76 research outputs found
Faculty of Business and Law School of Accounting, Economics and Finance ECONOMICS SERIES
No full textWhy is the world getting older? The influence of happiness on mortality Cahit Guven, Rudolph Saloumidis. The working papers are a series of manuscripts in their draft form. Please do not quote without obtaining the author’s consent as these works are in their draft form. The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and not necessarily endorsed by the School or IBISWorld Pty Ltd. Why is the world getting older? The influence of happiness on mortalit
Competitiveness of manufacturing enterprises in North Cyprus: A firm level analysis.
No full textThis study aims at investigating discriminating factors of low and high performance small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in terms of the perception of the SME owners/managers about profit goal achievement in North Cyprus. The study employs the recent and only available micro-data from Manufacturing Industry’s Profile and Expectations Surveys (2009 and 2010) initiated by Chamber of Industry and conducted by Small Business Development and Research Centre (SBDRC). Surveys’ sample covers approximately 70% of the companies in the manufacturing sector. Findings of the Discriminant Analysis (DA) indicates that performing (competitive) manufacturing firms are those who have more competent entrepreneurs, low labor unit cost, high capacity utilization and growth phases of companies. Variables like age of owners/manager, age of the firms, number of employees, target market (domestic or foreign), legal structure of the enterprise, investment on technology and quality have not been statistically significant
Comment on ‘Effect of surface energy on tensile deformation of nanotubes’
No full textThe author would like to bring attention to some incorrect relations and statements in a recently published article in this journal.</jats:p
Can “ugly veg” supply chains reduce food loss?
No full textSupplementary materials are available online at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221723000668?via%3Dihub#sec0023 .Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). The tradition of marketing only aesthetically agreeable produce by retailers contributes to a major source of food loss through “ugly veg”, i.e., the produce that does not look “regular”. In this paper, we examine the relations between different tiers of agri-food supply chains to study the impact of marketing ugly veg on different supply chain members and the food loss in the system. We examine and compare scenarios of a centralized supply chain, a traditional supply chain without ugly veg, an ugly veg supply chain with a single retailer offering both regular produce and ugly veg, and a two-retailer supply chain where an auxiliary retailer sells the ugly veg. We characterize the equilibrium decisions in these systems and also provide analytical results and insights on the effectiveness of different supply chain designs based on a comprehensive numerical study. We demonstrate the conditions under which the supply chain can reduce overall food loss. For sufficiently high cost of effort, selling ugly veg through the single retailer reduces food loss. Nonetheless, the grower is generally better off offering the ugly veg to an auxiliary retailer. We show that the ratio of food loss per cultivated land always decreases in the two-retailer supply chain, while the total food loss might increase for sufficiently high cost of effort
Uses of performance metrics in clinical and managerial networks
No full textIt has been widely argued that strategic change in organizations is best supported by encouraging networks, rather than imposing change bureaucratically. In the NHS, the government has been encouraging clinicians and managers to work together in networks to improve performance. This article shows that this kind of networking is difficult to realize. The author explains where the main problems lie: clinical managerial conflict; top-down approaches to the implementation of benchmarking initiatives; and the inadequacy of the evidence base for comparison
Plasma Renin Measurements are Unrelated to Mineralocorticoid Replacement Dose in Patients With Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
No full textThis is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, following peer review. The version of record Riccardo Pofi, Alessandro Prete, Vivien Thornton-Jones, Jillian Bryce, Salma R Ali, S Faisal Ahmed, Antonio Balsamo, Federico Baronio, Amalia Cannuccia, Ayla Guven, Tulay Guran, Feyza Darendeliler, Claire Higham, Walter Bonfig, Liat de Vries, Tania A S S Bachega, Mirela C Miranda, Berenice B Mendonca, Violeta Iotova, Màrta Korbonits, Nils P Krone, Ruth Krone, Andrea Lenzi, Wiebke Arlt, Richard J Ross, Andrea M Isidori, Jeremy W Tomlinson, Plasma Renin Measurements are Unrelated to Mineralocorticoid Replacement Dose in Patients With Primary Adrenal Insufficiency, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Volume 105, Issue 1, January 2020, Pages 314–326, https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgz055 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgz05
Implementation of benchmarking in NHS Trusts
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Absorption enhancer based formulation for the oral delivery of low molecular weight heparin
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Optimal siting and sizing of wind farms
No full textIn this paper, we propose a novel technique to determine the optimal placement of wind farms, thereby taking into account wind characteristics and electrical grid constraints. We model the long-term variability of wind speed using a Weibull distribution according to wind direction intervals, and formulate the metrics that capture wind speed characteristics at a specific location, namely the arithmetic mean of wind speed, the theoretical wind power density and the capacity factor of a prospective wind power plant, to determine the feasibility of a wind power plant establishment. Furthermore, a linear optimization formulation is provided to determine the geographical locations and the installed capacities of wind farms, in order to maximize the expected annual wind power generation, while obeying the constraints from the electrical power grid and the transmission system operator. As a case study, the proposed wind speed model and the linear optimization formulation are used to evaluate the wind characteristics and the potential wind farm sites in Turkey.</p
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