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Laborers Local 829 Health and Welfare Plan: Testing Investments and Receivables
In: Issues in accounting education, Band 16, Heft 4, S. 637-662
ISSN: 1558-7983
Laborers Local 829 serves as a multi-employer health care provider for union construction members. The case focuses on accounting situations that might be faced on an audit engagement. The purpose of this case is to provide you with a realistic audit situation that requires you to think critically, plan and perform audit tests of investments and receivables, consider accounting issues related to receivables, and review and prepare audit working papers. Data for the case are based on an actual audit engagement performed by accounting practitioners. Names used, however, are fictitious. Investments consist of holdings similar to those of a mutual fund. Actual stock prices are used for the holdings.
Data envelopment analysis: Critique and extensions
In: New directions for program evaluation: a quarterly sourcebook, Band 1986, Heft 32, S. 73-105
ISSN: 1534-875X
AbstractThis chapter points out serious shortcomings in DEA's treatment of price efficiency, illustrates the dangers of misspecification errors in DEA, and suggests extentions of the basic DEA formulation that address these shortcomings.
Visualization and characterization of agricultural sprays using machine learning based digital inline holography
In: Computers and electronics in agriculture: COMPAG online ; an international journal, Band 216, S. 108486
Origins of the national security state and the legacy of Harry S. Truman
In: Truman legacy series Volume 11
Preface / Mary Ann Heiss and Michael J. Hogan -- Introduction: The national security discourse of the early Cold War and the legacy of Harry S. Truman / Michael J. Hogan -- [1] The institutions of the national security state -- Preparing for the next Pearl Harbor : Harry S. Truman's role in the creation of the U.S. national security establishment / Douglas Stuart -- Setting the stage : Harry S. Truman and the American military / Dale R. Herspring -- The legacy of military spending during the Truman administration / Benjamin O. Fordham -- The CIA : its origin, transformation, and crisis of identity from Harry S. Truman to Barack Obama / Richard H. Immerman and Timothy Andrews Sayle -- Graphic essay -- [2] The implications of the national security state -- The military-industrial complex and the path not taken / Audra J. Wolfe -- The politics and political legacy of Harry S. Truman's national security policies / David C. Unger -- An accidental empire? : President Harry S. truman and the origins of America's global military presence / Aaron B. O'Connell -- The national security state and the legacy of Harry S. Truman : enduring themes / Mark R. Jacobson
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POSTWAR RECONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AND POLITICAL DONATIONS: THE CASE IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ
In: Sociological spectrum: the official Journal of the Mid-South Sociological Association, Band 27, Heft 4, S. 453-472
ISSN: 1521-0707
Campaign Contributions, Post-War Reconstruction Contracts, and State Crime
In: Deviant behavior: an interdisciplinary journal, Band 27, Heft 3, S. 269-297
ISSN: 1521-0456
Surviving Parole Reentry: Examining the Impact of Prerelease, Postrelease, and Boundary-Spanning Programs
In: Corrections: policy, practice and research, Band 2, Heft 3, S. 149-164
ISSN: 2377-4665
Commencement 2021 ; Class of 2021 Celebrates Hybrid Commencement
In: http://hdl.handle.net/10713/15866
News release and accompanying video of UMB's 2021 graduation ceremony held virtually due to the ongoing pandemic. Included among the individuals addressing the graduates were UMB President Dr. Bruce Jarrell, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, University System of Maryland Chancellor Dr. Jay Perman, and Nivedita Hegdekar, president of the University Student Government Association. ; https://youtu.be/a9m37GUTQWc
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A longitudinal study of maternal hemodynamic and baroreflex function in the puerperium: When is a stable baseline established?
In: Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation: official publication of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Band 5, Heft 1, S. 51A-51A
ISSN: 1556-7117
Tevatron Run II combination of the effective leptonic electroweak mixing angle
Department of Energy (United States of America) ; National Science Foundation (United States of America) ; Australian Research Council (Australia) ; National Council for the Development of Science and Technology ; Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ) ; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Canada) ; Chinese Academy of Sciences ; National Natural Science Foundation of China (China) ; Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (Colombia) ; Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (Czech Republic) ; Academy of Finland (Finland) ; Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission ; National Center for Scientific Research/National Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics (France) ; Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) ; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) (Germany) ; Department of Atomic Energy (India) ; Department of Science and Technology (India) ; Science Foundation Ireland (Ireland) ; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (National Institute for Nuclear Physics) (Italy) ; Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan) ; Korean World Class University Program ; National Research Foundation (Korea) ; National Council of Science and Technology (Mexico) ; Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (The Netherlands) ; National Science Council (Republic of China) ; Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation ; National Research Center Kurchatov Institute of the Russian Federation ; Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Russia) ; Slovak R&D Agency (Slovakia) ; Ministry of Science and Innovation ; Consolider-Ingenio Program (Spain) ; Swedish Research Council (Sweden) ; Swiss National Science Foundation (Switzerland) ; Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (Ukraine) ; Science and Technology Facilities Council ; Royal Society (United Kingdom) ; A. P. Sloan Foundation (United States of America) ; European Union community Marie Curie Fellowship ; European Union community Marie Curie Fellowship: 302103 ; Drell-Yan lepton pairs produced in the process p (p) over bar -> l(+)l(-) + X through an intermediate gamma*/Z boson have an asymmetry in their angular distribution related to the spontaneous symmetry breaking of the electroweak force and the associated mixing of its neutral gauge bosons. The CDF and D0 experiments have measured the effective-leptonic electroweak mixing parameter sin(2) theta(lept)(eff) using electron and muon pairs selected from the full Tevatron proton-antiproton data sets collected in 2001-2011, corresponding to 9-10 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity. The combination of these measurements yields the most precise result from hadron colliders, sin(2)theta(lept)(eff) = 0.23148 +/- 0.00033. This result is consistent with, and approaches in precision, the best measurements from electron-positron colliders. The standard model inference of the on-shell electroweak mixing parameter sin(2) theta(W), or equivalently the W-boson mass M-W, using the ZFITTER software package yields sin(2) theta(W) = 0.22324 +/- 0.00033 or equivalently, M-W = 80.367 +/- 0.017 GeV/c(2).
