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Joint Audit: Issues and Challenges for Researchers and Policy-Makers
2013
International audience; The publication of the European Commission Green Paper, ‘Audit Policy: Lessons from the Crisis’ in October 2010, has stirred up a lively debate on the role of joint audits. This literature review identifies and evaluates, for the benefit of future research and regulators, existing evidence about joint audits. We find limited empirical support to suggest that joint audits lead to increased audit quality, but some empirical support to suggest that joint audits lead to additional costs. Overall, this paper indicates that joint audit should be seen as a mechanism that is embedded in a broader institutional context and not be considered in isolation from other factors tha…
Disciplinary Sanctions and Audit Quality: Empirical Evidence from an External Oversight System
2010
This paper provides empirical evidence on the impact of disciplinary sanctions on audit quality, based on the external oversight system set up in Spain in the early nineties. Specifically, we examine the effects of the sanctions imposed by the Institute of Accounting and Auditing (ICAC), a government regulatory agency independent from the auditing industry. To proxy for audit quality, two client-specific earnings quality indicators are considered; i.e. the likelihood of loss reporting and abnormal accruals. According to our results, the Spanish external oversight system does not penalise isolated but structural audit malpractice, since sanctioned auditors exhibit lower average audit quality…
Emerging Standards and the Hybrid Model for Organizing Scientific Events During and After The COVID-19 Pandemic
2020
AbstractSince the beginning of 2020, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has dramatically influenced almost every aspect of human life. Activities requiring human gatherings have either been postponed, canceled, or held completely virtually. To supplement lack of in-person contact, people have increasingly turned to virtual settings online, advantages of which include increased inclusivity and accessibility and a reduced carbon footprint. However, emerging online technologies cannot fully replace in-person scientific events. In-person meetings are not susceptible to poor Internet connectivity problems, and they provide novel opportunities for socialization, creating new collaboratio…
Polygenic association between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder liability and cognitive impairments.
2022
AbstractBackgroundA recent genome-wide association study (GWAS) identified 12 independent loci significantly associated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Polygenic risk scores (PRS), derived from the GWAS, can be used to assess genetic overlap between ADHD and other traits. Using ADHD samples from several international sites, we derived PRS for ADHD from the recent GWAS to test whether genetic variants that contribute to ADHD also influence two cognitive functions that show strong association with ADHD: attention regulation and response inhibition, captured by reaction time variability (RTV) and commission errors (CE).MethodsThe discovery GWAS included 19 099 ADHD cases …
Pour une nouvelle planification hospitalière (une estimation des besoins hospitaliers en Bourgogne)
1998
Alors que l'approche institutionnelle de la planification sanitaire cible l'évolution du besoin en soins hospitaliers, c'est à dire en inputs, l'approchepopulationnelle part du besoin de santé global de la population, dont la satisfaction constitue l'output du processus de soins. La modélisation présentée dans cet article procède d'une telle logique populationnelle. Elle cherche à estimer le nombre de lits hospitaliers nécessaires et suffisants pour couvrir l'ensemble des besoins de la population d'une zone donnée, à partir des caractéristiques démographiques et des modes de recours à l'hospitalisation.La détermination des besoins par zone est susceptible d'entraîner une nouvelle allocation…
Segmentación y comportamiento de lealtad de los pacientes: un análisis clúster en los departamentos de salud de la Comunidad Valenciana
2018
Resumen En un marco sanitario de fragmentación territorial y cohabitación de gestión pública con colaboración público-privada, tiene sentido analizar y clasificar los departamentos sanitarios, atendiendo a múltiples objetivos: conocer el comportamiento real de los pacientes cuando pueden elegir dónde ser atendidos, adaptar la cartera de servicios a las preferencias del paciente y organizar la asistencia sanitaria desde una óptica territorial, considerando si afecta el modelo de gestión. Se utilizan datos secundarios (más de dos millones) en la Comunidad Valenciana, con un análisis clúster del comportamiento de lealtad (captación, retención y deserción). Esta metodología permite la reagrupac…
Does an early onset and continuous chain of rehabilitation improve the long-term functional outcome of patients with severe traumatic brain injury?
2012
Published version of an article published in the journal: Journal of Neurotrauma. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/neu.2011.1811 There are currently no international guidelines regarding treatment in the early rehabilitation phase for persons with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), and only a few studies have investigated the effect of integrating rehabilitation into acute TBI care. The aim of the study was to evaluate whether a continuous chain of rehabilitation that begins with the acute phase could improve the functional outcome of severe TBI patients, compared to a broken chain of rehabilitation that starts in the sub-acute phase of TBI. A total of 61 su…
Effekt av en klynge-randomisert kontrollert intervensjon på fysisk aktvitetsnivå blant ungdom i Sør-Norge
2012
Masteroppgave i idrettsvitenskap- Universitetet i Agder 2012 Introduction: Physical activity every day plays an important role in growth, maturation and in keeping in good health throughout your adolescent and adult life. However, only 50 % of Norwegian 15-year-olds achieve the recommended 60 minutes of daily physical activity. Objective: Evaluate the effectiveness of a three hour seminar to promote physical activity among 15- to 17-year-olds in the south of Norway. Method: This study is designed as a cluster randomized controlled trial. Questionnaires were completed at baseline, after two weeks (posttest 1) and after three months (posttest 2). A total of 2362 students in the South of Norwa…
Economy, Management and Education beyond Twentieth Century
2014
Abstract In history, people with a high level of education have had a good living standard. The education is responsible for: structure of consumption, public health, standard of living. When the education level decreases occurring phenomena that manifest in today's Romania: snobbery extremely expensive and spread; the society appear ill at large percentages of people; poor health services; corruption is expanded and public money is not used in the interests of community. Further reasoning leads us inevitably to the dissolution of the society and a possible disappearance or change of state. Not ruled out the option of a totalitarian society.
Relationships between burnout and role ambiguity, role conflict and employee absenteeism among health workers
2014
The aim of this research was to analyze the influence of some psychosocial risk factors in the development of burnout and to analyze the influence of this phenomenon on employee absenteeism. The study sample included 142 health care workers. The data analysis included descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression models. The results confirmed the influence of role ambiguity and role conflict on burnout [F (2.139) = 26.720; p < .001], but the influence of burnout on employee absenteeism was not confirmed. However, a significant and positive relationship has been shown between burnout and employee absenteeism (ß = 0.197; p < .05). In conclusion, the findings of this study support the …