Economics and business topic list of research papers
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What most Matters in Strengthening Educational Competitiveness?: An Application of FS/QCA Method
Abstract This study was conducted in order to investigate the relationships between different factors affecting educational competitiveness, which is crucial to enhancing national competitiveness in every country, and to put forward policy...
2015 / Young-Chool Choi, Ji-Hye Lee -
The Influence of Different Variables in Evaluation within the Building Degree in the Polytechnic University of Madrid
Abstract In this paper we have analyzed different factors that affect the subject “Prevention and Safety I” evaluation, within the Building Degree from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and its influence in its students’ learning, in order to...
2015 / M. Nieves González García, Alfonso Cobo Escamilla, Esther Moreno Fernández, M. Isabel Prieto Barrio, Pilar de la Rosa García -
A Multiple-room, Continuous Beam Delivery, Hadron-therapy Installation
Abstract A proton-therapy hospital installation, based on multiple beam extraction systems from a fixed-field synchrotron, is presented and commented. Potential interest as hospital operation efficiency, as well as estimates of the impact of...
2015 / F. Méot -
Preserving Javanese Culture through Retail Activities in Pasar Beringharjo, Yogyakarta
Abstract Being the earliest traditional market in Yogyakarta, the market of Beringharjo, known as Pasar Beringharjo, has had cultural meaning since it was built in 1758. It has been standing near Keraton Nyayogyakarta Hadiningrat as a reflection of...
2015 / Emmelia Tricia Herliana -
Development of a Technological Platform for Implementing VTBC Programs
Abstract This paper presents the architecture of a technology platform constructed for the purpose of conducting personalised campaigns for promoting sustainable transportation. In particular, the proposed platform is designed to automate phases and ...
2014 / Italo Meloni, Benedetta Sanjust, Giuseppe Delogu, Eleonora Sottile -
A Lie-group Approach for Solving Backward Two-dimensional Nonlinear Klein-gordon Equation
Abstract In this paper, the backward two-dimensional nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation is solved by using a Lie-group approach. Because the solution does not continuously depend on the presented data, the inverse problem is famous for seriously...
2014 / Chih-Wen Chang, Chia-Chen Kuo -
Drug costs and benefits of medical treatments in high-unmet need solid tumours in the Nordic countries
Abstract Introduction Regional and hospital decision-makers increasingly require analyses assessing the cost-benefit profile of new cancer drugs. This analysis evaluates the cost-benefit profile of nano albumin-bound paclitaxel...
2016 / Pia Osterlund, Halfdan Sorbye, Per Pfeiffer, Anders Johnsson, Filipe Rodrigues, et al. -
Assessment of vulnerability status of public school children and existing school health programmes in Osun State, Nigeria
Abstract This study was designed to assess the vulnerability status of school children, the public health response to their care and support while at the same time offers strategic suggestions for improved school health programmes. ...
2016 / Adekemi E. Olowokere, Funmilayo A. Okanlawon -
A Tobacco Cessation Intervention with Rural, Medically Underserved, Blue-collar Employees: A Quasiexperimental Study
Abstract Background The aim of this study was to increase knowledge regarding the dangers associated with tobacco use, and decrease secondhand smoke exposure and tobacco use behaviors with an antitobacco messaging campaign among...
2016 / Telisa Stewart, Margaret K. Formica, Anna M. Adachi-Mejia, Dongliang Wang, Meg Gerrard -
Correlation between burnout and professional value in Chinese oncology nurses: A questionnaire survey
Abstract Objective To investigate the relationship between job burnout and professional value in oncology nurses. Methods The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and...
2015 / Fang Cheng, Ai-feng Meng, Tao Jin -
Development of e-portfolio Management System towards Thai Qualifications Framework for Higher Education
Abstract This research aims to develop the E-Portfolio Management System (EPMS) in support of the Thai Qualifications Framework for Higher Education (TQF: HEd). The system was based on the need analysis of 183 instructors and 261 students and tested ...
2015 / Prakob Koraneekij, Jintavee Khlaisang -
Analyzing of Correlation of Knowledge Capital of V4 Countries by Selected Factors
Abstract The knowledge capital of the country measured by total factor productivity can be accumulated either by own innovation activities or by import of foreign technologies. Import of technology can be made through the so-called technological...
2015 / Peter Ďurka -
Psychosocial job quality in a national sample of working Australians: A comparison of persons working with versus without disability
Abstract Objectives There is growing international policy interest in disability employment, yet there has been little investigation of job quality among people working with disability. This study uses Australian national data to...
2016 / Anthony D. LaMontagne, L. Krnjacki, A. Milner, P. Butterworth, A. Kavanagh -
Integrated Care Concept using Smart Items and Cloud Infrastructure
Abstract In this paper, we explain the OpSIT approach of an integrated cloud system targeting health care facilities and their care staff. Main objective is providing a platform that integrates different smart items in order to support care...
2015 / Johannes Schubert, Sarfaraz Ghulam, Lisardo Prieto-González -
Measurement of Force Impact Taekwondo Athletes, Assessing the Possibility of Injury of Human Head
Abstract The article presents the results of measurements impact taekwondo athletes to the board which opens after hitting stroke. Measured values are compared with the results of scientific studies that dealt with human head injuries due to the...
2016 / Martin Svoboda, Josef Soukup, Karel Jelen, Petr Kubový -
Study of the Cardan Cross Using the Experimental and Analytical Method
Abstract The work presents the approach of the finite element investigation of the cardanic transmission joint. We treat the problem of structural behaviour, namely analyses that target the strength-related behaviour. It is thus sought to determine...
2015 / Eugen Avrigean, Adrian Marius Pascu, Valentin Stefan Oleksik -
Preservice Elementary Mathematics Teachers’ Written Views on the Concept of Instructional Activity
Abstract The purpose of this study is to reveal the views of preservice elementary mathematics teachers on the concept of instructional activity. Of qualitative research patterns, the case study method has been employed in this study. The research...
2015 / Ferhat Öztürk, Ahmet Işık, Bilge Öztürk -
Content Curators as the Actors in Educational Events
Abstract The purpose of the content curator's practice is the consolidation and the structuring of Internet information (which is distributed and scattered in the different areas of social or educational activities) with the author's interpretation...
2015 / Olga Shamina, Viacheslav Starodubtsev -
The Significance of Amenable Mortality Quantification for Financing the Health System in Slovakia
Abstract The indicators’ values of health condition of the Slovak citizens significantly lag behind the most developed countries. The issue of healthy inhabitants is more connected with a treatment of bad health condition than with a non-health...
2015 / Beáta Gavurová, Tatiana Vagašová -
Calibrating Numerical Model by Neural Networks: A Case Study for the Simulation of the Indoor Temperature of a Building
Abstract This paper proposes a method using neural networks to calibrate numerical models. The approach passes the output of numerical model to a neural network for calibration. An experimental study was conducted using a simulation of unheated and...
2015 / Xiaoshu Lü, Tao Lu, Martti Viljanen