THE SUBSTANTIATION OF STRATEGICAL DECISIONS IN UNCERTAINLY CONDITIONS FOR A EUROPEAN FINANCE INVESTITIONAL PROJECT: “SETTING UP OF A TURISTIC PENSION WITH 20 PLACES: SC TEONELIS AGROTURISM SRL”

The strategically investments decisions determine the structure of the company dues and directly influence their liquidation degree. The global analyze of the investment is very important to have in view and to achieve the major objective of company valueinvestment; the investment decision; initially investment expenses; the financial actualization rate; cash flow

THE FOREIGN INVESTMENTS IN THE ECONOMIES AFFECTED BY THE WOLRDWIDE FINANCVIAL CRISIS

The direct foreign investments are related to the real investments and represent an investments undertaking in an economical object or in a services activity, which functions on the territory of another country. The resources for the direct investments can materialize in material or un-material assets, and offer the right or direct control over the economical agent where the investment was made.Direct foreign investments, portfolio investments, external financing, the capital offer and demand, portfolio investments oversea

A critique of the statistical protocol in ISO 20072 for aerosol drug delivery device design verification.

ISO 20072 is an international standard detailing the methods and testing protocols required to ensure the quality of aerosol drug delivery devices (ADDDs), for use in humans [1]. Our paper examined the pitfalls and errors in this standard, and the difficulties in its application to ADDD-producing factories. We find that the likelihood of many imperfect factories which satisfy the requirements listed in the standard actually passing the prescribed testing is minuscule. We suggest other testing protocols, which achieve the stated goals of the standard. In the specific example we consider, they also reduce the workload by around 25-fold compared with the methods specified in ISO 20072, as well as giving crucial additional advantages

WebNLP: An Integrated Web-Interface for Python NLTK and Voyant

We present WebNLP, a web-based tool that combines natural language processing (NLP) functionality from Python NLTK and text visualizations from Voyant in an integrated interface. Language data can be uploaded via the website. The results of the processed data are displayed as plain text, XML markup, or Voyant visualizations in the same website. WebNLP aims at facilitating the usage of NLP tools for users without technical skills and experience with command line interfaces. It also makes up for the shortcomings of the popular text analysis tool Voyant, which, up to this point, is lacking basic NLP features such as lemmatization or POS tagging

CONCEPTUAL ASPECTS AND THE MOST USED PRACTICES IN OBTAINING THE RELIABILITY OF ENTITY VALUE ESTIMATION

Estimating the entity value is topical and of particular interest to managers and business owners, who in turn hope that through the evaluation they will obtain parallel and new possibilities for the business remediation. In this context, managers seek the support of qualified assessors, who will conduct a thorough analysis of the entity’s state at a given date, will apply the most effective evaluation methods. In this paper we proposed to investigate and analyze the theoretical aspects of the entity value estimation (EVE), rendered in the opinion of the well-informed researchers and in the light of the evaluation standards. As a result, we note that the criteria of evaluations have been supplemented with the following criterion: by type of activity of the economic entity. We estimate the evaluation methods in order to identify the most accepted and effective method for this important process to the entity. For the practical aspect of the investigation, we focused on the method of comparison in the market valuation of the enterprise, in order to establish the statistical indicators consisting of the calculation of the median and the arithmetic mean. Based on the calculations made in the practical part, we have found that an economic entity can change its own value, in particular, by the way its values are profitable. In estimating the value of the entity, a decision-making function is attributed to the rests with the assessor, in particular with regard to the methods selected and applied professionally by the entity, in compliance with professional valuation standards and current regulations, as the fair estimation of the entity’s value leads to a secure future and a guaranteed success

Sample size calculation for stepped wedge and other longitudinal cluster randomised trials

Item does not contain fulltextThe sample size required for a cluster randomised trial is inflated compared with an individually randomised trial because outcomes of participants from the same cluster are correlated. Sample size calculations for longitudinal cluster randomised trials (including stepped wedge trials) need to take account of at least two levels of clustering: the clusters themselves and times within clusters. We derive formulae for sample size for repeated cross-section and closed cohort cluster randomised trials with normally distributed outcome measures, under a multilevel model allowing for variation between clusters and between times within clusters. Our formulae agree with those previously described for special cases such as crossover and analysis of covariance designs, although simulation suggests that the formulae could underestimate required sample size when the number of clusters is small. Whether using a formula or simulation, a sample size calculation requires estimates of nuisance parameters, which in our model include the intracluster correlation, cluster autocorrelation, and individual autocorrelation. A cluster autocorrelation less than 1 reflects a situation where individuals sampled from the same cluster at different times have less correlated outcomes than individuals sampled from the same cluster at the same time. Nuisance parameters could be estimated from time series obtained in similarly clustered settings with the same outcome measure, using analysis of variance to estimate variance components. Copyright (c) 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Weight stigma is stressful. A review of evidence for the Cyclic Obesity/Weight-Based Stigma model

Weight stigma is highly pervasive, but its consequences are understudied. This review draws from theory in social psychology, health psychology, and neuroendocrinology to construct an original, generative model called the cyclic obesity/weight-based stigma (COBWEBS) model. This model characterizes weight stigma as a "vicious cycle" - a positive feedback loop wherein weight stigma begets weight gain. This happens through increased eating behavior and increased cortisol secretion governed by behavioral, emotional, and physiological mechanisms, which are theorized to ultimately result in weight gain and difficulty of weight loss. The purpose of this review is to evaluate the existing literature for evidence supporting such a model, propose ways in which individuals enter, fight against, and exit the cycle, and conclude by outlining fruitful future directions in this nascent yet important area of research

THE CREDIT RISK-COMPONENT OF THE BANKING RISKS

The risk management means the risk identification, evaluation, quantification and the strategy to counter and to find solutions and levers which can abate or even eliminate the possibility to appear of the probable consequences if they have place. The credit generates risks. The inadequate financial state of the companies plus the economic conjuncture and the absence of the surveillance are the principal causes of the risks. From the bank perspective, the effects are materialized in total or partial looses of the borrowed capital. As consequence, to avoid these risks or to diminish it, the banks proceed to the carefully analyze of the authorized limits to offer credits, to create immobile and mobile guaranties, the carefully surveillance of the clients activity during all the time of the credit