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Factors associated with the level of superfund liability disclosure in 10K reports: 1991-1997: ABSTRACT This study examines factors associated with the level of Superfund disclosure in 10K reports. Sample firms consist of Fortune 500 companies identified by the Environmental Protection Agency as Potentially Responsible Parties. The study utilizes a comprehensive environmental disclosure index based on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, to measure the...; Tags: accounting, alphA, Environmental, FINANCE, G., GAAP, industry, M., Regulation, Strategy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Research articles 2008-09-01
DIVORCING MONEY FROM MONETARY POLICY: * Many central banks operate in a way that creates a tight link between money and monetary policy, as the supply of reserves must be set precisely in order to implement the target interest rate. * Because reserves play other key roles in the economy, this link can generate tensions...; Tags: bank, Exhibit, Federal Reserve Board, Friedman, liquidity, M., payment, reserve; Research articles 2008-09-01
The freedom index: a congressional scorecard based on the U.S. constitution: Our third look at the 110th Congress shows how every representative and senator voted on key issues, such as economic stimulus, oil, the federal budget, mortgage relief and global warming. House Vote Descriptions 21 Head Start. The final version conference report of H.R. 1429, a bill to reauthorize...; Tags: Danny, Delaware, Dodd, FINANCE, G., Lewis, M., Miller, Murphy, Paul, Reynolds, Rogers, stimulus, Taxes, U.S. Senate; Research articles 2008-07-21
TRADING TANTRUMS: A smouldering rivalry between Peter Mandelson, the EU's trade commissioner, and Nicolas Sarkozy, its incoming president,has reignited with a vengeance. And this time it's embarrassingly personal. John Lichfield on a clash between two of Europe's mightiest egos Sarko versus Mandy In the blue corner, messieurs-dames,...; Tags: European Commission, FINANCE, Government, M., Manufacturing, Mr., president; Research articles 2008-07-03
Stock ownership and congressional elections: the political economy of the mutual fund revolution: I. INTRODUCTION In recent years, political analysts have conjectured that voting has been affected by the rise of an investor class in the United States, where the stock ownership rate has doubled from under 25% in the late 1970s to over 50% by 2001. (1) This shift in portfolio...; Tags: Benefits, Campbell, coefficient, Delta, equity, FINANCE, G., Gingrich, income, Investment, Lucas, M., Republican, South, stock, U.S. Senate, vector; Research articles 2008-07-01

Debt bailouts and constitutions: I. INTRODUCTION A number of countries have undergone several rounds of bailouts of subnational government debts in the last decade. The Brazilian government, for instance, assumed the debts of the federated states in 1989, 1993, and 1997. Also in its southern neighbor, Argentina, the line that separates provincial and...; Tags: Brazilian, Federation, FINANCE, G., Government, Governor, M., revenue, Taxes, U.S. Senate; Research articles 2008-07-01
Sarkozy tries to win new friends with populist vision aims to win: President Nicolas Sarkozy has adopted the doctrine of the French First World War general Ferdinand Foch: "Europe is in crisis. Situation excellent. I attack." M. Sarkozy's performances at the Brussels summit this week foreshadow a combative, six-month French presidency of the EU starting next month. M. Sarkozy hopes...; Tags: European Commission, FINANCE, M., Taxes, VAT, vision; Research articles 2008-06-21
Sarkozy favourite replaces France's top news presenter: France's most popular television news presenter, Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, will be dumped this summer in favour of a rising female star who was once linked romantically with President Nicolas Sarkozy. Laurence Ferrari, 41, will take over in September as the figurehead of the 8pm news on the TF1...; Tags: Benefits, Blogging, Ferrari, France, INTERNET, journalist, Leadership, M., president, TVs; Research articles 2008-06-10
Geometric-invariant image watermarking by key-dependent triangulation: Fast and massive dissemination of image data across the Internet imposes great challenges of protecting images against illegal access and unauthorized reproduction. Image watermarking provides a powerful solution for intellectual protection. In this paper, a new image watermarking approach robust to various geometric distortions is proposed. The new scheme involves...; Tags: ASCII, attack, distortion, IEEE, image, M., rotation, SECURITY, watermark; Research articles 2008-06-01
Cost-of-capital estimation and capital-budgeting practice in Australia: Abstract: We use a sample survey to analyse the capital-budgeting practices of Australian listed companies. We find that NPV, IRR and Payback are the most popular evaluation techniques. Real options techniques have gained a toehold in capital budgeting but are not yet part of the mainstream. Discounting is typically...; Tags: adjustment, Australia, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, budgeting, Companies, Education, finance, financial, G., Heath, Investment, M., MARKETING, PRODUCTIVITY, Ryan, survey, tax, technique; Research articles 2008-06-01
