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Introduction To Financial Analysis, Kenneth S. Bigel

Open Touro Created

2022

This Open Textbook is a dynamic guide incorporating the essential skills needed to build a foundation in Financial Analysis. Students and readers will learn how to insightfully read a Financial Statement, utilize key financial ratios in order to derive forward-looking investment-related inferences from the accounting data, engage in elementary forecasting and modeling, master the theory of the Time Value of Money, and learn to price stocks and bonds in an environment in which interest rates constantly change. Ample problems and solutions, and review questions are provided to the student so that s/he can gauge his/her progress. This text will …

Brown V. The Wavecrest Management Team Ltd.

All Decisions

A stipulation of settlement that is so-ordered by a judge can be the basis of a finding of civil contempt. Tenants provided prima facie evidence that a number of conditions listed in the stipulation were cited as violations and were not corrected. Tenants' motion is granted to the extent that a hearing will be held at which time tenants must prove that they are entitled to relief including contempt, further order to correct, civil penalties, and attorney's fees.

Pharmakon In The Firelands: Connecting Historical Discourses And Small-Town Social Contexts With Substance Use Experience, Andrew Robert Burns

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The ongoing increase in opioid and polysubstance-related overdoses and mortality in United States coincides with a shift in the ways substance use is understood. Once almost exclusively treated as a criminal problem, substance use, and overdose is increasingly viewed in terms of public health and from an urban to rural issue. The discourse surrounding the use of psychoactive substances largely omits the voices of the very people who use them. Likewise, the social context of small towns, at once not quite rural nor entirely urban, is generally given little consideration. To address these gaps in the research, I conduct two …

An Investigation Of A Novel Broad Autism Phenotype: Increased Facial Masculinity Among Parents Of Children On The Autism Spectrum, Diana Weiting Tan, Syed Zulqarnain Gilani, Gail A. Alvares, Ajmal Mian, Andrew J. O. Whitehouse, Murray T. Maybery

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

The broad autism phenotype commonly refers to sub-clinical levels of autistic-like behaviour and cognition presented in biological relatives of autistic people. In a recent study, we reported findings suggesting that the broad autism phenotype may also be expressed in facial morphology, specifically increased facial masculinity. Increased facial masculinity has been reported among autistic children, as well as their non-autistic siblings. The present study builds on our previous findings by investigating the presence of increased facial masculinity among non-autistic parents of autistic children. Using a previously established method, a 'facial masculinity score' and several facial distances were calculated for each three-dimensional …

Geotemporospatial And Causal Inferential Epidemiological Overview And Survey Of Usa Cannabis, Cannabidiol And Cannabinoid Genotoxicity Expressed In Cancer Incidence 2003–2017: Part 2 – Categorical Bivariate Analysis And Attributable Fractions, Albert Stuart Reece, Gary Kenneth Hulse

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Background: As the cannabis-cancer relationship remains an important open question epidemiological investigation is warranted to calculate key metrics including Rate Ratios (RR), Attributable Fractions in the Exposed (AFE) and Population Attributable Risks (PAR) to directly compare the implicated case burden between emerging cannabinoids and the established carcinogen tobacco. Methods: SEER*Stat software from Centres for Disease Control was used to access age-standardized state census incidence of 28 cancer types (including “All (non-skin) Cancer”) from National Cancer Institute in US states 2001–2017. Drug exposures taken from the National Survey of Drug Use and Health 2003–2017, response rate 74.1%. Federal seizure data provided …

Geotemporospatial And Causal Inferential Epidemiological Overview And Survey Of Usa Cannabis, Cannabidiol And Cannabinoid Genotoxicity Expressed In Cancer Incidence 2003–2017: Part 3 – Spatiotemporal, Multivariable And Causal Inferential Pathfinding And Exploratory Analyses Of Prostate And Ovarian Cancers, Albert Stuart Reece, Gary Kenneth Hulse

