This paper studies the turnover of board of directors members in a sample of 72 companies listed on the Milan Stock Exchange during the period 1988-1996. In particular we are able to shed light on the relationships between turnover and inside/outside ownership, and turnover and control change. We find that there is a statistically significant and negative relationship between firm performance a...

Measures used in the selection of international dental students to a U.S. D.D.S. program were examined to identify the grouping that most effectively and efficiently predicted academic performance and clinical competency. Archival records from the International Dental Program (IDP) at Loma Linda University provided data on 171 students who had trained in countries outside the United States. The...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to investigate the attitudes and behaviors of anaesthesiologists in "non-operating room anaesthesia" applications, which can be described as anaesthesia applications performed outside the operating room, and their reflection on practice all over Turkey. METHODS Our study was conducted between November 5, 2012 and January 7, 2013 with the approval of the Research Ethics Boar...

Corporate boards contribute to firm value by providing oversight and advice during major strategic decisions such as acquisitions. This study posits that boards’ effectiveness in evaluating these strategic events can be enhanced by directors’ prior experience in acquisitions. I find that outside directors’ prior involvement in acquisitions is associated with a significant increase in acquisitio...

performance   evaluation in regular periods is one of the ways in which organizations can   evaluate their performance as well as weak and strong points unifiedly and   precisely. these days, mathematical models are also used to evaluate the   efficiency and productivity of various units. these units are a collection of   education, research and service activities as input and output factors an...

introduction: one of the types of hospital management information systems is decision support information system (dsis). this system uses decision-making models and databases for preparing specific information to support their semi-structured or unstructured decisions. the present study aimed to design a decision dsis model for board of trustees of ayatollah kashani hospital, shahrekord, iran. ...

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conclusions the layout of whiteboard in classrooms can be effective in causing student’s neck pain. in this study, the suitable height of installation of whiteboard was determined and it is recommended to be used in classrooms. background the mismatch between equipments and anthropometric dimensions of users is one of the issues that can be effective on development of musculoskeletal disorders ...