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The Usefulness of Criticism in Accounting
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The Theoretical Usefulness of Pluralistic Constitution Theory
In this paper, I argue that pluralism about material constitution (i.e., holding that the relata of constitution can be non-identical) is a theoretically useful notion. First, I propose a principle whose denial is sufficient and, to my knowledge, necessary for pluralism to be true. Then I formulate …
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CLINICAL USEFULNESS OF OCULAR TESTS FOR DIAGNOSING CONCUSSIONS
Dysfunctions of ocular motor and binocular vision are some of the most commonly observed problems in patients with severe traumatic brain injury. Secondarily, subjective complaints of compromised vision and ocular motor functions are also sometimes reported in mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI). …
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The usefulness (or otherwise) of the concept of
The paper discusses and traces the history of tax policy which creates the basis for the difference between illegal tax evasion, and tax avoidance (which may also be illegal). The discussion reveals the cause of ambiguities in judicial interpretation (and through this the effect of avoidance …
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The Unreasonable Usefulness of Approximation by Linear Combination
Through the exploitation of data-sparsity ---a catch all term for savings gained from a variety of approximations--- it is possible to reduce the computational cost of accurate electronic structure calculations to linear. Meaning, that the total time to solution for the calculation grows at the …
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The usefulness of annual reports to Australian private investors
In this thesis the extent private shareholders read and use information contained within company annual reports is examined. More specifically the thesis will be concerned with gathering information to establish the following: 1. the extent to which shareholders read the various sections contained …
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The usefulness of Financial Instruments Disclosure: evidence from Jordan
… <br/><br/>The current thesis uses a decision usefulness theoretical framework to examine the impact of IFRS 7’s adoption on FI disclosure practices and firm value. In particular, the current study has two primary objectives: (i) to assess the impact of IFRS 7 on the FI disclosure policies of …
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Improving the decision usefulness of the corporate annual report
… of this anomaly by demonstrating the decision usefulness of annual report disclosures, focusing on improvements made possible by a more detailed analysis of the content and its presentation. The Chairman's narrative provides a voluntary disclosure acting as a vehicle for signalling the …
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The Decision Usefulness Of Comprehensive Income Reporting In Canada
… study, I empirically investigate the decision usefulness of mandatory reporting of comprehensive income in Canada under the erstwhile Accounting Handbook Section 1530 (HB1530). Comprehensive income (CI) equals the sum of Net Income (NI) and Other Comprehensive Income (OCI). I operationalize the …
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A Comparative Study of the Usefulness of Accounting Systems
… valuation models, serves as the benchmark of the usefulness of the accounting system for its users in their decision making. The findings of this study, using companies whose Form 20-F are based on International Accounting Standards (IAS) and/or Australian GAAP, suggest that both IAS and …
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Evaluation of the Usefulness of Historical Cost in Accounting
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Fear and desire in systems design : negotiating database usefulness
… for organizations, what diminishes their usefulness? Besides the nature of the data that is entered into the database, usefulness is also shaped by the fields, features, and functionalities that the database designers originally construct that then shape the kind of data that can be …
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The use and usefulness of managed fund ratings in Australia
Managed fund ratings have become an increasingly available piece of information to guide choice of managed funds. From the perspective of modem portfolio theory and specifically within the efficient markets paradigm, the value of such information is questionable. No profitable relationship should …
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Image usefulness of compressed surveillance footage with different scene contents
… for police tasks has been defined as the image usefulness, or image suitability of the visual material to satisfy a visual task. It is not necessarily affected by any artefact that may affect the visual image quality (i.e. decrease fidelity), as long as these artefacts do not affect the relevant …
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Characteristics and usefulness of interfascicular contacts in peripheral nerve recording
… information as possible. We investigated the usefulness of novel interfascicular electrodes in acute experiments on the rabbit sciatic nerve (n = 4). Directed interfascicular contacts were found to record compound action potentials (CAPs) with a meanSNR (at p = 0.05) of 24.5 dB with respect to …
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Publishing delay and the usefulness of annual reports in Libya.
… with publishing delay. The results of the usefulness of the annual report indicate that the balance sheet is regarded as the most important followed by the profit and loss account, auditors' report, management report and the funds flow statement. The results also suggest that there are …
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Usefulness of MR Spectroscopy in Differential Diagnosis of Cognitive Dysfunction
"서론: 인지기능 장애의 조기진단과 치료에 대한 관심이 높아지면서 알쯔하이머병, 경도인지장애, 주관적인 기억장애 등의 감별진단을 위한 많은 영상의학적 진단 방법들이 개발되고 있으며 그 중 자기공명분광영상은 비침습적으로 병태생리학적 기전을 연구할 수 있어 널리 이용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 인지기능 장애 환자들에게서 자기공명분광영상을 시행하여 각 질환간의 차이와 각 영역별 인지 장애 정도와의 상관성을 알아보고자 하였다. 연구대상 및 방법: 2008년 7월부터 9월까지 아주대학교병원 신경과 치매 클리닉에 내원한 환자 중 …
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Contingent factors affecting budget system usefulness: an information processing perspective
… used for all variables except for budget system usefulness. A measure for this variable was developed and validated. The data were examined using path analysis. The data did not support the model. Problems encountered in the use of perceptual measures for the uncertainty variables appeared to be …
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