OBJECTIVE To assess the internal consistency of the measurements of the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20) in different occupational groups. METHODS A validation study was conducted with data from four surveys with groups of workers, using similar methods. A total of 9,959 workers were studied. In all surveys, the common mental disorders were assessed via SRQ-20. The internal consistency c...

Using an earnings management model in which managers can manipulate the earnings announcement when the firm’s internal control system fails, this paper proposes a measure of earnings quality, based on Ganuza and Penalva’s (2010) notion of integral precision that can be estimated using either the time series of earnings or the relation between earnings and prices. I show that large scale frauds ...

Measuring and reporting the effectiveness of procurement is a new challenge in the field of purchasing. In many organizations the effects of purchasing have not been determined or evaluated. The procurement effectiveness reporting tool will produce information on the effects of procurement that can be then used in developing the purchasing activities in an organization. This thesis gives the re...

Randomized controlled trials (RCT) are the optimal study design to answer intervention questions. The authors evaluated the number, quality, and coverage of RCT in nephrology. MEDLINE was searched using the relevant medical subject headings for nephrology and 12 major specialties in internal medicine, limited by "randomized controlled trial" as a publication type. A random selection of 160 RCT ...

conclusions these findings show non-adherence to the stard. the authors, reviewers, and editors should pay more attention to reporting by checking stard statement items and including a flow diagram to represent study design and patient flow. objectives up to date, few data exist about the quality of diagnostic accuracy studies in iran. therefore, we evaluated the extent of adherence to the star...

BACKGROUND Individual-based modeling is a growing technique in the HIV transmission and prevention literature, but insufficient attention has been paid to formally evaluate the quality of reporting in this field. We present reporting recommendations for individual-based models for HIV treatment and prevention, assess the quality of reporting in the existing literature, and comment on the contri...

The objective of this study is to assess the effects of home country investor protection and ownership structure on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)–mandated internal control deficiency (ICD) disclosures by foreign firms that are listed on the U.S. stock exchanges (hereafter referred to as cross-listed firms). Our research question is important for two reasons. First, cross-listed firms have become...

This paper discusses the implementation of SAS Enterprise BI Server at BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota (BCBSM). It provides an overview of the hardware and software architecture and the deployment of SAS Enterprise BI Server within a mature enterprise-wide and external web-facing infrastructure in a multi-tier UNIX environment. This paper also provides highlights of the installation and confi...