A crucial personnel decision employers face is whether to fill a limited number of managerial positions with internal hires or external recruits. We present a theoretical and empirical analysis of this decision and how it relates to wage setting and the provision of general training. The theoretical framework is a promotion tournament involving M competing firms with heterogeneous productivitie...

28 29 In the rat, external urethral sphincter (EUS) activation during micturition consists of three 30 sequential phases: 1) an increase in tonic EUS activity during passive filling and active 31 contraction of the bladder (guarding reflex), 2) synchronized phasic activity (EUS bursting) 32 associated with voiding, and 3) sustained tonic EUS activity that persists after bladder 33 contraction. ...

the relevance and effectiveness of the world health organization’s (who’s) global code of practice on the international recruitment of health personnel is being reviewed in 2015. the code, which is a set of ethical norms and principles adopted by the world health assembly (wha) in 2010, urges members states to train and retain the health personnel they need, thereby limiting demand for internat...

1. Background In the UK, the NIHR vision sees ‘more patients and health professionals participating in health research’ [1]. Fundamental to health research is the testing of interventions through RCTs. Achieving high participation in RCTs has traditionally been difficult. Published data show that a minority of RCTs recruit successfully [2,3]. Recruitment problems reduce the total recruited samp...

The relationship between scientific quality and ethical quality is considered for three aspects ofthe research process: conduct of the research, data analysis, and reporting of results. In the area of conducting research, issues discussed involve design, recruitment, causism, scientific quality, and costs and utilities. The discussion of data analysis considers data dropping, data exploitation,...

Human resources represent one of the most important companies’ resources responsible in creation of companies’ competitive advantage. In search for the most valuable resources, companies use different methods. Lately, one of the growing methods is electronic recruiting, not only as a recruitment tool, but also as a mean of external communication. Additionally, in the process of corporate commun...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and nature of internal, external, and combined lymphedema and fibrosis in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC). MATERIALS AND METHODS We obtained consent from 100 patients newly diagnosed with having cancer of the head and neck for a 4-year, prospective, longitudinal descriptive study. Recruitment began in August 23, 201...

BACKGROUND It is hypothesized that injury or degeneration of osteoligamentous spinal structures would require compensation by trunk musculature and alterations in motor control to maintain spine stability. While, biomechanical modeling has supported this hypothesis, studies of muscle recruitment patterns in chronic low back pain patients both with and without significant osteoligamentous damage...