... in all decisions and actions, consistent with the policies ofthe board andthe standards ofthe organization • Hold the executive director accountable for theperformanceofthe organization ... important It is the blending ofthe roles ofthe board andthe executive director that moves the organization towards its missions and vision When the differences in the roles ofthe two are clearly ... individual, usually the chairperson ofthe board, to be the communicator ofthe board’s directions to the executive director There is more clarity, and less chance of misunderstanding, when the executive...
... enhanced hand hygiene, etc.) positive identification of NVG as the etiology of an outbreak may contribute to the understanding ofthe burden and epidemiology of these infections, pinpoint the outbreak ... appropriate in the absence of a gold standard underlines the face validity of each approach In summary, the absence of a traditional "gold standard" for the evaluation of test characteristics in the identification ... conceived and participated in the design ofthe study, contributed to test development and laboratory testing of specimens, and contributed to the drafting ofthe manuscript All authors read and approved...
... admission patients and their aggressive behaviour, which have recently been the object of a specific publication [4] The present paper focuses mainly on the management of SPDC patients and their attitudes ... crucial to improve the use of psychotropic drugs and enhance medication adherence, which might eventually relate to theclinical outcome ofthe disease [34,35] The PERSEO study group The following ... contributed to the study protocol design, enrolment, and interpretation of analyzed data and to the review of this paper SF, AR, MS are current employees of Eli Lilly Italy, the study sponsor They contributed...
... patients’ clinical symptoms and neurocognitive performance Acknowledgements The authors thank Professor Wei-Tsun Soong for granting us use ofthe Chinese version ofthe K-SADS, and Professor Shur-Fen ... participants, and wrote the paper CCH and ZYS gathered and analyzed the data CKC carried out the literature search and helped to draft the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript ... on the aggressive scale ofthe CBCL Thus, we finally chose a cutoff point of 60 on the aggressive scale to subdivide the ADHD patients into aggressive and non-aggressive subtypes Furthermore, the...
... by these theories, it follows that theperformance implications of governance choice should hinge upon the fit or alignment between the chosen governance form andthe attributes ofthe firm and ... 2001) The market value ofthe firm's common equity andthe accounting information required to calculate firm performance were gathered from the CRSP/COMPUSTAT merged database at the end ofthe ... alliance performance will improve to the extent that the governance choice matches the characteristics ofthe firms (RBT) andofthe exchange (TCE) Thus, as these firm- and exchange-based characteristics...
... understanding ofthe determinants of M&A outcomes can add a piece to the unsolved puzzle ofthe broader question ofthe theory of firms’ boundaries 1.1 Ex-Ante and Ex-Post M&A Problems One ofthe theories ... measures andthe sample selection The paper concludes with the presentation ofthe results and remarks about their implications in the context of existing work and in future prospective 39 3.2 Theory ... that can hinder the attainment ofthe synergies M&A are intended to generate The study of these obstacles constitutes the bulk ofthe work on mergers and acquisitions in finance and strategy, as...
... expected rate of return We investigate the interdependence of various governance practices, the change of governance structure andthe impact on the firm value We look into the boxes ofthe aggregate ... over the sample period from 1999 to 2003 The second and third columns ofthe table show the correlations between each of these variables with our absolute governance scorecard and change ofthe ... divide by the number of elements, and multiply this ratio by 20 Thus, each subindex has a value between and 20 We define the overall standardized score as the sum of all the five subindices As the...
... where K and E are effective thermal conductivity in metal hydride and heat of formation of hydride, respectively The two equations (16) and (19) are the simplified mathematical model of metal ... bed The present model which describes as above concentrates on the main characteristics ofthe heat and mass transfer processes in the metal hydride reactor They indicate the movement ofthe ... front, heat transfer and hydrogen filtration The properties ofthe hydride materials used in the paper are shown in Table andthe thermo-physical properties of materials used in the simulation are...
... that of obtained by Diesel-rk software hence, the developed mathematical model is suitable for the prediction ofthe combustion andperformance characteristics ofthe C.I engine and further work ... where b and c are the coefficients of polynomial equation and R gas constant (kJ/kg.K) 3.3 Pressure and temperature during compression The initial pressure and temperature at the beginning ofthe ... Effect of compression ratio on the maximum pressure 5.4.2 Ignition delay The delay period can be defined as the time difference between the start of combustion and start of injection The physical and...
... retained in the carcass at the end of 72 hours, and were 56, 46, and 17% for the low, medium, and high doses, respectively The remainder ofthe radiolabeled activity was excreted in the feces with ... oxidative derivative ofthe monoester andof MIDP at the same doses were, respectively, 25 and 30%, 14 and 26%, and 13 and 13% The data suggest a metabolic scheme comparable to the one reported for ... brief, the cycle includes the production of sperm and eggs, fertilization, prenatal development ofthe offspring, birth, post-natal development, sexual maturity, and, again, production of sperm and...
