this paper analyses efficiency of short horizon event study methodology in general and efficiency of various test statistics based on price and trading volume in the period (iranian calendar) 1380:1389-q1 (2240 days) applying simulation method. we evaluate efficiency of 8 test statistics including parametric, non-parametric and induced variance statistics. we find various test statistics have e...

in order to investigate the effects of different levels of nitrogen rate on yield and seed yield components of wheat cultivars, an experiment was conducted on araghi mahalleh (gorogan) research farm in 2008. treatments, nitrogen in the form of urea (0, 90, 180 and 270 kg/ha) and cultivars (tajan, falat and n81-18) were arranged as factorial based on randomized complete block design with four re...

sixteen multiparous lactating buffaloes after 8 weeks of calving and weighing 500 to 600 kg were used in a complete switch-back design with four groups. buffaloes in the first group were fed the control ration (r1) consisted of dm basis of 60% concentrate feed mixture (cfm)+20% rice straw (rs)+20% berseem hay (bh), while in the other groups the rations consisted of dm basis of 40% cfm+20% rs+40...

in responses to norheim’s editorial, this commentary offers reflections from thailand, how the five unacceptable trade-offs were applied to the universal health coverage (uhc) reforms between 1975 and 2002 when the whole 64 million people were covered by one of the three public health insurance systems. this commentary aims to generate global discussions on how best uhc can be gradually achieve...

this study is conducted to measure the actual efficiency comparison of life insurance company between bangladesh and malaysia. total 15 life insurance companies’ were selected for the study where 10 conventional life insurance companies’ from bangladesh and 5 takaful lifeinsurance companies’ from malaysia. authors tried toindicate the problems and way to get exact solutions by using data envelo...

background: the most expensive variable in the operating room (or) is time. lean process management is being used in the medical field to improve efficiency in the or. streamlining individual processes within the or is crucial to a comprehensive time saving and cost-cutting health care strategy. at our institution, one hour of or time costs approximately $500, exclusive of supply and personnel ...