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Journal: International Journal of Health Geographics
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-3
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Abstract: Background: The highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus remains a worldwide threat to human and animal health, while the mechanisms explaining its epizootic emergence and re-emergence in poultry are largely unknown. Data from Thailand, a country that experienced significant epidemics in poultry and has recorded suspicious cases of HPAI ...
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Journal: International Journal of Health Geographics
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-24
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Abstract: Background: The well-established connection between HIV risk behavior and place of residence points to the importance of geographic clustering in the potential transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STI).Methods: To investigate the geospatial distribution of prevalent sexually transmitted infections and sexual behaviors in a...
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Journal: International Journal of Health Geographics
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-1
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Abstract: Background: The Department of Defense Military Health System operates a syndromic surveillance system that monitors medical records at more than 450 non-combat Military Treatment Facilities (MTF) worldwide. The Electronic Surveillance System for Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) uses both temporal and spatial algorithms to d...
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Journal: Journal of Business Economics and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/jbem.2010.16
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Abstract: In this article the scientific cooperation between the three academic centres from Germany, Lithuania and Poland, represented by Prof. F. Peldschus (Leipzig University of Applied Sciences), Prof. E. K. Zavadskas (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University), and Prof. O. Kapliński(Poznan University of Technology), is presented. Formal meetings have bee...
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Journal: International Journal of Strategic Property Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/ijspm.2010.02
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Abstract: A taxonomic approach to field research was developed and utilized to support empirical and experimental research findings into the impact that incentives/pressures to over-value have on systematic valuation bias. An expected no-bias population was defined and valuation judgments from actual, real-world appraisals were statistically tested against i...
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Journal: Journal of Civil Engineering and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/jcem.2010.38
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Abstract: The construction industry consists of many unstructured documents, which accumulate a large volume of tacit knowledge. In the general domain, a Knowledge Map can illustrate connections of knowledge and transfer tacit knowledge to explicit knowledge, but this is unsuitable on specific domain such as construction industry. This research generalized e...
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Journal: Journal of Civil Engineering and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/jcem.2010.37
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Abstract: The rapid growth of economy and the recent development of industry in Lithuania have considerably increased, and therefore the need for industrial concrete floors also has a tendency to growing. The floor is used in almost all industrial companies because of differently modified concrete and a number of coating materials. It is more difficult to ma...
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Journal: International Journal of Health Geographics
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-12
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Abstract: Background: A site near Tuskegee, Alabama was examined for vector-host activities of eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus (EEEV). Land cover maps of the study site were created in ArcInfo 9.2® from QuickBird data encompassing visible and near-infrared (NIR) band information (0.45 to 0.72 μm) acquired July 15, 2008. Georeferenced mosquito and bi...
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Journal: Gadjah Mada International Journal of Business
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.22146/gamaijb.5510
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Abstract: This study analyzes the responses of performances of Bank Mandiri, Bank Danamon, and Bank Permata to merger strategy. This paper harnesses the quantitative approach with structural break analysis method and impulse response function. The plausible findings indicate that the merger of Bank Permata produces a better performance response in comparison...
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Journal: Foundations of Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.2478/v10238-012-0021-z
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Abstract: The purpose of this article is to present and analyse issues connected with the expert knowledge collection methodology in the decision support systems (DSS). The considerations concentrate on a conception of building an information system, based on an application of case-based reasoning method and reasoning based on approximate knowledge. The expe...
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Journal: Business: Theory and Practice
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/btp.2010.19
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Abstract: Mergers and acquisitions (further - M&A) are undoubtedly one of the most rapid ways to expand or enter into a new market. It is widely discussed how complex and sophisticated the processes of merger or acquisition are, so they cannot be executed without supervision of professional consultants, lawyers and accountants. Every transaction comprises ma...
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Journal: Journal of Civil Engineering and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/jcem.2010.35
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Abstract: Selection of de-icing agent applied to the road surfaces can crucially affect the winter driving conditions as well as the deterioration of materials employed in the road structures in cold climates. In particular, concrete as one of the main construction load bearing materials can be affected. Road managers should therefore base their decisions re...
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Journal: Financial Services Review
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.61190/fsr.v19i4.4984
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Abstract: The classic preretirement problem for the financial planner is to advise a client how much to save, how much must be saved each year to reach a specified goal, and how the investment assets should be allocated between fixed income and equity. The traditional solution is to assume a fixed rate of return for each asset class and test scenarios until ...
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Journal: International Journal of Health Geographics
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-36
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Abstract: Background: It is unclear whether the socioeconomic status (SES) of the community of residence has a substantial association with infant birth weight. We used multilevel models to examine associations of birth weight with family- and community-level SES in the Cape Cod Family Health Study. Data were collected retrospectively on births to women betw...
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Journal: International Journal of Health Geographics
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-15
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Abstract: Background: If spatial representations of hospitalization rates are used, a problem of instability arises when they are calculated on small areas, owing to the small number of expected and observed cases. Aim of this study is to assess the effect of smoothing, based on the assumption that hospitalization rates, when calculated at the municipal leve...
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Journal: Journal of Business Economics and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/jbem.2010.02
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Abstract: This paper analyzes whether and to what extent the inflow of FDI is affected before and after the occurence of a financial crisis in developing countries. The paper uses a semiparametric Generalized Partial Linear Models (GPLM) regression approach to check the appropriateness and effectiveness of financial crisis in the FDI regression model. The re...
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Journal: International Journal of Health Geographics
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-39
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Abstract: Background: Geographic information systems have advanced the ability to both visualize and analyze point data. While point-based maps can be aggregated to differing areal units and examined at varying resolutions, two problems arise 1) the modifiable areal unit problem and 2) any corresponding data must be available both at the scale of analysis an...
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Journal: South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.4102/sajems.v13i3.105
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Abstract: This paper describes a case study that was undertaken to determine whether formal sector personal debt financing might contribute to the funding of South African informal market traders. The case study was conducted at the Natalspruit informal market in Ekhurhuleni, Gauteng. Quantitative questionnaire surveys and a financial diaries project establi...
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Journal: South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.4102/sajems.v13i1.201
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Abstract: Short-term earnings are managed in most, if not all, companies. The management of short-term earnings is vulnerable to misinterpretation, manipulation or deliberate deception even if these misleading accounting practices are prohibited by accounting regulations. Hence, the problem with managing short-term earnings is that it becomes an ethical prac...
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Journal: Economy of Regions
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.17059/2010-2-10
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Abstract: The paper deals with the issues related to establishment of intergovernmental fiscal relations in Constituent Entities of the Russian Federation. Particular consideration is given to theoretical issues referred to: finance centralization criteria; principles of authority and resource allocation according to territorial levels; efficiency of budget ...