Significance Of Certain Factors Research Articles

Identification and interpretation of internal factors influencing the agricultural insurance market in Ukraine

The functioning of the agricultural insurance market in Ukraine is an objective reality and a necessity due to the urgent need to create a safe environment for agricultural production. The ability to consolidate financial resources in the field of insurance contributes to increased responsibility for probable risks distributed in space and time, so it is worth considering insurance relations in the agricultural sector. The purpose of the study is to theoretically and methodologically justify the processes of identifying internal factors influencing the further functioning of the agricultural insurance market in Ukraine. The methodological perspective of this study is based on the use of general scientific and specific methods of cognitive activity: abstract-logical, economic-statistical, structuralfunctional, deduction, induction, and formalisation. A panel database was formed for the period 2012-2021 broken down by the regions of Ukraine. The territorial features of changes in the ratio between insured and sown areas in the western, central, eastern, and southern regions of Ukraine are reflected. Based on the results of the conducted modelling (two models are presented simultaneously: a regular model and a one-year lag model), the influence on the insured area of such factors as sown area, yield, gross harvest, and internal price for agricultural products is established. A comparative characteristic of the statistical qualities of the presented models was made using indicators such as “Residual standard error”, “Multiple R-squared”, and “Adjusted R-squared”. The results of the regression analysis showed the statistical significance of certain factors in motivating agricultural commodity producers to participate in the insurance process. The practical value of the proposed measures lies in formulating practical recommendations for enhancing cooperation among stakeholders in the agricultural insurance market during wartime and post-war periods

Factors of Formation of Financial Behavior Types of Economic Entities

The research is focused on determining the factors influencing the formation of the types of financial behavior of economic entities. Determining the types of economic entities’ financial behavior is necessary for implementing state economic policy measures. The subject of the study is the types of financial behavior reflecting the propensity of an economic entity to perform economic operations. Entities may exhibit active, adaptive, and reactive financial behaviors. The purpose of the work is to determine the key factors that influence the formation of types of financial behavior of economic entities. The study suggests that the formation of financial behavior types is caused by the influence of human, social and financial capital. The formation of financial behavior types is influenced by the basic characteristics associated with age, perception of the external environment, etc. The significance of certain factors is assessed using statistical analysis. The combination of these factors has a different impact on the formation of the type of financial behavior of an economic entity, but they can be significant under certain external conditions related to the economic situation. Because of the significance of individual factors, all economic entities form ‘yadernye’ (core) groups demonstrating a certain type of financial behavior, as well as groups of entities that change the type of financial behavior depending on the influence of the external environment. The change in financial behavior types is associated with a change in the strength of the impact of various factors that need to be considered in the dynamics. Entities with an active type of financial behavior, whose actions transform the external environment and stimulate other categories of entities to commit economic actions, are of significant interest for the analysis. The latter is especially actual for the financial market when entities with a reactive type of behavior under the influence of the information background commit rash actions leading them to financial losses. Based on the available sociological data, the study examines the main factors that lead to the formation of an active type of financial behavior. As a result of the construction of the econometric model, the authors conclude that the amount of available funds, the age of the respondent, the level of professional competence have a significant impact on the formation of an active type of financial behavior.

The choice of methods for modeling organizational and technological solutions in the construction of buildings and structures

An important task in the construction of buildings and structures is the choice of the most rational solutions in terms of organization and technology of construction production. Currently, the complexity and variety of organizational and technological decisions in the dynamics of the process of erecting buildings and structures for various purposes requires research. To this end, it is necessary to improve existing or develop new organizational and technological solutions, in conditions when the tasks are set to increase the growth in the volume of housing construction. The author is faced with the task of forming an integrated system that includes organizational and technological solutions, methods and assessment of the effectiveness of the study. It is assumed that the results of the study will be in demand by construction organizations to maintain competitiveness, paying attention to organizational and technological solutions, both at the stage of preparation and during construction. This will prevent losses, increase the effective functioning of construction organizations in the market, and strengthen their business reputation. Scientific novelty lies in the formation of parameters and their classification, methods of modeling organizational and technological solutions. To assess organizational and technological solutions, it is necessary to study methods and ways of measuring them. In the course of the research, an analysis of the methods widely used at present for the qualitative and quantitative assessment of organizational and technological solutions was carried out. Qualitative assessment methods make it possible to reveal the significance of certain factors of a phenomenon through the analysis of competent opinions. In the case of studying the influence of organizational and technological solutions on construction processes, there are no measurable physical parameters, objects inaccessible to perception and large volumes of statistical data. The article concludes that empirical, theoretical and quantitative methods are difficult for the research chosen by the author. Therefore, the author of this article chose the Monte Carlo method (MCM) as a research method - a group of numerical methods for studying random processes. Also, the work identified a vector for further research.

