Publicly funded universities, like commercial organizations are obliged to ensure their efficiency. This article presents a model to measure and assess the relative efficiency of technical universities. The analysis was performed using publically available data from 2011 for 18 universities using the Composite Indicators method and the SBM Data Envelopment Analysis model. Fourteen indicators for efficiency were defined in the five...

The main aim of the paper is investigation of the potential contribution of exchange-trade funds (ETFs) to the instability of the European financial systems. The paper begins with presentation of the key theoretical concepts with regard to ETFs and financial stability. We discuss the key attributes of ETFs as the innovative category of investment funds, their hypothesized impact on the financial stability as well as briefly describe...

Dynamic tracking of a bolus of a paramagnetic agent (dynamic susceptibility contract - DSC) in MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) measurements is successfully used for assessment of the tissue perfusion and the other features and functions of the brain (i.e. cerebral blood flow - CBF, cerebral blood volume - CBV, mean transit time - MTT). The parametric and nonparametric approaches to the identification of MRI models are presented...

W artykule przedstawiono tzw. uogólniony periodogram pozawlający na określenie liczby funkcji bazowych opisujących obiekt o parametrach zmieniających się w sposób pseudookresowy. Pokazano w jaki sposób określić wartości początkowe dla algorytmów opartych na metodzie funkcji bazowych na jego podstawie. Skuteczność zaproponowanych metod zilustrowano przykładami.