Thousands of autonomous systems (ASes) cooperate with each other to provide global Internet connectivity. The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is currently the only inter-domain routing protocol deployed on the Internet. It allows ASes to select and propagate routes based on flexible and locally defined policies. However, the flexibility and freedom of policies can lead to routing instability, eve...

This Section examines the features and premises of mediation that are commonly adopted for the resolution of intra-family disputes between samesex partners.1 It is argued here that the analysis of the nature of disputes and the recourse to mediation for same-sex partners adds new momentum to the study of family mediation. However, differences in the processes of family mediation as between same...

BACKGROUND Students evaluations of their learning experiences can provide a useful source of information about clerkship effectiveness in undergraduate medical education. However, low response rates in clerkship evaluation surveys remain an important limitation. This study examined the impact of increasing response rates using a compulsory approach on validity evidence. METHODS Data included ...

A recent legal trend involves the resolution of disputes between health plans and nonparticipating providers. These individuals have not entered into a formal participation or services agreement with the health plan, but they may be eligible for and legally entitled to reimbursement for services rendered to plan participants. Resolution of these disputes can hinge on a number of factors, includ...

With the increasing number of cross-broader transactions (CBT) that are facilitated by China UnionPay (CUP), international cardholder disputes are receiving more attention. However, according to a recently released internal statistic report, only a very small fraction was satisfactorily resolved from the cardholders’ perspective. Unresolved disputes not only bring unavoidable financial loss to ...

UNLABELLED The list of individualized needs of the wheelchair user as developed by the medical and personal profile assessment can be categorized under the general goals to be accomplished through the process of the wheelchair recommendation: MEDICAL PROFILE: MEDICAL HISTORY (1) Compensate for loss or absence of function. (2) Promote good health through prevention of problems. Physical Assess...

BACKGROUND This study examines the relationship between race and mobility over 5 years in initially well-functioning older adults and evaluates how a broad set of socioeconomic status indicators affect this relationship. METHODS Data were from 2,969 black and white participants aged 70-79 from the Health, Aging, and Body Composition study. Mobility parameters included self-reported capacity t...

OBJECTIVE Compare the quality of life (QOL) of youth living with visible facial differences (FDs) with youth living with a visible nonfacial difference (i.e., mobility limitations), an invisible difference (i.e., attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder), or no known difference. DESIGN An observational study of perceived QOL among adolescents with FDs (n = 56), adolescents with no diagnosed c...