We investigate the effects of both busyness audit committee (AC) members and chairs on report lag (ARL) among Saudi non-financial firms between 2018 2021. In this study, a sample comprising total 515 firm-year observations from 140 was used. Measures for AC chairs, as well measure ARL, were derived previous literature to examine these relationships in Arabia. Our findings, based two regression ...

Results Immunisations were delivered by 95% of practice nurses. Factors associated with higher practice immunisation coverage and less delay were a lower ratio of nurses to children ‐ in the practice (1:1 to 1:74 (85)1:75 to 1:1290 (30) coverage P=0.04, timeliness P=0.03), nurse comfort with their own immunisation knowledge (Yes (105), No (4) coverage P<0.001, timeliness P=0.01) and their perce...

This study analyzed the accounting information disclosure and dividend payout of listed pharmaceutical firm in Nigeria from 2016 to 2021. The specific objectives were to: Examine effect earnings per share on Nigeria; Assess Net Profit Margin Evaluate stock price following independent variables used: earning share, net profit margin while policy was used as dependent variables. Secondary sources...

The aim of this research was to determine the impact of voluntary information disclosure on informational content of share price. In this regard, future earnings response coefficient was used to determine the informational content of the share price about the future income information. Furthermore, share price synchronicity was used to evaluate the informational content of the share price about...

BACKGROUND Disclosure of the diagnosis of HIV to HIV-infected children is challenging for caregivers. Despite current recommendations, data suggest that levels of disclosure of HIV status to HIV-infected children receiving care in resource-limited settings are very low. Few studies describe the disclosure process for children in these settings, particularly the motivators, antecedent goals, and...

BACKGROUND Disclosure of HIV status is important for optimal adherence to antiretroviral therapy in children. Identifying factors that affect disclosure of sero-status to children will help improve the process of disclosure. The purpose of the study was to determine the rate of HIV disclosure by the parents/caretakers to their children and other factors affecting disclosure. METHODS A cross s...

The Connecticut Veterans Affairs Healthcare System (CT-VAHCS) sought to improve the timeliness of lung cancer care by filling the new position of cancer care coordinator with an advanced practice nurse (APN) functioning as a nurse navigator. The multifaceted nature of diagnosing lung cancer and the barriers encountered by patients and families as they access the complex healthcare system contri...

Real-time distributed applications such as those that are emerging for managing the entire mission of a system are characterized by significant execution-time uncertainties in the application environment and system resource state. Thus, such systems require adaptive resource management that dynamically monitor the system for adherence to the desired real-time requirements and perform run-time a...