1The Egyptian Organization for Biological Products and Vaccines (EGYVAC-VACSERA), The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population, Egypt 2Section Research, Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands 3Institute of Pathophysiology, Semmelweis University Medical School, Semmelweis University, Hungary 4Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Semmelweis University, Neph...

This third volume in our ISCANEE (International Scholars Conference on Ancient Near Eastern Economics) / ISLET (Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends) series places the phenomenon of interest-bearing debt in its historical context by tracing its dynamics from Sumer down through the neo-Babylonian epoch, and relating what is known about early Egypt, Nuzi and other neighboring regi...

The objective of this study was to verify the effect of active and passive recovery on blood lactate concentration and power performance. Twelve male subjects were submitted to a maximal strength test in the the bench press, a maximal aerobic test in the bench step, and to four sets of bench press exercise performed as fast and as long as possible, using 80% of maximal strength when active or p...

This paper studies voluntary certification when (a) there is uncertainty about managerial propensity to report truthfully, (b) some components of the firm’s value may be certified for a cost (“hard”), (c) other components may be disclosed but not certified free of misstatements (“soft”). We establish that untruthful managers are more likely to certify hard information and that, among truthful m...

OBJECTIVE To examine an online auction site for the presence and sale of children's products and toys previously recalled because of safety concerns. METHODS Targeted items were randomly selected from US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) press releases of recalled children's products dated 1992-2004. Auction listings from eBay were searched for the 150 targeted recalled items for 30 d...

2. Surveys comparing the quality of taxi services across countries are quite common. In France, every year, the “hotels.com” taxi survey makes the headlines of the newspapers when it comes out. Its press release () specifies: “Research was conducted amongst 1,400 travellers from the UK, Ireland, France, Spain, Germany, Norway, Sweden and Denmark in May 2009.” In its last three issues London’s c...

[Purpose] The aim of this study was to verify the decline in functionality of elderly people. [Subjects and Methods] The study subjects comprised 152 individuals (96 women; 56 men) divided into 3 groups: G1 (60 to 69 years, n=53); G2 (70 to 79 years, n=65); and G3 (80 years or older, n=34). Physical performance, balance, mobility, and muscle strength were assessed using Short Physical Performan...

Objective: This research has been conducted so as to use the Porter Five Competitive Model and to obtain the votes of experts in the press industry. A pathological assessment of the industry in the country has been achieved and a desirable model has been developed for transforming the industry to face environmental change. Methods: In this research, the qualitative method has been applied to r...

PURPOSE Allometric modeling (AM) has been used to determine the world's strongest body mass-adjusted man. Recently, however, AM was shown to demonstrate body mass bias in elite Olympic weightlifting performance. A second order polynomial (2OP) provided a better fit than AM with no body mass bias for men and women. The purpose of this study was to apply both AM and 2OP models to women's world po...