Ratio Article Reviews Samples For Students

A financial ratio refers to the relative quantity of two particular numerical figures obtained from a company's financial statement. The ratio is widely used, in the form of several different standard ratios, in the evaluation of the economic health of a business. In addition, the ratio could be used to compare the performances of different companies. On the other hand, efficiency ratios refer to ratios used to evaluate the way in which an organization utilizes its assets and liabilities. These ratios can be utilized in the computation of the repayment of liabilities, the earnings from receivables, the general use of machinery ...

Rationale

It is apparent that the entire healthcare system is grappling with nursing shortages-a phenomenon that is characterized by improper nurse-patient ratios. This has adamantly hampered the quality of care provided and adversely affecting patient outcomes and satisfaction. According to the American Nurses Association, proper staffing and hence patient-nurse ratios is an integral aspect in improving the quality of healthcare provided. High nurse-patient ratios means that nurse have to deal with huge numbers of patients leading to clinical errors, clinically acquired infections or premature discharges from hospital. This leads to high readmission rates and increased hospital costs due to recurrence ...

Introduction

Trillions of microbes constitute the “Metagenome” of the human gut. This is the organ called microbiome, which is highly essential, and offers the host benefits such as metabolic abilities, pathogen protection, immune system enhancement, and GI tract developmental modulations (De Fillipo, et al.).
In their study, three questions regarding the evolution of the human microbiota have been raised. They are: (1) how does the partitioning of bacterial diversity between and within two populations studied? (2) Does there exist a correlation between the diet and bacterial diversity?; and (3) considering the varied geography and hygienic conditions, what is the bacterial ...

and Hurdle Rates in Nordic firms
This article discussed the study conducted about the factors that affected the choice of capital budgeting methods among five Nordic countries. It was noted that the Net Present Value method has been considered as the best option in the evaluation of investment decisions. Some of the complexities associated with the use of NPV in terms of its application in capital budgeting and the setting of discount rates lead to this study, which concentrated on the administration of the survey from firms located in Nordic countries.
The research revealed that the Discounted Cash Flow ...

A survey on America’s best companies in the book In Search for Excellence identified the best managed and also the “unexcellent” companies. The survey came up with two results that were striking. One, there was evident reversion in the mean whereby the growth and lucrativeness of the best companies did slow down after long time periods. Secondly, the “unexcellent” companies outperformed the S&P 500 by over 12%. In the 1988- 1992 period, there was a domination by reversion in the price/ earnings and price to book ratios (Clayman, 1994). Large capitalization stocks vividly outdid the smaller capitalization stocks. There ...

Executive Summary

Company A and company B have very similar as well as very different financial statements. Both the companies are showing positive sales growth. While company A seems to be growing at a very high pace, company B is growing at a steady but slow pace. However, even upon growing at a higher pace company A’s profit has declined due to not being able to manage the input cost for production appropriately (cost of goods sold). On the other hand company B is also feeling the impact of the increasing input cost but it has managed it better than Company A and ...

In general terms, suicide can be defined as an individual’s act of taking his/her own life. Most people who take their lives often suffer from depression. Depression refers to a psychological disorder that affects an individual’s logical thinking. In most cases, people suffering from depression face challenges in maintaining good social interactions. Depressed people also suffer from inconsistent mood swings and emotional imbalances. People suffering from the above negative effects of depression, often resort to committing suicide since they find it difficult to continue with their current state of life. This paper will seek to explore the causes ...

Abstract

In this article, a new bias current regulation circuit of a one-stage bipolar and Filed Effect Transistor amp is described. How the FET achieves high precision and simplicity by means of a combination of feedback error amplifier with a bandgap reference is explained.

Introduction

Regulating current through active devices sets the output level in a drive circuit. Figure 1. Below shows typical application of these active devices. Qo I used as a FET rather than a BJT. In a limiting amp, the Qo acts as a switch and the output signal level is proportional to the bias current. The gain ...

