The US Security and Exchange Commission implemented Regulation Fair Disclosure in 2000, requiring that an issuer must make relevant information disclosed to any investor available to the general public in a fair manner. Focusing on firms that are affected by the regulation, we propose a model that characterizes the behavior of two types of investors—one professional investor and many small inve...

We performed open acromioplasty for intractable impingement syndrome on 96 shoulders (93 patients) with an intact rotator cuff. All the shoulders were examined by ultrasound after a mean interval of nine years. Those showing pathological findings, a poor or fair subjective result, or deterioration of the primary excellent outcome had MRI and/or arthrography. The mean Constant score for the affe...

OBJECTIVE To assess variables associated with different perceived global health ranks in an older population. MATERIALS AND METHODS The Blue Mountains Eye Study was a populationbased survey of residents aged >or=49 years in an area west of Sydney, Australia. Questions relating to demographic and socioeconomic indicators, limitations of daily living activities, medical history, hearing problem...

Aim. To assess the knowledge and practice of PHC physicians toward the detection and management of hypertension (HTN) and other CVD risk factors. Methods. A cross-sectional study of all primary health care physicians of the FHU of three rural districts of Egypt was conducted. Each physician was subjected to a prevalidated interview questionnaire on the WHO-CVD risk management package for low an...

OBJECTIVE To compare results of patellar tendon repair after early and delayed postoperative mobilization. DESIGN Two separate treatment groups, comparing 2 treatment alternatives at different time periods (before-after trial). PARTICIPANTS Postoperative rehabilitation of 10 men who underwent patellar tendon repair. INTERVENTION Delayed mobilization group: weight-bearing in a cast and iso...

AMUDALA BHASKER, AJAY BABU. Tiered-Service Fair Queueing (TSFQ): A Practical and Efficient Fair Queueing Algorithm. (Under the direction of Professor George N. Rouskas.) A router in today’s Internet has to satisfy two important properties in order to efficiently provide the Quality of Service (QoS) requested by the users. It should be fair among flows and also have low operational complexity. T...

justice is an original fact in the universe. it isnot conventional. and, it refers to the consideration of proportion in doing anything. imam ali lived in harmony with the originally created justice in the universe. he observed the justice in the heavens and the earth and did his best to apply it to his own life and to the islamic society, as well. he thought justice was the cause for the survi...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Low-quality bowel preparation reduces efficacy of colonoscopy. We aimed to summarize effects of bowel preparation on detection of adenomas, advanced adenomas and colorectal cancer. METHODS A systematic literature search was performed regarding detection of colonic lesions after normal and low-quality bowel preparation. Reported bowel preparation quality was transformed to ...

BACKGROUND Physical activity is associated with a reduced risk of chronic disease. This study describes the relationship between meeting the guidelines for physical activity described in Canada's Physical Activity Guide and heart disease, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and low levels of general health. METHODS Leisure-time energy expenditure (LTEE) was calculated from leisure-time ph...