Aligning enterprise risk management with business strategy and information systems

Business leaders recognise effective risk management as one of the main success drivers for enterprises. Even though the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) concept has evolved significantly in the past years, in the aftermath of recent economic crises it became evident some of its critical challenges still need to be addressed. The review of subject literature led to a conclusion that current ERM approaches failed to protect enterprise value in turbulent and risky market conditions. Therefore, this paper aims to provide a conceptual analysis of the most common ERM practices and frameworks, in order to identify their shortcomings and areas requiring development. It is further aimed to provide guidance to business practitioners in implementing more integrated and effective Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) solutions. This research recognises the importance of aligning ERM programmes with business strategies, and with consolidated Information Systems. A “New Approach ERM Model” is developed as guidance for a successful alignment of ERM with enterprise business strategy, and for an effective adaption of Information Systems to requirements of ERM programmes. The “New Approach ERM Model” steers risk management initiatives and strategies in the same direction, and consequently allows enterprises to improve organisational effectiveness, increase shareholders value, and gain competitive advantage in the market

КЛІНІЧНІ ВАРІАНТИ ПЕРЕБІГУ ПЕРЕДЧАСНОГО РОЗРИВУ ПЛОДОВИХ ОБОЛОНОК. ПЕРИНАТАЛЬНІ АСПЕКТИ.

Manifestation of clinical ways of premature membranes tearing and prenatal perspectives depend on gestational age, duration of anhydrous period, features of motion of the present pregnancy. Positive prediction of nurturing a pregnancy and prenatal perspectives are more optimistic in case of hydrorrhoea amnialis.Манифестация клинических сценариев преждевременного разрыва плодовых оболочек и перинатальные перспективы зависят от гестационного возраста, длительности безводного периода, особенностей течения данной беременности. Позитивный прогноз вынашивания беременности и перинатальные перспективы более благоприятны и оптимистичнее в случае амниальной гидрорреи.Маніфестація клінічних сценаріїв передчасного розриву плодових оболонок і перинатальні перспективи залежать від терміну гестації, тривалості безводного періоду, особливостей перебігу даної вагітності. Позитивний прогноз доношування вагітності та перинатальні перспективи більш оптимістичні у випадку амніальної гідрореї

Sex Differences in the Relationship Between Planum Temporale Asymmetry and Corpus Callosum Morphology in Chimpanzees (\u3cem\u3ePan troglodytes\u3c/em\u3e): A Combined MRI and DTI Analysis

Increases brain size has been hypothesized to be inversely associated with the expression of behavioral and brain asymmetries within and between species. We tested this hypothesis by analyzing the relation between asymmetries in the planum temporale (PT) and different measures of the corpus callosum (CC) including surface area, streamline count as measured from diffusion tensor imaging, fractional anisotropy values and the ratio in the number of fibers to surface area in a sample of chimpanzees. We found that chimpanzees with larger PT asymmetries in absolute terms had smaller CC surface areas, fewer streamlines and a smaller ratio of fibers to surface area. These results were largely specific to male but not female chimpanzees. Our results partially support the hypothesis that brain asymmetries are linked to variation in corpus callosum morphology, although these associations may be sex-dependent

Compressed representation of a partially defined integer function over multiple arguments

In OLAP (OnLine Analitical Processing) data are analysed in an n-dimensional cube. The cube may be represented as a partially defined function over n arguments. Considering that often the function is not defined everywhere, we ask: is there a known way of representing the function or the points in which it is defined, in a more compact manner than the trivial one