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Risky Ventures: The Impact Of Irs Health Care Joint Venture Policy, Roger P. Meyers

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

IRS oversight of joint ventures between exempt and for-profit organizations has undergone substantial change over the past thirty years. This change has important consequences for the health care industry, where joint ventures have grown increasingly common. In the face of unclear guidance and aggressive enforcement of exemption-policing tools such as the private benefit doctrine and the control test, a hospital risks revocation of its tax-exempt status, or liability for unrelated business income tax, when it engages in a joint venture directly. It may be able to eliminate this risk by operating the same joint venture through a for-profit subsidiary; however, …

Annonçant La Section Française De L'Ajis, Bangaly Kaba, Victor Mbarika, Peter Meso

The African Journal of Information Systems

Announcement of the introduction of a French section of the AJIS which will accept submissions in French.

Analysis Of Ergonomics Workstation Layout Design Using Analytical Hierarchy Process, - Hartomo, Z. Taha, E.D. Hastutiningsih

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

Ergonomic workstation is an important component in a production line. Poor layout design of a workstation can have an adverse effect on a worker's performance. This paper presents a method for analyzing the layout design of a workstation using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). Three criterias and several sub criteria were identified. The criterions are the easiness of motion which consists of three sub criterions-working areas, position of tools, position of material; the comfort of work which consists of four sub criterions-temperature, light, working position, noise; and safety which consists of three sub criterions-safety, dust, smell. A case study was …

Cfd Simulation On The Thermal Comfort In A Library Building In The Tropics, Y.H. Yau, N.N.N. Ghazali, A. Badarudin, F.C. Goh

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

This paper presents a three-dimensional analysis for thermal comfort in a library. The room model includes library layout, equipment and peripheral positions as well as the positions of inlet and outlet air for IAQ controls. Cold clean air is supplied to the room through ceiling-mounted air grilles and exhausted through air grilles situated on the same ceiling. A commercial CFD package was used in this study to achieve solutions of the distribution of airflow velocity and temperature. Using high quality meshes is vital to the overall accuracy of the results. Simulation results show a good agreement with experimental data from …

Characterization Of Pvdf-Hfp-Licf3s03-Zr02 Nanocomposite Polymer Electrolyte Systems, S. Ibrahim, S.A. Hashim Ali, N.S. Mohamed

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

Nanocomposite polymer electrolytes were prepared by incorporating different amounts of zirconium oxide (Zr02) nanofiller to poly(vinylidene fluoride-co exafluoropropylene)-lithium trifluoromethane sulfonate (PVDF-HFP-LiCF3S03). X-ray diffraction (XRD) study has been carried out to investigate the structural features of the electrolyte films while a.c. impedance spectroscopy has been performed to investigate their electrical properties. The conductivity of nanocomposite polymer electrolyte systems is influenced by nanofiller concentration. The increase in conductivity is attributable to the increase in the fraction of amorphous region and the number of charge carriers and vice versa. The highest conductivity obtained is in the order of 10-3 S cm-1 for the …

Conductivity And Dynamic Mechanical Studies Of Pvc/Pema Blend Polymer Electrolytes, N.A. Zakaria, S.Y.S. Yahya, M.I.N. Isa, N.S. Mohamed, R.H.Y. Subban

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

The ionic conductivity and mechanical properties of poly (vinyl chloride) (PVC)/poly (ethyl methacrylate) (PEMA) polymer blends containing LiN(CF3S03h as doping salt has been studied using electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and Dynamic Modulus Analysis (DMA) as a function of polymer blend ratios and lithium salt concentration. The film with PVC/PEMA composition of 65 :35 obtained the highest conductivity with good transparency. DMA showed that both the storage modulus (E') and the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the PVC/PEMA is increased with PEMA concentration. In the case of PVC/PEMA-LiN(CF3S02)2 films, the conductivity was found to increase with concentration of salt added with …

