the purpose of this study is presenting a model forecasting financial crisis in tehran stock exchange listed companies. to do this, productive firms that had been accepted in tehran stock exchange between 2002 and 2009, were selected as the study sample. first the independent variables were obtained based on financial ratios and then based on article 141 of the law of commerce, the insolvent an...

This study measured use and cost of health sector and related services in Rett syndrome and effects of socio-demographic, clinical severity and genetic factors on costs. The study population consisted of individuals with Rett syndrome registeredwith the Australian Rett Syndrome Database in 2004. Descriptive analysis was used to examine patterns of resource use and costs, and logistic regression...

BACKGROUND Female-breadwinner families represent a relatively new phenomenon in Europe. Little is known about the determinants of this couple type, which sensibly diverts from the traditional economic superiority of men within the household. OBJECTIVE This paper studies the contextual correlates of partners’ contribution to the household income, distinguishing between female-breadwinner, male-b...

The marine environment provides many goods and services that humans benefit from but often pay little or nothing for. Examples include food, recreation activities and coastal protection. These benefits are dependent upon the quality of the coastal water. In this paper we employ a choice experiment to estimate the economic benefits of improved coastal water quality. We let water quality with be ...

Cutting tools are widely used in manufacturing processes and drilling is the most commonly used machining process. Although drill-bits used in drilling may not be expensive, their breakage can cause damage to expensive work piece being drilled and at the same time has major impact on productivity. Predicting drill-bit breakage, therefore, is important in reducing cost and improving productivity...

A household cross-sectional survey of a sample of 120 households to analyze consumption practices and determinants of household dietary diversity in rural areas of differing agro-climatic conditions in Tanzania was conducted in four villages of Morogoro and Dodoma regions. The respondent was the mother/woman or any other person responsible for food preparation and serving in the household. The ...

Reading is known to be an essential task in language learning, but finding the appropriate text for every learner is far from easy. In this context, automatic procedures can support the teacher’s work. Some tools exist for English, but at present there are none for French as a foreign language (FFL). In this paper, we present an original approach to assessing the readability of FFL texts using ...

Multinomial logistic regression is the extension for the (binary) logistic regression when the categorical dependent outcome has more than two levels. For example, instead of predicting only dead or alive, we may have three groups, namely: dead, lost to follow-up, and alive. In the analysis to follow, a reference group has to be chosen for comparison, the appropriate group would be the alive, i...