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Kizildag, Murat, and Ozgur Ozdemir. "Underlying factors of ups and downs in financial leverage overtime." Tourism Economics 23, no. 6 (2016): 1321–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354816616683579.
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We present new stylized facts on the underlying reasons of US hospitality and tourism firms’ fluctuating levels of financial leverage during the period 1990–2015 using comprehensive micro- and macro-level accounting data overtime. To characterize this puzzling phenomenon, we quantified firm-specific and macroeconomic parameters and a diverse set of leverage proxies at various time frames with various structures. We further took account of the recent economic upheaval in our analyses so that we can compare firms’ leverage behavior as “before” and “after” the major economic turmoil in 2007–2009 periods. The primary themes of our arguments were that firm-specific leverage factors significantly influenced short-term leverage, while long-term leverage was mostly determined by macroeconomic indicators. Beyond that, book leverage was more favorable across firms than market leverage. Last, hospitality and tourism firms substantially extended their borrowing capacities, aggressively grew their leverage ratios, and dramatically increased collateral values leading to lower cost of borrowing due to relaxed lending standards in the aftermath of the recent upheaval. Our article complements previous work by examining whether leverage factors demonstrate discrepancies from the prior findings and by proposing rigorous industry-specific outlook and solution for the financial leverage literature.
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Fitriyani, Desy, and Siti Kustinah. "The Effect of Sustainability Report Disclosure and Green Intellectual Capital on Green Firm Value." EAJ (Economic and Accounting Journal) 7, no. 3 (2024): 261–70. https://doi.org/10.32493/eaj.v7i3.y2024.p261-270.
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A company will face ups and downs in company value. In general, companies hope that the value of their company will continue to increase, but in reality, there are still companies that experience a decline. In this case, the main objective of this research is to determine the relationship between sustainability report disclosure and Green Intellectual Capital on Green Firm Value. This research was conducted on energy sector companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2018 to 2022. The data collection technique used was purposive sampling with a total of 12 companies over the 5 years of research. The data analysis technique used in this research is multiple regression analysis. The results of this research show that Sustainability Report Disclosure has a significant effect on Green Firm Value, while Green Intellectual Capital has no effect on Green Firm Value. Simultaneously Sustainability Report Disclosure and Green Intellectual Capital have a significant effect on Green Firm Value
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Trifu, Alexandru. "The CEO‟s Managerial Skills, Ups and Downs of a Firm and Crisis." Management and Organizational Studies 4, no. 4 (2017): 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/mos.v4n4p23.
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We are dealing in this paper with the general issue of management crisis, crisis as inflection and disturbing point for the economic entity. There many causes for the appearance and ongoing of crisis within socio-economic systems. We chose the most important cause: that of the action and decision-making of the outstanding human resource and propeller for the entire activity, the CEO.Starting from Peter Drucker‟s allegation that the CEO is the power-link between the organization and the business/natural environment, we want to highlight that the plans, the ideas, and intentions of a CEO dedicated and efficient lead to efforts and costs inside the entity and results (bad or good) outside, into society and markets. The CEO is main person to see, to predict, the opportunities for the performance of the company. BUT, the results can be favorable on medium run, or only on short run, involving possible subsequent crisis, consisting on undulating movements of the entity activity.Specifically, we propose the situation of John Reed, former CEO of Citicorp (then Citigroup), in fact the architect of the complex mega-financial structure which became Citigroup and negative repercussions occurred from factual financial activity of the corporation.
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Davis, Steven J., and John Haltiwanger. "Dynamism Diminished: The Role of Housing Markets and Credit Conditions." American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 16, no. 2 (2024): 29–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/mac.20190007.
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We estimate the effects of house price changes on young-firm employment shares and industry-level employment growth in local economies. A novel test shows that house price effects on local economies work through wealth, liquidity, and collateral effects on the propensity to start new firms and expand young ones. Aggregating local effects to the national level, our estimates imply that housing market ups and downs play a major role—as transmission channel and driving force—in medium-run fluctuations in young-firm employment shares in recent decades. We also find a distinct and smaller role for locally exogenous loan-supply shifts. (JEL D22, E24, E32, G21, L25, R11, R31)
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Setiawanta, Yulita, Dwiarso Utomo, Imam Ghozali, and Jumanto Jumanto. "Financial Performance, Exchange Rate, and Firm Value: The Indonesian Public Companies Case." Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies 11, no. 22 (2020): 348–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.15388/omee.2020.11.37.
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 Transactions between countries require a stable exchange rate. When the exchange rate of the country experiences uncertainty, then this will influence the company’s financial performance and even affect the company’s market value. This study aims to look for the direct influence of the company’s financial performance as an independent variable and the firm value as a dependent variable within the investor perspective, also including the exchange rate factor as a moderating variable. Investors could probably learn about information on the ups-and-downs of the Indonesian rupiah against foreign currencies before their investment decisions, even though financial performance substantially influences the company’s market value. The sample in this study was 50 companies within four years of observation. Data processing was carried out by the Eviews statistical application. The results showed that the financial performance, which is proxied by the capital structure, affects firm value, but not profitability. The impact of exchange rate moderation also occurs in the relationship of capital structure and firm value, while the moderation effect on profitability and firm value is not proven. This study provides information that exchange rates influence investment interests upon investors’ analysis of the financial performance of the capital structure, but not profitability.
 
 
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Ossa, Henry, and Ana Cristina Gonzalez. "Hacienda Flandes: the ups and downs of a Colombian coffee farm." Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies 6, no. 1 (2016): 1–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eemcs-06-2015-0117.
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Subject area Strategic Planning for family businesses. Study level/applicability MBA family businesses courses and/or executive education courses that focus on family businesses. The case can be used in introductory sessions related to family business strategy. Case overview This case tells the story of two generations of coffee plant growers at Hacienda Flandes in Colombia’s coffee region. It describes external and internal factors that affected the family business from 1970 to 2013. The case presents antecedents and consequences of environmental circumstances and family members’ decisions that drive this business from boom to decline and later on to its potential reinvention. Through an analysis of this family-owned coffee plantation across generations, students are expected to understand the importance of strategic planning in family businesses, in a changing and competitive environment. Family businesses in emerging economies are the most common type of businesses. In Latin America, most of family businesses might be younger than those in Europe and even in North America. Therefore, family businesses in these economies can be going through or will soon go through a succession. Succession success rate is low, regardless of the culture or country in which the family business develops. This case deals with the preparation (or lack of preparation) of the next generation in family businesses management and its consequences and helps students suggest alternatives and better decisions to run family businesses in an emerging economy. Expected learning outcomes Students will be able to know and explain the concept of a family business as a dynamic system: firm, family and individuals, each one with actions and outcomes; analyze opportunities for and threats to family businesses across generations; and formulate strategies that balance business and family demands. Supplementary materials The teaching note has specific reading materials to support class discussion.
