the aim of this research is to do an internal evaluation of the academic library based on the views of experts to identify the current situation. it also aims to present a method for library evaluation and to help the planners and managers of such centers to understand and improve the condition of university libraries and information centers. the methodology of this case study is based on inter...

In 2012, the Lamar Soutter Library (LSL), University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS), successfully collaborated with two principal investigators from UMMS, as well as their research team, to receive a supplemental grant from the National Library of Medicine. The grant, an “NLM Administrative Supplements for Informationist Services in NIH-funded Research Projects,” was one of eight awarde...

We develop and validate a method to measure "market capture" of inpatient, elective surgery. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is used to measure the efficiency of the market capture for Perioperative Services at 53 non-metropolitan Pennsylvania hospitals. Eight procedures are studied, representing a wide spectrum of elective, scheduled, inpatient surgery (e.g., abdominal aortic aneurysm resectio...

We investigate how managerial ability affects the intentional distortion of financial statements (earnings management). On the one hand, better managers receive a compensation premium for their perceived ability, and to the extent that earnings management would tarnish their reputations, we expect them to manage earnings less. On the other hand, better managers may be more able to extract rents...

financing is one of the essential necessitates for science and technology development that many universities have paid attention to it and through establishing financing funds including endowment funds have realized this important issue. so endowment today has played a crucial role in financing and the issue of endowment, benefactors and strategic position of benefactors and donors has been one...

With the rapid development of computer technology and network technology, it ushers in a new Internet era characterized by information and knowledge. There is an urgent need for a new generation of technologies and methods to help exploit the treasures of information, and to be refined, so as to become useful knowledge. Data mining is the core part of knowledge discovery. Its techniques and met...