Using panel data (2011-2016), this paper applied the Bootstrap Data Envelope Analysis (DEA) and obtained overall technical efficiencies (TE), pure (PTE), scale of Islamic bank nine South Southeast Asian countries The found average TE, PTE, SE were 77.3 percent, 81.2 95.3 percent respectively. Comparison found: (i) TE banks Malaysia was 81.9 highest in region; (ii) managerial efficiency (PTE 87....

Parasitic zoonoses are common and widely distributed in the Southeast Asian region. However, the interactions between parasites, hosts and vectors are influenced by environmental, socio-cultural and livestock production changes that impact on the distribution, prevalence and severity of disease. In this review we provide an update on new knowledge in the context of ongoing changes for the food-...

In this paper I test whether "Hispanic" and "Asian" identities are salient in the U.S. marriage market. That is, I determine whether the different Asian and Hispanic national groups intermarry often enough to suggest that Asian and Hispanic pan-national identities are important. Analysis of census data from 1980 and 1990 suggests that both Hispanic and Asian pan-national identities are signific...

The development of bond markets in the Asian region has become a focus of policymakers over the past few years, with at least three intergovernmental working groups among countries in the region currently examining the issue. The work is being undertaken in an effort to strengthen the financial sectors of east Asian countries and to reduce vulnerabilities to future financial crises. Weaknesses ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence and patterns of congenital heart defects in infants requiring hospital admission in a defined population and to determine the differences in ethnic groups. DESIGN A three year retrospective analysis of all hospital admissions for paediatric congenital heart defects in a single centre. SETTING Tertiary referral centre for infant cardiac services in the West...

BACKGROUND Prior to 1999 students entering our MBBS course were selected on academic performance alone. We have now evaluated the impact on the demographics of subsequent cohorts of our standard entry students (those entering directly from high school) of the addition to the selection process of an aptitude test (UMAT), a highly structured interview and a rural incentive program. METHODS Stud...

Trade relationships built through production chains appear to be lasting due to relation-specific nature of the transactions, compared with the usual transactions of goods sold on the open market. This paper aims to verify such stability of international production networks at the global level, with special emphasis on intra-East Asian trade. A series of survival analyses provide an evidence su...

With the aim of uncovering all of the most basal variation in the northern Asian mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups, we have analyzed mtDNA control region and coding region sequence variation in 98 Altaian Kazakhs from southern Siberia and 149 Barghuts from Inner Mongolia, China. Both populations exhibit the prevalence of eastern Eurasian lineages accounting for 91.9% in Barghuts and 60.2% i...

In a recent issue, Rota et al. (2) reported a study regarding the 39 repeat region of the cagA gene of Helicobacter pylori in which they classified the cagA 39 region into three types (A, B/D, and C) according to our previous report (5). They reported no association between 39 repeat region subtypes and clinical outcome. However, multiple subtypes of the cagA repeat region were associated with ...