Article Analysis: Racial/Ethnic Differences in Access to Substance Abuse Treatment

Article Analysis: Racial/Ethnic Differences in Access to Substance Abuse Treatment
Racial and ethnic discrepancies exist in the health care system of United States of America for a long time. African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans are able to access American health care system but they are not able to avail all services and benefits in the same ways as white Americans avail. Racial and ethnic minority groups face various problems in accessing crucial health care services in the United States of America. This disparity negatively affects the health of racial and ethnic minority groups.
Lo & Cheng (2011) in their ...

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Introduction
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that is related to serious types of traumatic incidents in life. This disorder got special attention in 1980 and since then scientists are working on this problem. PTSD is one of those considerable public health issues that affect women more than men. It is also common in combat veterans and people who have experienced physical injuries. The U.S. population surveys show that lifetime PTSD prevalence rates range from 7% to 8%. Most important factors in the development ...

Article Review Report

Kornmann O, Dahl R, Centanni S, Dogra A, Owen R, Lassen C, Kramer B. Once-daily indacaterol versus twice-daily salmeterol for COPD: a placebo-controlled comparison. European Respiratory Journal 2011; 37(2):273-279.

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The European Respiratory Journal is a credible source of information because it is peer-reviewed. It is an official publication of the European Respiratory Society. My interest in the journal lies in the focus of the articles it publishes. The journal publishes experimental and clinical work on all aspects of respiratory medicine including the biology of lung cells, pathophysiology, epidemiology, immunology, thoracic imaging, thoracic surgery, occupational medicine, pediatric pneumology, intensive care, ...

- Introduction
The Midwest has for many years been known for its lucrative agriculture. Large scale production of agricultural products such as corn and soya beans characterizes a large proportion of lands in the Midwest. Considering that agriculture is a main source of income for many Midwesterners, the US department of Agriculture(USDA) has over the years conducted studies to determine the profitability of agriculture and the patterns that characterize the agricultural market in the Midwest today. In a published article in the Economist entitled Fields of Gold, it is evident that the Midwest has in the recent past become a victim ...

In the article, “Principles of Information display for Visualization Practitioners” the author outlines the work on information display by Edward Tufte. It begins by defining the concept of visualizations excellence. According to Dr. Tufte, as the author quotes, visualizations excellence entails the complex ideas, which are communicated with precision, clarity, and efficiency. The author also quotes Dr. Tufte on the things that visualizations should do. Among them include showing the data and making large data sets coherent.
The article also highlights some of the classic information designs along with general principles that Dr. Tufte has researched. Specifically, the article ...

The article identifies various patterns of gender equality at the workplace and explains how these patterns are correlated with psychological distress. The authors describe how gender segregation plays a crucial role in exposing men and women to diverse work environments irrespective of the sector of occupation, thereby impacting their health status to a great extent (Elwer et al. 2013). The article considers gender equality as a multidimensional concept, which includes the division of labor, symbolic representation of men and women, emotions and decision making capabilities. Gender inequality occurs in various forms, such as discrimination with regards to opportunities, allocation ...

In his article, Ibbotson (2010) investigates the impact of a long-term asset allocation policy on portfolio performance against that of active management with respect to security selection and market timing. The paper draws its inferences from reviewing existing literature on empirical studies examining the same. The issue of contention arises from conclusions made by Brinson, Hood, and Beebower (BHB, 1986) that asset allocation policy was responsible for more than 90% of the return variations of an average fund over time, with market timing and security selection playing minor roles. In contrast, the critics of the BHB model (e.g. Ibbotson ...

Introduction

The share has a nominal value and the market price. Nominal shares (nominal value) is a sum of money designated for the shares and reflects the share of the authorized capital of the company attributable to one share. The nominal value of a share is a particle of the authorized capital of the company, and it is carried out in proportion to the payment of dividends (Brockman, Mossman and Olson, 1997). Yet, with this amount of authorized capital amount corresponding to its shares may vary depending on the size of the nominal value of one share. If the value ...

Summary

Trading investment is growing at a faster rate and the market structure is changing fundamentally such that business people have indicated presence of low frequency trading opportunities (Maureen, 2014). The chances to purchase are not limited but buyers are few and this has tempted most investors to look for fatter gains. Consequently, this has created the need for implimenting smarter ideas inorder to survive in the market. In fact, by adopting business strategies which are appropriate for the better frequency in business world, investors can get reasonable gains. Otherwise most investments involve some degree of risks like the ...