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Gibson, Sheree, Richard Kelly, SD Miller, and Tom Albin. "Human Factors Consulting: The Ins & Outs, Ups & Downs, Pros & Cons." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 62, no. 1 (2018): 878. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1541931218621200.
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The objective of this panel is to provide attendees with the opportunity to learn about what they always wanted to know about the wide world of human factors consulting, but were afraid to ask (or didn’t know to ask). This session should be of interest to meeting attendees at any stage of their career, including students and those who might be considering a career change or branching out. These panelists, together, have experience over a wide range of consulting domains, as well as being individuals who are at different stages in their consulting careers. As such, the panel session will provide attendees with multiple perspectives on select topics and on responses to attendees’ questions. Sheree Gibson, PE, CPE is President of Ergonomic Applications, a small industrial ergonomics consulting firm in South Carolina. She has been a consultant for most of her professional life, working for a forensic consulting firm as well as an in-house ergonomics consultant for Michelin Tire before setting out on her own. She has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a M.S.E. in Applied Ergonomics, both from West Virginia University. She is active in the American Industrial Hygiene Association, the American Society of Safety Engineers and HFES. Sheree is also Vice-President of the Foundation for Professional Ergonomics. Richard Kelly, PhD earned his doctorate in Engineering Psychology from New Mexico State University and went on to work as an engineering psychologist for the Army at White Sands and then for the Navy at SPAWAR in San Diego. After about 10 years supporting large and small RDT&E programs and leading teams of scientists and engineers, he left the government to start Pacific Science & Engineering (PSE). Over the past 34 years, PSE has grown steadily from 2 to 50 employees and has been a prime contractor, subcontractor, and consultant on hundreds of projects in many different domains, including military, intelligence, industrial process, commercial, medical, education, autonomous vehicles, and more. PSE remains an independent, employee-owned company entirely focused on human performance in complex systems. The technical staff have received numerous recognitions from clients and professional groups for their outstanding work that makes a real difference for our users. Dee Miller, PhD works at Dell, Inc. in the Business Transformation Office as the Senior Principal UX & Service Design Engineer building relationships and appropriately influencing relevant internal teams and direct business contacts in the adoption of a human-centered approach to designing internal systems and processes and delivering services related to Order Experience Life Cycle. She recently started an independent consultancy called Dawn Specialty Consulting. One of the first projects of the new consultancy is consulting with a local non-profit and a police department on applying design thinking to community policing initiatives. Dee has prior experience consulting with state and federal government agencies on matters pertaining to transportation and healthcare. Tom Albin, PE, CPE, PhD is a licensed professional engineer and a certified professional ergonomist. He holds a PhD from the Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands. Currently the principal of High Plains Ergonomics Service, Tom has been engaged in ergonomics consulting since 2001. He has extensive experience as a researcher, a corporate ergonomist and as a product developer. He is active in the US and International Standards community, chairing the ANSI/HFES 100 computer workstation standard and serving as an accredited US expert on several ISO committees. He was Executive Director of the Office Ergonomics Research Committee from 2007 until retiring in 2018. Tom’s consulting work has been principally concerned with physical ergonomics issues in office and industrial settings. Current projects deal with evaluation of injury risk during push and pull tasks and with applied anthropometry. Topics Panelists will each be given time to introduce themselves at the beginning of the session. Each will speak for 7-10 minutes about their career path, ‘what I like best about consulting’, and ‘3-5 things I wish I had known before I started consulting’. The panel will also address the following topics: ethics, running a business (business plans, financing, insurance, legalities, managing employees, marketing, building relationships with clients, and writing contracts), and work/life balance. These topics will be introduced, in the form of questions from the moderator if/when questions from the audience are exhausted.
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Ma'rifah, Nurul. "Positivisasi Hukum Keluarga Islam sebagai Langkah Pembaharuan Hukum Islam di Indonesia: Kajian Sejarah Politik Hukum Islam." Al-Manahij: Jurnal Kajian Hukum Islam 13, no. 2 (2019): 243–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.24090/mnh.v13i2.2692.
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This paper discusses the making Islamic family law a formal law in the perspective of the political history of Islamic law in Indonesia, which cannot be separated from the role of the regime since the beginning of the Old Order era. In this era, the regime showed its alignment with the renewal of Islamic law. However, when the regime was not as firm and tended to be democratic, as it was during the Reformation era, Islamic family law reform tended to be stagnant. On the other hand, the history of Islamic family law renewal also experienced ups and downs because it is affected by political configurations, in which Indonesian Muslims attitudes could be classified into progressive and Islamist groups. Progressive groups try to fight for the renewal of Islamic family law contextually; whereas Islamist groups are more textual in responding to Islamic family law reform.
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Hanafi, Muhammad Riza, and Mely Noviryani. "Securitization, Desecuritization, and Resecuritization of Labor Issues in Saudi Arabia." Politicos: Jurnal Politik Dan Pemerintahan 4, no. 1 (2024): 45–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.22225/politicos.4.1.2024.45-55.
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The presence of Indonesian Workers (TKI) abroad, especially in the Middle East Region, is between the devil and the deep sea. Apart from reducing the government's responsibility to improve the economy by providing job opportunities, their presence also adds to the country's foreign exchange. However, on the other hand, the presence of TKI also adds to the problems caused by the lack of adequate legal protection, inadequate security and welfare guarantees, as well as the ups and downs of Indonesia's bilateral relations with the countries where they work as a result of the problems caused by the TKI themselves. Several policies related to sending migrant workers to the Middle East have been adopted since the time of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. However, a firm policy was only taken during the administration of President Joko Widodo with the issuance of Minister of Manpower Decree number 260 of 2015 which stopped and prohibited the placement of Indonesian workers with individual users in Middle Eastern countries. This policy can also be seen as a policy that is outside the norm considering that the Middle East is the most popular region for migrant workers. This research attempts to explain how the ups and downs of the TKI issue are seen from a security perspective using a constructivist approach. This process, which the Copenhagen School calls securitization, attempts to place threats and objects that must be secured as products of the process of social interaction. This research will also look at how securitization occurs which is then followed by desecuritization and in its development becomes resecuritization.
