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Management Changes And Performance: The Case Of REITs
Managementâs (board of directors or executive officers) contribution to a firm is difficult to directly observe, although stock return performance can be a source of information. This study extends the work of McIntosh et al (1994) and Friday et al (2006) by analyzing management changes involving Real Estate Investment Trusts from 1996 to 2008. I find that there is a significant relationship between negative performance and a management change from a period three months prior to the change in management. REITs specializing in office properties have the largest negative performance prior to management changes. Negative performance prior to management changes was highest during the tech bubble period
Do Management Changes Matter? An Empirical Investigation of REIT Performance
Managementâs (board of directors or executive officers) contribution to a firm is difficult to directly observe, although stock return performance can be a source of information. This study addresses this issue by extending the work of McIntosh, Rogers, Sirmans and Liang (1994) by analyzing management changes within REITs from 1984 to 2002. The findings indicate a significant relationship between negative performance and a management change from a period three months prior to the change in management. Logit and probit analysis are used to determine whether negative firm performance (measured by its relationship to market returns) can predict the likelihood of a management change. No predictive ability is found.
NAV And Risk: The Case Of REITs
A study is done on Net Asset Value (NAV) of equity REITs from 1993 to 2006. The value (growth) determination of REITs is investigated based on NAV per share as opposed to book value per share since the underlying value of the REITsâ assets (NAV) drives the trading decision. The NAV to Market ratio (NM) is evaluated as a risk measure when used in a Fama-French and Carhart model setting. We find this measure contributes only 0.10% to the REIT risk premium
A supersonic crowdion in mica: Ultradiscrete kinks with energy between K recoil and transmission sputtering
In this chapter we analyze in detail the behaviour and properties of the
kinks found in an one dimensional model for the close packed rows of potassium
ions in mica muscovite. The model includes realistic potentials obtained from
the physics of the problem, ion bombardment experiments and molecular dynamics
fitted to experiments. These kinks are supersonic and have an unique velocity
and energy. They are ultradiscrete involving the translation of an interstitial
ion, which is the reason they are called 'crowdions'. Their energy is below the
most probable source of energy, the decay of the K isotope and above the
energy needed to eject an atom from the mineral, a phenomenon that has been
observed experimentallyComment: 28 pages, 15 figure
Must naive realists be relationalists?
Relationalism maintains that perceptual experience involves, as part of its nature, a distinctive kind of conscious perceptual relation between a subject of experience and an object of experience. Together with the claim that perceptual experience is presentational, relationalism is widely believed to be a core aspect of the naive realist outlook on perception. This is a mistake. I argue that naive realism about perception can be upheld without a commitment to relationalism
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Price, John M. Dada--Esthetic Nihilism. Prose. 5.
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Signalling Responses Following Varying Sequencing of Strength and Endurance Training in a Fed State.
The objective of this study was to compare anabolic signalling responses to differing sequences of concurrent strength and endurance training in a fed state.Eighteen resistance-trained males were randomly assigned to the following experimental conditions; i) strength training (ST), ii) strength followed by endurance training (ST-END) or iii) endurance followed by strength training (END-ST). Muscle tissue samples were taken from the vastus lateralis before each exercise protocol, upon cessation of exercise, and 1 h-post cessation of strength training. Tissue was analysed for total and phosphorylated (p-) signalling proteins linked to the mTOR and AMPK networks.Strength training performance was similar between ST, ST-END and END-ST. p-S6k1 was elevated from baseline 1 h post training in ST and ST-END (both p < 0.05). p-4E-BP1 was significantly lower than baseline post ST (p = 0.01), while 1 h post exercise in the ST-END condition p-4E-BP1 was significantly greater than post exercise (p = 0.04). p-ACC was elevated from baseline both post and 1 h post exercise (both p < 0.05) in the END-ST condition. AMPK, mTOR, p38, PKB, eEF2 responded similarly to the ST, ST-END and END-ST. Signalling responses to ST, ST-END and END were largely similar. As such it cannot be ascertained which sequence of concurrent strength and endurance training is most favourable in promoting anabolic signalling.These data indicate that in the case of the present study an acute bout of concurrent training of differing sequences elicited similar responses of the AMPK and mTOR networks
Ecological implications of fine-scale fire patchiness and severity in tropical savannas of northern Australia
Research ArticleUnderstanding fine-scale fire patchiness
has significant implications for
ecological processes and biodiversity
conservation. It can affect local
extinction of and recolonisation by
relatively immobile fauna and poorly
seed-dispersed flora in fire-affected
areas. This study assesses fine-scale fire
patchiness and severity, and associated
implications for biodiversity, in north
Australian tropical savanna systems.
