1 Ecosystem Science and Geoarchaeology, Institute of Ecosystem Science, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany 2 Archaeology, School of Social Science, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia 3 Anthropology, The College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA 4 Manu Iri–Rapa Nui Heritage Guardians, Terevaka Archaeological Outreach, Ka’ara Environmental Conscience, Hanga Roa, Chile *Correspondenc...

1 Engineering Research Center of Metallurgical Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction, Ministry of Education, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan 650093, China 2 Department of Information Management, Oriental Institute of Technology, 58, Sec. 2, Sichuan Roa., Panchiao, Taipei 200, Taiwan 3 Faculty of Science, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Y...

This thesis comprises of three essays. The first essay is titled ‘Do Acquiring Firms Manage Earnings?’ and is co-authored with Professor Anand M. Vijh. The second essay is titled ‘Do Firms Have a Target Leverage? Evidence from Credit Markets’ and is joint work with Professors Anand M. Vijh and Redouane Elkamhi. The third is essay is single authored and titled ‘Bondholder Wealth Effects of Fraud...

The difference spectroscopy of the Raman optical activity (ROA) provides extended information about molecular structure. However, interpretation of the spectra is based on complex and often inaccurate simulations. Previously, the authors attempted to make the calculations more robust by including the solvent and exploring the role of molecular flexibility for alanine and proline zwitterions. In...

Above the age of 50 yrs, the incidence of OA rises steeply in women but less in men, suggesting an association with changes in female hormone levels in the menopause. This systematic review summarizes the evidence on the assumed association between exogenous hormone use and OA. Medline was searched up to March 2008 for articles assessing associations between OA of hand, hip or knee and menopaus...

INTRODUCTION Although osteoarthritis (OA) commonly involves multiple joints, no widely accepted method for quantifying whole-body OA burden exists. Therefore, our aim was to apply factor analytic methods to radiographic OA (rOA) grades across multiple joint sites, representing both presence and severity, to quantify the burden of rOA. METHODS We used cross-sectional data from the Johnston Cou...

This paper will focus on a project known as Best Outcomes For Māori: Te Hoe Nuku Roa Maori Profiles, a longitudinal Maori household project with a focus on Maori development in cultural, social and economic terms. This project is based on a cultural framework that has been formulated from ‘traditional’ principles. It provides a model for the interaction between Maori knowledge and mainstream so...

We present the results of calculations of Raman optical activity spectra of sizable systems from optical tensors of the fragments, the tensors calculated by an analytic approach at the time-dependent Hartree-Fock level of theory. The analytic approach permits large basis sets which, together with the limited geometrical extent of the fragments, obviates the need for the use of London-type orbit...