The vision of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) is that, in 20–30 years, most clinical pharmacy practitioners will be boardcertified specialists. 2 This White Paper develops a rationale for this position, describes specialty board certification in pharmacy, and articulates recommendations for attaining the vision. The justification of the need for board certification as a part of...

Today, women are considered as one of the main pillars of corporate decision making, which can contribute to the development and promotion of corporate initiatives and projects within the framework of the development of trust and confidence of shareholders and society. The purpose of this research is to investigate the association between the presence of women on boards of directors and tax avo...

Much research has suggested that independent boards of directors are more effective in reducing agency costs and improving firm governance. How they influence innovation is less clear. Relying on regulatory changes, we show that firms that transition to independent boards focus on more crowded and familiar areas of technology. They patent and claimmore and receive more total future citations to...

Nursing Leadership from Bedside to Boardroom: Opinion Leaders’ Perceptions Khoury, Blizzard, Moore, Hassmiller Quantitative/ Qualitative Journal of nursing administration The study found that people in general find nurses to be trustoworthy, especially when it comes to health care issues and also showed that people were aware of nurses' lack of presence on boards and decreased influence in exec...

the target of this study was to investigate the possibility of mdf productionfrom eucalyptus camaldulensis wood. mdf fibers were produced applying threelevels of steaming time. laboratory mdf boards were produced using thegenerated fibers and different pressing temperature and time. physical andmechanical properties of mdf panels were measured using relevant eu testmethods and were statisticall...

in this study, the possibility of using canola stem residues for particleboard manufacturing was studied. the ratio of canola straw to the industrial particles was as 25:50, 50:50, 75:25 and 100:00 percents, respectively. urea formaldehyde resin was used as binder at three levels of 8, 10 and 12 percent based on oven dried weight of particles and the press time was at three level of 5, 6 and 7 ...

Wood darkening and kiln brown stain (KBS) in kiln drying has caused significant economic loss to the wood processing industry which. Although extensive studies have been performed, feasible drying techniques have not yet been developed to economically produce bright, pale colour wood from commercial drying. The current work research has been conducted to dry radiata pine sapwood in hot air and ...

BACKGROUND Despite the widespread use of tumor boards, few data on their effects on cancer care exist. We assessed whether the presence of a tumor board, either general or cancer specific, was associated with recommended cancer care, outcomes, or use in the Veterans Affairs (VA) health system. METHODS We surveyed 138 VA medical centers about the presence of tumor boards and linked cancer regi...

Multidisciplinary management tumor boards are now conducted worldwide for the management of patients with cancer. Studies evaluating their influence on decision making and patient outcome are limited; however, single-center studies have reported significant changes in diagnosis and treatment plans. A survey from Arabic countries showed widespread use and reliance on tumor boards for decision ma...