BACKGROUND As a response to a changing operating environment, healthcare administrators are implementing modern management tools in their organizations. The balanced scorecard (BSC) is considered a viable tool in high-income countries to improve hospital performance. The BSC has not been applied to hospital settings in low-income countries nor has the context for implementation been examined. T...

The present research was conducted to mitigate the environmental contamination and with the aim of evaluating the possible impacts of the application of sugarcane bagasse sewage sludge-based compost (BSC), vermicompost, and fish compost on different aspects of physiology, growth, and development of Lilliumlongiflorum var Ceb-Dazzle. The bulbs were planted in four different prepared soil mixture...

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a nonparametric approach to estimate relative efficiency of Decision Making Units (DMUs). DEA is one of the best quantitative approaches and balanced scorecard (BSC) is one of the best qualitative methods to measure efficiency of an organization. Since simultaneous evaluation of network performance of the quad areas of BSC model is considered as a necessity an...

A latent system employing measles virus (Schwarz strain) was developed in hamster embryo fibroblasts (HEF). Measles virus-specific antigen was detected by immunofluorescence in 30 to 50% of HEF cells, and these cells released infectious virus when co-cultivated with a susceptible monkey cell line, BSC-1 cells. No infectious virus could be detected in the cells when measures were taken to exclud...

The biological soil crust method (BSC Method), which was established in Japan, may be a viable strategy for addressing the erosion and sedimentation problems Malaysia. However, because this has never been tested tropical environment, there is concern that it will washed away by heavy rains disturbance. Thus, identification characterization of indigenous BSC-forming algae should prioritized to e...

On January 7, 2007 Evgueni Yakovlevich Khruslov, a prominent mathematician, Academician of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, celebrated his 70th birthday. Evgueni Khruslov was born in Kharkov, Ukraine. In 1954 he graduated from a high school at a city’s suburb. When studying at the school, he preferred exact sciences, like physics and mathematics. However, at the time of graduation, h...

American book publishing during the Second World War had to cope with a huge increase in demand for books coupled with scarcity of resources, especially paper rationing imposed by the War Production Board. Based on research in the Random House archives and focusing on the Modern Library series, this article examines how publishers coped with wartime challenges and opportunities. Random House gr...