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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts The Alternative QUALITY Contract: Year One Results

Introduction In an effort to moderate the unsustainable rate of increase in health care costs and improve the quality of patient care and health outcomes, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA) introduced in 2009 a new provider payment model called the Alternative Quality Contract (AQC). Hospitals and physicians who enter into the AQC agree to take responsibility for the full continuu...

One-step synthesis of ZnO nanosheets: a blue-white fluorophore

Zinc oxide is synthesised at low temperature (80°C) in nanosheet geometry using a substrate-free, single-step, wet-chemical method and is found to act as a blue-white fluorophore. Investigation by atomic force microscopy, electron microscopy, and X-ray diffraction confirms zinc oxide material of nanosheet morphology where the individual nanosheets are polycrystalline in nature with the crystall...

Deep Blue: One Small Step for a Computer

Can a machine beat the human World Chess Champion in a match? This question had been around even before the existence of electronic computers, and the problem of creating such a computer had been one of the toughest problem in computer science. In 1996, Deep Blue proved that computers can beat the human World Chess Champion in a single game, and in May 1997, Deep Blue finally proved that comput...

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Consider two adolescents: Person One and Person Two. Person One has never used substances and exhibits relatively few behavioral (conduct) problems. On the other hand, Person Two uses substances frequently and more commonly exhibits poor conduct. If you were to guess, which of the individuals would you expect to have lower overall judgment and self-regulation? If you answered Person Two, your i...