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Christopher Maldajian, Rim El Khoury · 2014 · International Journal of Economics and Finance
This research aims at investigating the factors determining the dividend payout policy in the Lebanese banks listed on the Beirut Stock Exchange. This study considers the impact of seven variables, namely, profitability, liquidity, leverage, firm size, growth, firm risk and previous year’s dividend payout on the dividend payout ratios by using an unbalanced panel dataset of listed banks between the years of 2005 and 2011. Two models were tested using the OLS and the dynamic panel regressions. Empirical results show that the dividend payout policies are positively affected by the firm size, ris
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Simone Passarelli, Dawit Mekonnen, Elizabeth Bryan et al. · 2018 · Food Security
Interventions that aim to increase water availability for agriculture hold great potential for improving nutrition through increasing food production, generating income, enhancing water access and sanitation and hygiene conditions, and through strengthening women’s empowerment. Yet there is scarce evidence on the linkages between small-scale irrigation and the pathways through which nutrition outcomes can be achieved. Using data from a cross-sectional household survey collected in Ethiopia and Tanzania, we explored the potential for small-scale irrigation to contribute to improved diets, and i
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Akhmad Darmawan, Kesih Kurnia, Sri Rejeki · 2019 · Jurnal Ilmiah Akuntansi dan Keuangan
This study aims to analyze the effect of investment knowledge, investment motivation, financial literacy and family environment on the interest in investing in the capital market. This type of research is quantitative. The population of this study were students of the Management Study Program of the Faculty of Economics and Business, Muhammadiyah Purwokerto University in the year 2016 and 2017 with the sample criteria of active students of FEB UMP and those who were / had taken financial management and entrepreneurship courses. Data collection in this study using the questionnaire method. Inst
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Rahul Kapoor · 2013 · Organization Science
Although the stylized model of industry evolution suggests that firms transform from vertical integration to specialization over time, many industries still exhibit a continued persistence of integrated firms. In exploring this puzzle, I…
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Michael Wahl, Joanna J. Phillips, Annette M. Molinaro et al. · 2016 · Neuro-Oncology
Background: Optimal adjuvant management of adult low-grade gliomas is controversial. Recently described tumor classification based on molecular subtype has the potential to individualize adjuvant therapy but has not yet been evaluated as…
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Andrew A. Abeyta, Clay Routledge, Christina Roylance et al. · 2014 · Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
The reported research tested whether the social and agentic content of nostalgic memories varies as a function of attachment-related avoidance. We measured individual differences in attachment-related avoidance and anxiety and coded the…
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Chris K.Y. Lo, Frank Wiengarten, Paul Humphreys et al. · 2013 · Journal of Operations Management
Abstract This study investigates the importance of contextual factors on the efficacy of ISO 9000 adoption. We explore the role of various contextual factors at the firm‐level (i.e., technology intensity, labor productivity, and labor…
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Rebecca Zadroga, David N. Williams, Richard L. Gottschall et al. · 2012 · Clinical Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial removal devices in blood culture media are designed to remove antibiotics from the blood culture solution, thereby facilitating bacterial growth. How well these devices function clinically has not been…
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Abha A. Gupta, Alberto S. Pappo, Natasha Saunders et al. · 2010 · Cancer
BACKGROUND: As Ewing sarcoma (EWS) can affect children and adults, these patients can be treated at either a pediatric or an adult institution. This study investigated whether differences in therapeutic strategy undertaken in pediatric and…
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Merit Cudkowicz, Stacy Lindborg, Namita Goyal et al. · 2021 · Muscle & Nerve
INTRODUCTION/AIMS: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative illness with great unmet patient need. We aimed to evaluate whether mesenchymal stem cells induced to secrete high levels of neurotrophic factors…
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Stella Edström Halling, Magnus Söderberg, U. Berg · 2011 · Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
BACKGROUND: There has been a lack of international consensus on the classification and the predictive value of the histopathology findings in IgA nephropathy (IgAN). Recently, the International IgA Nephropathy Network has developed the…
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Elizabeth Chipp, Lisa Charles, Clare Thomas et al. · 2017 · Burns & Trauma
BACKGROUND: It is commonly accepted that burns taking longer than 3 weeks to heal have a much higher rate of hypertrophic scarring than those which heal more quickly. However, some of our patients develop hypertrophic scars despite healing…
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Tracey A. Martin, David Wan, Kaveh Hajifathalian et al. · 2020 · The American Journal of Gastroenterology
INTRODUCTION: Although current literature has addressed gastrointestinal presentations including nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abnormal liver chemistries, and hyperlipasemia as possible coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) manifestations, the…
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Michael R. Perkin, Kirsty Logan, Henry T. Bahnson et al. · 2019 · Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
BACKGROUND: The Enquiring About Tolerance (EAT) study was a randomized trial of the early introduction of allergenic solids into the infant diet from 3 months of age. The intervention effect did not reach statistical significance in the intention-to-treat analysis of the primary outcome. OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine whether infants at high risk of developing a food allergy benefited from early introduction. METHODS: A secondary intention-to-treat analysis was performed of 3 groups: nonwhite infants; infants with visible eczema at enrollment, with severity determined by SCORAD; and infants
