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G. Vernon Block
No full text"Pte G. Vernon Block VX150404 7th Battalion [11] Platoon "B" Coy 1939 - 1945. Dulcie Block (wife)".Private G. Vernon Block VX150404. 7th Battalion, [11] Platoon, "B" Company 1939 - 1945. Dulcie Block (wife)
On Pathos Semitotal and Total Block Graph of a Tree
No full textThe concept of pathos of a graph G was introduced by Harary [2], as a collection of minimum number of line disjoint open paths whose union is G. The path number of a graph G is the number of paths in pathos. A new concept of a graph valued functions called the semitotal and total block graph of a graph was introduced by Kulli
PROSPETTIVE DI DIGITALIZZAZIONE E INIZIATIVE PER L’ADOZIONE DEL BIM IN GERMANIA/ DIGITALIZATION PERSPECTIVES AND MEASURES FOR THE ADOPTION OF BIM IN GERMANY
No full textPrice Impact of Block Trades and Price Behavior Surrounding Block Trades in Indian Capital Market
No full textWe analyze the permanent (information effect) and temporary (liquidity effect) impact of block trades transacted in the National Stock Exchange of India. Block trades are identified using multiple criteria based on trade value and trade volume. Overall, the permanent price impact is more for block purchases than for block sales indicating that block purchases are more informative than block sales, which may be motivated by liquidity need. Unlike in other markets, we observe that the temporary impact is greater than the permanent impact in case of block purchase. We classify the block trades as All-or-None (AON) and Not-AON trades depending on the number of transactions through which a block order is executed. As expected, the price impact is higher for Not-AON trades as compared to AON trades (which can be assumed to be pre-negotiated trades). Further, arrival of multiple block trades increases market confidence on the information. The permanent price impact is higher for days where there are more than one block trade of similar nature than for days with only one block trade. To analyze the speed of market response to the information associated with block trades, we have used the ‘transaction time event approach’, as used by Holthausen et al. (1990). We find that the prices start increasing (front running) 8 minutes before block purchases but not in case of block sales i.e. some information about the impending block purchase is factored in by the market when the block trade is for purchases. Further, in the case of block sales, prices revert quickly leaving very small permanent price impact.
A survey of blockholders and corporate control
No full textThe author surveys the empirical literature on large-percentage shareholders in public corporations, focusing on four key issues: the prevalence of blockholders; the motivation for block ownership; the effect of blockholders on executive compensation, leverage, the incidence of takeovers, and a wide range of corporate decisions; and the effect of blockholders on firm value. A central finding of this study is that there is little reason for policymakers or small investors to fear large-percentage shareholders in general, especially when the blockholders are active in firm management.Stockholders ; Corporate governance
Leaps: an approach to the block structure of a graph
No full textTo study the block structure of a connected graph G=(V,E), we introduce two algebraic approaches that reflect this structure: a binary operation + called a leap operation and a ternary relation L called a leap system, both on a finite, nonempty set V. These algebraic structures are easily studied by considering their underlying graphs, which turn out to be block graphs. Conversely, we define the operation +G as well as the set of leaps LG of the connected graph G. The underlying graph of +G , as well as that of LG , turns out to be just the block closure of G (i.e. the graph obtained by making each block of G into a complete subgraph).
A penalised data-driven block shrinkage approach to empirical Bayes wavelet estimation
No full textIn this paper we propose a simple Bayesian block wavelet shrinkage method for estimating an unknown function in the presence of Gaussian noise. A data–driven procedure which can adaptively choose the block size and the shrinkage level at each resolution level is provided. The asymptotic property of the proposed method, BBN (Bayesian BlockNorm shrinkage), is investigated in the Besov sequence space. The numerical performance and comparisons with some of existing wavelet denoising methods show that the new method can achieve good performance but with the least computational time
Adaptive nested trellis decoding for block codes.
No full textA new adaptive trellis decoding technique for block codes is proposed. The technique is based on an encoding technique which allows the design of almost all known linear codes together with their minimal trellises. The proposed adaptive trellis decoding technique allows the implementation of a single soft maximum likelihood trellis decoder for decoding of different codes. It has been shown that both the encoding and decoding techniques can be implemented with a low complexity and cost
Teaching in the block: perceptions from an agricultural education classroom
No full textPlan BA relatively new initiative called block scheduling is being used in high schools all over the country. Several schools are investigating and adopting block schedules to replace traditional schedules. Block scheduling has several benefits to educators, for example, the larger blocks of class time allow for a variety of teaching methods and activities. The purpose of the study was to research the teachers' attitudes of the effectiveness of block scheduling design. The study focused on four questions (1) What are agricultural education teachers' perceptions of the overall effectiveness of block scheduling? (2) Have teaching methods in agricultural education changed in response to block scheduling? (3) Has enrollment in agriculture classes changed as a result of the block schedule? (4) What are important benefits and drawbacks of block scheduling specific to agricultural education classrooms? Surveys were distributed to Wisconsin Agricultural Education Instructors at the end of the 2002 school year. The survey consisted of demographic information, 30 Likert type items, and a comment section. A total of 48 surveys were mailed to participants and thirty-two (67%) were returned. Results show that many teachers feel overall that block scheduling is effective for their agricultural education programs. Many participants stated advantages to block scheduling such as hands-on and lab activities, more time for fieldtrips, and the opportunity to have more individualized contact with students. However, participants also mentioned disadvantages such as challenges with FFA recruitment and member involvement
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