BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021 Background Waterbirth is widely available in English maternity settings for women who are not at increased risk of complications during labour. Immersion in water during labour is associated with a number of maternal benefits.
H. Aughey +8 more
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Automatic depression recognition by intelligent speech signal processing: A systematic survey
CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, 2023 Depression has become one of the most common mental illnesses in the world. For better prediction and diagnosis, methods of automatic depression recognition based on speech signal are constantly proposed and updated, with a transition from the early ...
Pingping Wu +5 more
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Reporting in the area of sustainable development in agribusiness [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2019 The aim of the present article is substantiation of theoretical provisions and development of practical recommendations for reporting in the field of sustainable development formation in compliance with the international standard “Guidelines for ...
Klychova Guzaliya +4 more
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The Importance of Audit Firm Characteristics and the Drivers of Auditor Change in UK Listed Companies [PDF]
, 1995 This paper explores the importance of audit firm characteristics and the factors motivating auditor change based on questionnaire responses from 210 listed UK companies (a response rate of 70%).
Beattie V. A. +24 more
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A note on the asymptotics for the randomly stopped weighted sums
Nonlinear Analysis, 2018 Let {Xi , i ⩾ 1} be a sequence of identically distributed real-valued random variables with common distribution FX; let {θi , i ⩾ 1} be a sequence of identically distributed, nonnegative and nondegenerate at zero random variables; and let τ be a positive
Yang Yang, Xi Xi Shi, Xing Fang Huang
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And then there were four: a study of UK market concentration - causes, consequences and the scope for market adjustment [PDF]
, 2003 While concentration measures are a good indicator of market structure, the link with competitiveness is more complex than often assumed. In particular, the modern theory of industrial organisation makes no clear statement regarding the impact of ...
Alan Goodacre +30 more
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Auditor’s perceptions of CEOs overconfidence in Egypt : a quasi-experimental study [PDF]
, 2020 Purpose: This study aims to explore auditor’s perceptions of CEOs overconfidence in Egypt as one of the emerging countries. Design/methodology/approach: A quasi-experimental study is used on a sample comprises of 101 practicing auditors at public ...
Eissa, Aref Mahmoud Kamel
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Analysis of multipolar generators operating efficiently in low-speed water and wind flows using ANSYS MAXWELL program [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 The article analyses generators generating efficient electricity at low speed water and wind flows. High rotating speed generators are used in wind farms and micro-hydropower. Reduction gears are used to provide the generators with the required number of
Sadullaev Nasullo +2 more
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Undertaking clinical audit, with reference to a Prescribing Observatory for Mental Health audit of lithium monitoring [PDF]
, 2013 Audit is an important tool for quality improvement. The collection of data on clinical performance against evidence-based and clinically relevant standards, which are considered by clinicians to be realistic in routine practice, can usefully prompt ...
Barnes, TR, Paton, C
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Performance audit evaluation of marine development projects based on SPA and BP neural network model
Open Geosciences, 2023 Accurately grasping the comprehensive cost-benefit and influencing factors of various marine development projects is of great significance to the promotion of high-quality marine development.
Gao Sheng +4 more
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