Economics and business topic list of research papers
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Sparse Manifold Discriminant Embedding for Face Recognition
Abstract The sparse manifold clustering and embedding (SMCE) algorithm can be used to find a low-dimensional face manifold subspace. The neighborhoods are defined automatically and a sparse weight matrix is calculated with non zero values only for...
2016 / Rahul Kumar Nagar, Rashmi Manazhy, Praveen Sankaran -
Satisfaction Level of Gated and Guarded Community Residents (Case Study: Meru Hills, Ipoh)
Abstract Emphasis of this study is assessing the satisfaction level of residents in Gated and Guarded Community (GACOS) housing on 4 main characteristics: security and safety; social and the environment; status; and exclusivity; and recommending...
2016 / Thuraiya Mohd, Noraini Johari, Rohaya Abdul Ghani -
Inflation convergence in the EMU
Abstract We study the convergence properties of inflation rates among the countries of the European Monetary Union over the period 1980–2013. Recently developed panel unit root/stationarity tests cannot reject the stationarity hypothesis. This...
2016 / M. Karanasos, P. Koutroumpis, Y. Karavias, A. Kartsaklas, V. Arakelian -
Obstfeld and Rogoff׳s international macro puzzles: A quantitative assessment
Abstract Obstfeld and Rogoff (2001) propose that trade frictions lie behind key puzzles in international macroeconomics. We take a dynamic multicountry model of international trade, production, and investment to data from 19...
2016 / Jonathan Eaton, Samuel Kortum, Brent Neiman -
Quality of life, self-care knowledge access, and self-care needs in patients with colon stomas one month post-surgery in a Chinese Tumor Hospital
Abstract Objective This descriptive cross-sectional study investigated the quality of life (QoL), self-care knowledge access, and self-care needs of colorectal cancer patients after colostomy. ...
2016 / Lingyun Ran, Xiaodong Jiang, Erzhuang Qian, Hongqian Kong, Xiaolan Wang, et al. -
Resurgery Clusters in Intensive Medicine
Abstract The field of critical care medicine is confronted every day with cases of surgical interventions. When Data Mining is properly applied in this field, it is possible through predictive models to identify if a patient, should or should not...
2016 / Ricardo Peixoto, Filipe Portela, Filipe Pinto, Manuel Filipe Santos, José Machado, et al. -
Disturbance Observer Design for Utilizing of Time-delayed Vision Measurements in High Dynamical Systems
Abstract The utilization of vision information for control in intelligent technical applications with high dynamics has been a central issue. The main obstacles are the low sampling rate of the cameras (about 60Hz of a commercial camera) compared to ...
2016 / Shuo Wang, Viktor Just, Ansgar Trächtler -
Creative Debate as a Tool to Empower and Create Disruptive Thinking within Learning Contexts in a University Design Environment
Abstract With this text we focus on the ability Creative Debate has to empower and create disruptive thinking, within the context of University design studies. This research understands creative debate as any debate where participants create the...
2016 / Tània Costa, Salvador Huertas -
IT Integration and Patient Safety: The Case of a Software Tool
Abstract Information Technology (IT) in the healthcare system bring great benefits to patients and healthcare providers, and hospitals. However, IT systems have their own health safety risks for patients and possibly users. These risks need to be...
2016 / Christo El Morr, Liane Ginsburg, Nam Victor Seungree, Susan Woollard, Bojay Hensen -
178: Evaluating the Optimal Location of Radium 223 Treatment Facilities Based on Patient Travel Time2016 / Scott Tyldesley, Antoine Saure, Claire Ma, Emma Liu, Daniel Worsley, et al.
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Lessons learned from the collaborative European project RESTRAIL: REduction of suicides and trespasses on RAILway property2016 / Grigore M. Havârneanu, Marie-Hélène Bonneau, Jacques Colliard
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Personal Knowledge Management for Development (PKM4D) Framework and its Application for People Empowerment
Abstract Recent suggestions urge advancing Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) to provide the overdue support tools for individuals in the envisaged Knowledge Societies. To point out essential issues to be addressed, the paper proposes a PKM for...
2016 / Ulrich Schmitt -
Related-party transactions, dominant owners and firm value
Abstract We examine RPTs in one Continental European country, Spain, where ownership concentration is prevalent and state ownership is practically non-existent. Our results show that more than half of listed Spanish firms commit to RPTs over the...
2016 / Carolina Bona-Sánchez, Carmen Lorena Fernández-Senra, Jerónimo Pérez-Alemán -
Risk and QoE Driven Channel Allocation in CRN
Abstract Today, wireless multimedia applications are growing fastly and they require high bandwidth. Due to the limited spectrum resources, we cannot provide separate spectrum bands for each individual wireless multimedia application. Cognitive...
2016 / P.V. Mashoodha, K.S. Vipin Kumar -
The ISEA Winterschool in Sports Engineering: 5 Years of Education and Team Building Experiences
Abstract Aim of the work is to present the ISEA Winterschool experience, spanning over the last 5 years. From 2011 to 2015, 150 students coming from several countries of the world joined the Winterschool in San Vito di Cadore, Italy, spending five...
2016 / Nicola Petrone, Giuseppe Marcolin, Stephan Odenwald, Veit Senner -
Methodology for Field Operational Tests of Automated Vehicles
Abstract Over the past decade a large number of Field Operational Tests (FOT) have been conducted to test Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) in real traffic conditions with thousands of drivers. In order to ensure scientifically sound studies a FOT ...
2016 / Yvonne Barnard, Satu Innamaa, Sami Koskinen, Helena Gellerman, Erik Svanberg, et al. -
Railway Reservation Verification by Aadhar Card
Abstract In today world, as we know that railway is one of the biggest network which is used for connecting different areas. But this network is not secure enough as there is no verification of passenger. Anyone can register ticket and can travel in ...
2016 / Rajneesh Tanwar, Ahmad Khalid Nazari, Vikas Deep, Naveen Garg -
The Reputation Quotient as a Corporate Reputation Measurement in the Malaysian Banking Industry: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis
Abstract The Reputation Quotient is one of the popular measurements for corporate reputation. It has been tested within a cross-cultural setting among countries in the United States, Europe and Australia. However, there is no reliable evidence that...
2016 / Dwi Sunu Kanto, Ernest Cyril de Run, Abu Hassan bin Md Isa -
Evolutionary Approach of Accident Concentration Zones
Abstract One challenge in road safety is to find the right balance between the wish to reduce the number and severity of accidents, to reduce them as quickly as possible, and the need to invest cost effectively. One has to be sure of the choice of...
2016 / Hinko van Geelen, An Volckaert, Renaud Sarrazin, Isabelle Janssens -
Surabaya Smart Subway Development as an Alternative Mode in Ahmad Yani Corridor Surabaya by TOD Concept Application
Abstract One of the phenomenon occured nowadays is the population increase. With the population raising, it will also be followed by the demand increase for transportation services. Along the corridor Ahmad Yani Surabaya evolve a linear region of...
2016 / Muhammad Ermando Nurman Sasono, Santika Purwitaningsih, Lukman Yusuf, Ardy Maulidy Navastara