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Huysmans, Eva, Lynn Leemans, David Beckwée, et al. "The Relationship between Cognitive and Emotional Factors and Healthcare and Medication Use in People Experiencing Pain: A Systematic Review." Journal of Clinical Medicine 9, no. 8 (2020): 2486. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm9082486.
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Pain conditions are among the leading causes of global disability, impacting on global healthcare utilization (HCU). Health seeking behavior might be influenced by cognitive and emotional factors (CEF), which can be tackled by specific therapies. The purpose of this study was to systematically review the evidence concerning associations between CEF and HCU in people experiencing pain. Three databases were consulted: PubMed, Web of Science and EconLit. Risk of bias was assessed using the Downs and Black Checklist (modified). A total of 90 publications (total sample n = 59,719) was included after double-blind screening. In people experiencing pain, positive associations between general anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms and catastrophizing and pain medication use were found. Additionally, there appears to be a relationship between general anxiety and depressive symptoms and opioid use. Symptom-related anxiety and psychological distress were found to be positively related with consulting behavior. Last, a positive association between use of complementary and alternative medicine and level of perceived symptom control was confirmed in people with pain. For other relationships no evidence or inconsistent findings were found, or they were insufficiently studied to draw firm conclusions, indicating that more research on this topic is needed.
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Nagar, Neerav, and Kaustav Sen. "Do financially distressed firms misclassify core expenses?" Accounting Research Journal 30, no. 2 (2017): 205–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/arj-04-2015-0054.
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Purpose This paper aims to examine whether financially distressed firms manipulate core or operating income through the misclassification of operating expenses as income-decreasing special items. Design/methodology/approach This sample comprises firms in the USA with data from 1989 to 2010. The authors used the methodology given in McVay (2006) and multiple regressions. Findings Managers of financially distressed firms are more likely to inflate core or operating income as compared to the healthy firms to meet or beat earnings benchmarks. They do so by misclassifying core or operating expenses as income-decreasing special items. Specifically, core expenses are shifted to income-decreasing special items like goodwill impairments, settlement costs, restructuring costs and write downs. Practical implications The paper sheds light on an important firm characteristic, financial distress that intensifies classification shifting – an earnings management tool which auditors, investors and regulators find tough to detect. The findings have implications for investors, as they fail to comprehend such shifting (McVay, 2006); analysts, who issue forecasts based on street earnings; lenders, as distressed firms may be concealing their true performance; and regulators, as the misclassification of income statement items is a violation of accounting principles. Originality/value The authors extend the literature on accruals and real earnings management by the financially troubled firms and present first evidence that the managers of such firms also manipulate core or operating income through classification shifting.
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Valente, Roberto, Gregorio Santori, Lorna Stanton, Ajit Abraham, and Mohamed Adhnan Thaha. "Introducing a structured daily multidisciplinary board round to safely enhance surgical ward patient flow in the bed shortage era: a quality improvement research report." BMJ Open Quality 12, no. 1 (2023): e001669. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2021-001669.
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Hospital bed shortage is a worldwide concern. Their unavailability has caused elective surgery cancellations at our hospital peaking in spring 2016 at over 50%. This is often due to difficult patient step-down from intensive care (ICU) and high-dependency units (HDU). In our general/digestive surgery service admitting approximately 1000 patients yearly, ward rounds were run on a consultant firm basis.We report quality improvement (ISRCTN13976096) after we introduced a structured daily multidisciplinary board round framework (SAFER Surgery R2G) adapted from the ‘SAFER patient flow bundle’ and the ‘Red to Green days’ approaches to enhance flow. We compare 2016–2017, when our framework was applied for 12 months.We used a Plan–Do–Study–Act (PDSA) methodology. Our intervention consisted in (1) systematically communicating the key care plan after the afternoon ward rounds to the nurse in charge; (2) 30’ 10:00 hours Monday-to-Friday multidisciplinary board rounds, attended daily by the senior team and weekly by hospital and site managers, revising the key care plan to aim at safe, early discharges, assessing the appropriateness of each inpatient day and tackling any cause of delay. We measured patient flow by average length of stay (LOS), ICU/HDU step-downs and operation cancellations count, monitoring safety through early 30-day readmissions. Compliance was assessed by board round attendance and staff satisfaction rate surveys.After 12 months of intervention (PDSA-1-2, N=1032), compared with baseline (PDSA-0, N=954) average LOS significantly decreased from 7.2 (8.9) to 6.3 (7.4) days (p=0.003); ICU/HDU bed step-down flow increased by 9.3% from 345 to 375 (p=0.197), surgery cancellations dropped from 38 to 15 (p=0.100). 30-day readmissions increased from 0.9% (N=9) to 1.3% (N=14)(p=0.390). Average cross-specialty attendance was 80%. Satisfaction rates were >75%, regarding enhanced teamwork and faster decisions.The SAFER Surgery R2G framework has increased patient flow in the context of an enhanced multidisciplinary approach, requiring senior staff commitment to remain sustainable.
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Gubanov, Nikolay N. "Parity of technical and humanitarian potentials of society as a factor of its sustainable development." Alma mater. Vestnik Vysshey Shkoly, no. 8 (August 2023): 15–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.20339/am.08-23.015.
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A thoughtful study of the historical process with all its ups and downs allows us to argue that at all turning points in the development of mankind such a characteristic feature of social consciousness as its humanitarian-instrumental dualism has clearly manifested itself. The subject of this study is interdependent and mutually complementary evolution of the two parameters of social intelligence — technical and humanitarian. Substantively the article is divided into two parts. The first discusses the possibilities of using reason in the field of morality. One of the main trump cards of ethical skeptics (non-cognitivists), D. Hume’s guillotine, is presented, and the conclusion is made that it only limits ways of justification of moral norms, but does not exclude this perspective in principle. Some of the foundations of ethical cognitivism are discussed, and a firm belief is expressed that this is the approach that needs to be cultivated by the educational system to provide a justificatory sentence to reason in the field of morality. The second part of the article is devoted to a description of various aspects of the techno-humanitarian balance model. It is shown that modernity is marked by a painful process of cultural-psychological adjustment to new information and communication technologies. Two levels of this process — global and existential — are distinguished. The role of education in mitigating the lapping and increasing its efficiency at each of these levels is assessed.
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Pingali, Srinivas, Grishma Shah, and Janet Rovenpor. "Rethinking Quatrro’s execution strategy: capturing the small and medium-sized enterprise market." Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies 9, no. 4 (2019): 1–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eemcs-09-2019-0227.
