The aim of this paper is to explore the efficiency and the benchmarks of financial holding companies (FHCs) for a small open economy, Taiwan. We employ a two-stage production process including profitability and marketability performance using a non-paxametric frontier method — data envelopment analysis (DEA). Furthermore, the factor-specific measure and BCC (Banker-Charnes-Cooper) model are com...

The objectives of this study were compare an alternative method for cocoa beans sampling with the standard method proposed by the European Union (EC 401/2006) and validate a method of Ochratoxin A determination. The alternative method applies to Original Research Article British Journal of Applied Science & Technology, 4(35): 4908-4917, 2014 4909 samples of 5 kg of cocoa beans while the standar...

Over 40% of active pharmaceutical ingredients in development are poorly water soluble drugs which limit formulation approaches, clinical application and marketability because of their low dissolution and bioavailability. Solid dispersion has been considered one of the major advancements in overcoming these issues with several successfully marketed products. Extensive review of the literature in...

As new technologies move to the fore, our understanding of the world may seem to have shrunk in comparison, for despite new developments in research, much of it is reduced or rather, abstracted for marketability. Thus, the purpose of this work is to provide a brief study of current techniques used in data analysis that will yield some clarity and encourage new research. Several applications of ...