OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To determine the attitudes of otolaryngology residency program directors and chairpersons toward unmatched residency applicants, including whether a surgical internship or research year is preferred in considering repeat applicants. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. METHODS Approval was obtained from the Colorado Multiple Institution Review Board. A 12-question Web-...

Franco Gherlinzoni, M.D., (1999–02) Michael Simon, M.D., (1999–02) Scott Nelson, M.D., (1999–02) Martine van Glabbeke, M.D., (1999–02) Ephraim Casper, M.D., (2000–03) Andrew Huvos, M.D., (2000–03) Martin Robinson, M.D., (2000–03) Junya Toguchida, M.D., (2000–03) Kristy Weber, M.D., (2001–04) Jean Yves Blay, M.D., (2001–04) Thomas DeLaney, M.D., (2001–04) Pancras Hogendoorn, M.D., (2001–04) H.J....

CONTEXT Specific regulation of laboratories performing molecular genetic tests may be needed to ensure standards and quality assurance (QA) and safeguard patient rights to informed consent and confidentiality. However, comprehensive analysis of current practices of such laboratories, important for assessing the need for regulation and its impact on access to testing, has not been conducted. O...

The Board of Directors of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing evaluates the NCLEX-RN examination passing standard every 3 years. In December 2006, the Board decided that the NCLEX-RN passing standard should be increased from -0.2800 to -0.2100 logits. This article provides information regarding standard-setting methodologies, empirical data used by the Board of Directors in determin...

This study investigates the role of corporate governance regulations on financial performance within listed companies in Saudi Arabia. 120 organisations were selected from Stock Exchange, Tadawul, over a period four years between 2016 to 2019 for 565 observations. The data gathered about intendent variable board independence, size, meeting, interlocking, addition firm size and leverage as moder...

This study empirically analyzes the relationship between Vietnamese firms’ earnings management, board characteristics, and ownership structures. I use size proportion of outside directors to reflect percentages directors, chief executive officer (CEO) discretionary accruals, measured by modified Jones model, proxy for management. From analyzing firms listed on Ho Chi Minh Hanoi Stock Exchanges ...

this study attempts to investigate the impacts of severalcorporate governance mechanisms on two alternative proxies for agencycosts, namely the ratio of total sales to total assets (asset turnover) and theratio of selling, general and administrative expenses to total sales(sg&a;). agency costs, non-executive directors on the board, andinstitutional investors are dependent variables. the analysi...