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Umar Zahid, Preethi Ramachandran, Samuel Spitalewitz et al. · 2020 · American Journal of Nephrology
BACKGROUND: Although diffuse alveolar damage and respiratory failure are the key features of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the involvement of other organs such as the kidney has also been reported. The reports of the incidence of…
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Dilip R. Karnad, Rakesh Bhadade, Pradeep Kumar Verma et al. · 2014 · Intensive Care Medicine
PURPOSE: Ulinastatin, a serine protease inhibitor, inhibits several pro-inflammatory proteases and decreases inflammatory cytokine levels and mortality in experimental sepsis. We studied the effect of ulinastatin on 28-day all-cause…
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Rebecca J. Welly, Tzu‐Wen Liu, Terese M. Zidon et al. · 2016 · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
UNLABELLED: Cardiometabolic impairments that begin early in life are particularly critical, because they often predict metabolic dysfunction in adulthood. Obesity, high-fat diet (HFD), and inactivity are all associated with adipose tissue…
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Guillem Pascual‐Pasto, Miriam Bazán‐Peregrino, Nagore G. Olaciregui et al. · 2019 · Science Translational Medicine
VCN-01 is an oncolytic adenovirus designed to replicate selectively in tumor cells with high abundance of free E2F-1, a consequence of a dysfunctional RB1 pathway. Thus, we reasoned that VCN-01 could provide targeted therapeutic activity…
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Rianne Dekker, Henrik Emilsson, Bernhard Krieger et al. · 2015 · International Migration Review
This study examines three theses on local integration policies by a qualitative comparative case study of integration policies in three cities in three different countries (Berlin, Malmö, and Rotterdam). We found little evidence of a…
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Anqi Zhu, Avi Srivastava, Joseph G Ibrahim et al. · 2019 · Nucleic Acids Research
Abstract A primary challenge in the analysis of RNA-seq data is to identify differentially expressed genes or transcripts while controlling for technical biases. Ideally, a statistical testing procedure should incorporate the inherent…
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Joel B. Nelson, Karim Fizazi, Kurt Miller et al. · 2012 · Cancer
BACKGROUND: Endothelin-1 and the endothelin A (ET(A) ) receptor have been implicated in prostate cancer progression in bone. This study aimed to determine whether the specific ET(A) receptor antagonist, zibotentan, prolonged overall…
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David R. Friedland, Christina L. Runge, Humera F. Baig et al. · 2010 · Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
OBJECTIVE: To characterize speech perception performance in elderly cochlear implant users compared with younger adult users. DESIGN: Case-control retrospective analysis from January 1, 1999, to January 28, 2008. SETTING: Tertiary care,…
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Sarah E. Boston, Xiaomin Lu, William T. N. Culp et al. · 2014 · Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
OBJECTIVE: To determine prognostic factors for and compare outcome among dogs with oral malignant melanoma following excision with or without various systemic adjuvant therapies. DESIGN: Retrospective case series. ANIMALS: 151 dogs with…
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Ling Ji, Todd Chaba, Lin-Fu Zhu et al. · 2011 · Hepatology
UNLABELLED: A major predictor of failed liver resection and transplantation is nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). NAFLD is linked to a wide spectrum of diseases including obesity and diabetes that are increasingly prevalent in…
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Leonardo Bursztyn, Davide Cantoni · 2015 · The Review of Economics and Statistics
This paper examines the impact of exposure to foreign media on the economic behavior of agents in a totalitarian regime. We study private consumption choices focusing on the former East Germany, where differential access to Western…
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Monique Maas, Patty J. Nelemans, Vincenzo Valentini et al. · 2014 · International Journal of Cancer
Recent literature suggests that the benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy (aCT) for rectal cancer patients might depend on the response to neoadjuvant chemoradiation (CRT). Aim was to evaluate whether the effect of aCT in rectal cancer is…
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L Thibaut, Sean R. Connolly, Hugh Sweatman · 2011 · Ecology
Biodiversity may provide insurance against ecosystem collapse by stabilizing assemblages that perform particular ecological functions (the "portfolio effect"). However, the extent to which this occurs in nature and the importance of…
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Jared W. Magnani, Carlee Moser, Joanne M. Murabito et al. · 2014 · Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
BACKGROUND: Endogenous sex hormones have been related to cardiovascular outcomes and mortality. We hypothesized that sex hormones are related to atrial fibrillation (AF) in a community-based cohort of middle-aged to older men. METHODS AND…
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Hans J. Grabe, Christian Schwahn, Katja Appel et al. · 2010 · American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics
Dysregulations of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis have been implicated in the pathogenesis of depressive disorders and the corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) was found to modulate emotional memory consolidation. Recently,…
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Eko Wahjudi · 2019 · Journal of Management Development
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the variables that significantly affect dividend policy. Design/methodology/approach This research uses a type of comparative causal research (causal-comparative research), where the fact or…
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