This paper examines the current trends of corporations that have completed a Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) sustainability report. To gain an overview of the rapid growth in sustainability reporting the issues and trends that are analyzed are geographic locations of main headquarters, size by number of employees, size by market capitalization, sector breakdown and financial performance. The ...

Graduate Institute of Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan Department of Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Mackay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing and Management, New Taipei City, Taiwan Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan Liver Medical Center, Mackay Memoria...

Objective: A study to evaluate the effectiveness of the use of pre CT checklist in requesting CT paranasal sinuses for managing patients with Chronic Rhinosinusitis (CRS). Place and Duration: CT sinuses performed at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary from 20 Aug 2010 to 3rd Nov 2010 after the introduction of pre CT paranasal sinus request checklist. Methods: Prospective studies of patients undergoing CT ...

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Department of Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Department of Biotechnology, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan d School of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan e Institute of Clinical and Community Health Nursing, National Yang-Ming Univ...

Johan Westborg, Danielle Van Westen, Markus Nilsson, Jimmy Lätt, Filip Szczepankiewicz, Sebastian Palmqvist, Erik Stomrud, Lennart Minthon, Katarina Nägga, and Oskar Hansson Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, Center for Medical Imaging and Physiology, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, Lund University Bioimaging Center, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, Depart...

Filip Szczepankiewicz, Samo Lasic, Jimmy Lätt, Danielle van Westen, Carl-Fredrik Westin, Freddy Ståhlberg, Daniel Topgaard, and Markus Nilsson Department of Medical Radiation Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, CR Development, AB, Lund, Sweden, Center for Medical Imaging and Physiology, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Skane University Hospital, L...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To study differential diagnosis and efficacy of management strategies in patients presenting to an otolaryngologist for sinus pressure, pain, or headache. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective analysis at an academic medical center. METHODS Patients were seen in the clinic (2010-2012) for sinus-related headache, pressure, pain or fullness (study symptoms) by a rhinologist. A retr...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Various intranasal landmarks have been described to aid in the localization of the natural sphenoid sinus ostium. The objectives of this study are to identify the ostium location relative to the skull base and assess the relationships between the location of the ostium and sphenoid disease or pneumatization pattern. DESIGN Descriptive study. METHODS Consecutive Xoran M...

OBJECTIVES Although biofilms have been implicated in poor prognosis after endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS), traditional methods detecting biofilm such as scanning electron microscope and confocal scanning laser microscope were rarely used in the practice. The aims of this study was to determine whether the presence or absence of a biofilm detected by hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining followed ...