This study aimed to evaluate the effect of peer performance, future competitive performance and factors of correlation with peer companies on the manipulation of abnormal real operations. The research subjects included listed companies in Tehran Stock Exchange during 2013-2017. In total, 128 companies were selected as the statistical sample using systematic elimination approach. Peer performanc...

We introduce a computationally efficient FFT-based algorithm for the design of OFDM/ OQAM pulse shaping filters of arbitrary length and with arbitrary overlapping factors. The basic idea of our approach is to start from an arbitrary initial (nonorthogonal) filter and to perform an orthogonalization which yields an ISIand ICI-free pulse shaping filter. The orthogonalization is performed in the d...

P OLYPEPTIDE growth factors (GFs) 1 play a fundamental role during embryogenesis and regeneration (e.g., wound healing) by stimulating proliferation and differentiation of certain cell populations. Some GFs can be responsible also for malignant transformation and tumor growth (e.g., FGF-4: hst1 oncogene). GF receptors (GFRs) are generally known as plasma membrane proteins which “send” signals t...

Ance is a single domain homologue of mammalian angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and is important for normal development and reproduction in Drosophila melanogaster. Mammalian ACE is responsible for the synthesis of angiotensin II and the inactivation of bradykinin and N -acetyl-Ser-Asp-Lys-Pro, but the absence of similar peptide hormones in insects suggests novel functions for Ance. We now p...

In th is paper, w e in troduce our corpora under developm ent, w hich are recorded in a real environm ent. These corpora com prise dialogues collected in hospitals w ith the aim of developing a nursing serv ice support system through a com prehensive understanding of nursing activ ities. We use the corpora to analyze how nurses perform their nursing duties and how they express the perform ance ...

High perform ance liquid chrom atography was used to quantify the sesquiterpene phenolic esters, G uayulin A and -B in Parthenium argentatum (guayule) and Fj hybrids o f guayule with Parthenium schottii, P. fruticosum var. trilobatum and P. tomentosum var. stramonium. The d istri­ bution o f these phenolic acid esters in all parts o f the plants are reported and their inheritance in hybrids is ...

Wireless Sensor Networks, are made of low-cost, low-power, small in size, and multifunctional sensor nodes. The efficient energy utilization is one of the important performance factors for wireless sensor networks survivability be-cause nodes operate with limited battery power. In this paper we propose and analyze a new approach of zone based clustering head selection algorithm for wireless sen...

We examine the relationship between birth-to-birth intervals and a variety of mid- and long-term cognitive and socioeconomic outcomes, including high school GPA, cognitive ability, educational attainment, earnings, unemployment status, and receiving government welfare support. Using contemporary Swedish population register data and a within-family sibling comparison design, we find that neither...