BACKGROUND The adverse health and equity impacts of transnational corporations' (TNCs) practices have become central public health concerns as TNCs increasingly dominate global trade and investment and shape national economies. Despite this, methodologies have been lacking with which to study the health equity impacts of individual corporations and thus to inform actions to mitigate or reverse ...

-In this study, it is discussed about the mutual fund knowledge and awareness among the investors with a special reference to Chennai city. It is difficult to selective group the investors in a sample as such the population of Chennai city is large in number. Compared to earlier days the investment options are changing from risk free to riskier investments. The analyses also shows that compared...

Adaptive switching between multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmission strategies like diversity and spatialmultiplexing is a flexible approach to respond to channel variations. It is desirable to obtain accurate estimates of the switching points between these transmission schemes to realize the capacity gains made possible by adaptive switching. In this paper, it is shown that the accur...

We consider the problem of computing mutual information between many pairs of variables in a Bayesian network. This task is relevant to a new class of Generalized Belief Propagation (GBP) algorithms that characterizes Iterative Belief Propagation (IBP) as a polytree approximation found by deleting edges in a Bayesian network. By computing, in the simplified network, the mutual information betwe...

This paper introduces a new functional approach to describe an expression for the gradient of mutual information with respect to the system parameters in general stochastic systems. In this approach the system input can be dependent on the system parameters in general cases. As an application of this model, it allows us to express the roles of interference and feedback and their interactions in...

The two main stylized facts in the mutual fund literature are that funds exhibit little ability to persistently outperform their peers, but that new money flows into funds with the highest past returns. The traditional interpretation is that fund managers are unskilled and fund investors are unsophisticated. Berk and Green (2004) offer an alternative, arguing that more-skilled managers will man...

The principle of mutual recognition has been derived from Article 30 of the Treaty of Rome, and is claimed to be a practical example of subsidiarity. Mutual recognition, however, whilst striking down trade barriers does not create a Single Market for it results in product characteristics being determined by location of production. Furthermore, the Article 30 freedoms, embraced in the principle ...

The purpose of this study was to assess a health impact assessment (HIA) tool to determine the perceived health impact by the public of a public park. The authors conducted a cross-sectional study from March to April, 2011, using this HIA questionnaire to collect data and through focus group discussions. We also assessed community concerns about the park and obtained recommendations of how to m...

INTRODUCTION The Center for Community Health and Evaluation conducted a 3-year evaluation to assess results of health impact assessments (HIAs) in the United States and to identify elements critical for their success. METHODS The study used a retrospective, mixed-methods comparative case study design, including a literature review; site visits; interviews with investigators, stakeholders, and...