Evaluation Of Corporate Initiatives In Ergonomics: Effectiveness Of Ergonomics Training In An Oil And Gas Refinery Company, Z. Taha, M.Z. Muhammad

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

Corporate initiatives in ergonomics refer to the initiatives taken by corporation to introduce and implement ergonomics program. It is highly desirable in order to achieve optimum performance of productivity and a quality of working life, especially in the increasing competitive global market where the survival of a corporation depends on how it responds to a highly dynamic and complex environment. Somehow, implementing corporate initiatives in ergonomics will not be easy. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to examine the correlation between corporate initiatives towards ergonomics and ergonomics training effectiveness. A Sociotechnical System (STS) as an open system approach on …

Forced Merger And Efficiency In Malaysian Banking, M.Z. Abd Karim, M.R. Bos Abdullah, S.G. Chan

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

This paper examine whether the so-called forced consolidation of the banking industry in Malaysia have increase the competitiveness of the Malaysian banks by analyzing the impact of mergers on bank efficiency. To achieve the objective, the study analyzed the performance of banks before and after the merger by estimating both cost and profit efficiency scores. The results show that only two out of the ten banks show significant improvement in the efficiency level after the merger. The results also indicate no significance difference in the efficiency level between the anchor banks and the target banks. The results suggest that the …

Low Cost Head Tracking System For A Desktop-Based Vr System Using Webcam, Hwa Jen Yap, Zahari Taha, Sock Wee Ng, Jouh Yeong Chew

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

With the advancement of computer technology, vision-based system has found various applications ranging from video surveillance, object recognition, industrial defect inspection and autonomous robots. The fundamental part for many computer vision tasks is object detection. This paper discusses the development of a low cost head tracking system for a Desktop-based VR System using a webcam. OpenCv' OpenGL and C/C++ are employed as the development tools for video acquisition, face detection and a virtual environment. At the first stage, a video stream of the webcam is captured. The face is detected by using the Haar-like feature method. Then, a computer vision …

Masyarakat Muslim Di Negara Brunei Darussalam: Kajian Mengenai Isu Dan Cabaran Dalam Pemikiran Islam Era Globalisasi, Wan Zailan Kamaruddin Wan Ali

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

Negara Brunei Darussalam has stated that it applies Melayu Islam Beraja as slogan and motto. The position and importance of Islam is understood as it is considered the official religion of the state. The status of Islam as clearly stated in the Constitution of Negara Brunei Darussalam (NBD) shows that its position is highly regarded by muslim society in Brunei. This article aims to study the major and minor issues related to Islam and the challenges towards Islam in the current situation. The findings are very important because it can be used as comparison to other countries in the region. …

The Mediating Role Of Export-Oriented Japanese Foreign Direct Investment In China, C.C. Yong, S.Y. Yew, P.L. Teh

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

Since the early nineties, China has become the largest destination of Japanese foreign direct investment (FDI). Observing this trend, we have analyzed whether Japanese FDI did promote exports from China to the rest of the world, and more importantly, whether this is a strategy adopted by Japanese multinationals to penetrate not only the Chinese market but also the global market. Our analysis takes into account, not only the direct effects of FDI on exports, but also the indirect effects, by examining the mediating role of export oriented Japanese FDI in China from 1998 to 2007 through panel analysis. The study …

Virtual R&D Teams In Small And Medium Enterprises: A Literature Review, N. Ale Ebrahim, S. Ahmed, Z. Taha

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the driving engine behind economic growth. While SMEs play a critical role in generating employment and supporting trade, they face numerous challenges, the prominent among them are the need to respond to fasting time-to-market, low-cost and rapid solutions to complex organizational problems. Towards that end, research and development (R & D) aspect deserves particular attention to promote and facilitate the operations of SMEs. Virtual R & D team could be a viable option. However, literature shows that virtual R & D teaming in SMEs is still at its infancy. This article provides a comprehensive …

The Current Situation Of The People With Mental Illness In The Traditional Healer Centers In Sudan, E.A. Sorketti, M.H. Habil

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

In Sudan traditional healing is the most prevalent method for the treatment of mentally sick people mostly due to lack of economic resources, inaccessibility of medical services, and lack of awareness among the population and the high prices of psychiatric services. Now University of Malaya, the leading research institute in Malaysia, is conducting a research in this area of mental health in Sudan, trying to explore more in this area of mental health and traditional healing.

