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We present a comparative analysis of the chromospheric solar limb prolateness, using strictly simultaneous Hα ground-based observations and HeII space-based observations. The typical prolateness is found to be ∆D/D = 5.5 × 10−3 in HeII and 1.2 × 10−3 in Hα. The first measurements in the 30.4 nm HeII line over a period of two years, as well as coronal data, are discussed to explore further the o...

Emerging countries are becoming increasingly innovative and in particular China draws the attention. Private-sector driven innovation is changing China’s industrial landscape. These developments are surprising from an institutional or resource perspective on innovation. In this paper we combine the resource and institutional perspective and unravel the processes by which entrepreneurial firms i...

Previous network analyses of several languages revealed a unique set of structural characteristics. One of these characteristics—the presence of many smaller components (referred to as islands)—was further examined with a comparative analysis of the island constituents. The results showed that Spanish words in the islands tended to be phonologically and semantically similar to each other, but E...

Clinical trials generate gold standard medical evidence, but are often criticized for the lack of population representativeness. We performed a comparative meta-analysis of drug trials that focus on older adults (>= 65 years old) and adults (18-64 years old). The major finding is that a higher percentage of geriatric drug trials were terminated or withdrawn than that of adult drug trials.

Findings in qualitative research are often wondrous and exciting, expounding new knowledge and perceptions previously unknown. Qualitative research requires the researcher to ponder and reflect on the data collected so as to find the meaning within. Helping researchers learn how to perform this step is not well discussed in the qualitative literature, yet this is one of the more crucial compone...

Employees’ play a key role in the existence and growth of any organisation, therefore their welfare is essential. During the past few years, both public sector and private sector organisations have been contributing towards the employee’s benefits and also increase their efficiency. Employees’ welfare facilities include housing facilities, free medical facilities, retirement benefits, children ...

The most important efforts that have been reported for the development of generic satisfaction barometers during the last years refer to individual business organisations, industry sectors or the total of national economies. The main aim of these efforts is the data collection either for comparative analysis of companies performance regarding customer satisfaction or for monitoring the evolutio...