The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic of life expectancy‚ education‚ and income indices to rank countries into four tiers of human development. These had the explicit purpose "to shift the focus of development economics from national income accounting to people centred policies". A simple composite measure of human development was needed in order to convince the public‚ academics‚ and policy-makers that they can and should evaluate development not only by economic advances but
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Topic: analysis of economic indicators of oman INTRODUCTION Oman‚ officially called the Sultanate of Oman is an Arab state in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the northwest‚ Saudi Arabia to the west and Yemen to the southwest. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the southeast and the Gulf of Oman on the northeast. Oman is an absolute monarchy in which the Sultan of Oman‚ named Sultan Saeed bin Qaboos‚ exercises
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| |Key Performance Indicators | |Field of Biotechnology | | | |Study of performance indicators considering a case of Monsanto | |
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Nurse-Sensitive Indicators Analysis Nurse-Sensitive Indicators Analysis This is an analysis of the nurse-sensitive indicators in a case study regarding an elderly‚ Jewish male patient with dementia in a hospital setting. Nurse-sensitive indicators presented in the scenario such as patient falls‚ using restraints‚ development of pressure ulcers‚ and patient satisfaction will be discussed. When nurses are aware of these nurse-sensitive issues they can provide better care for their
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personality attributed to me by the Meyers Briggs Personality Test. While it is difficult to observe myself on a small test of only twenty questions‚ the results were fairly accurate as I turned out to be INTJ. This study also extends into examining myself in the workplace and analyzing how I can apply these principles This study will hopefully be informative and descriptive about organizational behavior and personality to the reader. Step 1 The Meyers-Briggs Personality Test is definitely an interesting
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PEDIATRIC MINI REVIEW Body mass index in children and adolescents: considerations for population-based applications A Must1‚2 and SE Anderson2 1 2 Department of Public Health and Family Medicine‚ Tufts University School of Medicine‚ Boston‚ MA‚ USA and The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy‚ Tufts University‚ Boston‚ MA‚ USA International Journal of Obesity (2006) 30‚ 590–594. doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803300 Keywords: review; body mass index; pediatrics; BMI z-score; overweight
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A performance indicator or key performance indicator (KPI) is a type of performance measurement.[1] An organization may use KPIs to evaluate its success‚ or to evaluate the success of a particular activity in which it is engaged. Sometimes success is defined in terms of making progress toward strategic goals‚[2] but often success is simply the repeated‚ periodic achievement of some level of operational goal (e.g. zero defects‚ 10/10 customer satisfaction‚ etc.). Accordingly‚ choosing the right KPIs
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Reviewing Beneish’s manipulation index‚ we note a high probability of manipulation for both fiscal Year 5 and Year 6. The major factors of this are the rapid growth in sales and the level of accruals in earnings. The Company experienced negative cash flows from operations for both years as a result in significant decreases in A/R and inventories. Reviewing the financial ratios‚ we also noted the relationship between inventories and COGS‚ which is not included in Beneish’s index. The high growth rate of
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What is HDI? The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic used to rank countries by level of "human development"‚ taken as a synonym of the older terms "standard of living" and/or "quality of life"‚ and distinguishing "very high human development"‚ "high human development"‚ "medium human development"‚ and "low human development" countries. HDI was devised and launched by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq‚ followed by Indian economist Amartya Sen in 1990. The HDI is a comparative measure
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Winfield | | | Body mass index or (BMI) is a key index that relates a person’s body weight to their height. The body mass index is a person’s weight in kilograms divided by their height in meters squared. The National Institute of Health uses the body mass index to define normal weight‚ overweight and obesity. Overweight is considered is a person having a body mass index of 27.3% or more for women and 27.8 % or more for men. Obesity using the BMI index is defined as a BMI of 30 and above
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