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Learning outcomes The learning outcomes of this paper are to understand the supply side of the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) model and how a firm can develop and capture a new market using Blue Ocean Strategy principles; understand how to use the four actions framework and eliminate/reduce/raise/create (ERRC) grid to develop a Blue Ocean market; evaluate three strategic alternatives available to a firm along with the benefits and challenges of each; map out the current strategy to inform possible future strategies and envision how one can use the BMC to re-invent the execution strategies of a disruptor; and discuss the opportunities for growth and the challenges therein in a dynamic global business environment. Case overview/synopsis Sri Rao, President of Market Development and Strategy of Quatrro Business Support Services (Quatrro), a BPO firm, weaved through the bustling streets of Gurgaon, India, to get to work early on a blistering summer day. It was the beginning of the new 2017 fiscal year and there was a sense of anticipation and uncertainty in the office to which he was headed. Quatrro offered outsourced finance, accounting and payroll solutions to small and medium-sized enterprises across the world, but mainly the USA. Arriving at his desk, Rao gazed out the window and reflected on Quatrro’s journey so far, the ups and the downs and the strategy for moving forward. Growth had been moderate with small deals. Local and regional Certified Public Accountant firms continued to provide stiff competition and the cost of acquiring new clients was high. There was a need to rethink Quatrro target markets and business development strategy. Quatrro’s annual board meeting was coming up in three weeks and Rao wanted to present a credible plan to accelerate Quatrro’s growth. He was worried that if the plan was not accepted by the board, any further investments in the business would be challenging and could even lead to the board directing Quatrro to divest. He believed they had run out of patience with a business that had a lot of potential but was not growing. He had one last opportunity to get Quatrro’s strategy right before his planned departure from the company in just a year’s time. Rao waited for his team to discuss their recommendations based on a presentation he had made to them two days ago. Complexity academic level Undergrad/MBAs. While most growth strategy cases focus on firms seeking to outsource services for efficiency and concentrate on value added to the core functions and competences, this case centers on the supply side and examines the BPO firm itself. It focuses on the technology service industry (as opposed to product/manufacturing), which while growing and significant is not often written about in cases, and finally, the case integrates an understanding of the Blue Ocean Strategy along with the Business Model Canvas allowing students to envision how one can use the BMC to re-invent a business strategy. It does so with a traditional Ansoff Matrix as the backdrop. Supplementary materials Teaching Notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email support@emeraldinsight.com to request teaching notes. Subject code CSS 11: Strategy.
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Audag, Nicolas, Christophe Goubau, Michel Toussaint, and Gregory Reychler. "Screening and evaluation tools of dysphagia in adults with neuromuscular diseases: a systematic review." Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease 10 (January 2019): 204062231882162. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2040622318821622.
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Background: The purpose of this systematic review was to summarize the different dysphagia screening and evaluation tools, and to identify their measurement properties in adults with neuromuscular diseases (NMDs). Methods: A systematic review was performed based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. The search strategy was conducted across three databases ( PubMed, CINAHL and ScienceDirect). Measurement properties of each tools and the Quality Index, developed by Downs and Black, were considered for the different investigated studies. Results: The search strategy produced 2221 articles. After removal of duplicates and full-text analysis, 19 studies were included. Most of the publications focused on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS; n = 10) and Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD; n = 4). A total of 12 tools, listed as instrumental and noninstrumental examinations, were retrieved. A total of five of them used videofluoroscopic swallow study (VFSS). Measurement properties of the tools are not completely described in detail in many studies. The neuromuscular disease swallowing status scale, a noninstrumental tool, is the only one that assessed all measurement properties in ALS patients. The median score reported for the Quality Index was 16. Conclusions: This systematic review identified 12 different tools for the screening and evaluation of dysphagia in adults with NMD. Majority of the studies presented VFSS as a valid and reliable examination to assess dysphagia in ALS and DMD. Other tools were mainly evaluated in ALS patients, but further studies are needed to complete their measurement properties. In other NMDs, no firm conclusion can be made because of insufficient data and heterogeneity of NMDs.
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Tarigan, Vitryani, Djuli Sjafei Purba, and Sri Martina. "Pengaruh Ukuran Perusahaan, Likuiditas dan Profitabilitas terhadap Kebijakan Hutang pada Perusahaan Pertambangan." Owner 6, no. 4 (2022): 4291–300. http://dx.doi.org/10.33395/owner.v6i4.1199.
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The increasingly competitive business world presents many challenges for the business world, one of which is financing. Most companies choose loans because they use them to get tax savings on company profits. So far, mining companies in Indonesia have continued to experience a decline in the development phase. Due to the ups and downs of mining, mining companies often carry out debt policies as a way to finance company operations in the hope of increasing profits or otherwise providing risk. Debt can also increase the value of the company if used properly. This study aims to determine the effect of company size, liquidity and profitability on debt policy in mining companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2018-2020. Several previous studies on debt policy have different results. Therefore, other research needs to be done to retest the theory of debt policy. The population of this research is 46 mining companies. The sampling method used was purposive sampling method, so that 18 sample companies were obtained for 3 years of observation (2018-2020) with 54 observations (observations). The research data was obtained from a sample of companies downloaded from the Indonesia Stock Exchange website. The data analysis technique used is multiple regression analysis. The process of data analysis that is carried out first is the classical assumption test, multiple analysis and then hypothesis testing. The results of the study that profitability has a negative and significant effect on debt policy, liquidity has a negative and significant effect on debt policy and firm size has a negative and insignificant effect on debt policy.
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Aula Mustaghfiroh, Sintaliya Sintaliya, and Adelina Citradewi. "Analiss Rasio Profitabilitas Untuk Menilai Kinerja Keuangan Pada PT. Timah Tbk Tahun 2019-2022." Digital Bisnis: Jurnal Publikasi Ilmu Manajemen dan E-Commerce 2, no. 3 (2023): 206–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.30640/digital.v2i3.1331.
