This study provides valuable support for successful decision making in network hierarchical structures. The balanced scorecard (BSC) is a measurement system that requires a balanced set of financial and nonfinancial measures. This study examined both qualitative and quantitative data for the proposed hybrid analytical method. Although numerous studies have been conducted in industry and academi...

BACKGROUND Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) is a rare tumor entity. The contents of best supportive care (BSC) have not been defined in advanced MTC. The objective of this work is to describe the epidemiology, the treatment patterns with respect to symptom management, as well as palliative treatment and associated costs. METHOD A Delphi panel with 9 clinical experts experienced in treating MTC ...

Purpose – One of the responses to criticisms of traditional forms of accounting reports for knowledge-based firms has been the development of the balanced scorecard (BSC), a strategic performance measurement framework and methodology based on a family of performance measures. This paper aims to examine the issue of measuring performance in relation to a major Australian company, The Fosters Bre...

BACKGROUND Topotecan is a relatively new drug for use as a second-line treatment in patients with relapsed small cell lung cancer (SCLC). We performed a systematic review and economic evaluation of topotecan, and consider it here in relation to the NICE end of life criteria. METHODS Seventeen bibliographic databases (including Cochrane library, Medline and Embase) were searched from 1990 to F...

Diminished activity of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) is implicated in activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSC), a critical event in the development of liver fibrosis. In the present study, we investigated PPARgamma regulation by TNF-alpha in an HSC line designated as BSC. In BSC, TNF-alpha decreased both basal and ligand (GW1929)-induced PPARgamma mRNA levels wi...

We investigate the performance of Gallager type error-correcting codes for Binary Symmetric Channels, where the code word comprises products of K bits selected from the original message and decoding is carried out utilizing a connectivity tensor with C connections per index. Shannon's bound for the channel capacity is recovered for large K and zero temperature when the code rate K=C is nite. Cl...

BACKGROUND The milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) is primarily composed of polar phospho- and sphingolipids, which have established biological effects on neuroplasticity. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of dietary MFGM supplementation on the neuromuscular system during post-natal development. METHODS Growing rats received dietary supplementation with bovine-derived MFGM mixtur...

First developed by Kaplan and Norton [Kaplan R. S., & Norton D. P. (1992). The balance scorecard – measures that drive performance. Harvard Business Review, 70(1), 71–79], balanced scorecard (BSC) provides an integrated view of overall organizational performance and strategic objectives. BSC integrates financial measures with other key performance indicators to create a perspective that incorpo...

Jordi Salas-Salvadó, M.D., Ph.D., Monica Bulló, Bsc., Ph.D., Nancy Babio, Bsc., Ph.D., Miguel Ángel Martínez-González, M.D., Ph.D., Núria Ibarrola-Jurado, R.D, Josep Basora, M.D., Ramon Estruch, M.D., Ph.D., Maria Isabel Covas, D.Pharm., Ph.D., Dolores Corella, D.Pharm., PhD., Fernando Arós, M.D., Ph.D., Valentina Ruiz-Gutiérrez, D.Pharm., Ph.D., Emilio Ros, M.D., Ph.D., For the PREDIMED Study ...

Raf Brouns, MD, PhD; Vincent Thijs, MD, PhD; François Eyskens, MD, PhD; Marleen Van den Broeck, BSc; Shibeshih Belachew, MD, PhD; Christine Van Broeckhoven, PhD, DSc; Patricia Redondo, MD, PhD; Dimitri Hemelsoet, MD; Arnaud Fumal, MD, PhD; Sandrine Jeangette, MD, PhD; Werner Verslegers, MD; Robert Baker, BSc, MSc AIB, MS; Derralynn Hughes, MD, PhD; Peter Paul De Deyn, MD, PhD; for the BeFaS Inv...