The purpose of this study is to analyze the set structure of the balance sheet and assets-claims on assets relationship, considering the dual concept of monetary units, the axiomatic theory and accountingspecific axioms. The structure of the balance sheet and assets-claims on assets relationship are examined using a rationalistic, analytical and deductive method; this method uses the axiomatic ...

Structural (or social) balance is regarded as a fundamental social process. It has been used to explain how the feelings, attitudes and beliefs, which the social actors have towards each other, promotes the formation of stable (but not necessarily conflict free) social groups. While balance theory has a rich and long history, it has lost favor in recent times. The empirical work has taken one o...

In this paper we are presenting the theory of balance equations of the Continuum Thermodynamics (balance systems) in a geometrical form using Poincare-Cartan formalism of the Multisymplectic Field Theory. A constitutive relation C of a balance system BC is realized as a mapping between a (partial) 1-jet bundle of the configurational bundle π : Y → X and the dual bundle similar to the Legendre m...

Many outsourcing contracts are expiring, and vendor transition is becoming an increasing concern in business. However, little research exists to help organizations manage vendor transition, a tripartite problem between the client, outgoing and incoming vendor. This paper applies balance of threat theory, a political science theory about interactions among nations, to explain and predict client ...

viktor frankl, a neurologist and the founder of logo-therapy (1969) stated that “will to meaning” is the basic essence of the universe (1). logo-therapy means therapy through meaning, which is based on the premise that man has a will-to-meaning; the meaning thus lies in suffering(2). one of the most important human functions is discovering meaning in life, which is also considered as a sign of ...

We consider the Stag Hunt in terms of Maynard Smith’s famous Haystack model. In the Stag Hunt, contrary to the Prisoner’s Dilemma, there is a cooperative equilibrium besides the equilibrium where every player defects. This implies that in the Haystack model, where a population is partitioned into groups, groups playing the cooperative equilibrium tend to grow faster than those at the noncoopera...

Quasispecies are clouds of genotypes that appear in a population at mutation-selection balance. This concept has recently attracted the attention of virologists, because many RNA viruses appear to generate high levels of genetic variation that may enhance the evolution of drug resistance and immune escape. The literature on these important evolutionary processes is, however, quite challenging. ...

With recent observations of diminishing summer Arctic sea ice extent, the hypothesis of a “tipping point” in summer ice cover has been the focus of a number of studies. This view suggests that as summer Arctic sea ice cover retreats it will reach a critical point after which the ice–albedo effect will cause the summer ice cover to disappear altogether. We have examined the heuristic argument be...

This paper is concerned with the study of third order quadratic and autonomous systems and the interest is oriented to the stable periodic oscillations. From the “jerk” equation model, the classes of minimal complexity presenting a Hopf bifurcation are derived and their local characterization is carried out by means of a suitable harmonic balance technique. Other possible system reductions pres...