BACKGROUND For low income and uninsured populations, safety net clinics are an important source of health care, including preventive services such as mammography screening. However, little is known about how well breast health is coordinated within the safety net clinic environment and what barriers patients encounter. METHODS A needs assessment was conducted among eight community-based safet...

A stochastic dynamic model of reproduction and a deterministic cow-herd economic simulation model were used to evaluate how management decisions and reproductive performance interact to influence net income in a cow-calf operation (1,000 cows) for 1 yr of production. The stochastic model was used to determine herd performance when length of breeding season (45, 70, or 120 d) interacted with thr...

the main objective of this study was to investigate the environmental impacts of cotton production in golestan province of iran using life cycle assessment methodology. the data used in the study were obtained from cotton farmers with face-to-face questionnaire method during 2011-2012. the questionnaires included total inputs of cotton production in the region and yield weight. environmental im...

This study examines the relationship between net-interest income, ESG performance, and bank performance using a multiple regression analysis on panel dataset of publicly traded banks in United States. The independent variables are net interest income Refinitiv score, while dependent variable is Tobin's Q. control size (proxied by total assets) risk (NPL to loans). results linear model were sign...

A significant amount of non-compliance associated with the personal income tax is due to the taxpayers who are not “in the system,” not having filed a tax return in the recent past or perhaps ever. We use experimental laboratory methods to examine two types of positive incentives for filing tax returns: tax credits and social safety net benefits, both of which are conditional on tax filing. Our...

According to the nature of their activities, banks are exposed to various types of risks. Hence, risk management is at the heart of financial institutions management. In this study, we intend to summarize the information content of bank financial statements on diverse risks faced by banks and then determine how stock markets react to bank's risk management behavior. The methodology used in this...