165 research outputs found
The Role of Business in Local Economic Development
Small business is backbone of national economy. The base of economic system is free enterprise. Small business is attractive because of a greater independence and better financial income. Small business development is essential element for economic development of a country. One of the most important duties of government is to create a suitable economic and politic environment, which allows the creation and development of small businesses. The tax system is very important for local government. The new fiscal packet offered to the local government a substantial fiscal autonomy, allowing the growth of local budget. Following the collapse of the centralized economy system in Albania, also opened the way for business development. Business in Albania was supported by many Western foreign loans. Because of the existing structure in place and financial opportunities to people was conducted mainly small businesses. Later in a long time, with the development of economy and business was conducted moving from small businesses in those medium and large ones. Revenues from taxes and fees make up the bulk of their source of income including taxes and small business. Increased decentralization is very important for current conditions and development of Albania and alleviates some problems bad enough to knock as government and not good management of income
Financing SMEs in Vlora City, Albania: between Game Theory and Lack of Information
AbstractThe SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) play a crucial economical role, especially in transition economies. However, the financing problem affects the SMEsâ development. Information asymmetry between banks and enterprises is the main reason for the SMEsâ gaining funds so hard; the banks do not know the operating conditions and credit situation of SMEs. The study focuses on the analyses of the game of (in) complete information and financing growth strategies of SMEs in the city of Vlora to face with challenges of a sustainable development and a competitive market
The impact of accelerator processors for high-throughput molecular modeling and simulation
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Expression of microRNAs in cerebrospinal fluid of dogs with central nervous system disease
Abstract In this pilot study we investigated the expression of 14 microRNAs in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of dogs with neoplastic, inflammatory and degenerative disorders affecting the central nervous system (CNS). CSF microRNA (miRNA) expression profiles were compared to those from dogs with neurological signs but no evidence of structural or inflammatory CNS disease. Seven miRNAs were easily detected in all samples: miR-10b-5p, miR-19b, miR-21-5p, miR-30b-5p, miR-103a-3p, miR-124, and miR-128-3p. Expression of miR-10b-5p was significantly higher in the neoplastic group compared to other groups. There was no relation between miRNA expression and either CSF nucleated cell count or CSF protein content. Higher expression of miR-10b-5p in the neoplastic group is consistent with previous reports in human medicine where aberrant expression of miR-10b is associated with various neoplastic diseases of the CNS
The internal structure of the lens PG1115+080: breaking degeneracies in the value of the Hubble Constant
We combine lensing, stellar kinematic and mass-to-light ratio constraints to
build a two-component (luminous plus dark) mass model of the early-type lens
galaxy in PG1115+080. We find a total mass density profile steeper than r^-2,
effectively rho r^-gamma' with gamma'=2.35+-0.1+-0.05 (random + systematic).
The stellar mass fraction is f*=0.67(+0.20/-0.25)+-0.03 inside the Einstein
Radius (R_E 1.2 effective radii). The dynamical mass model breaks the
degeneracies in the mass profile of the lens galaxy and allows us to obtain a
value of the Hubble Constant that is no longer dominated by systematic errors:
H_0=59(+12/-7)+-3 km/s/Mpc (68 percent C.L.; Omega_m=0.3, Omega_L=0.7). The
offset of PG1115+080 from the Fundamental Plane might indicate deviations from
homology of the mass profile of some early-type galaxies.Comment: Accepted for publication in MNRAS Letters; 5 pages, incl. 2 figure
On Born approximation in black hole scattering
A massless field propagating on spherically symmetric black hole metrics such
as the Schwarzschild, Reissner-Nordstr\"{o}m and Reissner-Nordstr\"{o}m-de
Sitter backgrounds is considered. In particular, explicit formulae in terms of
transcendental functions for the scattering of massless scalar particles off
black holes are derived within a Born approximation. It is shown that the
conditions on the existence of the Born integral forbid a straightforward
extraction of the quasi normal modes using the Born approximation for the
scattering amplitude. Such a method has been used in literature. We suggest a
novel, well defined method, to extract the large imaginary part of quasinormal
modes via the Coulomb-like phase shift. Furthermore, we compare the numerically
evaluated exact scattering amplitude with the Born one to find that the
approximation is not very useful for the scattering of massless scalar,
electromagnetic as well as gravitational waves from black holes
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