Working capital, profitability, liquidity and solvency of healthcare insurance companies by André Luiz de Souza Guimarães, Valcemiro Nossa

“…Through an empirical and analytical research, the analysis of variance results (ANOVA) of a sample containing financial information from 621 healthcare insurance companies for the year 2006 ,show that different working capital structures are associated with different levels of profitability, liquidity and solvency, suggesting a preference order different from the one theorized by Fleuriet / Braga. The results indicate that a certain structure - where financial current assets exceed onerous current liabilities, and cyclical current assets exceed cyclical current liabilities ¿ is associated with higher levels of profitability, liquidity and solvency. …”
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Temperature Field Analysis for Engagement Process of Friction Disc in Wet Clutch by Yang Yongqiang, Wang Zhongmin, Wang Yongqin

“…This conclusion provides a theoretical basis for the design and performance analysis of friction clutch.…”
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Space and territory from an anthropological perspective. The case of the Purhépechas of Nurío and Michoacán in Mexico by Álvaro Bello

“… This article analyses some theoretical perspectives about the categories of territory and spacein indigenous contexts. …”
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Inquiry into the Conceptual Dimensions of Project Portfolio Management by Pedro Bruno de Souza, Jorge Carneiro, Rodrigo Bandeira-de-Mello

“…By building from a review of the scant literature on project portfolio management , conversations with expert scholars on project management, interpretations provided by managers, and theoretical reflection by the authors of this study, it was possible to identify main aspects that seem to tap how the degree of “accomplishment” of project portfolio ma nagement can be conceptually defined and operationally measured.…”
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Creating a Coyote Cartography: Critical Regionalism at the Border by Caleb Bailey

“…This article develops and deploys critical regionalism as a theoretical framework that enables a comparative transnational critique of North American border regions. …”
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From stems to forms: paradigm zones in Italian verb inflection by Matteo Pellegrini

“…The methodology is based on information-theoretic notions: the uncertainty in predicting a form from another one is measured by means of conditional entropy. …”
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Improved large data spectral clustering algorithm based on sampling subspace constraint by Ru NIE

“…On the basis of analyzing the equivalent function of the objective function of classical spectral clustering algorithm and the weighted kernel k-means objective function,an improved large-scale data spectrum clustring algorithm based on sampling subspace constraint was designed,the weighted kernel k-means iterative optimization was used to avoid the large resource consumption of Laplacian matrix feature decomposition,and by using data sampling and constraining the cluster center to the subspace generated by the sampling points,the use of all kernel matrices was avoided,thereby reducing the time-space complexity of classical algorithms.Theoretical analysis and experimental results show that the improved algorithm can greatly improve the clustering efficiency on the basis of maintaining similar clustering accuracy with the classic algorithm and verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.…”
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Measuring. Monitoring. Management. Control by B.V. Tsypin, S.P. Prokopchuk

“…The basic mathematical relationships, recommendations for the organization and procedure of testing and for assessing measurement results are given. The theoretical material is illustrated by an example of analyzing the results of a technological inspection of a railway radio station. …”

Design and Analysis of Linear Connecting Rod Climbing Mechanism by Zhifang Zhu, Zhijie Zhang, Jiawei Pan, Zeping Zou, Bingliang Ye, Baoling Liu

“…The simulation results show that the design scheme of the climbing mechanism is reasonable， the climbing trajectory of the climbing mechanism is approximately linear， and the turbulence is greatly reduced， which provides a new theoretical reference for the design of the climbing mechanism.…”
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The effect of thickness on out-of-plane constraint in terms of the T-stress by Yu.G. Matvienko

“…The plastic zone is theoretically and numerically analyzed for various combinations of the nonsingular terms xx T to zz T ratios in connection with specimen thickness under mode I loading. …”
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Sociologia, cultura e arte: um debate entre espaços e tempos by Eliska Altmann

“…Included in Velho's books and analyzed by Heinich, authors such as Erwin Panofsky, Jean Duvignaud, Pierre Francastel, and Roger Bastide will have their ideas analyzed, in order to verify whether or not there would be common aspects in their theoretical and methodological propositions and what their pertinence in the contemporary debate would be. …”
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Une conception laïque de la spiritualitépour l’École publique : éducation à la responsabilité, aux valeurs et vulnérabilité du sujet  by Hélène Hagège

“…In the first part, we propose theoretical bases to define spirituality in education, anchoring it the notion of responsibility. …”
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« We need to […] out-innovate the world » : les tribulations de la politique de compétitivité américaine by Jean-Baptiste Velut

“…The objective is first to analyze the conflicts of interests, the institutional dynamics and the ideological forces that have shaped America’s ability to defend its national economic interests in the face of globalization – from renewed debates on industrial policy in the 1980s to Barack Obama’s promise to “out-educate, out-innovate and out-build the rest of the world”. From a theoretical standpoint, this article aims to analyze the resilience and mutations of America’s capitalist model during a period characterized by dramatic transformations in the global economy. …”
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Économie politique des services écosystémiques : de l’analyse économique aux évolutions juridiques by Benoît Prévost, Audrey Rivaud, Agnès Michelot

“…We focus on the interactions between theoretical arguments and institutional changes involved by the integration of ecosystem services within policy and law. …”
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Traduire « design graphique » by Vivien Philizot

“…From which paradigms and under what other names, what we mean to call “graphic design” has been constructed, considered, theorized in recent history ? At a time when one is searching everywhere without finding the scientific models of design and graphic design research, it is very useful to note that the objects that commonly fall into these categories have been apprehended for years by neighbouring fields of knowledge. …”
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A morte em forma de poesia: comoção, indignação e reivindicação em cordéis midiatizados by Simone Mendes

“…When we analyze cordel works whose theme is homicide, we could find this theoretical- methodological reasoning.…”
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Antecedents to Customer Retention in a Corporate Context by Luciene Eberle, Gabriel Sperandio Milan, Celso Augusto de Matos

“…In this sense, we developed and tested a theoretical model considering the constructs: perceived value, service provider reputation, trust, and switching costs as antecedents to customer retention. …”
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Metodyka jako praktyka kulturowa (archetypowa). Ku źródłom zmiany w dydaktyce by Jolanta Kruk

“…Psychology and cognitive science reports confi rm that expert methodology is now losing its theoretical justifi cation. The adoption of the concept of cultural (archetypal) methodology gives a chance of a deeper change in the practice of education, whose avant-garde are the concepts of the “reversed class” and of learning as a “dispersed” study, which consists of: equipment, material environment, and network interactions. …”
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Research of Load Sharing Performance of Hub Reducer with Considering the Flexible of Planetary Pin by Li Xuan

“…The results provide a theoretical basis for the performance improvement and structural optimization of planetary gearbox.…”
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Load Tooth Contact Analysis for Arc Tooth Face Gear Considering Assembly Misalignment by Cui Yanmei, Fang Zongde, Wang Xing

“…The method for the tooth face gear pair provides systematic theoretical direction such as the design,the experiment and the application.…”
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