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In other words, the profitability ratio may be used to gauge both the performance of the firm as well as its capacity to make productive use of its assets. It demonstrates the organization's capacity to earn profits. When a firm's profitability ratio is high, the total amount of profit that the company has accumulated is also high. How the calculation results of Gross Profit Margin, Net Profit Margin, Return on Assets, and Return on Equity at PT. Timah Tbk, how is the growth of financial performance at PT. Timah Tbk in terms of profitability ratios from 2019 to 2022 The wording of the research issue is how the calculation results of Gross Profit Margin, Net Profit Margin, Return on Assets, and Return on Equity at PT. Timah Tbk. The goal of this research was to identify the growth of PT. Timah Tbk in terms of profitability ratios from 2019 to 2022 by analyzing the results of calculating the Gross Profit Margin, the Net Profit Margin, the Return on Assets, and the Return on Equity at PT. Timah Tbk. This research was conducted with the intention of finding out the outcomes of these calculations. This study makes use of quantitative descriptive data as its primary source of information. This study makes use of secondary data, which includes information collected directly from the primary source (business) that serves as the research object, information obtained from the official website of the firm, and information obtained from the Indonesia Stock Exchange. The information is presented in the form of financial ratios that are taken from the financial reports that are issued at the conclusion of each period of the company's financial statements for PT. Timah Tbk, beginning with the 2019 period and continuing through the 2022 period. According to the findings of this research, the calculation of the profitability ratios of PT Timah Tbk, which is reviewed using Gross Profit Margin, Net Profit Margin, Return on Investment, and Return on Equity, experiences ups and downs (fluctuations). This indicates that the company's ability to gain profits from asset management, equity, and company revenues have decreased and increased, respectively. In terms of profitability ratios, PT. Timah Tbk has seen both growth and decline with each passing year. Therefore, the management at PT. Timah Tbk has relied on profitability ratio analysis as the foundation for their assessment of the company's overall financial performance.
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Lerebourg, Lucie, Maxime L'Hermette, Charlotte Menez, and Jeremy Coquart. "The effects of shoe type on lower limb venous status during gait or exercise: A systematic review." PLOS ONE 15, no. 11 (2020): e0239787. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239787.
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This systematic review evaluated the literature pertaining to the effect of shoes on lower limb venous status in asymptomatic populations during gait or exercise. The review was conducted in accordance with PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines. The PubMed-NCBI, EBSCO Host, Cochrane Library and Science Direct databases were searched (March 2019) for words around two concepts: shoes and venous parameters. The inclusion criteria were as follows: (1) the manuscript had to be published in an English-language peer-reviewed journal and the study had to be observational or experimental and (2) the study had to suggest the analysis of many types of shoes or orthotics on venous parameters before, during and/or after exercise. Out of 366 articles, 60 duplications were identified, 306 articles were analyzed, and 13 articles met the eligibility criteria after screening and were included. This review including approximately 211 participants. The methodological rigor of these studies was evaluated with the modified Downs and Black quality index. Nine studies investigated the effect of shoes on blood flow parameters, two on venous pressure and two on lower limb circumferences with exercise. Evidence was found that unstable shoes or shoes with similar technology, sandals, athletic or soft shoes, and customized foot orthotics elicited more improvement in venous variables than high-heeled shoes, firm shoes, ankle joint immobilization and barefoot condition. These venous changes are probably related to the efficiency of muscle pumps in the lower limbs, which in turn seem to be dependent on shoe features associated with changes in the kinetics, kinematics and muscle activity variables in lower limbs during gait and exercise.
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Chaudhary, Mohammad Irfan, and Mohammed Nishat. "Key Fundamental Factors and Long-run Price Changes in an Emerging Market—A Case Study of Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE)." Pakistan Development Review 41, no. 4II (2002): 517–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.30541/v41i4iipp.517-533.
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Share prices are the most important indicator readily available to the investors for their decision to invest or not in a particular share. Theories suggest that share price changes are associated with changes in fundamental variables which are relevant for share valuation like payout ratio, dividend yield, capital structure, earnings size of the firm and its growth, [Wilcox (1984); Rappoport (1986); Downs (1991)]. Linter (1956) linked dividend changes to earnings while Shapiro valuation model (1962) showed dividend streams discounted by the difference in discount rate and growth in dividend should be equal to share price. This predicts direct relation between pay out ratio and the price-earning multiple. Conversely it means that there is an inverse relation between pay out ratio and share price changes. Several eventbased studies established direct relation between share price changes and either earnings or dividend changes [Ball and Brown (1968); Baskin (1989)]. Sharpe (1964) and Hamada (1972) suggested direct relation between share price changes and capital structure. Beaver, Kettler and Sholes (1970) showed that firms appear to pay less of their earnings if they have higher earning volatility. This suggests payout ratio as relevant factor for share price changes. Investigations of share price changes appear to yield evidence that changes in fundamental variable(s) should jointly bring about changes in share prices both in developed and emerging markets. However, the actual fundamental factors found to be relevant may vary from market to market. For example, changes in asset growth of firms are significant in the case of Japanese shares while earnings appear to be universally a relevant factor [Ariff, et al. (1994)]. However, it is widely agreed that a set of fundamental variables as suggested by individual theories is no doubt relevant as possible factors affecting share price changes in the short and the long-run [Ariff and Khan (2000)].
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Muhammad Mardiputra, Ilham, Syaiful Syaiful, and Muhamad Halilintar. "Structural Determinants of Capital and Corporate Bonds and Their Implications on Yield to Maturity (YTM) and Economic Growth." Dinasti International Journal of Management Science 5, no. 6 (2024): 1359–71. https://doi.org/10.38035/dijms.v5i6.3175.
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This research is to now the determinant of DER and the implication toward YTM and Economic growth in Banking Sector on The Indonesian Stock Exchange. The research sample is 22 Bond Series which are banking companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the 2019-2023 period. Methods of data analysis using panel data regression method. The empirical results of the first model show that Profitability (ROA), Firm Size (SIZE), and Interest Rate (IR) have a positive effect on Capital Structure (DER), while the Exchange Rate (FOREX) has a negative effect. Liquidity (CR) has no effect on DER. All independent variables consisting of; ROA, CR, SIZE, FOREX and IR together significantly influence DER. The goodness-of-fit test as measured by the termination coefficient (R2) shows a coefficient of 0.937202, meaning that the variation in the ups and downs of the DER can be explained by ROA, CR, SIZE, FOREX, and IR of 93.72 percent, while the rest, namely 6.28 percent can be explained by other variables not examined in this research model. For the adjusted coefficient of determination (R2 adjusted) the coefficient is 0.9217. The second model shows that the DER and IR variables have a negative effect on Yield to Maturity (YTM), while the SIZE and FOREX variables have a positive effect. ROA and CR variables have no effect on YTM. All variables DER, ROA, CR, SIZE, IR and FOREX together affect YTM. For the goodness-of-fit test as measured by the termination coefficient (R2) shows a coefficient of 0.6750, which means that the variation in changes in the rise and fall of YTM can be explained by; DER, ROA, CR, SIZE, IR, and FOREX are 63.30 percent, while the remaining 36.70 percent can be explained by other variables outside this research model.
