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Negativity Bias in Investors’ Reactions to Board of Directors’ Risk Oversight Disclosure [PDF]

, 2015
This study investigates how disclosure of the board of directors’ leadership and role in risk oversight (BODs oversight disclosure) influences investors’ judgments when information on risk exposures is disclosed.
Suh, Ikseon, Ugrin, Joseph
core   +1 more source

Why and When Are Evidence‐Based Interventions Adopted in Paediatric Supportive Care? A Qualitative Exploration of the Determinants of Photobiomodulation Implementation

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Oral mucositis is a common and debilitating side effect of childhood cancer and stem cell transplant treatments. It affects the quality of life of children and young people (CYP) and places a strain on services. Photobiomodulation is recommended for oral mucositis prevention in international guidance but is poorly implemented in UK ...
Claudia Heggie, Kara A. Gray‐Burrows, Peter F. Day, Bob Phillips, Carl A. Thompson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Faster detection of asymptomatic COVID-19 cases among care home staff in England through the combination of SARS-CoV-2 testing technologies

Scientific Reports
To detect SARS-CoV-2 amongst asymptomatic care home staff in England, a dual-technology weekly testing regime was introduced on 23 December 2020. A lateral flow device (LFD) and quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) test ...
Finola Ryan, Joanna Cole-Hamilton, Niharika Dandamudi, Matthias E. Futschik, Alexander Needham, Rida Saquib, Raghavendran Kulasegaran-Shylini, Edward Blandford, Michael Kidd, Éamonn O’Moore, Ian Hall, Malur Sudhanva, Paul Klapper, Andrew Dodgson, Adam Moore, Madeleine Duke, Sarah Tunkel, Chris Kenny, Tom Fowler   +18 more
doaj   +1 more source

Limitation of the principal-agent theory to explain the problem of non-compliance in South African municipalities

Journal of Public Administration and Development Alternatives, 2020
The obstinate problem of non-compliance with municipal finance legislation in South Africa has been largely explained as a principal-agent problem. Accordingly, the municipal officials as agents are depicted as potentially non-compliant, dishonest, and ...
T Khaile
doaj   +1 more source

Pediatric Oncology Nursing Competencies in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Review to Inform Practice, Education, and Research

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nurses are central to cancer care for children and adolescents, yet no comprehensive synthesis has defined essential core competencies for pediatric oncology nursing (PON) practice internationally, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Júnior, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia, Soad Fuentes‐Alabí, Courtney E. Sullivan, Monnie Abraham, Mauricio Maza, Liliana Vásquez Ponce, Regina Aparecida Garcia Lima   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development and evaluation of a real-time RT-PCR assay for Mammarenavirus guanaritoense virus detection

BMC Infectious Diseases
Mammarenavirus guanaritoense (formerly Guanarito virus, GTOV) is an important etiological agent of an emergent disease with a high mortality rate, namely Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever (VHF).
Anna S. Dolgova, Anna S. Gladkikh, Dmitrii E. Polev, Pierina D’Angelo, Victor Alarcón, Norca García, Yurianni Arias, Iraima Monsalve, Lieska Rodriguez, Anna V. Shabalina, Vera A. Chayeb, Igor S. Sukhikh, Esperanza Briceño, Vladimir G. Dedkov   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do fiscal deficits cause inflation? Evidence from Suriname

Public Sector Economics
This study examines the impact of the fiscal balance on headline inflation in Suriname. Historically, Suriname coped with multiple episodes of high inflation.
Gavin Ooft
doaj   +1 more source

An Oversight in Oversight [PDF]

CHEST, 2022
Kelly C. Landeen, Alexander Langerman, Fabien Maldonado   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim, Natalie Bradford, David Brain, Sameera Senanayake, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Kate Young, Christine Cashion, Tim Hassall, Susanna Cramb   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fostering public accountability in South Africa: A reflection on challenges and successes

The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 2016
Accountability and oversight are constitutional requirements in all the spheres of government in the Republic of South Africa and their foundation is in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa of 1996.
Pandelani H. Munzhedzi
doaj   +1 more source