PRODUCTIVITY DECOMPOSITION AS A SCIENTIFIC METHOD OF SOLOW’S PARADOX STUDIES ON THE EXAMPLE OF POLISH AGRI-FOOD INDUSTRY

2018 ◽  
Vol XX (6) ◽  
pp. 96-103
Author(s):  
Piotr Jałowiecki
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Method ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
The Other ◽  
Financial Indicators ◽  
Productivity Paradox ◽  
Synthetic Indicators ◽  
Productivity Decomposition ◽  
Functional Aspects ◽  
The One

The paper presents the method of productivity decomposition consisting in the separate examination of its four functional aspects: performance, profitability, financial liquidity and debt level. As research tools, this method uses synthetic indicators describing the level of advancement of ICT and logistic solutions used, on the one hand, and financial indicators on the other in combination with correlation coefficients. The obtained results made it possible to verify the occurrence of Solow’s productivity paradox in the Polish food industry, pointing to the imperatives of its occurrence in various areas of productivity. null

scholarly journals PLASTICS MADE FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES – POTENTIAL AND PERSPECTIVES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND AGRICULTURE OF THE THIRD MILLENIUM

1970 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Cioica ◽  
C. Cota ◽  
Mihaela Nagy ◽  
G. Fodorean
Keyword(s):  
Food Industry ◽  
The Other ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Renewable Sources ◽  
Great Opportunity ◽  
The Third ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Agriculture Industry ◽  
The One ◽  
Agricultural Materials

Bioplastics constitute a great opportunity for agriculture, industry and environment. On the one hand, the basic raw material used to fabricate bioplastics is made from renewable agricultural materials, on the other hand, bioplastics have a wide application as packaging and protections in the food and non-food industry as catering products as protection films and foils and as compostable items in agriculture. Also very important is that after achieving the purpose for which they are produced, bioplastics become waste and their cycle is closed as they can be used as compost for agriculture.

Barth or Bultmann?

1978 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-290
Author(s):  
N. H. G. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Method ◽  
Karl Barth ◽  
The Other ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Fundamental Nature ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One

In his book on Karl Barth Professor T. F. Torrance spoke at one point of ‘the great watershed of modern theology’. ‘There are,’ he wrote,1‘two basic issues here. On the one hand, it is the very substance of the Christian faith that is at stake, and on the other hand, it is the fundamental nature of scientific method, in its critical and methodological renunciation of prior understanding, that is at stake. This is the great watershed of modern theology: either we take the one way or the other – there is no third alter native… one must go either in the direction taken by Barth or in the direction taken by Bultmann.’

Industrial dimensions of food allergy

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 941-944 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Crevel
Keyword(s):  
Food Allergy ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
The Other ◽  
Allergic Reactions ◽  
Atopic Diseases ◽  
Novel Proteins ◽  
Safety Assurance ◽  
The One ◽  
A Minor ◽  
The Impact

Serious attempts to estimate the impact of allergic reactions to foods on public health did not begin until the 1980s. Until about 15 years ago, food allergy was considered a minor aspect of food safety. Two developments probably prompted a radical re-appraisal of that situation. The first was the apparently inexorable rise in the prevalence of atopic diseases, of which food allergy forms a part, with its possible consequences highlighted by some well publicised severe reactions. The second was the growth of genetic modification technology, manifested by the commercialization of transgenic crops. Each of these developments impacted on the food industry in distinct ways. On the one hand, food-allergic consumers had to be enabled to avoid specific allergens in products formulated with existing ingredients. Food manufacturers therefore had to identify those specific allergens down to trace amounts in all the ingredients forming the product, and label or remove them. On the other hand, the introduction of products using ingredients from novel sources required an assessment of the allergenicity of these ingredients as an integral part of safety assurance. The approaches used by the food industry to protect existing allergic consumers and those at potential risk of sensitization by novel proteins will be illustrated, emphasizing how they need to be built into every stage of the life cycle of a product.

Comparative aspects of glycosyltransferases

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 ◽  
pp. 23-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christelle Breton ◽  
Helena Heissigerová ◽  
Charlotte Jeanneau ◽  
Jitka Moravcová ◽  
Anne Imberty
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Fold Recognition ◽  
The Other ◽  
Biological Functions ◽  
Direct Role ◽  
Conserved Motifs ◽  
Sequence Identity ◽  
Functional Aspects ◽  
The One ◽  
Limited Sequence

Glycosyltransferases, the enzymes that build oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates, have received much interest in recent years owing to their biological functions and their potential uses in biotechnology. Despite the fact that many glycosyltransferases recognize similar donor or acceptor substrates, there is surprisingly limited sequence identity between different classes. On the one hand, the glycosyltransferases are found in a large number of families, by sequence-based classification. On the other hand, only two structural folds have been identified among the fewer than one dozen glycosyltransferases that have been crystallized at present. Detection of conserved motifs that have a direct role in the functional aspects of glycosyltransferases is one approach for identifying remote similarity. With the availability of more crystal structures, the use of the fold-recognition approach is also very promising.

The Music of Psychiatry

1985 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Ellard
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Method ◽  
The Other ◽  
Significant Part ◽  
Psychiatric Practice ◽  
The One

The author argues that the practice of psychiatry is impeded by a central paradox. On the one hand, psychiatry cannot develop unless the methods of science are used to unravel its problems. On the other, a significant part of what has been advanced as science is of little value and has done no more than divert attention from the important non-scientific aspects of psychiatric practice. Empathetic and perceptive practice is central for good psychiatry; there is no reason to believe that scientific method alone—good or bad—will lead to its achievement.

