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Dec
2013

VIM Model for Appraising the Trademark of an Unlisted Company According to IFRS 13

Journal of Accounting and Auditing: Research & Practice
The value and appraisal of a brand is based on its economic benefit to its owner or the business that owns and develops the brand. According to IFRS 13 all methods of appraising the fair value of a brand are based on three approaches —…
31
Dec
2013

Mechanisms of Neuroprotective Action of Imipramine against Dexamethasone Neurotoxicity

JMED Research
Imbalances in the corticosteroid millieu have been implicated in several neuropsychiatric disorders and neuronal damage. Administration of the high therapeutic doses of the glucocorticoids also induces neuronal damage. We investigated the early electrophysiological manifestations of neurotoxic action of the glucocorticoids. Administration of the toxic doses…
31
Dec
2013

Inhibition of Nitric Oxide Generation in Mononuclear Splenocytes from Multiple-Low-Dose-Streptozotocin Diabetic Mice

JMED Research
Mice injected with multiple low dose of streptozotocin (mld-SZ) or transferred with  mononuclear splenocytes (MS) from mld-SZ  donors constitute animal models that allow the study of  autoimmune diabetes. Mld-SZ mice show a progressive beta-cell destruction iniciated during non-specific islet inflammation involving free radicals as nitric…
31
Dec
2013

The Linkages of Financial Liberalization and Currency Stability: What do We Learn From Pre and Post Asian Financial Crisis?

Journal of Economics Studies and Research
The tendency of repeating history has made any financial crisis a valuable source to be explored and studied. It will make people be more prepared and ready to anticipate. This paper examined the nature of linkages between exchange rate and macroeconomic fundamentals over 1997-2004. It…
31
Dec
2013

Determinants of Economic Corruption in the Arab Countries: Dangers and Remedies

Journal of Economics Studies and Research
The purpose of the present work is twofold. On a first stage, it aims at highlighting the corruption-related issues in terms of its definitions and different perceptions with respect to some economic theories, while stressing the specific factors lying behind the spread of such practice…
31
Dec
2013

The Interrelated Nexus of Indigenous Economic Growth and Small Business Development: Do Local Culture, Government Role, and Entrepreneurial Behavior Play the Role?

Journal of Innovation Management in Small and Medium Enterprises
The rarely investigated themes on the indigenous economic’s influence on small business development have made the local governments’ policies on regional development merely relied on large industries as the main engine. The paper aims to examine the effects of local culture, government role, and entrepreneurial…
31
Dec
2013

Taxonomy Approach for Organizing Knowledge in Academic Institutions

Journal of Organizational Knowledge Management
Knowledge organisation is critical to ensure that knowledge is being distributed widely in an organisation. There are a lot of approaches to organise and manage knowledge. One approach that has been found for so long but has not been explored to its optimum is taxonomy…
31
Dec
2013

Health Related Quality of Life in a Large Community Sample of Diabetic Patients in a Spanish Region

Journal of Research in Diabetes
The background of this article is to evaluate Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) of patients with diabetes mellitus living in the community and to assess associated factors. A cross-sectional survey through telephone interviews was performed on a sample of patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus, randomly…
31
Dec
2013

B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Predict Mortality in Diabetic Patients with Foot Ulcer

Journal of Research in Diabetes
The background of this article is to retrospectively investigate the role of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels as an independent prognostic marker for mortality in diabetic patients with foot ulcer. In the period 1 January-30 June 2009, 279 diabetic patients were admitted to our foot center…
31
Dec
2013

Serum Alanine Transaminases and Lipid Profile in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Indian Patients

Journal of Research in Diabetes
Background: Individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have high prevalence of liver diseases due to underlying insulin resistance. Deranged lipoprotein metabolism in insulin resistant state also result in hepatic cell injury. Present study evaluated serum Alanine Transaminases (ALT) and lipid profile in diagnosed cases…