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Background: The epidemiology of cannabinoid-related cancerogenesis has not been studied with cutting edge epidemiological techniques. Building on earlier bivariate papers in this series we aimed to conduct pathfinding studies to address this gap in two tumours of the reproductive tract, prostate and ovarian cancer. Methods: Age-standardized cancer incidence data for 28 tumour types (including “All (non-skin) Cancer”) was sourced from Centres for Disease Control and National Cancer Institute using SEER*Stat software across US states 2001–2017. Drug exposure was sourced from the nationally representative household survey National Survey of Drug Use and Health conducted annually by the Substance Abuse and Mental …

Geotemporospatial And Causal Inferential Epidemiological Overview And Survey Of Usa Cannabis, Cannabidiol And Cannabinoid Genotoxicity Expressed In Cancer Incidence 2003–2017: Part 1 - Continuous Bivariate Analysis, Albert Stuart Reece, Gary Kenneth Hulse

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Background

The genotoxic and cancerogenic impacts of population-wide cannabinoid exposure remains an open but highly salient question. The present report examines these issues from a continuous bivariate perspective with subsequent reports continuing categorical and detailed analyses.

Methods

Age-standardized state census incidence of 28 cancer types (including “All (non-skin) Cancer”) was sourced using SEER*Stat software from Centres for Disease Control and National Cancer Institute across US states 2001–2017. It was joined with drug exposure data from the nationally representative National Survey of Drug Use and Health conducted annually by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 2003–2017, response rate 74.1%. …

Research Communities And Institutional Resilience Amidst The Covid-19 Pandemic, Joseph Ching Velasco

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

No abstract provided.

The End Of The Tributary Relationship Between Vietnam And China In The Second Half Of The Nineteenth Century, Nguyen Thi My Hanh

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

This article explores the final movement and transformation of “traditional” diplomatic activities between Vietnam and China in a unique historical period from 1858 to 1885. In particular, this period begins when French colonialists, a third factor, appeared and concludes when the tributary relationship between Vietnam and China ended in accordance with the Tianjin Treaty signed between France and China. Vietnam tried to maintain peaceful and open relations with China. Concurrently, the Qing Dynasty strived to maintain a relationship with its Vietnamese “vassal.” The Qing Dynasty needed both the political and economic interests of its vassal, especially when its own prestige …

Narratives Of Structural And Cultural Violence In The Context Of The Stateless Hill Tribes Living With Hiv/ Aids In Chiang Rai, Thailand, Pilasinee Wongnuch, Thapakorn Ruanjai, Anongnad Mee-Inta, Chadaporn Inta, Tawatchai Apidechkul, Rattipark Tamornpark, Panupong Upala, Chalitar Chomchoei, Phitnaree Thutsanti

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

Stateless hill tribes living with HIV/AIDS are the most vulnerable population in Thailand. This article adopts the issue of the structural and cultural violence of Johan Galtung as a conceptual framework and analytical tool to narrate their experiences. Data encompassing the experiences of structural and cultural violence were collected from the 53 eligible stateless hill tribes living with HIV/AIDS recruited from 10 district hospitals and 15 communities in Chiang Rai, Thailand, using a combination of the snowball technique and purposive sampling. The present authors argue that the stateless hill tribes living with HIV/AIDS mainly experienced the following two dimensions of …

The Effect Of Aging Consumers’ Characteristics On Store Selection And Food Shopping: A Review, Vimal Chandra Verma, Nadine Khair, Norbert Meiners

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

The human population is aging faster and faster than in the past. As a result, it can be demographically proven that there will be more people older than 60 worldwide in the next 35 years. According to the United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA’s) India Aging Report 2017, the proportion of people over 60 could increase from 8% in 2015 to 19% in 2050. The Indian government in particular states in its report that there will be 340 million people over 60 by 2050, creating new challenges due to specific characteristics and needs. However, this often overlooks the group of older …

The Impact Of Nature Relatedness On Environmental Attitudes Weakens Among Materialistic Individuals: Evidence From The Philippines, John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta, Christine Joy A. Ballada

