6 research outputs found
Suicide and Attempted Suicide in Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Obesity and Weight-Image Concern
No full textCompleted suicide is a major cause of death in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Meta-analyses have shown that individuals suffering from anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa commit suicide more often than their counterparts in the general population. In addition, several studies have suggested that suicide is the major cause of death among patients with anorexia nervosa, refuting the assumption that malnutrition threatens the life of these patients. Data concerning completed suicide in bulimia nervosa, on the other hand, are still scarce but suicide attempts (a major risk factor for completed suicide) are common among cohorts of patients with bulimia nervosa. Suicidality in obese persons and individuals with disturbed weight status has been reported. In both bulimia nervosa and obesity, more long-term follow-up studies are before the risk of suicide may be compared with that for anorexia nervosa
The margin of safety principle and corporate strategy
No full textPurposeThis paper seeks to analyze the applicability of the time‐tested margin of safety principle from value investing to corporate strategy.Design/methodology/approachThe main source of this paper is the book Margin of Safety, supplementation materials, including a discussion with the book's author, Seth Klarman, were also referenced.FindingsThe paper finds that the margin of safety principle is broadly applicable to corporate strategy in areas such as M&A, hedging, balance sheet management, share buybacks, special dividends, divestments, and cash management. Each of these areas is discussed in the paper and illustrated by way of timely examples as part of the analysis.Research limitations/implicationsFurther research could be conducted into valuation methods in general, including the method practiced by noted value investors. Research could also be conducted into the margin of safety principle and its applications in corporate strategy, corporate finance, strategic risk management, shareholder communications, and operations management.Originality/valueThis is the first paper that the author is aware of that analyzes the applicability of the investment‐based margin of safety principle to corporate strategy and strategy‐related initiatives.</jats:sec
A Sociedade do cansaço e as contribuições de Byung-Chul Han para o campo da Educação: uma leitura contemporânea fundamental
No full textIn addition to the disciplinary society of the 21st century, according to Han, we live in a society of performance and fatigue, which demands the autonomy of life itself through technology, whose inhabitants are now subjects of production and entrepreneurs of themselves. Han introduces tiredness as a characteristic of this society, taken over by neuronal diseases, in a world that has lost its soul and become devoid of its relationship with the divine. The author invites us to rethink the terms of this contemporaneity.Más allá de la sociedad disciplinaria del siglo XXI, según Han, vivimos en una sociedad del rendimiento y del cansancio, que exige la autonomización de la propia vida a través de la técnica, cuyos habitantes son ahora sujetos de producción y empresarios de sí mismos. Han introduce el cansancio como una característica de esta sociedad, invadida por enfermedades neuronales, en un mundo que ha perdido su alma y ha quedado desprovisto de su relación con lo divino. El autor nos invita a repensar los términos de esta contemporaneidad.Para além da sociedade disciplinar do século XXI, segundo Han, vivemos uma sociedade de desempenho e do cansaço, que reivindica a autonomização da própria vida por meio da técnica, cujos habitantes são agora sujeitos de produção e empresários de si mesmos. Han introduz o cansaço como característico dessa sociedade, tomada pelas doenças neuronais, em um mundo que perdeu sua alma e tornou-se desprovido de sua relação com o divino. O autor convida-nos a repensar os termos dessa contemporaneidade
Improved Y-STR typing for disaster victim identification, missing persons investigations, and historical human skeletal remains
No full textBones are a valuable source of DNA in forensic, anthropological, and archaeological investigations. There are a number of scenarios in which the only samples available for testing are highly degraded and/or skeletonized. Often it is necessary to perform more than one type of marker analysis on such samples in order to compile sufficient data for identification. Lineage markers, such as Y-STRs and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), represent important systems to complement autosomal DNA markers and anthropological metadata in making associations between unidentified remains and living relatives or for characterization of the remains for historical and archaeological studies. In this comparative study, Y-STR typing with both Yfiler and Yfiler Plus (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA) was performed on a variety of human skeletal remains, including samples from the American Civil War (1861-1865), the late nineteenth century gold rush era in Deadwood, SD, USA (1874-1877), the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), a seventeenth-century archaeological site in Raspenava, Bohemia (Czech Republic), and World War II (1939-1945). The skeletal remains used for this study were recovered from a wide range of environmental conditions and were extracted using several common methods. Regardless of the DNA extraction method used and the age/condition of the remains, 22 out of 24 bone samples yielded a greater number of alleles using the Yfiler Plus kit compared to the Yfiler kit using the same quantity of input DNA. There was no discernable correlation with the degradation index values for these samples. Overall, the efficacy of the Yfiler Plus assay was demonstrated on degraded DNA from skeletal remains. Yfiler Plus increases the discriminatory power over the previous generation multiplex due to the larger set of Y-STR markers available for analysis and buffer modifications with the newer version kit. Increased haplotype resolution is provided to infer or refute putative genetic relationships.Peer reviewe
Investigation of risk management changes in insurance companies
No full textThis thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.This thesis studies the change process of risk management practices associated with the
implementation of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and the extent to which it can lead to
changes in capital allocation practices. The study develops a theoretical framework to study risk management changes, which draws on structuration theory (Giddens, 1979, 1984) and institutional theory, particularly the institutional framework of Burns and Scapens (2000), as well as new institutional sociology theory. A two-stage empirical study was undertaken in non-life insurance companies. The first stage was a field study of 10 listed non-life insurance companies, while the second stage was a case study of a large non-life insurance company. Multiple data collection methods were used including semi-structured interviews, documentary evidence, annual reports, and publicly available data. Findings show internal, coercive, and normative pressures have mainly driven the ERM adoption decision. The literature supports the impact of coercive, mimetic, and normative pressures on the trend toward ERM in financial industries. However, the study finds that internal pressures related to achieving the company's objectives are either equal to or surpass
the external pressures. The study also provides empirical evidence of the changes in risk management practices, which include capital allocation change process associated with ERM implementation. Effective capital allocation requires the incorporation of ERM elements in the whole process of allocating capital. Furthermore, new capital allocation routines and institutions are produced. The study shows that the risk-based capital allocation method is intra- and extra-institutionalised at the company level. The main contribution of this thesis is to identify the nature of ERM adoption and
implementation in insurance companies. More specifically, this study provides a better
understanding of the institutional forces driving ERM adoption and offers empirical evidence on ERM implementation and the change in risk management practices (routines) within nonlife insurance companies. Moreover, this study avoids the limitations of previous research that was based on surveys, and it does so by conducting an exploratory field study and
explanatory case study to address the changes in risk management practices. Practices and process need to be located in their institutional context and hence cannot be reflected in surveys
