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The effects of selected neglected tropical diseases on economic performance at the macrolevel in Africa.
BMC Infect Dis
May 2024
PG Department of Economics, EKNM Government College Elerithattu, Elerithattu (PO), Kasaragod District, Kerala, 671314, India.
Background: Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) such as leprosy, lymphatic filariasis (LF), schistosomiasis and onchocerciasis are endemic in several African countries. These diseases can lead to severe pain and permanent disability, which can negatively affect the economic productivity of the affected person(s), and hence resulting into low economic performance at the macrolevel. Nonetheless, empirical evidence of the effects of these NTDs on economic performance at the macrolevel is sparse.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFModerating role of financial ratios in corporate social responsibility disclosure and firm value.
PLoS One
January 2020
Lahore Business School, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan.
This study investigates the link between corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure for multi-stakeholders and financial performance of a firm through accounting-based activities for CSR. A dataset of Chinese non-financial firms listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange from 2008 to 2012 is taken from the China Stock Market & Accounting Research database. The study compares different financial ratios of CSR disclosure and non-disclosure firms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe functionality and cost advantages of high-performance polymers.
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September 2003
DuPont Engineering Polymers, DuPont (UK) Ltd., Hemel Hempstead, UK.
Acetals remain extremely important for medical devices, particularly in gears, springs and other mechanisms, although going forward with progressively lower emission targets is likely to require a combination of low-emission grades and tighter processing controls. Nylon and PBT materials have a continued importance in achieving the combination of mechanical performance, biocompatibility (a range of grades are available that have been tested successfully against USP 23 Class VI) and sterilisation performance (dependent on grade and type of sterilisation). Materials such as liquid crystal polymer are progressively more important for their barrier properties, high temperature performance and all-round sterilisation performance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Ambulatory Care Medical Audit Demonstration Project. Research design.
Med Care
September 1996
Center for Quality of Care Research and Education, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
The authors describe the design of and statistical analyses involved in the Ambulatory Care Medical Audit Demonstration Project, which tested feasibility, cost, and effectiveness of cycles that met quality assurance requirements in eight pediatric and eight general medicine group practices at four teaching hospitals and six health centers. The authors used a concurrent crossover design using randomized cycles of quality assurance so that a practice was a control site for one guideline and an experimental site for another. For 12 months before and 18 months during and after quality assurance experimental interventions, the authors measured practitioner conformance to review criteria for patient-care guidelines believed to improve outcomes, including four internal medicine patient-care guidelines (ie, follow-up of low hematocrit, cancer screening for women, follow-up of high serum glucose, and monitoring of patients treated with digoxin) and four pediatric patient-care guidelines (ie, follow-up of positive urine cultures, screening for disease and immunizing infants, management of acute gastroenteritis, and management of acute ear infection).
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