Fi rms in the LDCs need to adopt and indige n i ze tra n s fe rred tech n o l ogy befo re u s age. The adoption costs depend on the state of the infra s t ru c t u re and on the l o c a l i zed spillover effects ge n e rated by a rival fi rm. In this context, the pap e r examines the timing of such technological adoption. It shows that strategic decisions regarding time may result in a “waiting...

Near-Peer Teaching is a relatively new and expanding area of medical education. The benefit to medical students has been demonstrated in numerous contexts around the world. Our aim was to establish a structured Intern-Led Teaching (ILT) programme in the context of an Irish Intern Training Network affiliated to an Irish Medical School. We then sought to evaluate the success of this programme. Se...

BACKGROUND The transition from medical student to hospital-based first year junior doctor (termed "intern" in Australia) is known to be challenging, and recent changes in clinical learning environments may reduce graduate preparedness for the intern workplace. Although manageable challenges and transitions are a stimulus to learning, levels of burnout in junior medical colleagues are concerning...

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Google Inc., Mountain View, CA 12/12 9/14 Software engineer. Designed, deployed, and maintained systems in production data centers. 04/11 10/11 Intern. Designed and deployed a video rate limiting algorithm in YouTube streamers. 10/09 1/10 Intern. Deployed and tested a kernel patch for batch TCP pacing in production data centers. 05/09 10/09 Intern. Built algorithms for a system to identify the ...

1 MD. ENT Intern. 2 MD. Neuroradiology Intern. 3 MD. Neurology Intern. 4 MD. Assistant ENT physician. 5 Head of the Otorhinolaryngology Clinic. University and Hospital Center of Coimbra. Send correspondence to: Diana Cunha Ribeiro. Serviço de Otorrinolaringologia do Hospital Geral, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra. Rua Álvaro Correia, no 65, 3020-493. Coimbra. Portugal. Paper submit...