Reliability of Financial Information from the Perspective of Benford's Law.

This study investigates the conformity to Benford's Law of the information disclosed in financial statements. Using the first digit test of Benford's Law, the study analyses the reliability of financial information provided by listed companies on an emerging capital market before and after the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The results of the study confirm the increase of reliability on the information disclosed in the financial statements after IFRS implementation.

Non-invasive imaging techniques in assessing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a current status of available methods.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an ailment affecting and increasing a number of people worldwide diagnosed via non-invasive imaging techniques, at a time when a minimum harm caused by medical procedures is rightfully emphasized, more sought after, than ever before. Liver steatosis should not be taken lightly even if its evolution is largely benign as it has the potential to develop into non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) or even more concerning, hepatic cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Traditionally, liver biopsy has been the standard for diagnosing this particular liver disease, but nowadays, a consistent number of imagistic methods are available for diagnosing hepatosteatosis and choosing the one appropriate to the clinical context is the key.

Colloidal competences of any polyethyleneglycol conjugates.

The present paper presents research rely on the knowledge of basic colloidal competences (surface tension, critical micelar concentration, HLB value) of certain new structured lipids by accessing "homogeneous" polyoxyethylene chains (n=3-18) (PEGn) monoderivatized R(NF; EH) during processing by cyanoethylation, hydrolysis, and esterification together with fatty acids (R') isolated and characterized from grape seeds (Vitis vinifera) (S), wild chestnut (Aesculus hyppocastanum) (Ca), wild rose (Rosa Canina) (mn), coriander (Coriandri fructus) (Co) in the architecture of the conjugates about foaming and wetting competences. Basic colloidal characterisation aimed at directing future research to optimagrape seed technological directions for agroalimentary and horticultural processing (and not only) among which these structures through synergic cumulus of defining competences of the polyunsaturated fatty acids (1 delta; 2delta; 3delta), of "homogeneous" derivatised polyethyleneoxy chains (PEO) with monitored degree of oligomerization (n=3-18). We thought it useful to access oligomeric chains PEO processed through adapted Williamson synthesis to clearly quantify its role in the global "colloidal fingerprint" of the studied conjugate.