The objectives of this study were to assess efficacy and welfare implications of gas euthanasia when applied to weaned and neonate pigs. Parameters associated with welfare, which were measured before loss of consciousness, included open-mouth breathing, ataxia, righting response, and escape attempts. Two age groups (weaned and neonate) were assessed in 9 gas treatments arranged in a 2 × 4 facto...

The management of irreparable rotator cuff tears remains challenging. Since its introduction by Mihata in 2012, superiorcapsule reconstruction (SCR) has grown in popularity at an astonishingly rapid rate. The aim of this article is to providea comprehensive review of the available literature, in order to highlight what has so far been published on SCR,covering all aspects including biomechanica...

in this paper, we investigate the performance of parametric arch class models to forecast out-of-sample var for two portfolios of tehran stock exchange (tse) companies (market portfolio and a portfolio of 50 liquid companies), using a number of distributional assumptions and sample sizes at low and high confidence levels. we find, first, that leptokurtic distributions are able to produce better...

B competitive advantage is increasingly found in knowing how to do things, rather than in having special access to resources and markets, knowledge and intellectual capital have become both the primary bases of core competencies and the key to superior performance. This article explores how companies can best grow their knowledge resources to create not simply competitive advantage, but sustain...

Each of three case study companies volunteered generous amounts of information to this report as well as considerable hours for in-depth reviews. At Commonwealth Edison, Tom Tramm led the effort to provide detailed insights into the company's life cycle costing practices. At Andersen Corporation, Dale Olson provided technical contributions and coordinated the Andersen in-house reviews. Thanks a...

This paper reports application of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) coated magnetite nanoparticles (Fe3O4 NPs) as a novel adsorbent for removal of two types of disperse dyes, including disperse red 167, and disperse blue 183, from wastewater of textile companies. The effect of parameters including type of surfactant, pH of solution, surfactant concentration, and amount...

— The quality of human capital is crucial for software companies to maintain competitive advantages in knowledge economy era. Software companies recognize superior talent as a business advantage. They increasingly recognize the critical linkage between effective talent and business success. However, software companies suffering from high turnover rates often find it hard to recruit the right ta...

Variable Annuity (VA) products expose insurance companies to considerable risk because of the guarantees they provide to buyers of these products. Managing and hedging these risks requires insurers to find the value of key risk metrics for a large portfolio of VA products. In practice, many companies rely on nested Monte Carlo (MC) simulations to find key risk metrics. MC simulations are comput...

Service companies should generate and deliver superior services manage service quality. The objective of the study is to analyze various aspects management methodology adopted a conceptual analysis managing quality in organizations. Companies customer expectations product-service bundles. They appreciate involve technological developments information technology implement self-service technologi...