Investment advisory services of financial service providers (FSPs) exhibit several characteristics that are detrimental to advisory quality. The interaction of advisor and client is strained by a lack of transparency regarding the advisory process (what activities are performed and why) and the information used therein (what information is used for what purpose and with what effect), as well as...

Background & Aims: Amniotic membrane persists for a long time after ocular transplantation (as corneal substitute) and can affect light transmission (transparency). The aim of this study was to evaluate the transparency of amniotic membrane after freeze-drying (lyophilization) and to compare the results with transparency of rabbit cornea. Methods: Transparency of rabbits’ corneas and fresh and ...

Pedagogy Transparency is a quality driven concept built from the junction of the new pedagogy movement, based on Vygotsky ́s social interactionist theory, and the notion of information disclosure. Pedagogy Transparency aims the disclosure to students of how they are being taught and why, as to improve their awareness about the learning process. We present a study conducted to evaluate three peda...

In this paper, we continue our considerations concerning the ranking of intuitionistic fuzzy alternatives (options, variants, ...). We complete previous by showing in another way why method proposed us gives proper results. stress when should be applied and emphasize its transparency.

This paper is grounded in the empirical reality of a growing use of the ICTs in public administrations. Generally, informationand communication technologies (ICTs) are being introduced in an organization in order to increase operational efficiency, quality, and transparency. But, besides these intended effects, the introduction of the ICTs also leads to substantial changes in the power relation...

The techniques used to enforce Internet Censorship vary, and as a consequence the users can experience different results while accessing the same censored content in different contexts. While the corpus of Internet censorship studies is growing, to the best of our knowledge we are the first to focus on censorship detection on 3G/4G (hereafter mobile) network operators. After an introduction on ...

(1) Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacovigilance. Spanish Medicines and Healthcare Products Agency (AEMPS.) Madrid. Spain. (2) Foundation Institute for Health Services Research. Valencia. Spain. (3) FISABIO-Public Health. Research Network for Health Services in Chronic Disease (REDISSEC). Valencia. Spain. (4) Clinical Epidemiology Program. Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI). Ot...

– A comparison of the structural, optical and electronic properties of the recently discovered transparent conducting oxide (TCO), nanoporous Ca12Al14O33, with those of the conventional TCOs (such as Sc-doped CdO) indicates that this material belongs conceptually to a new class of transparent conductors. For this class of materials, we formulate criteria for the successful combination of high e...