the study objects for investigating the possibility of activating both audit committee and board of directors for restricting the practices of earnings management phenomenon. to achieve this objective, a questionnaire had been developed and self-administered for a selected sample consists of 123 auditors working in jordan based on the simple random sampling method. the study first hypothesis is...

The field of psychology has established high professional standards which have become a cornerstone the practice psychology. However, powerful boards tasked with administering these can operate little oversight, making it difficult to monitor whether institutions are operating in fair and impartial way. In particular, early-career psychologists who less experience power their initial years inde...

confront the rapid, transformational changes under way in health care. They must keep their organizations focused on their mission to meet community health needs, encourage collaboration and generative thinking with internal and external partners, and engage in governance practices that foster disciplined oversight and decision-making processes. A benchmarked, practiced and disciplined board pr...

The three original founding healthcare systems and 10 sponsoring religious institutes of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) have developed an unprecedented governance model to support their vision of a national Catholic health ministry in the twenty-first century. The new organization spans 22 states; annual revenues exceed $4.7 billion. Religious institutes choose either active or honorary stat...

in this study the effect of nano sized silica particles (nano-sio2) on the physical and mechanical properties of rice husk and old corrugated container (occ)-cement boards was investigated. modulus of rupture (mor), modulus of elasticity (moe), internal bonding strength (ib), density, water absorption and thickness swelling after 24 hours immersion in water and hardness were measured. results s...

in this study, medium density fiberboard (mdf), was produced by dry process using refined fibers from choob khazare caspian amol factory, with 3 levels of urea formaldehyde adhesive at 8, 10, and 12 percent, and 3 levels of paraffin at 0.5, 1, and 1.5 percent. from every treatment, cylindrical samples for permeability measurement with 13 mm in diameter, and 30 mm of height were cut using hole-s...