Earlier research into determinants of academic success in accounting has been conducted primarily in the USA, and has produced inconclusive results. The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of six variables (namely, gender, prior accounting knowledge, academic aptitude, mathematics background, previous working experience and age) on the performance of students in a three-year accountancy degree programme. It is conducted in another educational context, and with control over conditions that may account for the variable results of previous research. The sample comprises 526 students who enrolled in and successfully graduated at the end of a three-year accountancy degree programme in 1990. All the data (i.e., the six variables being investigated and three sets of yearly examination results) have been obtained from official university records. Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, t-tests, and regression analysis are used to analyse the data. Generally, at the 0.05 significance level, the results show that males and those with previous working experience, and better academic aptitude and mathematics background, as well as younger students performed significantly better in the accountancy degree programme. However, it is found that students with prior (high school) accounting knowledge did not perform as well as students without prior knowledge. Implications of the findings are then discussed.Determinants Of Academic Performance;Performance In Accounting Programmes,
A novel nanofibrous construct for promoting peripheral nerve repair was fabricated and tested in a rat sciatic nerve defect model. The conduit is made out of bilayered nanofibrous membranes with the nanofibers longitudinally aligned in the lumen and randomly oriented on the outer surface. The intra-luminal guidance channel is made out of aligned nanofibrous yarns. In addition, biomolecules such as laminin and nerve growth factor were incorporated in the nanofibrous nerve construct to determine their efficacy in in vivo nerve regeneration. Muscle reinnervation, withdrawal reflex latency, histological, axon density and electrophysiology tests were carried out to compare the efficacy of nanofibrous constructs with an autograft. Our study showed mixed results when comparing the artificial constructs with an autograft. In some cases, the nanofibrous conduit with aligned nanofibrous yarn as an intra-luminal guidance channel performs better than the autograft in muscle reinnervation and withdrawal reflex latency tests. However, the axon density count is highest in the autograft at mid-graft. Functional recovery was improved with the use of the nerve construct which suggested that this nerve implant has the potential for clinical usage in reconstructing peripheral nerve defects.
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