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

Although there exist separate lines of research showing that nature relatedness and materialism independently promote and/or hinder environmentalism, little research has looked at the influence of these two psychological factors on people’s environmental attitudes when examined in concert with each other. This is important because in reality, psychological constructs operate simultaneously and often interactively within a person. The current research investigated the moderating role of materialism on the positive impact of nature relatedness on environmental attitudes in Filipino adults within the context of massive environmental degradation and modernization in the Philippines. Using a cross-sectional online survey, data were collected from …

The Mediating Effect Of Perceived Organizational Support On The Relationship Between Authentic Leadership And Turnover Intention, Lorreine Ladao, Jean Paolo Lacap, Jake Angelo Batac, Joyce Batac, Jassel Mary Dungo

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

The paper aims to examine the effects of authentic leadership and perceived organizational support on employees’ turnover intention and investigate the mediating effect of perceived organizational support on the relationship between authentic leadership and turnover intention. The participants of the study were the 203 employees from select business process outsourcing companies within Pampanga, Philippines. The study implemented a predictive-causal research approach and a quantitative research design to gauge the relationship between perceived organizational support, authentic leadership, and turnover intention. Partial least squares–structural equation modeling was further employed to measure the direct and indirect effects of the structural model. The findings …

Moral Right To Healthcare And Covid-19 Challenges, Napoleon M. Mabaquiao Jr., Mark Anthony L. Dacela

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

One fundamental healthcare issue brought to the fore by the current COVID-19 pandemic concerns the scope and nature of the right to healthcare. Given our increasing need for the usually limited healthcare resources, to what extent can we demand provision of these resources as a matter of right? One philosophical way of handling this issue is to clarify the nature of this right. Using the challenges of COVID-19 in the Philippines as the context of analysis, we argue for the view that regards the right to healthcare as fundamentally moral in kind, which should thereby guide its legal and contractual …

A Comparative Examination Of Disaster Organizations In The Philippines, South Korea, And The United States, Junmo Kim, Seung-Bum Yang, Ador R. Torneo

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

The Philippines is highly vulnerable to weather-related and other natural disasters given its location in the Pacific Ring of Fire. Its disaster organization, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council or NDRRMC, however, has limited capacity, as demonstrated in its handling of natural disasters in the last 20 years. In this paper, we adopt a comparative approach and compare the NDRRMC with the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and South Korea’s Disaster and Safety Management (DSM) in terms of mandate, organizational structure, resources, and technical capacity to identify possible areas requiring reform. We observe that the NDRRMC’s working …

Age, Covid-19, And Mental Health In The Philippines: A Multidimensional Perspective, Hechanova Ma. Regina, Alvin Patrick Valentin, Karlos Pio Alampay

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many to become isolated, increased feelings of loneliness, and given rise to mental health issues. Using the Transactional Theory of Stress and Coping, this study looked at the predictors of mental health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic across age groups. Results showed that COVID-19 stressors, resilience, nonreactivity, and coping behaviors predicted stress, anxiety, depression, and psychological well-being. Cluster analysis revealed two age clusters—those between 16 and 35 years and those 36 years and above. The younger group reported greater depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms and poorer psychological well-being compared to the older group. The younger …

Intergenerational Mobility Of Education In Thailand: Effects Of Parents’ Socioeconomic Status On Children’S Opportunity In Higher Education, Natthani Meemon, Ning J. Zhang, Thomas T. H Wan, Seung Chun Paek

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

As a result of the government investment in education opportunity, there has been a remarkable expansion of higher education over the last 50 years in Thailand. Nevertheless, it still remains questionable whether the expansion is accompanied by ensuring equality of opportunity in higher education. Thus, this study, employing the concept of intergenerational mobility, examined both cross-sectional and long-term effects of parents’ socioeconomic status on children’s opportunity in higher education with the nationwide socioeconomic data of 2005 and 2017. The results indicated that although the higher education opportunity increased by approximately 30% during the 12-years period, parents’ socioeconomic status still played …

Rothchild Earns Horace T. Morse Award, Communications And Marketing

Campus News Archive

Dr. Jennifer Rothchild, Professor of Sociology and Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, is the UMN Morris recipient of the 2022 Horace T. Morse - University of Minnesota Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education. The award honors faculty who excel in teaching, research, creative activities, advising, academic program development and educational leadership.