We used line transects to sample
burning patterns of ground layer
vegetation in different seasons and
vegetation structure types, within the
perimeter of 35 fires that occurred
between 2009 and 2011. We evaluated
two main fire characteristics: patchiness
(patch density and mean patch length)
and severity (inferred from char and
scorch heights, and char and ash
proportions). The mean burned area of ground vegetation was 83 % in the
early dry season (EDS: May to July)
and 93 % in the late dry season (LDS:
August to November). LDS fires were
less patchy (smaller and fewer
unburned patches), and had higher fire
severity (higher mean char and scorch
heights, and twice the proportion of
ash) than EDS fires. Fire patchiness
varied among vegetation types,
declining under more open canopy
structure. The relationship between
burned area and fire severity depended
on season, being strongly correlated in
the EDS and uncorrelated in the LDS.
Simulations performed to understand
the implications of patchiness on the
population dynamics of fire-interval
sensitive plant species showed that
small amounts of patchiness
substantially enhance survival. Our
results indicate that the ecological
impacts of high frequency fires on firesensitive
regional biodiversity
elements are likely to be lower than
has been predicted from remotely
sensed studies that are based on
assumptions of homogeneous burninginfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Investigating the Present Day Cosmic Dust Flux at the Earth's Surface: Initial Results from the Kwajalein Micrometeorite Collection
Examination of impact craters on the Long Duration Exposure Facility satellite indicate a present day micrometeoroid flux of approx. 30,000 tonnes [1 after 2]. But what portion of this material arrives at the Earth's surface as micrometeorites? Studies of available micrometeorite collections from deep sea sediments [e.g. 3], Greenland blue ice [e.g. 4] and the South Pole water well [e.g. 1] may be complicated by terrestrial weathering and, in some cases, collection bias (magnetic separation for deep sea sediments) and poorly constrained ages. We have recently set up a micrometeorite collection station on Kwajalein Island in the Republic of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean, using high volume air samplers to collect particles directly from the atmosphere. By collecting in this way, the terrestrial age of the particles is known, the weathering they experience is minimal, and we are able to constrain particle arrival times. Collecting at this location also exploits the considerably reduced anthropogenic background [5]. Method: High volume air samplers were installed on top of the two-story airport building on Kwajalein. These were fitted with polycarbonate membrane filters with 5m diameter perforations. The flow rates were set to 0.5m3/min, and filters were changed once a week. After collection, filters were washed to remove salt and concentrate particles [see 5] in preparation for analysis by SEM. Results and Discussion: A selection of filters have been prepared and surveyed. Due to their ease of identification our initial investigations have focused on particles resembling cosmic spherules. The spheres can be divided into three main groups: 1. Silicate spherules rich in Al, Ca, K and Na (to varying degrees), 2. Silicate spherules rich in Mg and Fe and 3. Fe-rich spherules. Group 1 spherules are often vesiculated and can occur as aggregates. They are similar in appearance and composition to volcanic microspheres [e.g. 6] and are thus likely terrestrial in origin (volcanic). Those of groups 2 and 3, however, typically exhibit quenched surface textures consistent with cosmic spherules. Initial results suggest there is significant variation in the abundance of these groups from filter to filter. Work is ongoing to fully characterize these spherules and to constrain their flux with time
Analysis of Cosmic Spherule Candidates from the Kwajalein Micrometeorite Collection
The Kwajalein micrometeorite collection utilised high volume air samplers fitted with 5 micrometer laser-etched polycarbonate membrane filters to capture particles directly from the atmosphere. The filters were changed weekly over several months throughout 2011/12, providing the opportunity to investigate the contemporary flux of micrometeorites. We recently reported the results of our initial survey of cosmic spherule-like particles on several of these filters. We identified three main groups of particle based on bulk compositions: 1. Silicate spherules rich in Mg, Ca and Fe, 2. Silicate spherules rich in Al, Ca, K and/or Na and 3. Fe-rich spherules. Abundances appeared to change over time suggesting links with celestial activity (e.g. meteor showers), however, spherules similar to groups 2 and 3 can be produced by terrestrial and anthropogenic activity (e.g. volcanic microspherules exhibit similar compositions to group 2 spherules and metallic spherules similar to those of group 3 can be formed during fuel combustion). We are now studying the internal structures and chemistries of these spherules and comparing against cosmic spherules identified in other collections to confrim their origins and further contrain the contemporary micrometeorite flux. Particles are being picked, embedded in resin and polished through to reveal their interiors. Here we will describe our ongoing analyses of these particles via SEM. We will also introduce our new collection using this method that is currently being performed in the Antarctic
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