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Price reaction of ethically screened stocks : A study of the Dow Jones Islamic Market World Index

This paper investigates the short-term effects on the price of the ethically screened stocks of the Dow Jones Islamic Market World Index (DJIMWI) quarterly revisions. Using a sample of 8,250 stocks from May 1999 through June 2012, we find a significant price reaction of the ethically screened stocks following additions and deletions. The results show that additions (deletions) from emerging sto...

EPIDEMIOLOGY IN HAZARD AND RISK ASSESSMENT A Partial Review of the “London Principles”, With Recommendations for Revisions and Additions, by an Expert Panel

Approved: Standards revisions addressing patient flow through the emergency department.

The Joint Commission approved standards revisions in June that address patient flow through the emergency department (ED) as a hospitalwide concern as well as an issue of safe provision of care for boarded patients. The revisions include enhancements and additions to “Leadership” (LD) Standard LD.04.03.11, known as “the patient flow standard,” and “Provision of Care, Treatment, and Services” (P...

Grain refinement, Microstructural characterization, and tensile properties of die-cast AZ91 alloy via Lead and Tin additions

Effects of different amounts of lead (Pb) and tin (Sn) on microstructure and tensile properties of the AZ91 alloy were studied. The results presented that the microstructure of AZ91 alloy is consisted the α-Mg phase and semi-continuous network of β-Mg17Al12 intermetallics. For the as-cast AZ91 alloy, the average grain siz and the β phase volume fraction were 96.2 µm and of 25.3%, respectively. ...

Additions to the knowledge of the genus Geastrum in Iran

Fungi belonging to the genus Geastrum are known as earth stars due to different layers with specific alignment in fruit-bodies. In this paper four species of the genus Geastrum viz. G. coronatum, G. rufescens, G. saccatum and G. schmidelii were reported as new for Iran. Previously reported specimen, G. corollinum (as G. recolligens)was newly collected and was studied in details. Newly reported ...