The relationship between regional innovation and foreign direct investment (FDI) has been extensively examined, but the impact of on FDI retention received scant attention. Drawing logic place-based approaches, paper investigates this by conducting survival analyses data collected across 31 provinces China. We find that technician supply (RTS) intellectual property flexibility (RIPF) help regio...

This study aimed to analyze the contributions of the Primary Healthcare nursing interventions, with primiparae in the promotion of breastfeeding. This is a quasi-experimental, longitudinal study, with a sample consisting of 151 primiparae, who had less than 28 weeks of pregnancy, with the child living for at least six months after the birth, performed between 15 October 2007 and 29 February 200...

In the title triangulo-triruthenium(0) compound, [Ru(3)(C(25)H(22)As(2))(C(6)H(12)Cl(3)O(3)P)(CO)(9)], the bis-(diphenyl-arsino)methane ligand bridges an Ru-Ru bond and the monodentate phosphine ligand bonds to the third Ru atom. Both the arsine and phosphine ligands are equatorial with respect to the Ru(3) triangle. In addition, each Ru atom carries one equatorial and two axial terminal carbon...

This paper uses micro data from the German Socio-Economic Panel to document that the wage structure in West Germany was remarkably stable over the period 1984–97, with little variation over time in wage or earnings inequality among and within different skill groups. The paper investigates a number of possible explanations for the stability of the wage structure and concludes that it is attribut...

Expertise is a prerequisite for communicator credibility, entailing the knowledge and ability to be accurate. Trust also is essential to communicator credibility. Audiences view trustworthiness as the motivation to be truthful. Identifying whom to trust follows systematic principles. People decide quickly another's apparent intent: Who is friend or foe, on their side or not, or a cooperator or ...

Fault Detection and Isolation (FDI) using Linear Kalman Filter (LKF) is not sufficient for effective monitoring of nonlinear processes. Most of the chemical plants are nonlinear in nature while operating the plant in a wide range of process variables. In this study we present an approach for designing of Multi Model Adaptive Linear Kalman Filter (MMALKF) for Fault Detection and Isolation (FDI) ...

In many newly industrializing countries (NICs), increased international trade activities are often triggered by several advancements, including attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), financial development, and technological changes. Recently, abundant diversified renewable energy sources used in production have also started to take their place among these advancements. Although the relatio...

The expansion and integration of global financial capital markets has led to the changes in the composition of capital flows of the developing economies. FDI has gained wide recognition as a striking measure of economic growth and development in both developed and developing countries. This study intends to evaluate the trends and patterns of FDI inflows into India. The relationship between FDI...