In this work, a novel superabsorbent hydrogel composite based on collagen have been prepared via graft copolymerization of methacrylic acid (MAA) in the presence of kaolin powder by using methylenebisacrylamide (MBA) as a crosslinking agent and ammonium persulphate (APS) as an initiator. A proposed mechanism for hydrogel formation was suggested and the structure of the composite was established...

189. Hospital onset Clostridium difficile infection not a predictor of increased antibiotic use in small hospitals: an evaluation of 54 hospitals Roy Guharoy, PharmD, MBA; Mohamad G. Fakih, MD, MPH; Jeffrey Seggerman, MBA; Angelo Bufalino, PhD; Michelle Heavens, BSN, MHA; Ann Hendrich, RN, PhD; Clinical Excellence, University of Massachusetts Health Care, St. Louis, MO; Infection Prevention and...

The primary objective of an MBA programme is to obtain top quality management training in the field of business, in a conductive environment with all the necessary resources available, and easy access to faculty. It has the most up-to-date teaching methods and the knowledge transmitted is state of the art. This paper presents the interim results of a survey which was carried out to analyse the ...

HomeArteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular BiologyVol. 41, No. 4Sampath Parthasarathy, PhD, MBA, 1947–2020 Free AccessResearch ArticlePDF/EPUBAboutView PDFView EPUBSections ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationsTrack citationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InMendeleyReddit Jump toFree ArticlePDF/EPUBSampath Nadya Merchant, Mahdi Garelnabi, Sonia Athina Karabina, Olivier Mei...

Normal mouse sera contain naturally occurring antibodies that are cytotoxic in the presence of rabbit complement for NB1, a cell line derived from a neuroblastoma adrenal metastasis of a spontaneous ovarian teratoma. The anti-NB1 antibodies can be specifically removed from normal mouse sera by absorption of the sera with homogenized brain tissue of mouse, rat, guinea pig, chicken, and man and b...

Many MBA programmes require research to be undertaken and the submission of a project report. Analysis of 100 dissertations from one British business school has shown several departures from the expectations of a scientific model. Based on this evidence and on simulations with random numbers, it is concluded that rigid adherence to the conventional scientific model should be toned down and that...

Evidence suggests that while women are more likely to go to college than men, they are less likely to go to graduate school. Moreover, in fields like science and engineering, women who do pursue advanced degrees are less likely than men to complete them. This paper compares MBA completion rates for women and men who registered to take the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT). We find that ...

This study examines the role of statistical discrimination in determining workers’ wages. Employers initially have an imperfect knowledge of their employees’ true productivity and so may “statistically discriminate” in setting wages, using observed correlates of productivity to estimate its true value. For both holders of bachelors’ degrees and MBA graduates, I use the traditional EL-SD test to...