Credit scoring models, or score cards, can contribute to bank safety and soundness as long as bank management actively participates in the development, implementation, monitoring, and validation of the model. Operational factors, such as accurate implementation of the credit scoring model and adequate training of data input staff, also can have an impact on the effectiveness of models. Changes ...

Comprehensive oxygen management, focused on avoiding hyperoxia and repeated episodes of hypoxia-hyperoxia in very low birth weight infants, has been successfully used for the reduction of retinopathy of prematurity. Building on this experience, the Comprehensive Oxygen Management for the Prevention of Retinopathy of Prematurity quality improvement initiative was developed to facilitate the spre...

PURPOSE We evaluated a peer leader-support program (PLSP) for diabetes self-management in China in terms of acceptability and feasibility; implementation; perceived advantages; disadvantages and barriers; reach and recruitment; effectiveness in terms of diabetes knowledge and clinical impacts; adoption; and sustainability. METHODS Within each of 3 cities in Anhui Province, 2 subcommunities we...

as one way to approach industrial symbiosis, environmental infrastructure sharing is principally concerned with providing an integrated environmental utility system for clustered firms. it is based on the assumption that environmental infrastructure sharing can improve the regional competitive advantage by reducing overall cost and improving environmental performance. in order to verify the ass...

the main objective of the present survey is to conduct a comparative analysis of the challenges of the performance evaluation system in two private and public sectors and their impact on effectiveness of human resources management practices. this survey was conducted using the field-descriptive method. the historical study method was used to collect theoretical subjects and the field study meth...