290 results for “France”

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractOverview of Certification Methodologies for Sustainable Constructions of Brazilian BuildingsVanessa Silva Pugliero, Lorenzo Campos Coiado, Lia Lorena Pimentel et al.The terms “sustainable” and “environmentally-friendly” have been used in the construction industry field as a marketing appeal. The methodology to judge in which level a building is sustainable in Brazil is incipient, without orientation and hardly ever there is a diffusion of these methods inside Brazilian territory. Almost all developed countries have their appropriate certification methodology for sustainable constructions. Some … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 3 · 25 May 2015 · 6,915 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA ROBUST OPTIMIZATION APPROACH FOR INDEX TRACKING PROBLEMMohsen Gharakhani, Forough Zarea Fazlelahi, S. J. SadjadiIndex tracking is an investment approach where the primary objective is to keep portfolio return as close as possible to a target index without purchasing all index components. The main purpose is to minimize the tracking error between the returns of the selected portfolio and a benchmark. In this study, quadratic as well as linear models are presented for minimizing … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 10, Issue 12 · 26 Dec 2014 · 8,872 accessesView PDF Cite

EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractWITH ALL OUR GROWTH, SADLY, BULLYING CONTINUES IN EVERY ASPECT OF NURSINGLorna KendrickBandura, A., 1977. Social learning theory. New York: General Learning Press. France, N. and S. Hardin, 2012. Caring praxis in nursing education: Breaking the cycle of ‘nurses eating their own. Int. J. Human Caring, 16: 63-4. Hutchinson, M., M. Vickers, D. Jackson and L. Wilkes, 2006. Workplace bullying in nursing: Towards a more critical organisational perspective. Nurs. Inquiry, 13: 118-126. … …International Journal of Research in Nursing, Vol. 5, Issue 1 · 23 Oct 2014 · 7,172 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractACCEPTANCE AND USAGE OF EXTENSIBLE BUSINESS REPORTING LANGUAGE: AN EMPIRICAL REVIEWElissavet Stergiaki, Antonios Stavropoulos, Theodora LalouExtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) is a language based on XML that provides an effective solution for the preparation, presentation and exchange of International Financial Reporting Standards. Many researchers examined the adoption, acceptance or usage of XBRL but none have clarified a direct link between the acceptance of technology and how it affects XBRL users. So, a significant issue to … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 1 · 29 Apr 2013 · 8,690 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCultural Capital and Performance in Medical EducationKarin DarinPrior research has found that students from higher social classes generally perform at higher levels in education than other students. A common explanation is that these students hold higher volumes of inherited and acquired cultural capital. However, research on the performance of students in specific fields of education is scarce and thus we know little about the variations between fields … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 3 · 12 Jun 2012 · 8,151 accessesView PDF Cite