Re-Envisioning The Dissertation Stage Of Doctoral Study: Traditional Mistakes With Non-Traditional Learners, Barbara Holmes, Angela D. Seay, Kimberly N. Wilson

Education Doctorate Faculty Works

Doctoral students discuss the shift from learning in isolation to collaborative learning during doctoral study. Pros and cons of learning in isolation and collaborative learning will be detailed with various types of collaboration being discussed.

Citation: Holmes, B. D., Seay, A. D., & Wilson, K. N. (2009). Re-Envisioning The Dissertation Stage Of Doctoral Study: Traditional Mistakes With Non-Traditional Learners. Journal of College Teaching & Learning (TLC), 6(8). https://doi.org/10.19030/tlc.v6i8.1109

Stakeholder Influence Strategies: Mobilizing For Collaboration, David Graham Hyatt

Student Scholarship

Environmental nongovernmental organizations (ENGOs) increasingly use cross- sector collaborative relationships to influence the behavior of business organizations in support of their mission and interests. Whereas existing stakeholder literature tends to portray ENGO–business relationships as adversarial, with an emphasis on the extent to which an ENGO can influence a firm through power relations or behavioral characteristics, these parties actually rely on collaboration to achieve their mutual goals. From a stakeholder perspective, how do ENGOs that seek collaborative engagement achieve legitimacy with their potential firm partners? Qualitative research involving 14 ENGOs reveals at least three mechanisms: creating corporate engagement units, networks, or …

Road Show (Review), Alisa Roost

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of Three Computational Procedures For Solving The Number Of Factors Problem In Exploratory Factor Analysis, Adam Vincent Piccone

Dissertations

Three computational solutions to the number of factors problem were investigated over a wide variety of typical psychometric situations using Monte Carlo simulated population matrices with known characteristics. The standard error scree, the minimum average partials test, and the technique of parallel analysis were evaluated head-to-head for accuracy. The question of using principal components-based eigenvalues versus common factors-based eigenvalues in the analyses was also investigated. As a benchmark, the commonly used eigenvalues-greater-than-one criterion was included. Across all conditions, the principal components-based version of parallel analysis was found to most accurately recover dimensionality using sample correlation matrices drawn from populations with …

Center For Terrorism Law: Monthly Activity Report, 2009-12, St. Mary's University School Of Law Center For Terrorism Law

Monthly Report

No abstract provided.

Non-Target Effects Of The 'Push-Pull' Habitat Management Strategy: Parasitoid Activity And Soil Fauna Abundance, Charles A.O. Midega, Zeyaur R. Khan, Johnnie Van Den Berg, Callistus K.P.O. Ogol, Toby J. Bruce, John A. Pickett

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

We assessed the non-target effects of a habitat management system ('push-pull') on maize stemborer specialist natural enemy activity and soil Collembola. Two study sites in western Kenya were sampled. There were two treatments at each site, maize monocrop and 'push-pull'. The latter comprised an intercrop of maize and Desmodium, Desmodium uncinatum Jacq., with Napier grass, Pennisetum purpureum (Schumach), as a trap crop planted around the edge of the plot (spaced 1 m from main crop). Trichogramma spp. were recovered from stemborer eggs while Cotesia sesamiae and Cotesia flavipes were recovered from stemborer larvae, and Dentichasmias busseolae from pupae. Mean number …

Geometry Of Control-Affine Systems, Jeanne N. Clelland, Christopher G. Moseley, George R. Wilkens

