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Going-Concern Opinions: Broadening the Expectations Gap
A rash of high-profile bankruptcies has led to a search for answers. Many hold auditors responsible for not detecting the potential for bankruptcy during the most recent audit. The Weiss Report, a study of several dozen bankrupt companies submitted to the U.S. Senate during its deliberations on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, found a broad and massive failure on the part of auditors to raise yellow flags that indicate potential bankruptcy. The authors examined Weiss\u27 methodology and found that, applied to a broader group of companies, Weiss\u27 criteria would have incorrectly predicted bankruptcy for nearly half of the non-bankrupt companies studied. This failure to accurately predict undermines the credibility of the subsequently enacted legislation
Possible canted antiferromagnetism in UCuSn
We report on the new compound UCuSn which crystallizes in the
tetragonal structure \emph{I}4/\emph{mcm} with lattice parameters and . This compound is isotyp to the
ferromagnetic systems RECuSn (RE = Ce, Pr, Nd) with Curie
temperatures = 5.5 K, 10.5 K and 15 K, respectively.
UCuSn exhibits an uncommon magnetic behavior resulting in three
different electronic phase transitions. Below 105 K the sample undergoes a
valence transition accompanied by an entropy change of 0.5 Rln2. At 32 K a
small hump in the specific heat and a flattening out in the susceptibility
curve probably indicate the onset of helical spin order. To lower temperatures
a second transition to antiferromagnetic ordering occurs which develops a small
ferromagnetic contribution on lowering the temperature further. These results
are strongly hinting for canted antiferromagnetism in UCuSn.Comment: 2 pages, 3 figures, SCES0
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