Photoprotection by Porcine Eumelanin Against Singlet Oxygen Production[dagger]: ABSTRACT Melanin, a major pigment found in retinal pigment epithelium RPE cells, is considered to function in dual roles, one protective and one destructive. By quenching free radical species and reactive oxygen species ROS melanin counteracts harmful redox stress. However, melanin is also thought to be capable of creating ROS....; Tags: cell, G., M., oxygen, Oxygen, PBS; Research articles 2008-05-01
Ascorbate Enhances Photogeneration of Hydrogen Peroxide Mediated by the Iris Melanin[dagger]: ABSTRACT The iris in the human eye is exposed to UV and visible light transmitted by the cornea. This pigmented tissue is bathed with the aqueous humor AqH, which contains high concentration of ascorbate. It has been postulated that the presence of ascorbate in AqH can contribute to increased photoproduction...; Tags: accumulation, G., hydrogen, iris, M., oxygen, PBS, Simon; Research articles 2008-05-01
EMBEDDED INNOVATION - STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT INCUBATORS FOR KNOWLEDGE HEGEMONY: ABSTRACT Global competitiveness and category leadership is the strategic challenge for South African innovators over the next decade. Within the context of engineering management, this research identifies the strategic drivers and corporate positioning necessary to meet this challenge and to create a vibrant manufacturing and innovation landscape leading to wealth...; Tags: disposition, Harvard Business Review, innovation, knowledge, Leadership, M., manufacturing, MARKETING, Strategy; Research articles 2008-05-01
tectonothermal evolution and provenance of the Tyrone Central Inlier, Ireland: Grampian imbrication of an outboard Laurentian microcontinent?, The: Abstract: The Tyrone Central Inlier is a metamorphic terrane of uncertain affinity situated outboard of the main Dalradian outcrop (south of the Fair Head-Clew Bay Line) and could represent sub-arc basement to part of the enigmatic Midland Valley Terrane. Using a combination of isotopic, structural and petrographic evidence, the tectonothermal...; Tags: affinity, Cooper, geology, Ireland, London, M., Mitchell, Scotland; Research articles 2008-05-01
Men's condom use in higher-risk sex: trends in five sub-Saharan African countries: This paper analyses trends in men's condom use at last higher-risk sex (i.e., with a non-marital, non-cohabiting partner) using the two most recent Demographic and Health Surveys DHS in five sub-Saharan African countries: Cameroon, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Burkina Faso. Condom use is an important method of preventing HW transmission....; Tags: Bureau, East, education, M., MARKETING, Planning, survey, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Research articles 2008-05-01
The impact of regulations on agricultural trade: evidence from the SPS and TBT agreements: Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary measures SPS and Technical Barriers to Trade TBTs may play an important role in the conduct of international negotiations. In their July 2006 meeting in St. Petersburg, Vladimir Putin and George W. Bush clashed over the accession of Russia to the World Trade Organization WTO, apparently as...; Tags: advertisement, barrier, FINANCE, import, M., OECD, regulation, tariff, Working; Research articles 2008-05-01
Characteristics of Successful Cross-disciplinary Engineering Education Collaborations: ABSTRACT This article employs theory to demonstrate the characteristics of successful cross-disciplinary engineering education collaborations. Specifically, we analyzed data from interviews with 24 recent Journal of Engineering Education authors from engineer-nonengineer teams. Theoretical frameworks from education and psychology are used to ground the results and contribute to broader research on...; Tags: Collaboration, engineering, Engineering, Groupware, Klein, M., National Science Foundation, researcher, SOFTWARE, team; Research articles 2008-04-01
A New Paradigm for a New Field: Communicating Representations of Engineering Education Research: ABSTRACT Based on a three-year experience of developing, facilitating, and assessing NSF-funded workshops on Rigorous Research in Engineering Education RREE, the authors present four representations of engineering education scholarly work in the United States, specifically teaching and research. Many of the representations describe the relationships between engineering research, education research,...; Tags: cohort, education, engineering, Engineering, Gratitude, M., Miller, National Science Foundation, practitioner, scholarship, theory, workshop; Research articles 2008-04-01
A VIRGINIA TECH MFT ETHICS CLASS REFLECTS ON THE SHOOTINGS AT VIRGINIA TECH: The authors of this article include the professor and most of the students in a doctoral course on marriage and family therapy ethical and professional issues that met the semester that a disturbed student shot and killed 32 Virginia Tech students and faculty before killing himself. In this article, we...; Tags: M., media, Peterson, recovery, therapist, therapy, tragedy, Virginia Tech, Walsh; Research articles 2008-04-01
Regulation and Public Interests: The Possibility of Good Regulatory Government.(Book review): REGULATION AND PUBLIC INTERESTS: THE POSSIBILITY OF GOOD REGULATORY GOVERNMENT. By Steven P. Croley. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 2007. Pp. xii, 379. Cloth, $65; paper, $27.95. INTRODUCTION There is no hidden agenda in Steven Croley's (1) new book. Franklin D. Roosevelt's...; Tags: administrator, agency, autonomy, M., MARKETING, regulation, Regulation, Roosevelt, theory, U.S. Congress; Research articles 2008-04-01