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

Motivated by control-affine systems in optimal control theory, we introduce the notion of a point-affine distribution on a manifold X - i.e., an affine distribution F together with a distinguished vector field contained in F. We compute local invariants for point-affine distributions of constant type when dim(X) = n, rank(F) = n - 1, and when dim(X) = 3, rank(F) = 1. Unlike linear distributions, which are characterized by integer- valued invariants - namely, the rank and growth vector - when dim(X) ≤ 4, we find local invariants depending on arbitrary functions even for rank 1 point-affine distributions on manifolds …

Editors’ Comments, Michael James, Joseph M. O’Keefe, Lorraine Ozar

Journal of Catholic Education

No abstract provided.

Developing An Early Childhood Teacher Workforce Development Strategy For Rural And Remote Communities, Anne Price, Elizabeth Jackson-Barrett

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

The North West Early Childhood and Primary Teacher Workforce Development Strategy offers students in the Pilbara and Kimberley the opportunity to enrol in a Western Australian University’s fully accredited Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood and Primary) part time and externally – so they can continue to live and work in their communities. The Western Australian Department of Education and Training (WA DET) and the Commonwealth Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) have funded the project, enabling the University to provide mentoring support and provision for Recognition of Prior Learning, on a case-by-case basis, depending on their individual …

Transit “Pass-Through” Lanes At Freeway Interchanges: A Life-Cycle Evaluation Methodology, Michael Mandelzys, Bruce Hellinga

Journal of Public Transportation

Transit “pass-through” lanes provide transit vehicle priority at freeway interchanges. “Pass-through” lanes allow a transit vehicle to exit the freeway at an interchange, cross straight through the intersecting arterial road, and re-enter the freeway. This treatment allows transit vehicles to bypass congestion on the mainline between the beginning of the off-ramp and the end of the on-ramp. This paper outlines a methodology to evaluate if transit “pass-through” lanes are economically justified at a given interchange and provides a method for prioritizing candidate locations. The methodology provides an objective and consistent decision making method, reduces the effort required for practitioners to …

Design Of Transit Signal Priority At Signalized Intersections With Queue Jumper Lanes, Guangwei Zhou, Albert Gan

Journal of Public Transportation

A queue jumper lane is a special bus preferential treatment that combines a short stretch of a special lane with a transit signal priority (TSP) to allow buses to bypass waiting queues of traffic and then to cut out in front of the queue by getting an early green signal. This paper first proposes a signal control design for queue jumper lanes with actuated TSP strategies and then compares its performance with that of the general actuated mixed-lane TSP. Different design alternatives were evaluated in the VISSIM microscopic simulation. The results show that the proposed TSP with queue jumper lanes …

Full Issue 12(4)

Journal of Public Transportation

No abstract provided.

Reputation, Information And The Organization Of The Judiciary, Nuno Garoupa, Tom Ginsburg

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

No abstract provided.

Espeleorevista Puerto Rico, No. 1, July-December 2009, José Luis Gomez, Manuel Jiménez

KIP Articles

Contents: Historia de la FEPUR / Abel Vale Nieves -- Congreso 2007, un Hito en la Historia Espeleológica de Puerto Rico: I Congreso de la FEPUR y V Congreso de la FEALC / Abel Vale Nieves -- Estudio de la Hidráulica y Movimiento de las Aguas en los Sistemas de Cuevas de Río Encantado y Vientos / José Morales, Anthony Castro -- Resolución para la Protección de Punta Verraco, Punta Ventanas y Cerro Toro -- DRNA Completa Estudio del Carso y Presenta al Público / Mildred Guzmán -- Espeleonoticias y Eventos

Teaching Without Infringement: A New Model For Educational Fair Use , David A. Simon

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Public As Creator And Infringer: Copyright Law Applied To The Creators Of User-Generated Video Content , David E. Ashley

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Ottoman And Republican Turkish Labour History: An Introduction, Touraj Atabaki, Gavin D. Brockett

History Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.