... birds, mammals and corals is the dmrt gene family [5] The prototype members of this group of factors are the Drosophila doublesex (dsx) and Caenorhabditis mab-3 genes The Dmrt group of molecules ... gene is the product of a gene duplication ofthe autosomal dmrt1a gene and was designated dmrt1bY [8] or Dmy [9] It was shown to be the only functional gene in the whole Y-specific region ofthe sex ... dmrt1bY has all the features ofthe master regulator of testicular differentiation in medaka (see [13] for review) and because ofthe discovery of sex-chromosome-linked dmrt1s in other vertebrates...
... (M23L) by the addition of AAP, as described in the Materials and methods Completion ofthe hydrolysis was confirmed by the disappearance ofthe (Met1)-ONC (M23L) signal in the MALDI-TOF mass spectra ... analyzed by MALDI-TOF MS The addition ofthe protease is considered the zero time point The relative intensities ofthe peaks from the mass spectra were used to calculate the fraction of Pyr-ONC (M23L), ... simultaneously interacts with the main phosphate ofthe substrate [32] The closer positioning ofthe N-terminus to the main protein body is essential for the activity and, together with the 87–104 disulfide...
... that ofthe wild type, the GABA-uptake activities ofthe N-glycosylation 1628 Fig Determination of expression of GFP-tagged GAT1 mutants on the surface of transfected CHO cells and measurement of ... Solid lines represent the exponential fit with half-lives of 22 and 23 h for wild type GAT1 in the absence and presence of dMM, respectively, andof 12 and 5.5 h for the DDN and DDQ mutants, respectively ... important for the GABA transport activity 1-Deoxymannojirimycin inhibits the GABA-uptake of GAT1 In order to gain further insight into the role ofthe terminal structures ofthe N-glycans of GAT1,...
... investigated the dependence ofthe secondorder rate constant ofthe overall reaction, k2, on both NaCl and MgCl2 concentration Information about the thermodynamic parameters ofthe transition ... between the thermodynamics ofthe NaCl and MgCl2 dependencies Figure 5A–C shows DHà and –TDSà at 298 K plotted against the square root of ionic strength (using MgCl2) for wild-type, K53A and R93E The ... reaction steps, not for the interaction of macromolecules in solution Furthermore, the magnitude (but not the sign) ofthe thermodynamic parameters of activation measured with the same experimental...
... increases in the incidence of a variety of other ovarian and uterine proliferative lesions and cysts were also reported Replication of these findings and further study ofthe linkage of early and late ... of these studies, mammary gland tissues in the parental (F0) and F1 generations of females were only examined after weaning of their pups andthe animals would have been well under one year of ... in the CDC data files the United States because ofthe large number of people included in the survey andthe process used to select participants In addition, the analytical techniques used by the...
... during the induction procedure .133 Commissioner’s orders 145 Handling ofthe specimen 133 Careof equipment and area between uses 133 Careof room and nebulizer at the end ofthe ... (spoligotyping) takes advantage ofthe properties ofthe direct repeat (DR) region ofthe M tb complex genome The DR region consists of a number of copies of repeated sequences consisting of 36 base pairs (bp) ... evidence of active disease at the time of birth, there is minimal risk to the infant and no need for specific therapy or separation from the mother The child should have a TST at birth and at age...
... product and stabilization ofthe carbon cation by the catalytic nucleophile The new reducing end is then transferred to the hydroxyl group at the 3-position ofthe nonreducing end of another acceptor ... carboxyl group of their side-chain [7] The aim ofthe present study was to express Gas1p at high levels for biochemical and structural characterization ofthe protein as a representative ofthe GH72 ... the replacement of C74, C105 and C265 with a serine residue on the expression and complementation ofthe mutant phenotype ofthe gas1 null mutant of S cerevisiae were examined These data provide...
... Overview of HIPAA Congress enacted HIPAA in 1996 to, among other things, improve the efficiency and effectiveness ofthe health care system through the establishment of national standards and requirements ... members, the target ofthe threat, or others who the covered entity has a good faith belief can mitigate the threat The disclosure also must be consistent with applicable law and standards of ethical ... officials and other professionals on these important matters affecting the safety and security of our nation’s schools II Overview of FERPA FERPA is a Federal law that protects the privacy of students’...
... synthesize, analyze) was required to begin the objective It is this narrowness that led to the criticism of these approaches then and now; attainment ofthe multiple behavioral objectives ... demonstrate competencies required of MPH graduates at the time of graduation Measurable objectives specify the minimum acceptable performance in terms of quality, quantity or time These objectives ... between the student andthe school or program They state specifically what the student should expect to learn and be able to upon completion ofthe program of study This allows students to monitor their...