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The Cost Of Equity Capital On Capital Market, Radosław Winiarski Dec 2012

The Cost Of Equity Capital On Capital Market, Radosław Winiarski

European Management Studies

As far as capital investments and market acquisitions are concerned every project has its own unique cost of capital. Is it possible that in the era of financial markets and credit rating agencies, rate of return for equity investors is still intuitive category? How to find alternative cost of capital engaged in assets of comparable risk level? In case of capital migration and assets prices fluctuation these are crucial questions. There aren’t known in theory and verified in practice models that wouldn’t be challenged. This sad conclusion concerns developed markets as well as emerging ones.

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Flexible Approach In Monetary Policy During Instability Of The Markets. Quantitative Easing Policy, Katarzyna Nagraba Dec 2012

Flexible Approach In Monetary Policy During Instability Of The Markets. Quantitative Easing Policy, Katarzyna Nagraba

European Management Studies

Monetary policy is an important pillar of the economy and it affects the development of each country indirectly. Depending on the strategy which is implemented, it can either stimulate the economy or slow down its growth. The aim of this study was to present a new approach in monetary policy, which has become extremely popular in the United States during the financial crisis. As the interest rates were very low and the monetary policy couldn’t use its basic tool to stimulate the economy, the quantitative easing policy has been implemented. As the article intends to present the most actual information …

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The Economic Costs Of Economic Risk In The Financial Market, Justyna Przychodzeń Dec 2012

The Economic Costs Of Economic Risk In The Financial Market, Justyna Przychodzeń

European Management Studies

The global financial crisis uncovered the weakness of institutional environment in Europe as well as in the world. Contemporary capital markets in the face of crisis did not meet expectations of both investors and regulators and generated huge economic as well as social costs. The aim of the paper is to analyze the consequences of the global financial crisis on European capital markets and formulation of a new paradigm of its development.

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Money Laundering Risk Management In Banking System, Patrycja Chodnicka Dec 2012

Money Laundering Risk Management In Banking System, Patrycja Chodnicka

European Management Studies

The issue of risks concerning the money laundering in the European banking system is discussed in the article. Two approaches used by regulators to prevent the mentioned phenomenon: rule-based approach and risk-based approach are described. The author also identified strategies used by banks as entities functioning to maximizing profit in conditions of full and incomplete information having by the FIU. Then, the European countries were analyzed in respect of participating reports on suspicious transactions in the total number of reports sent by all the obligated entities to the national financial intelligence units. Verified was also the value of two indicators: …

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Analyzing The Market - Mapping Quality Analysis Of Wig20 By The Exchange Traded Fund, The First Fun On The Polish Market, Patrycja Chodnicka, Piotr Jaworski Dec 2012

Analyzing The Market - Mapping Quality Analysis Of Wig20 By The Exchange Traded Fund, The First Fun On The Polish Market, Patrycja Chodnicka, Piotr Jaworski

European Management Studies

The basic goal of this article is the analysis of Exchange Traded Fund market in Poland. After making researches of world literature about the above - mentioned phenomenon, some hypothesis were revised. The linear regression of Jensen model was used for comparison the value of above the average rate of return on the only one ETF for WIG20 index which is traded on the Warsaw Stock Exchange with those received on the index. On its results it was concluded that ETF does not provide any positive excess returns over its benchmark. Lack of market timing skills was showed on the …

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Luteolin Inhibits Human Prostate Tumor Growth By Suppressing Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor 2-Mediated Angiogenesis, Poyil Pratheeshkumar, Young-Ok Son, Amit Budhraja, Xin Wang, Songze Ding, Lei Wang, Andrew Hitron, Jeong-Chae Lee, Donghern Kim, Sasidharan Padmaja Divya, Gang Chen, Zhuo Zhang, Jia Luo, Xianglin Shi Dec 2012

Luteolin Inhibits Human Prostate Tumor Growth By Suppressing Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor 2-Mediated Angiogenesis, Poyil Pratheeshkumar, Young-Ok Son, Amit Budhraja, Xin Wang, Songze Ding, Lei Wang, Andrew Hitron, Jeong-Chae Lee, Donghern Kim, Sasidharan Padmaja Divya, Gang Chen, Zhuo Zhang, Jia Luo, Xianglin Shi

Toxicology and Cancer Biology Faculty Publications

Angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels from pre-existing vascular beds, is essential for tumor growth, invasion, and metastasis. Luteolin is a common dietary flavonoid found in fruits and vegetables. We studied the antiangiogenic activity of luteolin using in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo models. In vitro studies using rat aortic ring assay showed that luteolin at non-toxic concentrations significantly inhibited microvessel sprouting and proliferation, migration, invasion and tube formation of endothelial cells, which are key events in the process of angiogenesis. Luteolin also inhibited ex vivo angiogenesis as revealed by chicken egg chorioallantoic membrane assay (CAM) …

