The nightmare before funding

Untangling the Prometheus Nightmare

A number of bush and forest fire simulators have been developed in the last two decades based on the deterministic spread equations of Gwynfor Richards (Int. J. Num. Meth. Eng. 1990) and the marker method for computing discrete approximations to the Richards equations. Unfortunately, all such implementations are plagued by topological complications. For example, sampling issues on the evolving ...

Ebola: controlling the nightmare.

The unprecedented outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa is a true global public health emergency, requiring extraordinary measures and global cooperation. Throughout 2014 the world has observed a global health crisis unfold in a way that has never been seen before (Box 1). Multiple outbreaks of EVD have overwhelmed healthcare and humanitarian services in many areas, restricting t...

Local administration funding and regional disparities in Italy before WW1

Prescriber's Nightmare

The precriber's first problem is : On what basis to make the choice? On the basis of the established name of the comapny? On the basis of the retail price of the drug? In the recent past, the drug were required to be prescribed by their pharmacological name, with the prescribing doctor having the option to mention the company's name alongside. For many reasons, this practice did not catch on. O...

Funding decisions

Funding decision is one of the financial strategic decisions of a corporation. There are also two other finan-cial strategic decisions that a corporation faces, the investment and the dividend decision. This paper de-scribes briefly the investment and the dividend decision, although its main focus is on funding decision. In de-scribing the funding decision the researchers will first explain the...