Codewisseling in een Nederlandse Gemeenschap in Brazilie

1997 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 81-92
Author(s):  
Sarina Uilenberg
Keyword(s):  
Language Use ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Language Ability ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Functional Aspects ◽  
The One

The present investigation was carried out in Holambra, a community of Dutch origin in Brazil. The goal was to analyze the codeswitching between Dutch and Portuguese practised by the immigrants in their everyday speech, taking into account both grammatical and functional aspects. Moreover, the codeswitching of the first and second generations were compared, focusing on the different motives, the size of switched constituents, and the type of codeswitching. Previous theories suggested a relationship between grammatical characteristics on the one hand, and functions of individual switches, attitudes towards the languages and communities involved, and language ability on the other hand. In this article, results of the three analyses are presented and the language use and codeswitching of the different generations in this community are described. The results show an intermediate generation consisting of the most balanced bilinguals, who codeswitch often and without difficulties, using the full range of both languages. The first and second generations, however, show less diversity in their codeswitching, mainly switching nouns. Finally, suggestions for future investigation are presented.

An approach to the formal specification of lingware

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-230
Author(s):  
BILEL GARGOURI ◽  
MOHAMED JMAIEL ◽  
ABDELMAJID BEN HAMADOU
Keyword(s):  
Formal Specification ◽  
Development Process ◽  
The Other ◽  
Linguistic Knowledge ◽  
Unified Framework ◽  
Formal Approach ◽  
Suggested Approach ◽  
Functional Aspects ◽  
Unification Grammars ◽  
The One

This paper has two purposes. First, it suggests a formal approach for specifying and verifying lingware. This approach is based on a unified notation of the main existing formalisms for describing linguistic knowledge (i.e. Formal Grammars, Unification Grammars, HPSG, etc.) on the one hand, and the integration of data and processing on the other. Accordingly, a lingware specification includes all related aspects in a unified framework. This facilitates the development of a lingware system, since one has to follow a single development process instead of two separate ones. Secondly, it presents an environment for the formal specification of lingware, based on the suggested approach, which is neither restricted to a particular kind of application nor to a particular class of linguistic formalisms. This environment provides interfaces enabling the specification of both linguistic knowledge and functional aspects of a lingware system. Linguistic knowledge is specified with the usual grammatical formalisms, whereas functional aspects are specified with a suitable formal notation. Both descriptions will be integrated into the same framework to obtain a complete requirement specification that can be refined towards an executable program.

Suitability of various control sera for use in testing the accuracy of cholesterol determination with enzymic kits.

1984 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 875-878 ◽  
Author(s):  
P N Demacker ◽  
G J Boerma ◽  
A P Jansen
Keyword(s):  
Human Serum ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
The Other ◽  
Reliable Control ◽  
Regression Equations ◽  
Control Serum ◽  
Special Diets ◽  
The One ◽  
Cholesterol Determination

Abstract We used 20 different commercial enzymic kits to measure cholesterol in 19 commercial control sera and in a pooled specimen of human serum and compared the relative biases, with the Abell -Kendall procedure as reference. Our purpose was to select those sera in various enzymic kits showing behavior similar to that of human serum and which thus can be used to measure the accuracy of these kits. The overall mean relative biases obtained with each of the 20 kits for the pooled human serum on the one hand and for a given control serum on the other generally correlated significantly. On the basis of the correlation coefficients and regression equations, we could select the control sera best suited for measurement of accuracy. They were all human-serum based, with cholesterol concentrations greater than 5 mmol/L. Animal sera with above-normal lipid values produced by feeding special diets appeared to be less reliable control sera in this respect.

scholarly journals The role of financial and administrative indicators in creating an attractive environment for foreign investments

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 700
Author(s):  
Ammar Shihab Ahmed ◽  
Arshad Mohammed Mahmood
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
The Other ◽  
Financial Indicators ◽  
Investment Climate ◽  
Foreign Investments ◽  
Investment Environment ◽  
Administrative Procedures ◽  
The One

         Asulait search light on the financial indicators and the types of ease of indicators acts and statement impact in the creation of direct and indirect foreign investment attractive investment environment, and today are competing all over the developed and the developing world by improving financial and administrative their systems to provide various facilities for polarization through the development of the financial system on the one hand, and on the other hand provide incentives and reduce all kinds of administrative procedures that have been put forward and described in the report that the HRA issued to ensure investment and report the investment climate, and the union of these two objectives become the investment environment attractive for investment thereby enhancing the contribution to the economic development which is the target of seeking to achieve all countries, including Iraq  . 

Tourism capital

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. 889-900 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Antonio Camuñez ◽  
Maria P Pablo-Romero ◽  
Javier Sánchez-Rivas
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Weighted Average ◽  
The Other ◽  
Synthetic Indicators ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Tourism Resources ◽  
The One ◽  
First Time

In this study, a new conception of the relationships between competitiveness, tourism, and economic growth is proposed. The naturally occurring or inherited tourism resources within the territory, together with productive resources and the relationships between them, are the determining elements of the capacity of the economy to grow. The analysis of this new conceptual framework implies the need to assess the productive factors on the one hand, and the tourism capital (TC) on the other, the latter being measured by some kind of indicator that is not affected by the productive factors. In this study, a TC index is developed for the first time in the literature. It is calculated for the Spanish provinces in 2014, by using synthetic indicators constructed from a weighted average of the initially proposed indicators, where the weight of each of these is obtained through a confirmatory factor analysis. The TC index may allow future empirical studies to analyze how tourism affects economic growth, in relation to other productive factors.

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