Prognostic factors for pN2 non-small cell lung cancer: a comprehensive evidence from 73 studies involving 23,772 patients*

Abstract Obojective Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a common malignancy. pN2 NSCLC, with pathologically confirmed ipsilateral mediastinal/subcarinal nodes metastasis, has been known as a very heterogeneous subgroup in terms of its anatomical, biological and patient characteristics. Prognostic factors based on patient characteristics were not well determined yet in this subgroup, and there is currently no standard treatment recommendation for these heterogeneous pN2 subjects. Apparent disagreements and inconsistency exist in study reports concerning the prognostic significance of certain factors in pN2 NSCLC, especially regarding to the issue about whether skip N2 metastasis benefit from surgery. Methods We therefore performed this comprehensive summary of the published literatures to draw a more precise and less uncertain conclusion. After a comprehensive literature search, a total of 73 studies involving 23,773 subjects were included according to eligibility criteria. Results As expected, most of the investigated factors, such as old age, male, advanced pathological T stage, advanced clinical N stage, multiple N2 stations, extended surgical resection (pneumonectomy), and incomplete resection, but not post-operation treatment (eg. chemotherapy and radiotherapy) were significantly associated with poor survival. However, skip N2 metastasis was favourable prognostic factors in operable pN2 NSCLC subjects. Other factors (histological type and primary tumour side) were neutral in terms of association with overall survival. We highlighted a number of important prognostic factors for pN2 NSCLC patients. Particularly, patients with skip N2 disease benefit from surgery. Conclusion Our findings could be used as reference information for decision-making in clinical practice and future study design.

The Application of Tax on Means of Transport in Local Tax Policy in Poland. Evidence of City Counties

Tax on means of transport is one of the own revenues of city counties in Poland. They may affect its construction within the scope defined by the legislator. The authors of the article examined and evaluated the volume, stability and diversification of the significance of revenues achieved by city counties on account of tax on means of transport and discussed the significance of certain factors determining their level. Among these factors the local tax policy deserves a special attention. Therefore, the authors examined the scale of application of instruments of the local tax policy as well as their practical effectiveness reflected by the budget revenue growth in the subsequent periods. The following methods were used: descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, classical Pearsons independence test or Spearmans rho correlation test. The article also presents econometric models illustrating the effects of tax policy in relation to particular categories of tax payers of tax on means of transport.

Demand for pay-per-view consumption of Ultimate Fighting Championship events

The purpose of this study is to consider the economic factors driving the demand for pay-per-view (PPV) purchases for Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) events by consumers in the USA. Traditionally, sport consumers within the USA have sought out bigger and more famous sport leagues, but there is a growing trend of consumption of MMA and combat sports. Within this growth, the UFC has positioned themselves as the dominant force in the North American MMA market. The focus of this research seeks to examine consumption of MMA through a new lens by employing an economic demand model to estimate the demand for pay-per-view for UFC events in the USA. The results of this model indicate the significance of certain factors which are related to viewership, and thus have important management and scheduling implications for the UFC.

Intensive care of the cancer patient: recent achievements and remaining challenges

A few decades have passed since intensive care unit (ICU) beds have been available for critically ill patients with cancer. Although the initial reports showed dismal prognosis, recent data suggest that an increased number of patients with solid and hematological malignancies benefit from intensive care support, with dramatically decreased mortality rates. Advances in the management of the underlying malignancies and support of organ dysfunctions have led to survival gains in patients with life-threatening complications from the malignancy itself, as well as infectious and toxic adverse effects related to the oncological treatments. In this review, we will appraise the prognostic factors and discuss the overall perspective related to the management of critically ill patients with cancer. The prognostic significance of certain factors has changed over time. For example, neutropenia or autologous bone marrow transplantation (BMT) have less adverse prognostic implications than two decades ago. Similarly, because hematologists and oncologists select patients for ICU admission based on the characteristics of the malignancy, the underlying malignancy rarely influences short-term survival after ICU admission. Since the recent data do not clearly support the benefit of ICU support to unselected critically ill allogeneic BMT recipients, more outcome research is needed in this subgroup. Because of the overall increased survival that has been reported in critically ill patients with cancer, we outline an easy-to-use and evidence-based ICU admission triage criteria that may help avoid depriving life support to patients with cancer who can benefit. Lastly, we propose a research agenda to address unanswered questions.