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Wu, Chan‐Wei, Ta‐Hui Lin, Ming‐Yuan Lei, Tien‐Hsu Chung, Chien‐Chang Huang, and Wei‐Tang Chiang. "Fire resistance tests of a glass pane with down‐flowing water film." Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers 31, no. 5 (2008): 737–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02533839.2008.9671428.
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Michael McCoy. "Biotech firm Nabriva to wind down." C&EN Global Enterprise 101, no. 2 (2023): 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cen-10102-buscon15.
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Bien, Peter, and William Golding. "Fire down Below." World Literature Today 63, no. 4 (1989): 681. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/40145628.
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Hand, Eric. "Fire down below." Science 350, no. 6262 (2015): 725–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.350.6262.725.
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Drife, J. O. "Fire down below." BMJ 324, no. 7334 (2002): 433a—433. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.324.7334.433/a.
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Pyne, Stephen J. "FIRE DOWN UNDER." Sciences 31, no. 2 (1991): 39–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.2326-1951.1991.tb02293.x.
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Bormann, Kai Christian, Christina Hoon, Michael Graffius, and Christopher Hansen. "A Trickle-down Model of Abusive Supervision and Firm Performance in Family and Non-Family Firms." Academy of Management Proceedings 2020, no. 1 (2020): 19835. http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2020.233.
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Gugat, Topan Dewa, Sulaiman Sulaiman, and Sahrul Nazar. "PENCIPTAAN FILM “WAYANG PADANG” DENGAN PENDEKATAN FRENCH NEW WAVE." MELAYU ARTS AND PERFORMANCE JOURNAL 2, no. 2 (2020): 212. http://dx.doi.org/10.26887/mapj.v2i2.976.
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ABSTRACTThe act of Wayang Padang generally tells about the threat of disintegration behind the turmoil of political world, indecision in the establishment of various regulations, disunity of a number of political parties, selective application of law, and endless corruption. These threats as if the fire in the husk, it cannot be seen from the outside but it’s on fire inside. All forms of this turmoil are fire dots that’s getting bigger and bigger and then burnt down the pillar of this nation. Therefore, it can be concluded that Wisran Hadi through Wayang Padang wants to rebuke and give awareness toward this nation. The process of film making done was fiction film with the style of French New Wave. Fiction film is often called as the type of second film. Fiction film should be tied to the plot and the story presented must be out of reality (scriptwriter’s imagination). Keywords: Wayang Padang, French New Wave, Film, Drama ABSTRAKLakon Wayang Padang secara umum bercerita tentang ancaman desintegrasi dibalik kesemrawutan dunia politik, tarik ulur dalam berbagai penetapan undang-undang, perpecahan sejumlah partai, penerapan hukum yang tebang pilih, dan korupsi yang entah kapan berakhir. Ancaman ini bagai api dalam sekam, tak tampak dari luar tapi nyala di dalam. Segala bentuk kesemrawutan itu adalah titik-titik api yang terus membesar, menjalar, dan membakar persendian bangsa. Maka dari itu, dapat disimpulkan bahwa Wisran Hadi melalui Wayang Padang ingin menegur dan memberikan penyadaran terhadap bangsa ini. Proses penciptaan film yang dilakukan adalah film fiksi dengan gaya French New Wawe. Film fiksi sering juga disebut dengan jenis film kedua, film fiksi sebaiknya harus terikat dengan plot dan cerita yang disajikan harus diluar kenyataan (imajinasi penulis scenario). Katakunci: wayang padang, french new wave, film, drama
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Lee, Shin Ku, W. H. Lo, M. C. Ho, and T. H. Lin. "Estimation of Optimal Water Flow Rate of a Steel Roller Shutter with Water Film Cooling System." Advanced Materials Research 905 (April 2014): 263–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.905.263.
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The hybrid inverse method to estimate the optimal water flow rate and surface temperature on the hot surface of the steel roller shutter with water film cooling system subjected to a fire environment is presented in this paper. The results show that the effect of the down-flowing water film flow rate on the present estimates cannot be negligible. The water-film system combined with the steel roller shutter can effectively improve the heat resistance and the temperature of the shutter slat surface can be controlled to around 100 °C. The optimal water flow rate is 110 L/min for a typical 3m x 3m steel roller shutter with water film cooling system.
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Marin, Roberto. "Viewpoint: Slowing down to go faster." Structural Engineer 91, no. 11 (2013): 98–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.56330/neac6638.
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Whitfield, John. "DNA-chip firm backs down over upgrade." Nature 424, no. 6945 (2003): 119. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/424119a.
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Kolawole, Joseph Seun, Oluyinka Isaiah Oluwagbade, and Adeyemi Wasiu Alabi. "Employee Benefits and Firm Value of Listed Nigerian Consumer Goods Manufacturing Firms." European Journal of Business and Management Research 8, no. 6 (2023): 189–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.24018/ejbmr.2023.8.6.2185.
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The practice of rejigging the firm value of manufacturing companies by considering employee benefits after the adverse effect of the global lockdown of COVID-19 formed the crux of this study. The study investigated the influence of employee benefits on the firm value of listed manufacturing firms in Nigeria. Specifically, it examined the influence of incentives, health, safety, life insurance, and retirement benefits on firm value. The study adopted ex-post facto and longitudinal research designs. 22 consumer goods manufacturing firms listed on the Nigeria Exchange (NGX) formed the study population as of December 31, 2021. A census sampling technique was used, automatically making the 22 listed firms the study’s sample size. Data were obtained from published annual reports of the firms covering ten years, starting from 2012 to 2021 financial year. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics and panel regression. Findings revealed that incentives, health, safety, life insurance, and retirement benefits negatively and significantly affect Tobin’s list of consumer goods manufacturing firms in Nigeria. The study concluded that re-strategising incentives, health, safety, life insurance, and retirement benefits as policies would make firms perform better and increase their value. The study recommends that employee benefit policy and system be reviewed to reduce cost, staff population be cut down, and the firms adopt more non-monetary benefits to improve their wealth.
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Wu, C., Ta Lin, M. Lei, T. Chung, C. Huang, and W. Chiang. "Fire Test On A Non-heat-resistant Fireproof Glass With Down-flowing Water Film." Fire Safety Science 8 (2005): 327–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.3801/iafss.fss.8-327.
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Tran, Brigitte Roth. "Divest, Disregard, or Double Down? Philanthropic Endowment Investments in Objectionable Firms." American Economic Review: Insights 1, no. 2 (2019): 241–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aeri.20180347.
