Are Transparent Banks More Efficient?

How Efficient are Central European Banks?

This paper explores the issue of banking efficiency in Central Europe by applying the Fourier functional form and the stochastic cost frontier approach in calculating inefficiencies for a large sample of German, Austrian, Swiss and Luxembourg banks between 1997 and 2003. The findings suggest that the largest sized banks are generally the least efficient banks and the smallest sized banks are th...

Are parallel manipulators more energy efficient?

The energy efficiency of a robotic manipulator is important, particularly when that manipulator is used in conjunction with a mobile robot with limited battery life. In this paper the energy efficiency (in terms of the electrical energy usage) of a spatial three DOF parallel manipulator is compared to a serial manipulator with the same drive motors and a similar workspace. The effects of endeff...

Perspective Are Multihospital Systems More Efficient ?

Efficient ? Perspective : Are Multihospital Systems More

Many Reviews Are Systematic but Some Are More Transparent and Completely Reported than Others

T he past decade has seen the establishment of the systematic review (SR) as one of the cornerstones of evidence-based medicine. The value of SRs to researchers, practitioners, and policy makers is well established; when done well, they are considered the highest level of evidence for medical decision making. Potentially, they are also a resource for patients seeking to make sense of the relati...