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Charles P. Madenjian, Mark P. Ebener and David P. Krabbenhoft
We determined whole-fish Hg concentrations of 26 female and 34 male adult lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) from northern Lake Huron captured during November 2010. Subsampling from these 60 fish, Hg concentration was also determined in both ...
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Charles P. Madenjian, Mark P. Ebener and David P. Krabbenhoft
We determined whole-fish Hg concentrations of 26 female and 34 male adult lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) from northern Lake Huron captured during November 2010. Subsampling from these 60 fish, Hg concentration was also determined in both somatic...
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Charles P. Madenjian, James T. Francis, Jeffrey J. Braunscheidel, Joseph R. Bohr, Matthew J. Geiger and G. Mark Knottnerus
Patterns in relative differences in contaminant concentrations between the sexes across many species of fish may reveal clues for important behavioral and physiological differences between the sexes, and may also be useful in developing fish consumption ...
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Charles P. Madenjian, James T. Francis, Jeffrey J. Braunscheidel, Joseph R. Bohr, Matthew J. Geiger and G. Mark Knottnerus
Patterns in relative differences in contaminant concentrations between the sexes across many species of fish may reveal clues for important behavioral and physiological differences between the sexes, and may also be useful in developing fish consumption ...
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José Luis Maia, Javier Ortiz
Pág. pp. 277 - 326
In this paper we make explicit the relationship that exists between a set of structural reforms ?as those undertaken in Argentina at the beginnings of the nineties- and the growth process that they generate. It is argued that such reforms, and particular...
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Jacek Brozyna, Wadim Strielkowski, Alena Fomina and Natalya Nikitina
Our paper focuses on the renewable energy and EU 2020 target for energy efficiency in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. We study the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in these two EU Member States through the prism of the Europe 2020 strategy an...
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Marco Sakai, Paul E. Brockway, John R. Barrett and Peter G. Taylor
Increasing energy efficiency is commonly viewed as providing a key stimulus to economic growth, through investment in efficient technologies, reducing energy use and costs, enabling productivity gains, and generating jobs. However, this view is received ...
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Chia-Nan Wang and Anh Phuong Le
Foreign direct investment (FDI) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) spending are one of the major factors in improving sustainable economic development of a country. Therefore, this study focuses on the multi criteria application of FDI and sustain...
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Ying Feng, Yung-ho Chiu and Fan-peng Liu
When a developing country is undergoing a rapid growth period, agricultural wastewater, domestic wastewater, industrial wastewater, and organic matter content in chemical oxygen demand (COD) usually increase in great amounts, causing environmental pollut...
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Suxiao Li, Hong Yang, Junguo Liu and Guangchun Lei
In China, the regional development policy has been shifting from solely economic orientation to ecologically sound economic growth. Using the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (Jing-Jin-Ji) region as a case study, we evaluated the temporal variations in ecosystem se...
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Horacio E. Bown, Euan G. Mason, Michael S. Watt, Peter W. Clinton
Pág. 361 - 374
The 3-PG (Physiological Principles in Predicting Growth) radiation-use efficiency model has been widely used and tested for predicting the primary productivity of forests all over the world. This radiation-use efficiency model accounts for plant nutritio...
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Sahbi Farhani, Mohamed Kadria and Yosr Guirat
The aim of this study is to investigate the long-term relationship between real gross domestic product (GDP), energy consumption (EC), and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions using: (i) fully modified ordinary least square (FMOLS) and dynamic ordinary least s...
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Anna Firsova and Galina Chernyshova
The aim of the work was to evaluate the dynamics of regional innovation development and compare the Russian regions according to their innovation efficiency, used resources, and achieved results. To estimate direct and indirect innovation effects, this s...
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Ali Ahmadpour Kacho,Nazar Dahmardeh
Pág. 461 - 467
Institutional quality and financial development have been considered as two main key of economic growth in recent literature. Regarding institutional quality, it is an essential and necessary condition to enhance financial development, so in this context...
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Evgeniya V. Zazulina,Elena S. Berezhnaya,Aleksandra V. Berezhnaya,Elena V. Zheltushkina,Natalia V. Koloskova,Anna V. Strichko
Pág. 208 - 212
One of the main and most important components of a country's wealth is the health of the citizens. Established fact that in the process of protecting and promoting the health of the population consumes a significant portion of gross domestic product, and...
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Eric Kofi Boadi,Yao Li,Victor Curtis Lartey
Pág. 813 - 823
This paper analyzes bank specific, macroeconomic and some risk determinants of bank profitability of Rural and Community Banks (RCBs) in Ghana. Fixed effect panel regression analysis is applied on 114 RCBs annual financial reports during the period 2005-...
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Simla GÜZEL, Isin KIRISKAN ÇETIN
Pág. 139 - 158
The financial crisis of 2008 affected the whole world and it had a negative impact on economies. The effects of the crisis are still experienced in several nations. Especially high budget deficits, public debt and unemployment problems caused a heated de...
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Muhammad Musa Tsagem,Norhani Aripin,Rokiah Ishak
Pág. 77 - 83
This paper aims to investigate the impact of working capital management, family ownership and board size on the profitability of small and medium-sized entities in Nigeria. The panel data regression analysis is employed using financial reports of 47 SMEs...
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Se-Hak Chun and Namnansuren Ardaaragchaa
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the intertemporal relationship between the non-performing loan ratio and bank lending and to analyze factors affecting loan growth using data from Mongolian commercial banks. There has been a lack of research o...
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Maroua Zineelabidine, Fadwa Nafssi and Hamza Ayass
Over the past few decades, microfinance institutions have attracted the interest of governments and academics alike, given their unique nature of being financial institutions with a dual mission of promoting social development and reducing poverty. Howev...
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