231 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Statistical notes for clinical researchers: Sample size calculation 3. Comparison of se...

The purpose of this study is to analyze the differences of work stress sources on employees working in the Jordanian commercial banks according to some personal and job-related characteristics. Data were collected through a questionnaire from a sample of employees working in the largest seven commercial banks in Jordan. The questionnaire, which was developed and distributed during the spring of...

bstract: The paper analyzes the efficiency and productivity of the Romanian banks from 2006-08. It uses a non-parametric approach, the data envelopment analysis (DEA) to analyze banks’ efficiency. Based on a sample of 15 commercial banks, our findings reveal that although the efficiency of the Romanian commercial banks improved since 2006, the cost efficiency scores are relatively low. Also, ev...

This White Paper is the first of a series of articles about the benefits of managing terminology in commercial settings. This first issue introduces some basic concepts about managing terminology in commercial settings and some high-level business case strategies. Subsequent issues will provide specific examples of business case metrics that justifies the implementation of a terminology managem...

heparin was isolated from whole clam tissue marcia opima . purification of multimilligram quantities of heparin from this tissue sample permitted a thorough examination of its anticoagulant activity characterization, which was partially purified by fractionation by anion exchange chromatography using deae cellulose column. the isolated crude and partially purified fractionated sample showed met...

This paper reports on methods for the analysis of electrical machines by combined electromagnetic and thermal models using commercial software which can be an aid to the design of these machines. Examples using a brushless permanent-magnet motor and an induction motor illustrate the tools available and techniques possible.

This paper investigates how stock prices of high-litigation-risk industries reacted to the news on legal changes in shareholder derivative suits in Japan. Specifically, we focus on two amendments to the Japanese Commercial Code. The 1993 Commercial Code amendments lowered the filing fees required to bring derivative actions, while the 2001 Commercial Code amendments attempted to reduce abusive ...

In commercial software development organizations, increased complexity of products, shortened development cycles, and higher customer expectations of quality have placed a major responsibility on the areas of software debugging, testing, and verification. As this issue of the IBM Systems Journal illustrates, there are exciting improvements in the underlying technology on all three fronts. Howev...

While the advertisements shown by television stations pay for the content that the stations provide, most of us would rather not watch them. This paper describes a system called mythcomm that attempts to make removing them easy through a visualization. We want to do this quickly, since it would be as worthwhile to simply watch the commercials if it took too long. Mythcomm takes advantage of the...