This study examined how health information management (HIM) educational programs can use the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Model (MBNQAM) educational criteria to meet the self-assessment requirement for Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM) accreditation. An existing instrument, Quantum Performance Group's Organizational Asses...

We investigate intra-day foreign exchange (FX) time series using the inverse statistic analysis developed in [1,2]. Specifically, we study the time-averaged distributions of waiting times needed to obtain a certain increase (decrease) ρ in the price of an investment. The analysis is performed for the Deutsch mark (DM) against the $US for the full year of 1998, but similar results are obtained f...

Stretch marks are a common disfiguring skin condition that can have a deep psychological impact on affected patients. Although there are a variety of treatments available, no consistently effective therapies have been established. In this systematic review, we evaluate 8 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to assess the efficacy and safety of currently available therapies for the treatment of s...

This article provides the data obtained on an extract of the micro-algal Chlorella vulgaris, which was developed andnamed Dermochlorella. Some data were already known, and others were obtained after new in vitro tests ondifferent skin cells and clinical tests made on skin microcirculation, skin restructuring and skin protection againstUV irradiations. All these data conclude tha...

OBJECTIVE The aim of our study was to follow-up 15 patients with stretch marks treated positively with the CuBr laser (577-511 nm) in 1998-99 and followed-up for 2 years. MATERIALS AND METHODS The patients were Italian women, young to middle age (average 30 years old), with skin coloration classified as Fitzpatrick II-III. Biopsies were taken on some patients before the treatment and 1 month ...

BACKGROUND Many women develop stretch marks (striae gravidarum) during pregnancy. A number of creams have been used to remove these stretch marks. OBJECTIVES The objective of this review was to assess the effects of topical treatments to prevent the development of stretch marks. SEARCH STRATEGY We searched the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group trials register. In addition, the Cochran...

Problems of Post-Communism, vol. 58, nos. 4–5, July–August/September–October 2011, pp. 35–45. © 2011 M.E. Sharpe, Inc. All rights reserved. ISSN 1075–8216 / 2011 $9.50 + 0.00. DOI 10.2753/PPC1075-8216580403 Mark r. Beissinger is professor of politics and acting director of the Princeton institute for international and regional studies at Princeton University. He is the author of Nationalist Mob...

In this paper we test for structural changes in the conditional dependence of twodimensional foreign exchange data. We show that by modeling the conditional dependence structure using copulae we can detect changes in the dependence beyond linear correlation like changes in the tail of the joint distribution. This methodology is relevant for estimating risk management measures as portfolio Value...

The behaviour of volatility across the term structure of interest rate swaps is characterized in three currencies (Deutsche mark, Japanese yen and US dollar). For that purpose, a modified GARCH-in mean model is used allowing for seasonal patterns in the mean and variance of interest rates and asymmetric responses to interest rate surprises. Daily interest rate changes are found (a) to be predic...

In this paper we test the purchasing power parity for the post Bretton Woods period for 18 main industrial countries. As base currencies we use alternatively the Deutsche mark, the Japanese yen, and the US dollar. We employ error correction models for single countries and on the level of pooled equations allowing eecient inference on domestic and foreign price elasticities of nominal exchange r...