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Assessing The Impact Of Corporate Governance Index On Financial Performance In The Romanian And Italian Banking Systems
No full textAssessing The Impact Of Corporate Governance Index On Financial Performance In The Romanian And Italian Banking System
Assessing The Impact Of Corporate Governance Index On Financial Performance In The Romanian And Italian Banking Systems
No full textAssessing The Impact Of Corporate Governance Index On Financial Performance In The Romanian And Italian Banking System
The impact of internet usage and knowledge-intensive activities on households’ healthcare expenditures
Get PDFThis paper examines the impact of the internet usage and knowledge intensive activities on households’ healthcare expenditures Similarly, the paper aims to recognize and understand, from a value-creation perspective, the correlation between: internet access of households (IA), individuals frequently using the internet (IU), individuals searching on internet for health-related information (HI), payments made by households for healthcare (PHH), expressed as euro per inhabitant and employment in knowledge-intensive activities (KIA). The approach utilized in the present study consists of two steps. First, a theoretical framework was conducted to determine the existing relationship between major variables. Next, the Vector Autoregressive (VAR) approach was applied in a case study at European level to prove the three hypothesis we consider. By analyzing the connection between the major variables, a positive and long-lasting impulse response function was revealed, followed by an ascending trend. This suggests that a self-multiplying effect is being generated; and it reasonable to assume that the more individuals use the Internet, the more electronic acquisitions occur. We can thus reasonably conclude that the improvement of the internet usage and knowledge intensive activities on households’ healthcare expenditures process is strongly dependent on people’s capability. Improving IU and KIA is the new reading key in the decision-making process in health system approach
Measuring conduction velocity distributions in peripheral nerves using neurophysiological techniques
No full textObjective
To determine how long it takes for neural impulses to travel along peripheral nerve fibers in living humans.
Methods
A collision test was performed to measure the conduction velocity distribution of the ulnar nerve. Two stimuli at the distal and proximal sites were used to produce the collision. Compound muscle or nerve action potentials were recorded to perform the measurements on the motor or mixed nerve, respectively. Interstimulus interval was set at 1–5 ms. A quadri-pulse technique was used to measure the refractory period and calibrate the conduction time.
Results
Compound muscle action potential produced by the proximal stimulation started to emerge at the interstimulus interval of about 1.5 ms and increased with the increment in interstimulus interval. Two groups of motor nerve fibers with different conduction velocities were identified. The mixed nerve showed a wider conduction velocity distribution with identification of more subgroups of nerve fibers than the motor nerve.
Conclusions
The conduction velocity distributions in high resolution on a peripheral motor and mixed nerve are different and this can be measured with the collision test.
Significance
We provided ground truth data to verify the neuroimaging pipelines for the measurements of latency connectome in the peripheral nervous system
Antiochos II Théos, Ptolémée II Philadelphe et la mer Noire
No full textAvram Alexandru. Antiochos II Théos, Ptolémée II Philadelphe et la mer Noire. In: Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 147ᵉ année, N. 3, 2003. pp. 1181-1213
D.J. Fournier et M.-G. G. Parissaki (éds), Les communautés du Nord égéen au temps de l’hégémonie romaine (2018)
No full textAvram Alexandru. D.J. Fournier et M.-G. G. Parissaki (éds), Les communautés du Nord égéen au temps de l’hégémonie romaine (2018). In: Topoi, volume 22/2, 2018. pp. 607-611
Scarlat et Marcelle Lambrino : notes inédites sur les fouilles d'Istros (1928-1940) récemment retrouvées
No full textAvram Alexandru. Scarlat et Marcelle Lambrino : notes inédites sur les fouilles d'Istros (1928-1940) récemment retrouvées. In: Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 148ᵉ année, N. 2, 2004. pp. 705-709
Memnon, historian of Heraclea Pontica : historical commentary
No full textMemnon a écrit une histoire locale, celle de sa cité d’origine, Héraclée du Pont, colonie mégarienne située en mer Noire. Sa chronique est conservée en partie grâce aux fragments, plus ou moins consistants, résumés dans la Bibliothèque de Photius. Ce dernier nous a transmis seulement une partie de l’œuvre de Memnon, puisqu’il ne rapporte que les faits contenus dans les livres IX à XVI qui couvrent une période allant des années 60 du IIIème siècle aux années 40 du Ier siècle av. J.-C. avec, cependant, une grosse lacune entre le milieu du IIIème siècle et l’arrivée des Romains. Le texte a fait l’objet d’un commentaire historique détaillé qui met en lumière les incohérences du récit et les événements pour lesquels Memnon constitue notre seule source. Cette recherche se propose également de dégager la méthode historique de Memnon à travers l’étude des thématiques récurrentes dans le texte et l’analyse de l’ordre chronologique des événements. Il est évident que l’intervention de Photius a des incidences sur l’organisation chronologique initiée par Memnon mais il semble néanmoins que la méthode de l’historien d’Héraclée a, dès l’origine, dénaturé la chronologie des faits qu’il rapporte. De surcroît, l’analyse du texte a permis de dégager les objectifs de Memnon, lequel tente de raviver le passé glorieux d’Héraclée et de dénoncer les excès de la domination romaine, en particulier envers sa cité d’origine. L’auteur de l’Histoire d’Héraclée reste méconnu mais il me semble qu’il faut situer son activité littéraire dans la seconde moitié du IIème siècle de notre ère.Memnon wrote a local history, the one of his native city, Heraclea Pontica, megarian colony located in the Black Sea. His chronicle is partially preserved thanks to fragments, more or less substantial, summarized in Photius’ Library. The latter passed on to us only a part of Memnon’s work, since he related only the facts contained in books IX to XVI, which cover a period from the 60’s of the third century to the 40’s of the first century BC., but with a big gap between the mid-third century to the arrival of the Romans. The text was the object of a detailed historical commentary which highlights the inconsistencies of the story and the events for which Memnon is our only source. My research also aims to identify the historical method of Memnon through the study of the recurring themes in the text and the analysis of the chronological order of events. It is obvious that Photius’ intervention has incidences on the chronological organization initiated by Memnon, nevertheless it seems that the method of the historian of Heraclea has distorted from the start the chronology of events he related. Furthermore, analysis of the text allowed to identify the objectives of Memnon who tries to revive the glorious past of Heraclea and to denounce the excesses of the Roman rule, especially to his city of origin. The author of the History of Heraclea remains unknown but it seems to me that his literary activity should be placed in the second half of the second century AD
Sur les pastophores de Tomis
No full textInternational audienceThe author gives a new edition for an inscription from Tomis (ISM, II, 98). According to the new restorations he suggests that the monument was erected by the hieronautai of Isis for a woman called ‘mother of the pastophoroi
Inscription funéraire hellénistique d’Istros
No full textInternational audienceThe author publishes a funerary inscription from the end of the 4th century BC which has been found by chance in Istros (Histria). All three anthroponyms that occur in this new epigraphic document are now attested for the first time in this cit
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