Mutations Of The Dna Repair Gene Pnkp In A Patient With Microcephaly, Seizures, And Developmental Delay (Mcsz) Presenting With A High-Grade Brain Tumor, Bingcheng Jiang, Cameron Murray, Bonnie L Cole, J N Mark Glover, Gordon K Chan, Jean Deschenes, Rajam S Mani, Sudip Subedi, John D Nerva, Anthony C Wang, Christina M Lockwood, Heather C Mefford, Sarah E S Leary, Jeffery G Ojemann, Michael Weinfeld, Chibawanye I Ene

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Polynucleotide Kinase-Phosphatase (PNKP) is a bifunctional enzyme that possesses both DNA 3'-phosphatase and DNA 5'-kinase activities, which are required for processing termini of single- and double-strand breaks generated by reactive oxygen species (ROS), ionizing radiation and topoisomerase I poisons. Even though PNKP is central to DNA repair, there have been no reports linking PNKP mutations in a Microcephaly, Seizures, and Developmental Delay (MSCZ) patient to cancer. Here, we characterized the biochemical significance of 2 germ-line point mutations in the PNKP gene of a 3-year old male with MSCZ who presented with a high-grade brain tumor (glioblastoma multiforme) within the cerebellum. …

A Standardized Diagnostic Pathway For Suspected Appendicitis In Children Reduces Unnecessary Imaging, Roshan J. D'Cruz, Allison F. Linden, Courtney L. Devon, Jillian Savage, Arezoo Zomorrodi, Kirk W. Reichard, Arabinda Choudhary, Loren Berman

Department of Surgery Faculty Papers

Introduction:

Ultrasound (US) for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis is often nondiagnostic, and additional imaging is required. A standardized approach may reduce unnecessary imaging.

Methods:

We retrospectively analyzed all patients who had imaging for appendicitis in our emergency department in 2017 and evaluated patient characteristics associated with nondiagnostic US. Using these results, we developed a pediatric appendicitis score (PAS)-based imaging pathway and compared imaging trends prepathway and postpathway implementation.

Results:

A total of 971 patients received imaging for suspected appendicitis prepathway in 2017. Female sex, obesity, and low/intermediate PAS were significantly associated with nondiagnostic US, but not magnetic resonance imaging …

Correction To: Reconfigurable Circularly Polarized Hemispherical Dra Using Plasmonic Graphene Strips For Mimo Communications, Hadeer Elhemaily

Renewable Electrical Energy Engineering

This paper investigates the radiation characteristics of a Hemispherical- Dielectric Resonator Antenna (DRA) loaded with graphene strips and fed by ridge-gap waveguide (RGW) transmission line for 60 GHz. The RGW unit-cell introduces frequency bandgap from 45 to 92 GHz centered around 60 GHz. A coupling slot loaded with orthogonal oriented cross graphene strips is used to couple energy from RGW line to the hemispherical-DRA. The cross slots are used to control the type of polarization radiated from the hemispherical DRA. Diferent states of linear and circular polarization are achieved according to the biased/un-biased graphene strips. The hemispherical DRA introduces circular …

Intermediate Anticoagulation Dosing In Covid-19 Icu Patients: Evaluation Comparing Ventilated Vs Non-Ventilated Populations, Christopher Michael D'Amico

Applied Research Projects

Surges of COVID-19 have been seen to place large numbers of patients into the ICU. Establishing standards of care is critical not only for patient care, but to also implement a baseline of therapy to build upon with future research. COVID-19 produces a hypercoagulable state resulting in higher occurrences of clotting such as deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and pulmonary embolism (PE). Anticoagulation medications thin the blood to combat this aspect of the disease from occurring but does so at the risk of increasing bleeding potential. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the risk/benefit of anticoagulation usage between ventilated …

