The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has played an important role in financing the response to HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) in Indonesia. As part of a series of case studies, we assessed the nature and extent of integration of Global Fund portfolios into the national HIV and TB programmes, integration of the HIV and TB programmes within the general health system, and system...

This research is supported by National Research University Project; Office of Higher Education Commission (WCU007-HR-57); Integrated Innovation Academic Center, Chulalongkorn University; Centenary Academic Development Project (CU56-HR01); the Ratchadaphiseksomphot Endowment Fund of Chulalongkorn University (RES560530093); the Outstanding Professor of the Thailand Research Fund (DPG5480002); and...

We study a hedge fund style contract in which management fees, incentive fees and a high water mark provision drive a fund manager’s effort and risk choices as well as walkaway decisions by both the fund manager and the investor. We model this relationship and calibrate the model to observed data. The model yields empirical predictions regarding the impact of a fund’s distance from the high wat...

In [13], Woronowicz introduced a functional calculus for normal regular operators in a Hilbert C-module. In this paper, we have translated several concepts known in Hilbert space theory to the Hilbert C-module framework. We looked for instance into the functional calculus for strictly positive elements, the Fuglede Putnam theorem in Hilbert C-modules, commuting normal regular operators, ... It ...

We present a simple technique that allows to generate Feynman diagrams for vector models with interactions of order 2n and similar models (Gross-Neveu, Thirring model) using a bootstrap equation that uses only the free field value of the energy as an input. The method allows to find the diagrams to, in principle, arbitrarily high order and applies to both energy and correlation functions. It au...

We consider the algebra R generated by three elements A,B,H subject to three relations [H,A] = A, [H,B] = −B and {A,B} = f(H). When f(H) = H this coincides with the Lie superalgebra osp(1/2); when f is a polynomial we speak of polynomial deformations of osp(1/2). Irreducible representations of R are described, and in the case deg(f) ≤ 2 we obtain a complete classification, showing some similari...

Using publication and citation data from a study on the selection procedure of the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (B.I.F.), this study investigated the extent to which frequently and infrequently cited articles were used differently by the scientists that cited them. The data set consisted of 31 articles by B.I.F. grant applicants that had received 451 citations in 270 citing publications. In a com...

In this paper we overview what is known about partial ovoids and spreads of finite (classical) generalized quadrangles. In the first, respectively the second, part of the paper we will be mostly concerned with small, respectively large, maximal partial ovoids and spreads. Also connections with other interesting objects in finite geometry will be explained. Among the new results are new bounds o...

A business plan is a document presenting in a concise form the key elements describing a perceived business opportunity. It is used among others as a tool for evaluating the feasibility and profitability of a project. In this paper, we study the relationship between business plan quality and venture success. In particular, a classification method using the information from the business plan is ...