INTRODUCTION Survival and best supportive care (BSC) costs for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC), after stopping therapy, are poorly characterized yet an important aspect of patient care. This study examined survival and costs associated with BSC after one or two lines of therapy (LOTs) for mRCC. METHODS A retrospective cohort analysis used claims data from commercially ins...

The question of how to define a species continues to divide biologists. Meanwhile, the application of different species concepts has led to disparate taxonomic treatments that confound conservationists and other biologists. The most widely followed guidelines to species designation in avian and other vertebrate taxonomy are Ernst Mayr’s Biological Species Concept (BSC) and Joel Cracraft’s versi...

2014;27(2) S Afr J Clin Nutr Mogre V, BSc CommNutri, MHPE, Lecturer Department of Human Biology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana Aleyira S, BSc, Student; Nyaba R, BSc, Student Department of Allied Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana Correspondence to: Victor Mogre, e-...

Recent work in human cognitive neuroscience has linked self-consciousness to the processing of multisensory bodily signals (bodily self-consciousness [BSC]) in fronto-parietal cortex and more posterior temporo-parietal regions. We highlight the behavioral, neurophysiological, neuroimaging, and computational laws that subtend BSC in humans and non-human primates. We propose that BSC includes bod...

Purpose. This retrospective, nonrandomized study investigated the effect of imatinib rechallenge plus best supportive care (BSC) on overall survival after imatinib and sunitinib treatment for patients with locally advanced or metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). Methods. Twenty-six patients who had previously been exposed to both imatinib and sunitinib were enrolled in this study. ...

This paper analyses the state of implementation of the balanced scorecard (BSC) among Jordanian industrial companies. From an economic perspective, Jordan is an exemplar of an advanced developing nation in the Middle Eastern region. The paper is part of a wider investigation into the usage of Western developed performance measurement diversity techniques in the Jordanian context. A quantitative...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how the balanced scorecard (BSC) has been a prominent innovation in strategic performance measurement systems. The health care sector has started to adopt this approach. Design/methodology/approach – There are many case studies of BSC applications and this paper reviews this literature to analyse the application of the BSC across this sector. In pa...

Themain purpose of this paper is to improve on the conceptual as well as themethodological aspects of BSC as a quantitativemodel by combining elements from traditional balanced scorecard (BSC) thinking with the SystemsThinking.This is done by combining short and long term aspects ofmeasurements.The result is then used to build and construct a balanced scorecardmodel for strategic learning with ...

This study aims to systematize articles on Balanced Scorecard (BSC) and the benefit of its adoption in various organizations business entities. Using a systematic literature review, this reviews 60 published international reputable journals between 2003 2022. The were found using keywords such as ‘balanced scorecard’, ‘BSC’, ‘BSC implementation’ Emerald, Elsevier, Sage Journals, Scopus database...

Coastal areas are characterised by the choice of performance measures and/or reference points which may be critical in the environmental management process, determining the success of an Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) plan. The tools for the strategic control of ICZM plans are particularly important, although they are still not widely used at the local level. The following paper prop...