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Do Health Care Providers Quality Discriminate? Empirical Evidence from Primary Care Outpatient Clinics [PDF]

open access: yes
There has been minimal attention paid to the mechanisms of hospital quality oversight that are currently in place. Accordingly this study will analyze the system of hospital quality regulation in the US.
Christopher Stevens   +2 more
core  

Second‐Order Between‐Supplier Learning

open access: yesJournal of Operations Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Substantial empirical evidence shows that suppliers in emerging economies can enhance their technological capabilities through direct learning from technologically advanced foreign competitors. However, suppliers in emerging markets may struggle to learn directly from knowledge about competitors’ products that are not widely available on the ...
Lisha Liu, Xianwei Shi, Guangzhi Shang
wiley   +1 more source

Requirements of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation for Emergency Announcer Systems [PDF]

open access: yesThe Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1937
To replace the use of megaphones to give orders to crew and passengers in times of disaster and other emergencies, Congress has passed certain laws requiring the use of sound amplifying systems on American ocean vessels. Such a system would be used in times of emergency to summon the crew, direct passengers to embarkation deck and life boats, and to ...
openaire   +1 more source

Role of Pediatric Otolaryngologist in Pediatric Tracheostomy Code Blue Cases: A New Safety Initiative

open access: yesThe Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective A “Code Blue” is a term to activate an alarm for the resuscitation team for a patient who has a cardiopulmonary arrest. The role of a pediatric otolaryngologist in a tracheostomy‐related code blue case is not clearly defined. We aim to describe the role of pediatric otolaryngologists in pediatric tracheostomy code blue (PTCB) cases ...
Deepa Shivnani   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Getting ready for inspection of investigational site at short notice

open access: yesPerspectives in Clinical Research, 2010
India is becoming an attractive destination for drug development and clinical research. This is evidenced by the three fold increment in clinical trial applications in last four years to the office of Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI). This upward
Rajendra Talele
doaj  

The Polarizability Vector: A Polarimetric Observable for Characterizing Anisotropic Nanoparticles

open access: yesLaser &Photonics Reviews, EarlyView.
We find an overlooked observable in Nanophotonics that characterizes the optical response of anisotropic nanoparticles from simple polarimetry measurements. ABSTRACT The optical properties of anisotropic nanoparticles (NPs) are often characterized by two principal components of their polarizability tensor.
Jorge Olmos‐Trigo
wiley   +1 more source

Scheduling Bodyguards

open access: yesNaval Research Logistics (NRL), EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Security agencies around the world use bodyguards to protect government officials and public figures. In this paper, we consider a two‐person zero‐sum game between a defender who allocates such bodyguards to protect several targets and an attacker who chooses one target to attack.
Loe Schlicher, Kyle Y. Lin, Moshe Kress
wiley   +1 more source

Ashwagandha: Is It Safe? Part 1: A Regulatory Review

open access: yesPhytotherapy Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the last decade, ashwagandha (Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal, AS) has been brought under increasing scrutiny by EU regulators regarding its safety for the use in food supplements, culminating in a recent recommendation for an Article 8 procedure according to Regulation (EC) No. 1925/2006 in the European Union (EU).
T. Brendler   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Conversation with a Regulator : Meeting with Paul Boyle, Chief Executive of the Financial Reporting Council [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Prepared for the Audit Committee Chair Forum, published by Ernst & Young, CBI and Cranfield School of Management. This paper reflects the discussions at a meeting of the Audit Committee Chair Forum (ACCF) held on 19th March 2009, which was addressed ...
Bender, Ruth
core  

Mesoscale dynamics of cyclone Leslie (2018): A diagnostic analysis of a rare Iberian landfall

open access: yesQuarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.
This study presents a successful numerical simulation of cyclone Leslie (2018), using WRF‐ARW v4.5.1. Several mesoscale dynamics were identified indicative of the occurrence of sting jet and cold conveyor belt, which potentiated the record‐breaking winds in central Portugal.
Miguel M. Lima   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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