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How much, if at all, should an endowment invest in a firm whose activities run counter to the charitable missions the endowment funds? I offer the first model characterizing this type of investment decision. I introduce a strategy called “mission hedging,” where—in contrast to traditional socially responsible investing—foundations may benefit from skewing investment toward the objectionable firm in order to align funding availability with need. I characterize the trade-offs driving foundation investment decisions. By leveraging the idiosyncratic firm risk typically diversified away in profit-maximizing portfolios, foundations may find that bad actors provide good opportunities to hedge mission-specific risks. (JEL G11, G14, L31, M14)
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Aytun, Uğur, Julian Hinz, and Cem Özgüzel. "Shooting down trade: Firm-level effects of embargoes." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 231 (March 2025): 106821. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106821.
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THAYER, ANN M. "DRUG FIRMS FACE DOWN ECONOMY." Chemical & Engineering News 87, no. 20 (2009): 24–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cen-v087n020.p024.
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Dow, Gregory K. "The labor-managed firm, Jaroslav Vanek and me." Journal of Participation and Employee Ownership 3, no. 2/3 (2020): 123–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jpeo-07-2020-0020.
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PurposeThe purpose of this article is to summarize the relationship between the research of Jaroslav Vanek on labor-managed firms (LMFs) and the research of Gregory K. Dow on the same topic.Design/methodology/approachThe article reviews the research of Jaroslav Vanek in the 1970s and explains how this influenced the publications of Gregory K. Dow extending from the 1980s to the present. A particular focus involves Dow's book “The Labor-Managed Firm: Theoretical Foundations” published by Cambridge University Press in 2018. The methodology is to present an intellectual history in narrative form. The scope of the paper is the economic theory of the LMF.FindingsThe article finds that Dow's interest in LMFs was stimulated by Vanek's publications from the early 1970s. However, Dow's publications in the 1980s were motivated to a large degree by efforts to overcome the limitations of Vanek's theory of the LMF, a goal that shaped much of Dow's later research in the field.Originality/valueThe paper illuminates the strong intellectual influence Jaroslav Vanek exerted on the economic theory of the LMF. Readers who want information about the influences on Dow's work may also find it useful.
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He, Guojun, Shaoda Wang, and Bing Zhang. "Watering Down Environmental Regulation in China*." Quarterly Journal of Economics 135, no. 4 (2020): 2135–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjaa024.
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Abstract This article estimates the effect of environmental regulation on firm productivity using a spatial regression discontinuity design implicit in China's water quality monitoring system. Because water quality readings are important for political evaluations and the monitoring stations only capture emissions from their upstream regions, local government officials are incentivized to enforce tighter environmental standards on firms immediately upstream of a monitoring station, rather than those immediately downstream. Exploiting this discontinuity in regulation stringency with novel firm-level geocoded emission and production data sets, we find that immediate upstream polluters face a more than 24% reduction in total factor productivity (TFP), and a more than 57% reduction in chemical oxygen demand emissions, as compared with their immediate downstream counterparts. We find that the discontinuity in TFP does not exist in nonpolluting industries, only emerged after the government explicitly linked political promotion to water quality readings, and was predominantly driven by prefectural cities with career-driven leaders. Linking the TFP estimate with the emission estimate, a back-of-the-envelope calculation indicates that China's water regulation efforts between 2000 and 2007 were associated with an economic cost of more than 800 billion Chinese yuan.
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Pangestu, Juan Carlos, and Pamella Octavia. "FINANCIAL DISTRESS DETERMINANTS IN IDX MANUFACTURING FIRMS (2021-2023): THE MODERATING ROLE OF FIRM SIZE." Jurnal Bina Akuntansi 12, no. 2 (2025): 167–74. https://doi.org/10.52859/jba.v12i2.776.
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Indonesia is considered by several parties to have experienced the phenomenon of early deindustrialization. Many companies are experiencing financial disruption and closing down, but there is also new investment in the manufacturing industry. Financial distress is defined as a stage of financial decline that occurs before bankruptcy or liquidation. This research takes into account fundamental factors that are thought to have a significant influence on the occurrence of financial distress. This study also uses one fixed or dependent variable, namely Financial Distress, Four independent or free variables, namely Leverage, Audit Committee, Return On Asset, Current Ratio. 1 Moderation Variable, namely the Company Size variable. The research data used in this study are secondary data obtained from audited financial reports and annual reports of manufacturing sector companies. The research and testing methods used are the Purposive sampling method, Classical assumption testing, Multiple regression analysis test and Partial test. The results of the t-test show that only the leverage variable has a significant negative influence on financial distress. Other variables in the research model do not have a significant influence.
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Nauert, Elliot, and Doug Gillan. "The Cognitive Process of Wildland Fire Chainsaw Troubleshooting: Structure, Content, and Training." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 63, no. 1 (2019): 1676–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1071181319631536.
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Wildland firefighting often involves the creation of a fireline (a break in vegetative fuels), an operation commonly hindered by the break-down of gas-powered chainsaws. Some firefighters may not possess the knowledge and skills needed to address break-downs quickly, which threatens productivity and safety. The Applied Cognitive Task Analysis method was used to examine the troubleshooting process of an expert wildland fire sawyer. This included elicitations of key steps in this process, specific pieces of valuable knowledge, and sources of expertise. These results show that much of the expert understanding of complex faults was developed on-the-job rather than during a formal training program. This study highlights areas where training and job aids may be improved to support wildland firefighters in chainsaw troubleshooting and provides preliminary support of ACTA as a tool for training specialists in this domain.
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Zhao, Jiaxin, and Farshid Sadeghi. "Analysis of EHL Circular Contact Shut Down." Journal of Tribology 125, no. 1 (2002): 76–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.1481366.
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In this paper, an isothermal study of the shut down process of elastohydrodynamic lubrication under a constant load is performed. The surface mean velocity is decreased linearly from the initial steady state value to zero. The details of the pressure and film thickness distributions in the contact area are discussed for the two stages of shut down process, namely the deceleration stage and the subsequent pure squeeze motion stage with zero entraining velocity. The nature of the balance between the pressure, the wedge and the squeeze terms in Reynolds equation enables an analytical prediction of the film thickness change on the symmetry line of the contact in the deceleration period, provided that the steady state central film thickness relationship with velocity is known. The results indicate that for a fixed deceleration rate, if the initial steady state surface mean velocity is large enough, the transient pressure and film thickness distributions in the deceleration period solely depend on the transient velocity. The pressure and film thickness at the end of the deceleration period are then the same and do not depend on the initial steady state velocity. From the same initial steady state velocity, larger deceleration rates provide higher central pressure increase, but also preserve a higher film thickness in the contact area at the end of the deceleration period. Later in the second stage when the axisymmetric pressure and film thickness patterns typical of pure squeeze motion form, the pressure distribution in the contact area resembles a Hertzian contact pressure profile with a higher maximum Hertzian pressure and a smaller Hertzian half contact width. As a result, the film thickness is close to a parabolic distribution in the contact area. The volume of the lubricant trapped in the contact area is then estimated using this parabolic film thickness profile.
