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Benefitting from corporate social responsibility reports : examining the practices among European financial institurions
2016
Accountability of Corporate Boards in Finland
2016
This paper focuses on accountability and reporting from a corporate governance (CG) perspective. Drawing on a theoretical framework, empirical analysis was conducted on a dataset collected using a questionnaire implemented with a sample of board members of Finnish listed companies. We had two study questions. 1) To whom are the board members accountable? and 2) What information is required to deliver adequate reporting to meet accountability requirements? The findings show that board members are accountable to shareholders and stakeholders, and their accountability encompasses responsibilities to society and the environment. They see that current financial reporting does not provide suffici…
Referee Bias in Professional Football: Favoritism Toward Successful Teams in Potential Penalty Situations
2020
Past studies have indicated that multiple factors may influence sport referees' decisions, such as pressure from spectators and athletes' reputation. Grounded in the social impact theory framework, this study examined whether Norwegian Premier League (NPL) referees are biased by a team's success when awarding penalties. Using video footage (similar to video assistant referees), an expert panel (EP) of four NPL referees evaluated all potential penalty situations (N = 43) involving either of two successful teams during an entire NPL season. Fifty-five potential penalty situations from matches without successful teams were also rated. Overall, the match referees identified 73.3% (22 of 30) of …
Fragmentation du combustible nucléaire UO2 en environnement oxydant : Etude cinétique et phénoménologique
2006
Une des voies envisagées pour apporter de la flexibilité à la gestion du combustible UO2 usé/irradié est son entreposage à sec. Ce mode de gestion pose en particulier la question de la tenue du combustible en cas de scénario accidentel qui entraînerait la mise à l'air des pastilles de UO2. La cinétique d'oxydation et la phénoménologie de la fragmentation de UO2 entre 250 et 330°C ont été étudiées à partir de vieillissements sous O2 et sous air de monocristaux et de fragments de pastilles de combustible non irradiés. En environnement oxydant, l'initiation de la fissuration semble due à la relaxation des contraintes de traction induites par la contraction du réseau cristallin lors de la crois…
Cathodal occipital tDCS is unable to modulate the sound induced flash illusion in migraine
2019
Migraine is a highly disabling disease characterized by recurrent pain. Despite an intensive effort, mechanisms of migraine pathophysiology still represent an unsolved issue. Evidence from both animal and human studies suggests that migraine is characterized by hyperresponsivity or hyperexcitability of sensory cortices, especially the visual cortex. This phenomenon, in turn, may affect multisensory processing. Indeed, migraineurs present with an abnormal, reduced, perception of the Sound-induced Flash Illusion (SiFI), a crossmodal illusion that relies on optimal integration of visual and auditory stimuli by the occipital visual cortex. Decreasing visual cortical excitability with transcrani…
Beals–Hecht syndrome and choroidal neovascularization
2010
Purpose: To describe a case of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in a female diagnosed with Beals–Hecht syndrome. Methods: A retrospective, interventional case is described in a 26-year-old female complaining of metamorphopsia and visual loss in her left eye (counting fingers). The fluorescein angiogram and the optical coherence tomography supported the diagnosis of CNV. Intravitreal ranibizumab was administered. Results: After the third intravitreal ranibizumab, her visual acuity improved to 0.8 and the morphology of the macular area was restored. Conclusions: To our knowledge this is the first report of CNV in Beals–Hecht syndrome treated with ranibizumab. Self-monitoring by periodically…
Testing chemical carcinogenicity by using a transcriptomics HepaRG-based model?
2014
The EU FP6 project carcinoGENOMICS explored the combination of toxicogenomics and in vitro cell culture models for identifying organotypical genotoxic- and non-genotoxic carcinogen- specific gene signatures. Here the performance of its gene classifier, derived from exposure of metabolically competent human HepaRG cells to prototypical non-carcinogens (10 compounds) and hepatocarcinogens (20 compounds), is reported. Analysis of the data at the gene and the pathway level by using independent biostatistical approaches showed a distinct separation of genotoxic from non-genotoxic hepatocarcinogens and non-carcinogens (up to 88 % correct prediction). The most characteristic pathway responding to …
Análisis clínico y valoración de las alteraciones fonéticas, musculares y deglución atípica en pacientes infantiles
2017
El avance de la odontología y su vinculación con otras disciplinas, como es el caso de la logopedia, ha originado un área de investigación en la infancia que tiene como resultado la prevención de patologías y el adecuado desarrollo del niño/a. Las ciencias odontológicas se encargan del estudio, diagnóstico, tratamiento y prevención de las enfermedades del aparato estomatognático. La logopedia es una ciencia que se dedica al estudio de la comunicación. Como disciplina se ocupa de la prevención, evaluación e intervención de los trastornos de la voz, el habla, el lenguaje, la audición y la deglución. REVISIÓN DE LA LITERATURA Desde mediados del siglo XX numerosos autores estudiaron la importan…
Five insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
2020
The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019 provides a rules-based synthesis of the available evidence on levels and trends in health outcomes, a diverse set of risk factors, and health system responses. GBD 2019 covered 204 countries and territories, as well as first administrative level disaggregations for 22 countries, from 1990 to 2019. Because GBD is highly standardised and comprehensive, spanning both fatal and non-fatal outcomes, and uses a mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive list of hierarchical disease and injury causes, the study provides a powerful basis for detailed and broad insights on global health trends and emerging challenges. GBD …
Accidental poisoning with Aconitum: Case report and review of the literature
2020
Abstract Aconitine intoxication by ingestion of Aconitum roots can lead to ventricular tachycardia and cardiac arrest and provides an example of the potential effect of self‐medication. Educational campaigns should be implemented to contain acute intoxications caused by herbal‐derived products.