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From Teams To Communities Of Practice, Stephen D. Ashton Dec 2012

From Teams To Communities Of Practice, Stephen D. Ashton

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation documents the qualitative study that was conducted with the Ambassador Pilot Program team at Thanksgiving Point Institute; a non-profit farm, gardens, and museum complex and informal learning institution; from the summer of 2011 to the fall of 2012. The Ambassador team was tasked to develop an employee training program. Over time the team members were given more freedom to direct their own course and set their own objectives. To the co-directors of the program it seemed the Ambassadors began to embrace some characteristics common to a community of practice (CoP); however, it remained to be seen how the …

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Cost-Effectiveness Of Outpatient Treatment For Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, And Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, Dwayne M. Horton Dec 2012

Cost-Effectiveness Of Outpatient Treatment For Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, And Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, Dwayne M. Horton

Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the cost effectiveness of treating Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (NOS), as well as the effects that modality of therapy (i.e. individual, family, and mixed therapy), license of therapist, and secondary diagnosis had on recidivism and total cost of treatment in the care of these patients. One-thousand and thirty-eight patients (56 males, 982 females) diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa, 1,674 patients (56 males, 1,618 females) diagnosed with Bulimia Nervosa, and 1,997 patients (197 males, 1,800 females) diagnosed with Eating Disorder NOS were included in this study. Results revealed that family therapy was the …

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The Economic Costs Of Economic Risk In The Financial Market, Renata Karkowska Dec 2012

The Economic Costs Of Economic Risk In The Financial Market, Renata Karkowska

European Management Studies

Review of the world literature on the nature of systemic risk indicates a large variation of the definition. One definition is as follows: systematic risk is the probability that the financial system will fall apart due to external actions, dysfunctions in the functioning of the systematically important financial institutions, or a loss of confidence among financial market participants, leading to the loss of market value of trust assets or their issuers of such a large scale in order to have a negative impact on the real side of the economy. This understanding of systemic risk diminishes public finances by: 1) …

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Synthesis Of Studies On Costs Of Cash And Non-Cash Payment Instruments, Jakub Górka Dec 2012

Synthesis Of Studies On Costs Of Cash And Non-Cash Payment Instruments, Jakub Górka

European Management Studies

The article aims to present the synthetic conclusions from studies on costs of cash and non-cash payment instruments. The author analyzed the most important and most comprehensive surveys, which have until now been carried out in the world. Studies were mainly undertaken by central banks cooperating with other parties from the payment chain – commercial banks, payment services subcontractors, consumers and merchants. There is an ongoing debate about cashless society, the benefits of electronic payment instruments, the competitiveness of banknotes and coins. Therefore, the traditional means of payment is a good reference point to study of costs of non-cash payment …

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The Effectiveness Of Social Responsible Investment On The Stock Market, Teresa Czerwińska Dec 2012

The Effectiveness Of Social Responsible Investment On The Stock Market, Teresa Czerwińska

European Management Studies

The aim of this work is to review the impact of Social Responsible Investment on the portfolio management and analyze the effectiveness of investment in socially responsible portfolio represented by RESPECT Index on the stock market. The outcome of the research carried out that investing in an index of socially responsible companies RESPECT characterized with exceptional levels of efficiency and relatively low investment risk during considered period. The results are quite unusual, since the global stock market returns of socially responsible indexes did not differ significantly from the rates of return of the traditional indices.

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The Daily Egyptian, December 12, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff Dec 2012

The Daily Egyptian, December 12, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

December 2012

No abstract provided.

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Rapid Synaptic Vesicle Endocytosis In Cone Photoreceptors Of Salamander Retina., Matthew J. Van Hook, Wallace B. Thoreson Dec 2012

Rapid Synaptic Vesicle Endocytosis In Cone Photoreceptors Of Salamander Retina., Matthew J. Van Hook, Wallace B. Thoreson

Journal Articles: Ophthalmology

Following synaptic vesicle exocytosis, neurons retrieve the fused membrane by a process of endocytosis to provide a supply of vesicles for subsequent release and maintain the presynaptic active zone. Rod and cone photoreceptors use a specialized structure called the synaptic ribbon that enables them to sustain high rates of neurotransmitter release. They must also employ mechanisms of synaptic vesicle endocytosis capable of keeping up with release. While much is known about endocytosis at another retinal ribbon synapse, that of the goldfish Mb1 bipolar cell, less is known about endocytosis in photoreceptors. We used capacitance recording techniques to measure vesicle membrane …

