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Policy Brief: The Case for Using Robust Measures to Evaluate Nonprofit Organizations [PDF]

Nonprofit Policy Forum, 2016
AbstractAlthough nonprofit organizations are expected to engage in continuous evaluation, its effectiveness is hampered by limited resources and competing and untested instruments. This paper makes the case for the creation and use of more robust measures in nonprofit evaluation.
Katherine R. Cooper, Michelle Shumate
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Essential lipid autacoids rewire mitochondrial energy efficiency in metabolic dysfunction‐associated fatty liver disease

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Increased liver content of DHA‐derived small lipid autacoids (i.e resolvin D1 and maresin 1) associates with enhanced mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation, fatty acid β‐oxidation and bioenergetic metabolic flux. These features provide hepatic protection from steatotic, pro‐inflammatory and fibrogenic insults.
Cristina López‐Vicario, David Sebastián, Mireia Casulleras, Marta Duran‐Güell, Roger Flores‐Costa, Ferran Aguilar, Juan José Lozano, Ingrid W. Zhang, Esther Titos, Jing X. Kang, Antonio Zorzano, Makoto Arita, Joan Clària   +12 more
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An Evaluation of the Web Presence of a Nonprofit Organization [PDF]

, 2002
How can a nonprofit organization determine the strategic importance of its Web presence and what is the best methodology for doing so? This study uses a combined qualitative and quantitative approach called the Balanced Scorecard (also referred to as BSC) (Kaplan and Norton, 1992).
Ayman Abuhamdieh, Julie E. Kendall, Kenneth E. Kendall   +2 more
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“Round Peg in a Square Hole”: Lessons from Community Health Promotion Practice on Dynamics of Accountability, Reporting and Evaluation, and Governance

Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs
This paper presents results from a small-scale institutional ethnography study of reporting requirements and evaluation practices in two urban community health centers (CHCs), as a sample of community-based nonprofit organizations that focus on social ...
Julia Fursova, Gillian Kranias
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Screening and epitope characterization of Nidogen‐2‐specific nanobodies

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Camel immunization and phage display were employed to generate high‐affinity VHH nanobodies against Nidogen‐2. After library construction, biopanning, ELISA screening, sequencing, and recombinant expression, selected nanobodies were purified and characterized, leading to the preliminary exploration of a nanobody‐based sandwich ELISA for specific ...
Jianchuan Wen, Qianqian Cui, Zhongyun Lan, Yingjun Wang, Shuaiying Zhao, Wenxuan Feng, Yunfeng Liu, Qiting Huang, Dongna Zhang, Jianfeng Xu   +9 more
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From Stories to Evidence: How Mining Data Can Promote Innovation in the Nonprofit Sector [PDF]

Technology Innovation Management Review, 2012
Being a director at a nonprofit organization often means making guesses instead of properly informed decisions. One source of the “information fog” is fragmented funding.
Susan Phillips, Michael Lenczner
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Re‐Awakening Public Attention to the Silent Pandemic of Cancer Among Older Adults in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As global populations age, cancer is increasingly becoming a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Despite accounting for the majority of new cancer cases and deaths, older individuals remain underrepresented in cancer research, clinical guidelines, and health ...
Ibrahim Bidemi Abdullateef, Sunkanmi Folorunsho, Abdulazeez Opeyemi Abdulganiyu   +2 more
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Electrifying the case review process for better speed, reach, and impact

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023
Background: Prevention of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) requires timely feedback to and input from all staff involved in patient care to best identify practice gaps and improvement targets. However, multidisciplinary review of HAI events can be
Jennifer Gutowski, Melissa Bronstein, Adam Tatro, Stephany Frey, Emil Lesho   +4 more
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A Skills Gap Analysis of Farmer Directors of US Farmer Cooperatives

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Boards of directors are vital to firm performance and are an integral part of the decision‐making process of any business. Several studies have been conducted that observe corporate or nonprofit board characteristics, skills, and the board's connection to firm performance.
Jody S. Herchenbach, Brian C. Briggeman, Jason S. Bergtold, Aleksan Shanoyan, Sarah A. Low, Brandi Miller   +5 more
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ResearchConnect: An AI‐Powered Platform for Interdisciplinary Research Team Formation and Ideation Development

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
ResearchConnect is an AI‐powered platform that automates researcher profiling, interdisciplinary team formation, and early‐stage research ideation. By extracting keywords from papers and web sources, it quickly clusters researchers into coherent teams and generates collaborative ideas using large language models. Validation on NSF‐funded projects shows
Akshay Vilas Jadhav, Milad Masrouri, Zhao Qin   +2 more
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