In 1947 The National Labor Relations Act of 1947 created the FMCS, or the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. This agency was independent and was created in part because of the labor chaos that came after WWII. Originally, it was created to help smooth labor relations, but one very important aspect of it was that it removed the role of labor mediation from the Department of Labor to itself.

Today this independent agency has the focus of preserving labor peace and also creating cooperation between labor-management relationships. They are headquartered in the nation’s capital, and have more than ...

ARTICLE REVIEW

This article deals with an important topic in finance. The article is related to increase in earnings for Australian companies and how this affects the sentiments of investors ,which in turn affect the value of the stock index. The major finding of this article is that ASX 200 index , that is an index made up of the 200 of the biggest companies in Australia by market capitalization has increased in value.
The major sectors which have experienced increased in earnings are the resource sector and the banking sector. Specifically amongst the resource sector Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, ...

Problem

What is the problem the study was conducted to research?
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a global health issue. There is an increase in type 2 diabetes in African-Americans. Lack of knowledge in lifestyle and treatment interventions has led to the increase of T2DM in African-Americans. Type 2 Diabetes is a leading cause of blindness, renal diseases and lower limb amputations. African-Americans having T2DM also suffer from high blood pressure and low glycemic levels in blood.

Why is the problem an important one for nursing to research?

Diabetes has become a serious health issue among the public. Registered nurses should have latest knowledge about different interventions for diabetes. The article is ...

Abstract

The topic of this paper is regarding the effects of the nursing shortage on patient safety and adverse events. Due to the nursing shortage, there is an increase inare registered more patient adverse events and there is increasedthe risk to the patient’s safety increased. If the nursing shortage problem is not correctedsolved, then there will be a continuance ofcontinue increase in the risk to patient safety risk , andas well as harm to the patient. In the paper there is provided Aan explanation of the nursing shortage, the its cause of the shortage, how the shortageit affects patient safety, and ...

Question # 1

The Implications of the Global Baby Bust for Marketers of Consumer Goods
Question # 2
The Implication of the Global Baby Bust for Marketers Who Sell to Government
Retirement age is more likely to be acute especially when the baby boomers retire. The government and the marketers who sell to the government now have all the reasons to worry the extent to which people will find affordable the basic demands of an aging population. The government’s worry is the amount of money lost from tax revenues due tax advantages provided in employer-sponsored Qualified Pension Plans (QPPs) ...

Citation 9—“Mental Rotation”

Citation 9 -- “Mental Rotation”
2. Goal of article: State the research questions and/or hypotheses being investigated (What are they trying to do?) (Four sentences to one paragraph)
The researcher in this study wants to determine whether performance factors are responsible for the gender differences in mental rotation tests. The researcher wants to
specifically determine whether the scoring procedure and the time allowed to attempt
each item on the test affects the scores attained by men and women.
3. List three (3) cognitive psychology terms important for the topic of the article, find their ...

Eukaryotic organisms’ cells are composed of different types of primary and processed RNAs. These RNAs are locally found in the nucleus, cytosol or throughout the cells. To understand the function of RNA as a type of protein, RNA profiling has been carried out leading to the birth of a genomic project known as “ENCODE or the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements”. The goal of the project is to identify and characterize functional elements that are present in the genes (Djebali et al.).
In the paper Landscape of Transcription in Human Cells the study tries to answer the general question: should the ...

Purpose of the Study

Talent acquisation is central to the organizational development and success of any sport that is played as a team. This paper seeks to discuss a study on acquisation of new talent in the National Football League.The study evaluated the success of National Football League (NFL) teams acquiring new talent through drafts. NFL teams acquire new through trades, free agency and drafts. To this end, the study developed four objectives. Firstly, to evaluate team draft success among NFL teams. Secondly, to evaluate which playing positions provided the worst and best value for NFL teams. Thirdly, to evaluate wether success of NFL players ...