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Performance Analysis of MPI Collective Operations [PDF]
Previous studies of application usage show that the performance of collective communications are critical for high-performance computing and are often overlooked when compared to the point-to-point performance. In this paper, we analyze and attempt to improve infra-cluster collective communication in the context of the widely deployed MPI programming ...
Jelena Pjesivac-Grbovic +5 more
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A Brief Review of Recent Research on Reversible Francis Pump Turbines in Pumped Storage Plants
As the core for energy conversion in pumped storage plants, the pump turbine is also a key component in the process of building a clean power grid, owing to its fast and accurate load regulation.
Xiuli Mao +4 more
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The use of no tillage system associated with the crop-livestock integration is an alternate managing that promotes the accumulation of dry matter in the soil, an essential fact to make the system sustainable and profitable.
Carlos A. Chioderoli +4 more
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Impact of Merger and Acquisitions on Operating Performance: Evidence from Manufacturing Firms in India [PDF]
The present paper is carried out with the objective of studying what shift-in-structure is experienced especially in the operating performance (OP) after merger and acquisitions (M&As) by studying 39 selected acquiring manufacturing firms in India.
Ramachandran Azhagaiah +1 more
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Ownership structure and operating performance of acquiring firms: the case of English-origin countries [PDF]
This thesis provides empirical evidence on the relation between concentrated ownership and the long term operating performance of acquiring firms. Large shareholders are generally viewed as beneficial monitors of corporate performance but high levels ...
Yen, Tze-Yu
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DOES POST-IPO M&A ACTIVITY AFFECT FIRMS’ PROFITABILITY AND SURVIVAL?
In this paper, we investigate the post-IPO operating performance of acquiring companies listed in the US in the period 1986–2008. We find that acquiring IPO firms delivers better operating returns when compared to non-acquiring IPO firms in the five ...
MATTEO BONAVENTURA +3 more
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Drama and Desire: Theorising entangled performance practice [PDF]
From Plato’s erotic symposium, through sex and death on Early Modern British stages, to Freud’s venture beyond pleasure, the ludic practice of plays and playing has long been associated with desire.
Katafiasz, Kate Rose
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Modernizing irrigation systems (ISs) from traditional gravity methods to sprinkler and drip technologies has significantly improved water use efficiency. However, it has simultaneously increased electricity demand and operational costs.
Florin Dragan +2 more
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Ownership structure and the operating performance of Hungarian firms [PDF]
This paper uses firm-level data on 162 large Hungarian enterprises to analyse the relationship between ownership structure and corporate performance in 1998 and 1999. Cross-sectional regressions are run for each of these years using the return on assets (
Campbell, Kevin, Campbell, K.
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Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of the Pancreas in Children and Adolescents: Expert Recommendations
ABSTRACT Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas (SPN) is a rare low‐grade malignant exocrine pancreatic tumor, mostly discovered during the second decade of life in females, with a very good prognosis, provided microscopically complete surgical excision is achieved.
Sabine Irtan +18 more
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