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Combined Forward-Backward Asymmetry Measurements in Top-Antitop Quark Production at the Tevatron
Department of Energy ; National Science Foundation (U.S.A.) ; Australian Research Council (Australia) ; National Council for the Development of Science and Technology ; Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ) ; European Union community Marie Curie Fellowship Contract ; European Union community Marie Curie Fellowship Contract: 302103 ; : DE-AC02-07CH11359 ; The CDF and D0 experiments at the Fermilab Tevatron have measured the asymmetry between yields of forward- and backward-produced top and antitop quarks based on their rapidity difference and the asymmetry between their decay leptons. These measurements use the full data sets collected in proton-antiproton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of root s = 1.96 TeV. We report the results of combinations of the inclusive asymmetries and their differential dependencies on relevant kinematic quantities. The combined inclusive asymmetry is A(FB)(t (t) over bar) = 0.128 +/- 0.025. The combined inclusive and differential asymmetries are consistent with recent standard model predictions.
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Effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on planned cancer surgery for 15 tumour types in 61 countries: an international, prospective, cohort study
Background: Surgery is the main modality of cure for solid cancers and was prioritised to continue during COVID-19 outbreaks. This study aimed to identify immediate areas for system strengthening by comparing the delivery of elective cancer surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic in periods of lockdown versus light restriction. Methods: This international, prospective, cohort study enrolled 20 006 adult (≥18 years) patients from 466 hospitals in 61 countries with 15 cancer types, who had a decision for curative surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic and were followed up until the point of surgery or cessation of follow-up (Aug 31, 2020). Average national Oxford COVID-19 Stringency Index scores were calculated to define the government response to COVID-19 for each patient for the period they awaited surgery, and classified into light restrictions (index 60). The primary outcome was the non-operation rate (defined as the proportion of patients who did not undergo planned surgery). Cox proportional-hazards regression models were used to explore the associations between lockdowns and non-operation. Intervals from diagnosis to surgery were compared across COVID-19 government response index groups. This study was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04384926. Findings: Of eligible patients awaiting surgery, 2003 (10·0%) of 20 006 did not receive surgery after a median follow-up of 23 weeks (IQR 16-30), all of whom had a COVID-19-related reason given for non-operation. Light restrictions were associated with a 0·6% non-operation rate (26 of 4521), moderate lockdowns with a 5·5% rate (201 of 3646; adjusted hazard ratio [HR] 0·81, 95% CI 0·77-0·84; p<0·0001), and full lockdowns with a 15·0% rate (1775 of 11 827; HR 0·51, 0·50-0·53; p<0·0001). In sensitivity analyses, including adjustment for SARS-CoV-2 case notification rates, moderate lockdowns (HR 0·84, 95% CI 0·80-0·88; p<0·001), and full lockdowns (0·57, 0·54-0·60; p<0·001), remained independently associated with non-operation. Surgery beyond 12 weeks from diagnosis in patients without neoadjuvant therapy increased during lockdowns (374 [9·1%] of 4521 in light restrictions, 317 [10·4%] of 3646 in moderate lockdowns, 2001 [23·8%] of 11 827 in full lockdowns), although there were no differences in resectability rates observed with longer delays. Interpretation: Cancer surgery systems worldwide were fragile to lockdowns, with one in seven patients who were in regions with full lockdowns not undergoing planned surgery and experiencing longer preoperative delays. Although short-term oncological outcomes were not compromised in those selected for surgery, delays and non-operations might lead to long-term reductions in survival. During current and future periods of societal restriction, the resilience of elective surgery systems requires strengthening, which might include protected elective surgical pathways and long-term investment in surge capacity for acute care during public health emergencies to protect elective staff and services.
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