HEALTH OFFICERS AND " QUARTERLY RETURNS."

Directors' and officers' liability insurance and acquirer returns

Using neural networks to predict abnormal returns of quarterly earnings

Artificial neural networks are used in conjunction with the Sharpe-Linter form of the Capital Asset Pricing Method (CAPM) to predict when the returns on U.S. stocks will be greater than financial risk models would predict. The advantage of using a nonlinear approach is to model the financial system more accurately than linear techniques. The Sharpe-Lintner form is used to control for risk and d...

Workplace health improvement: perspectives of environmental health officers.

BACKGROUND Environmental health practice in the field of occupational health and safety is traditionally concerned with protecting health relating to the workplace. However, little is currently known about environmental health officers' (EHOs) perceptions of their role in workplace health improvement, a pertinent topic in light of the recent government agenda for improving the health of the wor...

Human Capital, Schooling and Health Returns

A consensus has been forged in the last decade that recent periods of sustained growth in total factor productivity and reduced poverty are closely associated with improvements in a population’s child nutrition, adult health, and schooling, particularly in low-income countries. Estimates of the productive returns from these three forms of human capital investment are nonetheless qualified by a ...

Design and Validation of Professional Spiritual Health Questionnaire for Professors (Soft War Officers)

Background and Aim: Assessing the spiritual health of professors (soft war officers) is essential to deepen the spirituality of the university environment and counteract cultural invasion. The professional spiritual health assessment should be done without measuring religiosity and inquisition. The purpose of this study was to design and validate a self-assessment questionnaire for the professi...