Sector-wise dividend payment by all listed companies in Dhaka stock exchange : an empirical analysis

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to examine the sectorwise dividend payment of all the listed companies in the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). This paper also indicates the highest and lowest percentage of dividend paid by companies in each sector, as well as illustrates the reason for distributing such amount of dividend. Design/methodology/approach: The empirical analysis was done by using the last fifteen years (i.e., 2004-2018) of dividend payment by all listed firms in DSE. Data was collected from the secondary sources to perform the analysis. On collected data, average dividend amount was calculated for each listed company by adding the percentage of cash and stock dividend paid by those companies. Trend analysis was performed on the average dividend to see which company among all listed companies is distributing a high or low percentage of dividend to their shareholders' over the years. Findings: The results from this article show that companies in the declining industry fail to meet their shareholders’ expectations in terms of dividend payment. On the other hand, companies in booming industries are consistently disbursing dividend for their shareholders’. Besides, companies are in the growth stage, and the multinational companies are distributing a considerable percentage of dividend. Practical implications: The results of this article will be helpful for the fund managers’, investment analysts’ and investors’ who makes decisions to invest in the capital market because the paper presented the historical average dividend payment by listed companies. Originality/value: This article presents the average dividend payment by companies listed in stock exchange in an emerging economy, also finds out sector-wise dividend payment and suggests some remedial for companies.peer-reviewe

Alliteration in the Kalevala and in the translation of the epic into Komi by Adolf Turkin

Alliteration is one of the leading stylistic features characteristic of the Kalevala. This analysis of the translation of the Kalevala into Komi by Adolf Turkin shows that alliteration is fairly frequent in the target text. Examples of alliteration and data on the occurrences of alliteration in the translation allow the suggestion that the translator may have attempted to make use of consonant words. However, alliteration observed in the translation cannot be regarded as a characteristic phonetic factor that participates in the organisation of the text. It proves to be accidental, not structural (as it is in the original text of the Kalevala). In the translation, which has 5132 lines, alliteration is observed in 1539 lines, or nearly in one-third of the translation. In the major part of the examples weak alliteration occurs; strong alliteration is fairly rare. In the text of translation, alliteration is expressed by different word-initial sounds, the overall number of which is 28 (21 consonants and 7 vowels). It is frequent in words that begin with the consonants [k], [v], [p], [m] and [s]. Among the occurrences of strong alliteration there are cases in which a syllable or the root of the word is repeated (25% in each case). The fact that the structural features of the Komi language differ from those of the Finnish literary language (and of the language of the Kalevala) explains the limitations in the translation of such a device as alliteration. From the point of view of the differences in the phonetic features it can be noted that Komi has, for example, 33 phonemes (7 vowels and 26 consonants) while in Finnish the phonemes are less numerous: 21 (8 vowels and 13 consonants). Hence, words with the same initial consonants are fewer in Komi. As far as lexis is concerned, consonant-initial words that would make pairs of synonyms (both in the literary language and dialects) are fairly rare

Statistical Analysis of a Channel Emulator for Noisy Gradient Descent Low Density Parity Check Decoder

The purpose of a channel emulator is to emulate a communication channel in real-life use case scenario. These emulators are often used in the domains of research in digital and wireless communication. One such area is error correction coding, where transmitted data bits over a channel are decoded and corrected to prevent data loss. A channel emulator that does not follow the properties of the channel it is intended to replicate can lead to mistakes while analyzing the performance of an error-correcting decoder. Hence, it is crucial to validate an emulator for a particular communication channel. This work delves into the statistics of a channel emulator and analyzes its effects on a particular decoder

Football Connections Impact on High School Graduation: A Qualitative Study

The purpose of this case study was to understand the influences that playing high school football has on graduation. The theories guiding this study were the theory of connectedness and the theory of attachment and how students\u27 connections to football helped them achieve the goal of graduation. Ainsworth and Bowlby and their theories of attachment were used to tie football as an extracurricular activity to graduation and why educators push for students to be involved. I attempted to show the benefits that involvement in football helps a student succeed in high school. Themes like connections, support, and academics were revealed through research that showed that with these themes as keys, the individuals who participated in this study were able to graduate from high school

Biomaterials: Joints and problems of contact interfaces

Intenzivan razvoj savremenih materijala omogućava njihovu sve širu primenu u biomedicinskom inženjerstvu. Da bi razmatrani materijal mogao da se primeni kao bimaterijal, potrebno je da se obezbedi biokompatibilnost sa organskim materijalom. Jedan od problema koji se javlja pri projektovanju spojeva implanta u ljudskom organizmu je problem dodirnih površina izazvan velikom razlikom u mehaničkim osobinama materijala koji čine spoj. Stoga je dobro razumevanje ove problematike od izuzetnog značaja u sprečavanju prevremenih otkaza konstrukcija u biomedicinskom inženjerstvu.Intensive development of modern materials enables their increasing application in biomedical engineering. To make the material under consideration applicable, it should be made biocompatible with organic material. One of the problems encountered in design of the implant joints in a human body is the problem of the interfaces in contact, caused by significant difference in mechanical properties of the materials applied. Good understanding of these problems is of immense significance in prevention of premature failures of the structures in biomedical engineering