The routine monitoring of the efficiency of reproductive programs is necessary in large-scale dairy herds in the 21 century. The importance of the economic evaluation of these programs is increasing, as well, since many thousands of euros are spent on reproductive management on a farm. However, different interpretations of reproductive indices cause difficulties among professionals when compari...

In this paper we present two composite indices of globalization. The first one is based on the Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine and the second one is obtained from principal component analysis. They indicate which countries have become most global and show how globalization has developed over time. The indices are composed of four components: economic integration, personal contact, technology an...

Cerebral language lateralization can be assessed in several ways. In healthy subjects, functional MRI (fMRI) during performance of a language task has evolved to be the most frequently applied method. Functional transcranial Doppler (fTCD) may provide a valid alternative, but has been used rarely. Both techniques have their own strengths and weaknesses and as a result may be applied in differen...

Possibility of a bank default in the quarter after the lastest financial reporting can be estimated from the bank’s balance sheet in relation to the general economic situation of the time. Although creating the exact formula is not at all clear, it is possible to construct an algorithm that produces little error in categorical default prediction given bank data and economic indices. This paper ...

The current research sets out to identify and scrutinize the impact of the CEO’s perceptual biases in judgment and economic decision-making on the reporting quality of the firms listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange. Adopting a mixed method, the present study first seeks to detect the components and indices of CEO’s perceptual biases via critical appraisal and with the special participation of 10...

Sustainable urbanization is a challenge to human beings in the modern era of technology. Cities all over the world are facing several problems due to urbanization and industrialization. Urban problems could be assessed through development of indices of urban sustainability on the basis of its three dimensions: environment, economics and social. The present study was conducted to identify indica...