OBJECTIVE To examine the relation between the quality of physicians and migration among alumni of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India over the period 1989-2000. METHODS In a retrospective cohort study, data on graduates of AIIMS were collected from entrance exam qualifier lists, the AIIMS alumni directory, convocation records, the American Medical Association and...

1058-6180/00/$10.00 © 2000 IEEE 53 In 1994, the General Electric (GE) Computer Department Alumni Association held its triannual meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona. This was the opportunity to interview a number of the pioneers of the Electronic Recording Machine Accounting (ERMA) project and those who continued to embellish GE’s capabilities in computer design and manufacture until the merger with ...

There is no published empirical research into what topics should be covered in a managerial epidemiology course for graduate students in health services administration (HSA). The goal of the research described here was to identify epidemiologic topics seen as important to healthcare executives. A survey was conducted of a convenience sample of alumni the Graduate program in Health Services Admi...

The tradition of khataman al-Qur’an is vital for students, alumni, and Zainul Hasan Genggong Pesantren followers. This held every haul the Kiai. study aims, First, to explain how process khatam by followers Pesantren. Second, find out background Khataman tradition. research qualitative using ethnographic studies. Data collection techniques participatory observation, in-depth interviews, documen...

This research explores how strength of network ties, as fostered by the use of a social network site, Facebook, (a) influences alumni attitudes toward volunteering for and making charitable gifts to their alma mater, and (b) fortifies consistency between attitude and behavior. After exploratory interviews and participant observation, a survey of 3,085 alumni was conducted for hypothesis testing...

Latent class analysis has been used to model measurement error, to identify flawed survey questions and to estimate mode effects. Using data from a survey of University of Maryland alumni together with alumni records, we evaluate this technique to determine its usefulness for detecting bad questions in the survey context. Two sets of latent class analysis models are applied in this evaluation: ...

BACKGROUND Physical activity energy expenditure (EE) is an important determinant of health, and epidemiologists have used various methods, such as physical activity and energy intake recalls and records, to estimate energy cost. However, most epidemiologic studies have not validated these methods against the doubly labeled water (DLW) technique for measuring EE. OBJECTIVE The aim was to compa...

Court supports tuition, integration; alumni will file appeal of decision The ruling that Rice University may charge tuition and admit Negro students has been upheld again in court, in the most recent legal clash between the Board of Trustees and two Rice alumni. The first court of civil appeals ruled Thursday that these actions, although contrary to the terms of William Marsh Rice's will, are n...