On January I. 1978. Oregon began a unique experiment. A five-member board assumed the responsibility of making decisions about the disposition ofthose persons who successfully assert the "insanity defense" to criminal charges. This Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB) created by the legislature, I is composed of a psychiatrist, a psychologist. a lawyer. a person familiar with parole and pro...

PURPOSE Board certification is often used as a surrogate indicator of provider competence and quality of care, although few studies have demonstrated its validity. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between board certification status and a set of quality characteristics of pediatric dental practice. METHODS A 30-item questionnaire was developed that collected information reg...

voltages and currents are induced into electronic circuit boards as electromagnetic waves are radiated on them. the strength of induction depends on the wavefront and the circuit board characteristics. in this paper, by solving maxwell’s equations using fdtd method and then by extending it by three dimensional simulation using the gpml criteria for boundary conditions and tf/sf technique, effec...

The board of directors is the most important decision-making body in a corporation. Boards are responsible for approving major strategic and financial decisions, such as mergers and acquisitions (M&As) and changes in capital structure, and also for the most important task of all, which is to hire and fire top executives. Not surprisingly, substantial research focuses on the workings of corporat...

Subjective well-being (SWB) is defined in terms of positive and negative affect whilst psychological wellbeing (PWB) reflects self-referent attitudes of mastery and self-acceptance. Whilst both SWB and PWB are associated with personality, concurrent analysis is limited. This study (n = 679) reports on a teacher sample in which personality, SWB and PWB were measured. Results indicated moderate c...

Following much debate regarding the appropriate course of medical physics training necessary to enter the field, the AAPM Board of Directors passed professional policy PP 19-A in 2007: “It is the policy of the AAPM that graduation from an accredited clinical residency program should be a requirement for qualifying for board certification, with an implementation date to be negotiated with the ce...

In this paper we analyze boards of directors as workgroups, i.e., groups of people that perform one or more tasks within an organizational context. Building on previous studies, we developed a model that relates group’s social-psychological processes to three different board tasks: service, monitoring, and networking. We tested our model through a survey on 301 large manufacturing firms in Ital...

We examine whether firms pursue target board structures. Using a broad panel from 1991–2003, we find that board changes are frequent, with two-thirds of firms changing board size or independence during a two-year period. Board changes are associated with changes in firm-specific fundamentals. The rate of change is positively associated with the benefits of effective boards and negatively associ...

We analyze the relation between comprehensive measures of board quality and the cost as well as the non-price terms of bank loans. We show that firms with higher quality boards and even a single (non-insider) advisory board member borrow at lower interest rates. This relation exists even after controlling for ownership structure, CEO compensation policy, and shareholder protection as well as th...

We document, describe and interpret changes in New Zealand corporate board characteristics between 1995 and 2010, a period centred around the 2003 introduction of the NZX Corporate Governance Best Practice Code. Unsurprisingly, the representation of non-executive, independent and female directors on NZ boards rose during the period, as did real chair and director fees and the importance of boar...