Validation Of The Chinese Empowerment Of Parents In The Intensive Care (Empathic-30) Questionnaire Among Parents In Neonatal Intensive Care Units: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study, Yan Zhuang, Rong Zhang, Xi Rong Gao, Li Hui Zhu, Jos M. Latour

School of Nursing and Midwifery

BackgroundThere are no specific validated questionnaires assessing satisfaction of family-centered care experienced by parents of infants hospitalized in Chinese Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU).AimTo adapt and test the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the EMPATHIC-30 questionnaire in NICU settings.MethodsA prospective, cross-sectional design was adopted. The EMPATHIC-30 questionnaires were completed by parents of infants admitted to one of the four NICUs at Hunan Children's Hospital, China, between November 2018 and 2019. Inclusion criteria were parents whose infants were admitted to the NICU for at least 5 days. Exclusion criteria were parents whose children were discharged within 5 days …

03/30/2022 Meeting, Kelleen Maluski

Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Vacuum Uv (Vuv) Photo-Oxidation Of Polyethersulfone (Pes), Sarah Oakes, Ryan Keeley, Hunter Heineman, Tom Allston, Joel Shertok, Michael Mehan, Gregory K. Thompson, Gerald A. Takacs

Articles

International need for water quality is placing a high demand on separation technology to develop advanced oxidative processes for polyethersulfone (PES) membranes to help improve water purification. Therefore, VUV photo-oxidation with a low pressure Ar plasma was studied to improve the hydrophilicity of PES by flowing oxygen over the surface during treatment. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) detected a decrease in the C at% (4.4 ± 1.7 at%), increase in O at% (3.7 ± 1.0 at%), and a constant S at% (5.4 ± 0.2 at%). Curve fitting of the XPS spectra showed a decrease in sp2 C-C aromatic group bonding, and …

Computationally Driven Discovery Of Sars-Cov-2 M Pro Inhibitors: From Design To Experimental Validation, Léa El Khoury, Jay W Ponder, Et Al

2020-Current year OA Pubs

We report a fast-track computationally driven discovery of new SARS-CoV-2 main protease (M

Industrial Development Strategy Until 2030, Adel Ghazi Al- Hayaly

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

The research is a vision of the future of industry in Iraq, so it is may be outside the ceiling of the capabilities of the Iraqi economy, and therefore it is exaggerated. Therefore, future plans must be applicable through the availability of capabilities. Everyone knows that the financial and administrative corruption and mismanagement of resources are the main cause of the inefficiency of the industrial sector, and the failure to exercise its real role in achieving economic development.; as well as the political situation and the dominance of parties and their insistence on addressing positions that have a strong relationship …

Using Quadratic Form Ratio Multiple Test To Estimate Linear Regression Model Parameters In Big Data With Application: Child Labor In Iraq, Ahmed Mahdi Salih, Munaf Yousif Hmood

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

The current paper proposes a new estimator for the linear regression model parameters under Big Data circumstances. From the diversity of Big Data variables comes many challenges that can be interesting to the researchers who try their best to find new and novel methods to estimate the parameters of linear regression model. Data has been collected by Central Statistical Organization IRAQ, and the child labor in Iraq has been chosen as data. Child labor is the most vital phenomena that both society and education are suffering from and it affects the future of our next generation. Two methods have been …

The Role Of The Auditor In Confirming The Integrated Reports - An Exploratory Study On A Sample Of External Auditors In Iraq-, Reyam Farhan Al-Saaedi, Bushra Fadil Al-Taie

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

The aim of the research is to identify the extent of the ability to ensure the integrated reports by the auditor in verifying the credibility of these reports, and their implications for the benefit of all parties dealing with the economic unit, as well as measuring the impact of the assurance procedures followed by the auditors and their role in confirming these reports. The research methodology was designed after studying the previous literature related to the research variables, and then the relationship between these variables was tested, through the use of a questionnaire list. A questionnaire targeting the community of …