Abstract Solving the great problems of our time will require reimagining capitalism by balancing power free market with capable, democratically accountable government and strong civil society. Changing purpose firm has potential to make this process rebalancing significantly easier. Purpose-driven firms could be catalysts in drive for systemic change supporting transformation within their own i...

BACKGROUND "Living High-Training Low" (LHTL) is effective for the improvement of athletic ability; however, little is known about the effect of LHTL on obese individuals. The present study determined whether LHTL would have favorable influence on body composition, rebalance the appetite hormones, and explore the underlying mechanism. METHODS Adolescents with obesity [body mass index (BMI) >30...

Up-sampling and down-sampling are the two most used methods in balancing the data when dealing with two class imbalance problem. However, none of the existing approaches to class rebalance take into account class information (e.g. distribution, within and between class distances, imbalance factor). This study presents initial results of up-sampling methods based on various approaches to aggrega...