3. The HIPC-Initiative, Fiscal Ownership and the Quality of Aid 3.1. The Quantitative and Qualitative Impact of the HIPC-Initiative 3.2. Impact on Resource Flows: The Debt Reduction Dividend 3.2.1. Measuring the Amount of Virtual Resources 3.2.2. Additionality 3.2.3. Debt Overhang 3.2.4. Debt Sustainability 3.3. Impact on Poverty Reduction and Aid Effectiveness 3.3.1. Channeling Debt Relief int...

Data centers have turned into a big concern for enterprises. Data centers have exhibited steadyenergy demand growth, and electric utilities have received sizeable requests for electrical power for new facilities. Electricity usage costs have become an increasing fraction of the total cost of ownership for data centers. There are many challenges and opportunities for researchers to explore the i...

Usability of the software products becomes currently one of the most important issues in software development as a whole. Due to the low entry level for new product developers and growing popularity of FLOSS software, the IT field has witnessed a vast increase in numbers of new software solutions. Choosing the software for a task is no longer a question of functionality only, but there are othe...

Home ownership loans are home financing from Bank BTN for the purposes of buying a house developer or non-developer, both new second home, ready-to-live-in (ready stock) not finished (indent) taking over credit other banks. Research This research aims to find out how murabahah contract is applied at Lhokseumawe Syariah State Savings Bank. The type used in this descriptive qualitative research. ...

Based on case studies of several firms, accounting researchers have argued that traditional costing systems constructed using volume-related drivers understate the true costs of variety and other non-volume drivers. As a result, managers do not have appropriate information to make optimal tradeoffs between the costs and benefits of such strategic cost drivers. This supposed distortion in optima...

Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) remote sensing has demonstrated potential in measuring forest biomass. We assessed the ability of LiDAR to accurately estimate forest total above ground biomass (TAGB) on an individual stem basis in a conifer forest in the US Pacific Northwest region using three different computer software programs and compared results to field measurements. Software programs...

Managing subscription journals and open access charges together has created challenges which may in part be dealt with by offsetting the two revenue streams against each other. In order to do this, it is necessary to have reliable financial data about the extent of the two interacting markets. Jisc Collections has been undertaking data collection regarding universities’ article publication char...

Competition authorities have a growing interest in assessing the effects of partial ownership arrangements. We show that the effects of such agreements on competition and welfare depend on the intensity of competition in the market and on the firms’ governance structure. When assessing the effects of partial ownership, competition policy has to consider both the financial interest and level of ...

Preoperative templating in Total Hip Replacement (THR) is a method to estimate the optimal size and position of the implant. Today, observational (manual) size recognition techniques are still used to find a suitable implant for the patient. Therefore, a digital and automated technique should be developed so that the implant size recognition process can be effectively implemented. For this purp...