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Macroprudential Policy - Aim, Instruments And Institutional Architecture, Małgorzata Olszak Dec 2012

Macroprudential Policy - Aim, Instruments And Institutional Architecture, Małgorzata Olszak

European Management Studies

The article attempts to present key elements of macroprudential policy framework of the state. The objective of macroprudential policy is to maintain financial stability, with the main focus on financial sector. This goal may be achieved by reducing the systemic risk. Analysis of systemic risk should be carried out from two distinct perspectives – time dimension and cross-section dimension. Measurement, assessment and monitoring of systemic risk may be conducted with the use of risk warnings as well as statistical tools. Macroprudential instruments aimed at limitation of systemic risk include tools traditionally used for microprudential purposes and newly invented measures. The …

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Kenyon Collegiate - December 12, 2012 Dec 2012

Kenyon Collegiate - December 12, 2012

Kenyon Collegiate

No abstract provided.

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Whalesong 2012-12-12, N/A N/A Dec 2012

Whalesong 2012-12-12, N/A N/A

Whalesong

No abstract provided.

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Electromagnetic Properties Of Metal Granular Composite Materials For Emc Applications, Takanori Tsutaoka, Aiko Tsurunaga, Teruhiro Kasagi, Kenichi Hatakeyama, Marina Koledintseva Dec 2012

Electromagnetic Properties Of Metal Granular Composite Materials For Emc Applications, Takanori Tsutaoka, Aiko Tsurunaga, Teruhiro Kasagi, Kenichi Hatakeyama, Marina Koledintseva

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Electromagnetic properties of copper and Fe55Ni45alloy (Permalloy) composite materials have been studied by measuring the relative complex permeability (µr = µr’– jµr”), and permittivity (Σr = Σr’– jΣr”) spectra over the microwave range, as well as the a.c. electrical conductivity σac spectra. The variation of σac and Σr with particle content shows the insulator-metal transition due to the percolation effect. The effective cluster model can be applied to the percolation effect in permittivity. The permeability spectra in Permalloy composites, which contain the percolated particles, …

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Austro-American Reflections: Making The Writings Of Ann Tizia Leitich Accessible To English-Speaking Audiences, Stephen Andrew Simon Dec 2012

Austro-American Reflections: Making The Writings Of Ann Tizia Leitich Accessible To English-Speaking Audiences, Stephen Andrew Simon

Theses and Dissertations

Ann Tizia Leitich wrote about America to a Viennese audience as a foreign correspondent with the unique and personal perspective of an immigrant to the United States. Leitich differentiates herself from other Europeans who reported on America in her day by telling of the life of the average working American. In so doing, Leitich uses her work as a foreign correspondent to create a new identity for Austria between the World Wars. Leitich uses America in the 1920's and 1930's as a cultural mirror in which the new Republic of Austria can see itself. Leitich's perspective of America is not …

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Open Ethos Publishing At Code4lib Journal And In The Library With The Lead Pipe, Emily Ford Dec 2012

Open Ethos Publishing At Code4lib Journal And In The Library With The Lead Pipe, Emily Ford

Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

The library world is deeply entrenched in the open ethos, yet there are few examples of library publications that engage in open editorial and peer review processes. In this article we discuss the challenges and opportunities posed by the open editorial processes used at In the Library with the Lead Pipe and Code4Lib Journal. To end, we discuss the need to grow open review and editorial processes in library and information science publications.

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As Seen On Twitter: African-American Rhetorical Traditions Gone Viral, Tiffani Long Dec 2012

As Seen On Twitter: African-American Rhetorical Traditions Gone Viral, Tiffani Long

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

This communication research study identifies the presence of the African-American rhetorical traditions of call-response, signification, tonal semantics, and narrative sequencing used in communication on the online social media network, Twitter. The objective of this study is to provide insight into the culture and community of Twitter. Additionally, the research demonstrates how traditional oral rhetorical traditions survive in the digital world. Over a 15-day period, tweets were collected by the author using a computer screenshot feature. Using a coding rubric, three coders, including the author, coded the collected tweets for the four rhetorical traditions. Resulting from this procedure, the coders concluded …

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The Enduring Impact Of One-Session Exposure Treatment On Selective Processing Bias And Explicit Memory Avoidance In Snake- And Spider-Fearful Participants, Karen Stanley-Kime Dec 2012

The Enduring Impact Of One-Session Exposure Treatment On Selective Processing Bias And Explicit Memory Avoidance In Snake- And Spider-Fearful Participants, Karen Stanley-Kime

