When large numbers of alerts are reported by intrusion detection (ID) systems in very fine granularity, it prevents system administrators from handling the alerts effectively. This in turn degrades the usability of an intrusion detection system. Aside from detection, timely responses of...

This dissertation examines the accessing of finance by entrepreneurs in the Beijing area of China using a bespoke survey of 452 entrepreneurs which was gathered by the researcher. Human capital theory along with theories of finance such as the pecking order theory, and agency theory provide the...

Risk arbitrage is a strategy that seeks to profit from takeover offers by generally simultaneously purchasing and selling the shares of the merging companies. This dissertation consists of three essays that address three different issues related to risk arbitrage strategy: takeover success...

We develop an input-output methodology to estimate how Chinese exports affect the country’s total domestic value added (DVA) and employment for 1995 and 2002. Total DVA generated by exports is obtained by subtracting all direct and indirect imported intermediate goods from the gross value of...

In an era when most societies are coping with greater demand for health resources, choices will have to be made about the provision of health services. Strategic health planning must take into account the comparative burden of diseases and injuries, and the risk factors that cause them, and how...

This volume is a single up-to-date source on the entire global epidemiology of diseases, injuries and risk factors with a comprehensive statement of methods and a complete presentation of results. It includes refined methods to assess data, ensure epidemiological consistency, and summarize the...