OBJECTIVES To adapt to Spanish the facial disability index (FDI) described by VanSwearingen and Brach in 1995 and to assess its reliability and validity in patients with facial nerve paresis after parotidectomy. STUDY DESIGN The present study was conducted in two different stages: a) cross-cultural adaptation of the questionnaire and b) cross-sectional study of a control group of 79 Spanish-s...

The popularity of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) stimulates research on its determinants. This paper highlights the importance political determinants in explaining inward FDI variation across countries. Adopting argument that no single theory exists for FDI, it identifies factors based results related empirical studies. literature review?s primary concern is to provide underpinnings further di...

Abstract Extensive research has addressed the question of why some countries are able to attract a large amount foreign direct investment (FDI), while others not. Until now, this mostly neglected natural disasters as business risk. In realm disaster research, studies have investigated effect on FDI inflow. However, remains overly simplistic and conceals complexities underlying relationship. As ...

In herbivorous insects with more than 1 host plant, attraction to host odor could conceptually be mediated by common compounds, by specific compounds released by each plant or by combinations of common and specific compounds. We have compared the attraction of female grapevine moth, Lobesia botrana, with specific and common (shared) odors from 2 different plants: a wild host (Daphne gnidium) an...

Model-Based Fault Detection and Identification for Power Electronics Systems by Jason Poon Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences University of California, Berkeley Professor Seth R. Sanders, Chair We present the analysis, design, and experimental implementation of a model-based fault detection and identification (FDI) method for switching power converters based on a ...

The increasing mobility of international corporations and the will gradually eliminating barriers harming global capital flows have encouraged competition among many governments to attract FDI inward mainly through tax incentives. With time, Africa has been urged boost its infrastructure development by attracting significant inflows foreign direct investment. For boosting recovery momentum, the...

Theoretical considerations suggest that the option of waiting under conditions of uncertainty affects the relative importance of firm-level productivity and distance-related transaction costs as driving forces of FDI. Yet the timing of FDI has received little attention in the empirical literature on FDI determinants. To help close this gap we analyze FDI decisions by German firms with and witho...