Evaluation of Banking Sectors Development in Bangladesh in light of Financial Reform [PDF]
Historically, the performance of the banking sector has been weak, characterized by weak asset quality, inadequate provisioning, and negative capitalization of state-owned banks. To overcome these problems, the initial phase of banking reform (1980-1990) focused on the promotion of private ownership and denationalization of nationalized commercial ...
arxiv
Making homes more accessible for people with mobility impairment: A lived experience perspective
Abstract People with mobility impairment have the right to live in accessible housing that meets their needs. Although the Australian National Construction Code for residential housing will be amended to include minimum accessibility standards in September 2022, some states have chosen not to adopt these standards (New South Wales, Western Australia ...
Isabella Goodwin+7 more
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Somatoform disorder and somatic symptom disorder (SSD) are resistant to traditional medical support. Patients experience a vicious cycle of focused awareness/attention towards distressing bodily sensations.
Ulrich Sollmann, Wentian Li, Wang Haojie
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Multi-criteria Decision-making of Intelligent Vehicles under Fault Condition Enhancing Public-private Partnership [PDF]
With the development of vehicular technologies on automation, electrification, and digitalization, vehicles are becoming more intelligent while being exposed to more complex, uncertain, and frequently occurring faults. In this paper, we look into the maintenance planning of an operating vehicle under fault condition and formulate it as a multi ...
arxiv
Feynman Integral Evaluation by a Sector decomposiTion Approach (FIESTA) [PDF]
Up to the moment there are two known algorithms of sector decomposition: an original private algorithm of Binoth and Heinrich and an algorithm made public lastyear by Bogner and Weinzierl. We present a new program performing the sector decomposition and integrating the expression afterwards.
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Product differentiation in the fruit industry: Lessons from trademarked apples
Abstract We derive price premiums for patented or trademarked apple varieties, also known as “club apples,” compared to open‐variety apples. We use an expansive retail scanner dataset, along with unique data on apple taste characteristics, to estimate monthly club apple premiums for 2008–2018.
Modhurima Dey Amin+3 more
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Housing the homeless: How revisiting the 1940s assists the struggle
Abstract A major obstacle in the political work of housing the homeless is convincing voters and lawmakers that housing is a right and should be available to all without conditions. This paper seeks to assist that project by showing that the tension between rights and conditions has a history. It focusses on the pivotal 1940s, which saw the first major
Anne O'Brien
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Consideration of respondents' attitudes towards the concept of ethics in the audit profession [PDF]
The primary objective of the auditor engaged in the audit of financial statements is to provide a professional and independent opinion on whether the financial statements have been prepared by international accounting standards and relevant legislation ...
Jakovljević Nemanja+2 more
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Privatização de aeroportos: motivações, regulação e eficiência operacional [PDF]
In this study, we will address some topics related to the privatization of airports in the scientific literature, in an attempt to provide an answer to the following question: does the privatization of airports bring positive results? Firstly, we turn our attention to the motivations leading to privatization, considering the two main parties involved ...
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Supply chain risk in grain trading: Inventories as real options for shipping grain
Abstract Integrating trading and logistics is an important challenge in commodity trading. Trading and logistics are strategic decisions and are integral to most commodities including grain shipping by rail, in addition to other modes (barges, ocean shipping). There are substantial risks, such as the ordering and placement of rail cars.
William W. Wilson, Jesse Klebe
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