inspired by Ricoeur’ theory of interpretation was employed. Ten women...
2014 / Carlos Laranjeira, Paula Ponce Leão, Isabel Leal -
How does the Size Effect Influence the Romanian Investors’ Strategy?
Abstract The size effect implies that small firms experience large returns. This paper examines the size effect pattern on the Romanian stock market. The observation period was divided into sub–periods: January 2003 – December 2007 before crisis and ...
2013 / Cristina Balint -
Developing a Religiosity Scale for Iranian College Student
Abstract The present study was designed to develop a religiosity scale to be used with university students. 2182 university students studying at the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels were selected through stratified random sampling...
2013 / Mohammad Khodayarifard, Bagher Ghobari–Bonab, Mohsen Shokoohi–Yekta, Ali Naghi Faghihi, Ahmad Beh-Pajooh, et al. -
Does Phonological Treatment That Improves Picture-naming Generalize to Discourse Production?2013 / D. Kempler, M. Goral, D. Kendall
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Peculiarities Regarding Creativity in Paranoid Schizophrenia
Abstract Creativity, a real hallmark of our human condition, is far from being understood in its intimate mechanisms. Therefore, approaching it in close relation with psychopathology can provide valuable data. Aiming at underlining creativity...
2014 / Atudorei Anca-Laura -
Aspects of Biomechanical Research Related to the Techniques Used by Jumping Athletes for Performance Improvement
Abstract All over the world, jumping athletes (male and female) use two techniques in triple jumping events, that are known under the names of plate technique (balanced technique) and high technique (hop dominant technique), which can be influenced...
2014 / Stoica Marius -
Designing a Problem-oriented, Multi-disciplinary Curriculum: Integrating Human Sciences and Exact Sciences
Abstract This paper discusses the design of a curriculum with its main focus on human-oriented scientific knowledge and how this can be exploited to develop support for humans in their day-to-day environment by means of advanced devices. The aim was ...
2013 / Jan Treur