Robert D. Reason, Associate Professor of Student Affairs and Higher Education, Iowa State University. Ezekiel W. Kimball, Director of Institutional Research, Curry College. In this article, we synthesize existing theory-to-practice approaches within the student affairs literature to arrive at a new model that incorporates formal and informal theory, institutional context, and reflective practic...

Green information systems is increasingly gaining appeal as a mechanism for firms to balance financial performance and environmental sustainability goals. We argue, however, that, the role of green IS practices has been under conceptualized in the green IS literature. This paper takes a practice theory view, using structurational theory, to re-conceptualize the green IS phenomenon through a pra...

A major challenge of mobile information technology use in time-critical work settings is to balance the temporal impact on the work practice caused by the technology. This paper presents results from an investigation of the tension between information technology use and temporal aspects in the timecritical work of emergency response. This paper contributes to previous research on the inter-rela...

This paper will first posit the rationale for intervention before onset, then outline the current usual practice of treating schizophrenia and the determinants of that practice. Recent developments that permit or demand a change in this practice will then be elaborated. The article concludes with an elaboration of the currently known risks and benefits of early intervention research. The ethics...

BACKGROUND In Germany, there is a shortage of young physicians in several specialties, the situation of general practitioners (GP) being especially precarious. The factors influencing the career choice of German medical students are poorly understood. This study aims to identify factors influencing medical students' specialty choice laying a special focus on general practice. METHODS The stud...

Off balance-sheet financing is an accounting technique in which a debt for company obligated does not appear on the company's balance sheet as liability. Keeping off allows to more creditworthy but misrepresents firm's financial structure creditors, shareholders, and public. The sudden collapse of energy-trading giant Enron Corporation attributed large part off-balance-sheet through multiple pa...

This paper conducts a Monte Carlo simulation study to evaluate the performance of multivariate matching methods that select a subset of treatment and control observations. The matching methods studied are the widely used nearest neighbor matching with propensity score calipers and the more recently proposed methods, optimal matching of an optimally chosen subset and optimal cardinality matching...

The purpose of this study was to determine whether visual improvement of balance varies depending on the movement of the eye. Three movements were compared: static visual fixations, saccadic eye movements, and smooth pursuit eye movements. The subjects in this study were 35 healthy female volunteers. Balance was defined as the subjects' ability to maintain their equilibrium while keeping the un...

Balance deteriorates with age, and may eventually lead to falling accidents which may threaten independent living. As Taekwondo contains various highly dynamic movement patterns, Taekwondo practice may sustain or improve balance. Therefore, in 24 middle-aged healthy volunteers (40-71 year) we investigated effects of age-adapted Taekwondo training of 1 h a week during 1 year on various balance p...