based on current expectations, when the free float is more, more deals done and consequently the share price volatility will also increase. shareholders expect more profits from stocks which have more free floats. this paper examines the kind of relationship between free float and liquidity, risks and returns and the degree of influence of these variables in the percentage of free float. we con...

OBJECTIVE This study examines the relationship between chronic and infectious diseases on mortality risks under conditions of accelerated aging.The main hypothesis is that individuals who report both types of diseases experience higher mortality risks than those reporting only chronic diseases. MATERIALS AND METHODS We used a nationally representative sample of 12 128 individuals aged 50 year...

This paper seeks to analyze the influence of consumers’ moral intensity, perceived risks and moral judgment in purchasing pirated software by using the issue-risk judgment (IRJ) model. Moral intensity includes magnitude of consequence, social consensus, probability of effect and temporal immediacy; perceived risks of consumers include financial, performance, prosecution and social risks; and mo...

By using a general bivariate utility function, this paper provides the conditions under which agents would like to remove primary risk in the presence of other dependent risk. For small risks, the conditions for retaining primary risk along with other dependent risk are also provided. The results of this paper indicate that the risk attitude to primary risk depends not only on the dependence re...

Customer acquisition and retention are two phases of an e-commerce life cycle. Switching costs and perceived risks affect both, but in different ways. This study examines these two well known, often contradicting variables in an integrated frame work and asks: Can perceived risks complement switching costs to give rises to new customer loyalty strategies for e-commerce enterprises? That is, do ...

While most older adults say their mental health is very good, a third or more have symptoms associated with emotional challenges, according to new survey released by the AARP that focuses on how much pandemic has taken its toll health.

PROVIDENCE – Dr. Jeffrey Borkan opened a symposium on race, ethnicity and the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) June 16th at the Alpert Medical School by saying racial and ethnic barriers in the PCMH and health care need to be examined and strategies developed to address them. “Questions on this topic haven’t been asked, the discussion hasn’t happened. African Americans, Latinos, and the poo...

Materials Research Group (CMRG) at the University of Mississippi (UM) have recently begun a research study supported by the U. S. Department of Agriculture (NRICSREES-USDA Award number 2003-35504-13627) examining natural fiber reinforcements (NFR). The objectives of this research are to demonstrate the feasibility of using the cost-effective pultrusion process to manufacture high quality polyme...