THE WORLD OF BUSINESS: A BILINGUAL APPROACH

This paper focuses on a presentation of two business languages, English and Spanish, with the purpose of rendering similarities and differences between them, as perceived by Romanian students. Various principles have been analysed in order to emphasize thBusiness English, filter language, Business Spanish, cross cultural communication, three-dimensional linguistic perspective.

Methods to increase the competitiveness in industry

Industrial firms are different between them for their economical characteristics, competitive situations and their prospects. Industry and competitive analysis use a lot of concepts and methods for obtaining a clear image concerning the variable conditions from industry and competitive strong forces. Economical characteristics of industry are important for their strategic implications.industrial companies, competitive forces, strategy formulation

Helsinki corridors : ways of European expansion and development

Efficient distribution of human and goods transport has always been an important element in maintaining the economic systems cohesion. Together with the economic and technological development, the purposes to attain this goal have considerably evolved. The integration of the Centre, Eastern and South-Eastern European countries’ infrastructure in the European transport networks has as a main goal the promotion of networks’ interconnection and interoperability. This is done through concentrating upon some specific infrastructure routes located on the trajectory of 10 pan-European transport corridors, which pass through geographical zones in many countries, some of them EU members, and others undergoing a process of negotiation (Turkey). Pan-European Corridors will have immediate effects like: the growth of investments in infrastructure thanks to European funds – for developing countries, this will represent an important part as it welcomes a development of the economy, especially in crises; the favouring of conditions for the functioning and administration of globalization; the growth of cooperation both among Eastern countries and between such countries and Western countries; conditions for the recovery of economic differences between West and East; conditions for the recovery of the development in accordance with the policy of European countries and other candidate countries.peer-reviewe

METHODS TO INCREASE THE COMPETITIVENESS IN INDUSTRY

Industrial firms are different between them for their economicalcharacteristics, competitive situations and their prospects. Industry andcompetitive analysis use a lot of concepts and methods for obtaining a clearimage concerning the variable conditions from industry and competitivestrong forces. Economical characteristics of industry are important for theirstrategic implications

Investigating and treating fecal incontinence: When and how

Fecal incontinence is a common disorder in our aging population and can have profound effects on patient’s well-being. The present review examines the current understanding of fecal incontinence and provides a practical approach to the investigation and management of this condition. A special emphasis is placed on specialized testing, focusing on indications and impact on guiding management

Novel Neural Learning Strategies For High Performance Vowel Classification

. Feedforward neural network performances depend on finding optimal learning parameters. Among them, the learning rate is critical for both the convergence speed and the value of the learning error. This paper introduces a new method for learning rate adaptation, namely the "Anti--Oscillatory Dynamic Method". Its performances are evaluated on a vowel classification task, with various cost functions. A comparison with other strategies proves that our solution outperforms Moody's "Search then Converge" technique. Keywords: neural network, cost function, adaptive learning rate INTRODUCTION Artificial neural networks (ANNs) are nonlinear, parallel processing devices, with proven high performance signal processing capabilities. Each ANN is defined by the characteristics of the simple perceptron, the network topology, the cost function, the learning algorithm and the stability conditions [1, 3, 10, 16]. The simple perceptron (alternative names are: artificial neuron, node, neurode) is the b..

Efficacy and side-effect profiles of lactulose, docusate sodium, and sennosides compared to PEG in opioid-induced constipation: A systematic review

Opioid-induced constipation (OIC) is a side effect of opioid therapy that can affect quality of life, adherence to treatment, and morbidity and possibly mortality. Objectives: To investigate whether docusate sodium, sennosides, and lactulose have equal efficacy and side effect profiles compared to PEG in the management of OIC in adults. Methods: A systematic review was undertaken. Randomized controlled trials of adults taking opioids for cancer or non-cancer pain were considered if they met inclusion criteria. Conclusions: Statistical pooling was not possible as no studies met inclusion criteria. Large, well-powered, randomized controlled trials are feasible. Standard definitions of OIC would assist with the execution of these studies and contribute to their internal and external validity. Further research is strongly encouraged