Micro By Name, Medium By Nature? A Report on an Investigation into Business Excellence and New Zealand Micro-Enterprises'

The concept of 'business excellence', which is closely related to what has come to be known as 'best business practice', is of crucial importance in a country such as New Zealand, which is characterised by a business sector that has large numbers of SMEs. These small and medium enterprises (here size is determined by the number of full-time staff) operate in different ways to their larger counterparts. There is also international evidence to suggest that the degree to which business excellence is demonstrated in individual firms is influenced by the size of the firm. This also appears to be the case in New Zealand: Recent research on business excellence and/or best practice (the study of business practice and performance that was carried out by the Ministry of Economic Development and published as Firm Foundations), also suggests that size of firm may also play a large role in business excellence in New Zealand. However, this possibility needs further exploration, particularly since the Firm Foundations study had a number of characteristics that limited the ability of the research team to assess the significance of certain factors (such as firm size) on whether the firm exhibited best practice. Firstly, the sample was made up of firms with more than six full-time staff - a criterion that meant that 86% of all New Zealand's enterprises were excluded from the study. This is a critical omission, given the major contribution firms of this type make to the New Zealand economy. Secondly, the model of business practice that was used in the study was based on an American model (the Baldrige Criteria of Performance Excellence) and there have been questions raised over its suitability for the particular characteristics of our business population. These two factors produced a situation where it was clear that there are still questions to be answered in relation to business excellence and small firms in New Zealand. In response to this situation, the research team identified three research objectives: 1. To explore the notions of 'best practice' and 'business excellence' in New Zealand micro-enterprises. 2. To gain an understanding of whether New Zealand micro-enterprises need specific guidance on business excellence. 3. To gain an insight into how New Zealand micro-enterprises can go about achieving business excellence. This project directly complements two other projects that have recently been undertaken by researchers associated with the New Zealand Centre for SME Research as part of the Centre's own research programme; BusinesSMEasure. This programme is made up of two related research components; a survey (launched in 2006) and a series of five sets of interviews with the owners of 50 firms. Three of these five projects are now complete: In 2003, a team of researchers examined the lifecycles of 50 firms and explored the degree to which these firms could be observed.

Conditional Phosphorus Index as an Educational Tool for Risk Assessment and Phosphorus Management

Phosphorus index (PI) is a risk-assessment tool that combines phosphorus (P) source factors and transport factors to rank the vulnerability of fields to P losses. Here we present the structure and concepts of conditional PI, developed as an educational and P-management tool adjusted for Swedish conditions. Because the significance of certain factors for P losses depends on their interplay with other factors, conditional rules are needed for a more accurate process description and quantification. Accounting for P losses through the soil profile, separate calculations for reactive and unreactive P and a changed approach to P loss assessment from erosion losses are some of the new features included in the tool presented here. The performance of the tool was tested by comparing the calculated PI values with measured annual P transport from seven observation fields included in a Swedish water quality monitoring program. This first test indicated that the tool could be used successfully for P loss risk assessment.

Simazine and Metolachlor Removal by Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetlands

A subsurface flow constructed wetlands system was used in this pilot-scale field study to treat runoff from a container nursery. The goal of the study was to determine the statistical significance of certain factors on the removal of simazine (2-chloro-4,6-bis[ethylamino]-s-triazine) and metolachlor (2-chloro-N-[2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl]-N-[2-methoxy-1-methylethyl] acetamide). The factors analyzed included the hydraulic flowrate, media depth, cell aspect ratio, and the presence or absence of Scirpus validus. Analysis of variance using the general linear model procedure determined that vegetation and flowrate significantly (alpha = 0.05) affected herbicide mass removal. The results showed that vegetated subsurface flow cells generally remove more simazine and metolachlor than nonvegetated cells. Decreasing the hydraulic loading rate and, therefore, the areal simazine mass loading rate to vegetated cells from 1659 to 415 mg/m2 caused an increase in the percentage of total mass removed from approximately 60 to 96%. Similarly, metolachlor mass removal percentage increased from approximately 62 to 96% when the areal mass loading to vegetated cells decreased from 1037 to 260 mg/m2. Media depth and aspect ratio did not significantly (alpha = 0.05) affect effluent simazine and metolachlor concentrations. Peak effluent metolachlor concentrations were less than 300 microg/L from vegetated cells receiving hydraulic loading rates of 204 and 102 m3/d x ha. Peak simazine concentrations in the effluent of cells receiving similar hydraulic loadings were approximately 1400 and 750 microg/L (204 and 102 m3/d x ha), respectively.