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

The prevalence of anxiety disorders in the general population makes clarification of variables that contribute to the onset or maintenance of these disorders essential. Two such contributory variables are anxiety-induced selective processing bias and theorized subsequent explicit memory avoidance. The purpose of the present study was to examine the impact of one-session in vivo exposure treatment on selective processing bias and explicit memory avoidance immediately following successful treatment of stimulus-specific anxiety as well as at one-week and one-month follow-up. Participants (N = 60) were assigned to one of three groups: (1) the treatment group, composed of individuals who were fearful …

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A Proposed Change To Sudanese Government Mining Investment Policies Intended To Attract Foreign Mining Investment And Development, Osman G. Abdelgadir Dec 2012

A Proposed Change To Sudanese Government Mining Investment Policies Intended To Attract Foreign Mining Investment And Development, Osman G. Abdelgadir

Research Papers

No abstract provided.

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George Dibble And The Struggle For Modern Art In Utah, Sarah Dibble Dec 2012

George Dibble And The Struggle For Modern Art In Utah, Sarah Dibble

Theses and Dissertations

In this thesis I explore the spread of modern art to conservative regions of the country, in particular Utah. By using George Dibble as a case study this thesis will also address the struggle that Utah artists had to endure to have their progressive ideas in art be accepted in such a conservative area. It will address the criticism that Dibble had to endure by discussing specific incidents involved with certain works of art. Although there were plenty of people who did not like modern art, there were some institutions and people who were advocates of this progressive form of …

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The Bg News December 12, 2012, Bowling Green State University Dec 2012

The Bg News December 12, 2012, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. December 12, 2012. Volume 103-Issue 50.

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The Self-Inflicted Wound (Fred P. Graham), Bernard E. Gegan Dec 2012

The Self-Inflicted Wound (Fred P. Graham), Bernard E. Gegan

St. John's Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Judicial Relief For The Newsman's Plight: A Time For Secrecy?, St. John's Law Review Dec 2012

Judicial Relief For The Newsman's Plight: A Time For Secrecy?, St. John's Law Review

St. John's Law Review

No abstract provided.

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The Daily Egyptian, December 11, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff Dec 2012

The Daily Egyptian, December 11, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

December 2012

No abstract provided.

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A Ricardian Analysis Of The Impact Of Climate Change On European Agriculture, Steven Van Passel, Emanuele Massetti, Robert Mendelsohn Dec 2012

A Ricardian Analysis Of The Impact Of Climate Change On European Agriculture, Steven Van Passel, Emanuele Massetti, Robert Mendelsohn

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

This research estimates the impact of climate on European agriculture using a continental scale Ricardian analysis. Data on climate, soil, geography and regional socio-economic characteristics were matched for 37 612 individual farms across the EU-15. Farmland values across Europe are sensitive to climate. Even with the adaptation captured by the Ricardian technique, farms in Southern Europe are predicted to suffer sizeable losses (8% -13% per degree Celsius) from warming. In contrast, agriculture in the rest of Europe is likely to see only mixed impacts. Increases (decreases) in rain will increase (decrease) average farm values by 3% per centiliter of precipitation. …

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Domestic Politics And The Formation Of International Environmental Agreements, Simon Dietz, Carmen Marchiori, Alessandro Tavoni Dec 2012

Domestic Politics And The Formation Of International Environmental Agreements, Simon Dietz, Carmen Marchiori, Alessandro Tavoni

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

The theory of international environmental agreements overwhelmingly assumes that governments engage as unitary agents. Each government makes choices based on benefits and costs that are simple national aggregates, and similarly on a single set of national-level motivations, together drawing a strong analogy with the behaviour of an individual or firm in other strategic contexts. In reality, however, various domestic special interests shape environmental policy, including how national governments cooperate on cross-border issues. Therefore in this paper we introduce to a classic model of international environmental cooperation the phenomenon of domestic political competition, whereby lobby groups seek to influence policy by …

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Time Overruns As Opportunistic Behavior In Public Procurement, Chiara D’Alpaos, Michele Moretto, Paola Valbonesi, Sergio Vergalli Dec 2012

Time Overruns As Opportunistic Behavior In Public Procurement, Chiara D’Alpaos, Michele Moretto, Paola Valbonesi, Sergio Vergalli

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

This paper considers the supplier’s strategic delivery lead time in a public procurement setting as the result of the firm’s opportunistic behaviour on the optimal investment timing. In the presence of uncertainty on construction costs, we model the supplier’s option to defer the contract’s execution as a Put Option. We include in the model both the discretion of the court of law in enforcing contractual clauses (i.e. a penalty for delays) and the "quality" of the judicial system. Then, we calibrate the model using parameters that mimic the Italian procurement for public works and calculate the maximum amount that a …

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