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Reviewing a Friend - The Role of Social Ties in Review Work in Auditing
2016
Hierarchically structured review work is a pervasive element in many professional work settings, including auditing. However, little is known about social factors underlying the pairing of reviewers and reviewees and their impact on quality. The German auditing setting provides a unique opportunity to empirically observe review work at the highest hierarchical level. We investigate the role of social ties in the pairing of concurring auditor (reviewer) and lead auditor (reviewee). We find that the presence of social ties between the concurring auditor and the lead auditor resulting from local affinity, i.e., having the same dialect and working in the same office, makes it more likely for th…
Journal of Economics and Management Research, Vol. 3
2014
Igo Cals. Bounded Rationality Concept and Farming Values in Latvian Agricultural Sector ; Dagnija Daņēviča, Ieva Aizsila, Roberts Ikaunieks. Audit Quality Aspects of Cooperation Between Certified Auditor and Audited Entity ; Gyula Fülöp, Bettina Hódi Hernádi. Comparison of Traditional, Environmental and Sustainability Accounting Systems ; Svetlana Jesiļevska. Similarities and Differences of Conducting Innovation Survey – Latvian and Estonian Approaches ; Silvija Kristapsone. Subjective Assessment by Teachers and Other Professionals of Well-being in Latvia in Years 2011/2012 ; Olga Rajevska. Pension Statistics in Latvia: Resources and Weaknesses ; Christin Richter. Current Developments in Ri…
Elastic properties of DNA linked flexible magnetic filaments.
2011
Elastic properties of magnetic filaments linked by DNA in solutions of univalent and bivalent salts with different pH values are investigated through their deformation in an external field. A strong dependence of the bending modulus in bivalent salt solution on the pH is shown. Experimental results are interpreted on the basis of the magnetic elastica.
Modeling Natural Anti-Inflammatory Compounds by Molecular Topology
2011
One of the main pharmacological problems today in the treatment of chronic inflammation diseases consists of the fact that anti-inflammatory drugs usually exhibit side effects. The natural products offer a great hope in the identification of bioactive lead compounds and their development into drugs for treating inflammatory diseases. Computer-aided drug design has proved to be a very useful tool for discovering new drugs and, specifically, Molecular Topology has become a good technique for such a goal. A topological-mathematical model, obtained by linear discriminant analysis, has been developed for the search of new anti-inflammatory natural compounds. An external validation obtained with …
Improved determination of the mass of the1−+light hybrid meson from QCD sum rules
2003
We calculate the next-to-leading order (NLO) ${\ensuremath{\alpha}}_{s}$ corrections to the contributions of the condensates $〈\ensuremath{\alpha}{G}^{2}〉$ and $〈\overline{q}q{〉}^{2}$ in the current-current correlator of the hybrid current $g\overline{q}(x){\ensuremath{\gamma}}_{\ensuremath{\nu}}{\mathrm{iF}}_{\ensuremath{\mu}\ensuremath{\nu}}^{a}{T}^{a}q(x)$ using the external field method in the Feynman gauge. After incorporating these NLO contributions into the Laplace sum rules, the mass of the ${J}^{\mathrm{PC}}{=1}^{\ensuremath{-}+}$ light hybrid meson is recalculated using the QCD sum rule approach. We find that the sum rules exhibit enhanced stability when the NLO ${\ensuremath{\alp…
Empirical evaluation of home-based reablement: A review
2021
Home-based reablement (HBR) aims to restore or increase patients’ level of functioning, thereby increasing the patients’ self-reliance and consequently decreasing their dependence on healthcare services. To date, the evidence on whether HBR is an efficient method has not been comprehensively reviewed. The aim of this study was to provide a concise summary of relevant existing findings. In addition, we provide a critical constructive assessment of the publications reflecting the extant research. The relevant literature on this topic was identified through a systematic search of appropriate databases. Thereafter, we screened the studies, first by title, followed by abstract and then by asses…
Risk Management Optimization for Sovereign Debt Restructuring
2015
Abstract Debt restructuring is one of the policy tools available for resolving sovereign debt crises and, while unorthodox, it is not uncommon. We propose a scenario analysis for debt sustainability and integrate it with scenario optimization for risk management in restructuring sovereign debt. The scenario dynamics of debt-to-GDP ratio are used to define a tail risk measure, termed conditional Debt-at-Risk. A multi-period stochastic programming model minimizes the expected cost of debt financing subject to risk limits. It provides an operational model to handle significant aspects of debt restructuring: it collects all debt issues in a common framework, and can include contingent claims, m…
Detrital zircon and micropalaeontological ages as new constraints for the lowermost tectonic unit (Talea Ori unit) of Crete, Greece
2007
The Talea Ori unit is the lowermost known tectonic unit of Crete and the most external part of the Hellenides. Its stratigraphy ranges from Late Carboniferous to Oligocene and outcrops of the lower part are only known in the Talea Ori mountains (central Crete). In this area, a black sandstone at the base of the Galinos Beds, thought to be the oldest formation, contains zircons which were dated using the single grain evaporation method. The majority of these grains yielded Late Carboniferous ages (Variscan), while a small group yielded Early Proterozoic ages. The age distribution of these zircons suggests that, at the Carboniferous–Permian boundary, not much of the older North Gondwanan base…
»Was ich am richtigen Leben nicht so schätze« Online-Rollenspielsucht eines Jugendlichen - Fallstudie/ “What I don‘t Appreciate in Real Life”: Online…
2015
The present article aims to provide an insight into the life story of a computer-game addicted adolescent. Here, the relationship between the symptom game addiction, the family as a reference framework, the game's characteristics, as well as the subjective emotional state of the adolescent are of particular interest. An emphasis is also laid on the psychodynamically approached question of the impact of infantile and current relationship experiences (both within a family environment as well as with peers) on personal development. Last, still within a psychodynamic framework, we hope to provide a better understanding of the role of online computer-game addiction in the process of experiences …
Vasoactive peptide urotensin II in plasma is associated with cerebral vasospasm after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and constitutes a potential …
2019
National audience; OBJECTIVECerebral vasospasm (VS) is a severe complication of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Urotensin II (UII) is a potent vasoactive peptide activating the urotensin (UT) receptor, potentially involved in brain vascular pathologies. The authors hypothesized that UII/UT system antagonism with the UT receptor antagonist/biased ligand urantide may be associated with post-SAH VS. The objectives of this study were 2-fold: 1) to leverage an experimental mouse model of SAH with VS in order to study the effect of urotensinergic system antagonism on neurological outcome, and 2) to investigate the association between plasma UII level and symptomatic VS after SAH in huma…