Prognostic significance of certain factors in the haemolytic-uraemic syndrome

The prognostic significance of certain factors in the outcome of the haemolytic-uraemic syndrome (HUS) was evaluated. Seventy-three children with HUS were observed; 35 recovered without residual abnormalities, 6 had normal renal function with hypertension (HT) and/or urinary abnormalities, 5 had chronic renal failure, 1 child required chronic dialysis treatment, 4 children died of end-stage renal failure, and 22 died of acute renal failure (ARF). To identify the risk factors which influence prognosis, a logistic discrimination method was used to analyse the clinical and laboratory data. The logistic discrimination method established the role of independent factors which were linked together. The grouping of the patients in three different categories of favourable and unfavourable prognosis yielded conclusions concerning: (1) outcome of ARF survivors (2) recovery without sequelae or all other outcomes including death; (3) survival or death. The most important unfavourable factors for recovery of ARF survivors were HT and to a lesser degree cardiovascular (CV) disturbances; for recovery of the entire group, and for survival, the presence of CV disturbances was the worst prognostic factor. Among other factors were seasonal incidence, central nervous system disturbances, prodromal symptoms and age, which varied in their prognostic significance in the various groups.

The population dynamics of Cheilosia fasciata (Diptera, Syrphidae): significance of environmental factors and behavioural adaptations in a phytophagous insect

A population of Cheilosia fasciata Schin. & Egg., 1853 was studied in a beech forest (Melico-Fagetum allietosum) near Göttingen (FRG). This syrphid species is closely associated with ramson (Allium ursinum L.), as the larvae mine the plant's leaves. Adult abundance was determined using emergence traps (1981-1986); egg and larval abundance was determined by examining ramson leaves: puparia were extracted from soil samples (1984 and 1986). Cheilosia fasciata is a univoltine species; the imagines emerge in late April/early May. Larval development took five (1986) to six (1984) weeks. In late June/early July the larvae enter the soil for pupariation. A linear relationship was found between the area of the mines and larval biomass (dry wt.). It was concluded that one larva had to mine 51.90 cm2 of leaf area in order to gain the mean maximum dry weight (11.15 mg). Furthermore, it was shown that ovipositing females, laying just one egg per leaf, tended to select large leaves providing this minimum amount of food. It is hypothesized that females probably follow straight-lined routes on their oviposition flights, rather than ovipositing on leaves chosen at random. By applying such a strategy, females can almost completely avoid competition for food among their own offspring. Furthermore, competition among the progeny of the whole population is also reduced, particularly in years when adult abundance is very low. The significance of certain factors influencing the population dynamics of Cheilosia fasciata was evaluated by applying a rank correlation analysis. It was shown that high precipitation rates in April reduced the time available for mating and oviposition resulting in low emergence abundance in the next spring. Larval survivorship was enhanced by high precipitation rates in May and June, indicating that drought may be unfavourable to larvae and reduce food availability. Predation by a parasitoid Phygadeuon ursini Horstmann, 1986 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), appears to be just an 'imperfect' (Milne 1984) density-dependent control mechanism; in fact, it was shown that food limitation is the only significant mechanism of density-dependent population control.

Combined antibiotic therapy in refractory urinary tract infections.

Comprehensive in vitro studies by one of us (G. M. E.) 1 on the inhibition of various bacteria by antibiotic combinations indicated that a combination of aureomycin, oxytetracycline (Terramycin), and chloramphenicol possessed antibacterial properties that were not evident when these antibiotics were tested singly in equal concentrations against the same organisms. The present study, part of a more extensive project to be reported later, was undertaken to test this combination clinically. In this report, major emphasis will be placed on our experiences in the treatment of selected patients with refractory urinary tract infections. In addition, attention will be directed to the significance of certain factors, which became manifest only after the study had progressed for a time and which we now believe are fundamental to proper clinical evaluation of any antibacterial agent intended for use in this type of infection. MATERIALS AND METHODS The antibiotic combination, hereafter referred to as

Significance of certain factors in the development of mental insufficiency reactions and social maladjustment

Acta Psychiatrica ScandinavicaVolume 23, Issue S49 p. 128-130 Significance of certain factors in the development of mental insufficiency reactions and social maladjustment First published: June 1948 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1948.tb08145.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume23, IssueS49June 1948Pages 128-130 RelatedInformation