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Willems, Brian Daniel. "Thrilling Objects: The Scales of Corruption in Political Thrillers." Film-Philosophy 21, no. 1 (2017): 78–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/film.2017.0032.
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Political thrillers often encourage the feeling that a mere individual has the power to make a difference on a large scale. Caught up in a chain of events they wished they had never uncovered, a protagonist can occupy a position in which their actions have far-reaching consequences, with the rookie CIA analyst accidentally bringing down a whole corrupt political system being only one example. Much of the critical attention these films have garnered falls under the rubric of detective work in that the protagonist is seen as exposing a web of corruption which would otherwise have gone on unnoticed. However, this paper is focused on how the scale of the individual comes into contact with other, larger scales of events. Points of contact between scales are important because they are where change can take place, thus allowing an individual to influence the supra-individual.
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RUYER-QUIL, C., P. TREVELEYAN, F. GIORGIUTTI-DAUPHINÉ, C. DUPRAT, and S. KALLIADASIS. "Modelling film flows down a fibre." Journal of Fluid Mechanics 603 (April 30, 2008): 431–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022112008001225.
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Consider the gravity-driven flow of a thin liquid film down a vertical fibre. A model of two coupled evolution equations for the local film thickness h and the local flow rate q is formulated within the framework of the long-wave and boundary-layer approximations. The model accounts for inertia and streamwise viscous diffusion. Evolution equations obtained by previous authors are recovered in the appropriate limit. Comparisons to experimental results show good agreement in both linear and nonlinear regimes. Viscous diffusion effects are found to have a stabilizing dispersive effect on the linear waves. Time-dependent computations of the spatial evolution of the film reveal a strong influence of streamwise viscous diffusion on the dynamics of the flow and the wave selection process.
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Trifonov, Yu Ya. "Viscous Film Flow down Corrugated Surfaces." Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics 45, no. 3 (2004): 389–400. http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/b:jamt.0000025021.41499.e1.
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Ruyer-Quil, C., and P. Manneville. "Modeling film flows down inclined planes." European Physical Journal B 6, no. 2 (1998): 277–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s100510050550.
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C., Venkataiah, Sireesha R., Raju K., Mallikarjuna Rao Y., and Jayamma Manjula. "IOT Based Fire Detection and Surveillance System." Journal of VLSI Design and its Advancement 6, no. 3 (2023): 19–26. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10089553.
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<i>The prevention of property loss due to fire accidents, both unintentional and intentional, requires the early detection of fire in homes. The ability to detect a fire can be crucial since it could be the difference between life and death. Because fires can start anywhere and at any moment, having a fire alarm system helps to keep your family safe. Some people do not believe that a fire alarm system is necessary. They simply think that they will be able to smell the fire and escape quickly. Nowadays, a house burns down in under 60 seconds on average. So, by the time you smell the fire and try to flee, the house has probably already been completely consumed by the fire. A network of connected and reachable objects is known as the Internet of Things (IoT). Any actual object, from a toaster to an automobile, can be referred to as a "Thing" in the Internet of Things. We can alter or gather data from these gadgets by connecting them to the internet. In this paper, we will employ a wide range of sensors to locate a fire and notify the watchman and emergency personnel of its location. It goes into great detail regarding the roles played by each module and how elaborately they are implemented. The use of IoT technology in relation to fire detection systems is also covered.</i>
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Bose, Brinda. "The Desiring Subject: Female Pleasures and Feminist Resistance in Deepa Mehta's Fire." Indian Journal of Gender Studies 7, no. 2 (2000): 249–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/097152150000700207.
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Analysing Deepa Mehta's recent controversial film Fire, which portrays lesbian love between two sisters-in-law, both of them slighted in marriage by their respective partners, as a recourse against and resistance to patriarchal oppression, we find Mehta's portrayal guilty of watering down the politics of lesbian desire—as sexual preference within a larger sphere of sexual choices. Moreover, Mehta's location as an Indo-Canadian filmmaker must also be taken into account when judging Fire's gender politics. In recent Canadian cinema, a considerable emphasis is placed on the sexual agency of female protagonists, both as bearers of the 'look' (famously ascribed by Laura Mulvey to male viewers alone), as well as free choosers of sexual lifestyles. In Fire, however, by contrast, the protagonists' love and escape are matters of necessity, both seem ingly still driven by the male (non-) desiring gaze.
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Bauer, Ronald J., and C. H. von Kerczek. "Stability of Liquid Film Flow Down an Oscillating Wall." Journal of Applied Mechanics 58, no. 1 (1991): 278–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.2897164.
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The stability of a liquid film flowing down an inclined oscillating wall is analyzed. First, the linear theory growth rates of disturbances are calculated to second order in a disturbance wave number. It is shown that this growth rate is simply the sum of the same growth rate expansions for a nonoscillating film on an inclined plate and an oscillating film on a horizontal plate. These growth rates were originally calculated by Yih (1963, 1968). The growth rate formula derived here shows that long wavelength disturbances to a vertical falling film, which are unstable at all nonzero values of the Reynolds number when the wall is stationary, can be stabilized by sufficiently large values of wall oscillation in certain frequency ranges. Second, the full time-dependent stability equations are solved in terms of a wall oscillation amplitude expansion carried to about 20 terms. This expansion shows that for values of mean flow Reynolds number less than about ten, the wall oscillations completely stabilize the film against all the unstable disturbances of the steady film.
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Winters, Jeffrey. "A Firm Grip." Mechanical Engineering 131, no. 10 (2009): 29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.2009-oct-2.
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This article presents an overview of the Peg Restrained Intrinsic Muscle Evaluator (PRIME) device developed by a team of students at the Rice University to measure the strength of a hand affected by nerve or muscle damage. Members of the PRIME team started work on the device in the fall of 2008. Up to that time, doctors commonly used a manual muscle test to measure hand strength. In this test, a patient is asked to lift each finger while the doctor presses gently down on it. Such a measurement is crude at best and totally subjective. The research team realized that it was important for their new device to rotate freely in the x–y plane and translate freely along the z-axis. Because of this freedom of movement, when the patient pulls on the load cell, the sensor can swivel so that the full force vector is measured. This project won the Innovation Showcase competition, and the team members received $10,000 in seed money.