... results, co-ordinated and prepared the initial manuscript KSR and JA administered the survey GAM and EBJ reviewed the literature and edited the manuscript All authors read and approved the final ... 25.00% 30.00% Percentage of responses Figure Diagram2showing duration of time spent by overseas doctors in the UK Diagram showing duration of time spent by overseas doctors in the UK Number of respondents: ... estimated to be between ten thousand [4] and sixteen thousand [5] It is in this context that we undertook the study Our objective was to provide a self-reported training and employment profile of non-European...
... score and QT interval The bars show the distribution of the risk score classes (left axis) In pink, a plot of the risk score versus unstandardized QT residual is given, and the blue line shows ... contributions IMN and HS carried out statistical analysis and interpretation of the data YJ and IMN drafted the manuscript, which was critically revised by YJ, IMN and HS YJ, HS and TDS obtained ... doi:10.1186/gm156 Cite this article as: Jamshidi Y, et al.: Novel genes for QTc interval Howmuch heritability is explained, andhowmuch is left to find? Genome Medicine 2010, 2:35 ...
... hospitalisations were obtained and analysed Propensity-adjusted Cox proportional hazards regression models stratified by age subgroups were used to analyse endpoints of time to death andtime to hospital discharge ... to 4.05) and subsequently dying from ARDS (odds ratio 1.52, 95% credible interval 0.30 to 5.94) Note that credible intervals crossed and thus could not exclude a null effect However, when corticosteroids ... only on vascular surgery patients and in only one country in the world” However, patients in these series were predominantly undergoing major vascular surgery and had documented wall motion abnormalities...
... looks at how to de ne and understand your values and goals, how to achieve personal well-being, andhow to teach your children about money and happiness Chapter provides an overview of how to build ... Howmuch is enough?” Howmuch is enough money? Howmuch is enough time with your family? Howmuch is enough time to pursue your passions? Howmuch is enough to balance all areas of your life ... shareholders HOWMUCH IS ENOUGH? This book explores the key behaviors that contribute to happiness in life and nancial success It will show you how to become wealthier and more ful lled And it will...
... that show how humans have a poor perception of timeand are worse at remembering how they spend their time Because the typical executive is at the mercy of those he serves, the issue of time becomes ... on rules and scorekeeping, after which you’ll find sections devoted to management, biographies, and entrepreneurship We close with narratives and books on innovation and creativity and big ideas ... the Core SALES AND MARKETING RULES AND SCOREKEEPING - What the CEO Wants You to Know MANAGEMENT BIOGRAPHIES - A Business and Its Beliefs ENTREPRENEURSHIP NARRATIVES - The Lexus and the Olive Tree...
... bd1 and ed1 for one pair of columns, one containing the begin date of a time period and the other containing the end date of that time period, and bd2 and ed2 for columns defining a second time ... the same table, along with information about whenand for how long the original was thought to be correct, andwhen we finally realized it wasn’t and then did something about it Moreover, while ... colleges and corporate training programs Randy had been married to his wife Marina for over 30 years, and has children, Matt, Michelle and Nicolle He plays guitar and sings; he enjoys running, and...
... that much more elusive Chapters 4, 5, and address the whens, whats, and wheres: when to look, what to look for, and where you’re likely to find what you’re looking for Throughout these chapters (and ... segments, and asked the nonexperts to look at each segment twice: one time focusing on the man, and the other time focusing on the woman And what happened?” Gladwell asks rhetorically “This time ... make it.”20 Timeandtime again, I personally have witnessed how just discussing with managers and executives a few basic concepts about people assessment has allowed them to become much better...
... that much more elusive Chapters 4, 5, and address the whens, whats, and wheres: when to look, what to look for, and where you’re likely to find what you’re looking for Throughout these chapters (and ... Knowing When a Change Is Needed 85 CHAPTER FIVE What to Look For 117 CHAPTER SIX Where to Look: Inside and Out 157 CHAPTER SEVEN How to Appraise People 193 CHAPTER EIGHT How to Attract and Motivate ... tell you howandwhen to engage outside help, and I’ll explain why (at least in most companies) the decision to look only inside is a bad idea Most of the book is naturally about the hows of great...
... pattern, whether the answers are universal, and whether high performance is timely or timeless She concluded, however, that the quest did not seem to be hopeless, and that there appeared to be prospects ... conscious choice, and discipline.4 Collins and his team found overwhelming evidence that outstanding leadership and the ability to build superior executive teams were the two essential and foundational ... and the year before that and for the sixth time in the past decade And if you think that Fortune is unusual in singling out GE, think again GE also has ranked number one in the Financial Times’...
... colleagues when I became an executive search consultant some 20 years ago was that you get hired on experience and you get fired on personality What is personality, andhowmuch does it matter, and when? ... figure out where you stand Later chapters in this book will analyze in much more detail what to look for when making people decisions, where to look for candidates, andhow to appraise people ... hacking and cutting, especially in difficult times, or wantonly firing people without any thoughtful consideration To be rigorous means consistently applying exacting standards at all times and at...
... searches Notably, however, when candidates excelled in terms of IQ and relevant experience, but did not have a high level of EI, they failed 25 percent of the time! I found this startling, and illuminating ... cases These candidates turned out to be extremely successful, with a failure rate of only percent Stated slightly differently, when I went looking for candidates with outstanding EI and a very ... intelligence, management teams, and organizational and leadership factors that encourage and enhance emotional intelligence in an organization As we will see, I came to believe more and more fervently in...
... is not to think about candidates, but to think about people who may know the best candidates People waste too muchtime calling too many irrelevant candidates It makes much more sense to drum ... qualified candidates Some of the challenges include • Where to look: inside and out • How many to consider andwhen to stop • Dealing with the problem of mutual choices Where to look: inside and out ... candidates, benchmarking internal and external candidates, and knowing when to stop looking The Need to Benchmark As we saw in Chapter 2, the “performance spread” between a good and bad manager grows exponentially...
... competencies that predict outstanding performance in a job, and focus only on them, you will achieve much better assessments andmuch more powerful people decisions, and less work in the process ... all over the world, and our CEO, Dan Meiland By that time, we had conducted significant external and internal research, and were analyzing in detail what made for the outstanding performance of ... sensitivity analysis shows that an improvement in the quality of the assessments is more than three times more valuable than increasing the number of candidates generated, and more than six times more valuable...
... that in other organizations I could make at least three times as much money as I However, I tell myself that I make three times as much money, and I consciously decide to spend two-thirds out of ... stage or, even worse, when the hired candidate confronts the hard reality All too often, the company makes little or no effort to understand the candidate’s circumstances and motivations They ... critical step of selling a job is understanding the main motives and the primary concerns of the candidate, and checking for alignment between that reality and the reality of the job Some people...
... discipline and objectivity in assessing candidates—even when father assessed son Both showed courage and compassion In my estimation, that’s how they beat the odds cited in the McKinsey study And the ... same sentence: When we spend time with others, we experience them through the work of our mirror neurons, and by experiencing them, we understand them and bond with them Face time eyeball to ... analyzing and managing the company’s senior leaders The biotech CEOs said that they should have developed a better understanding of the abilities of the company, and spent more time diagnosing and...
... rapidly engulf apoptotic cells and thereby prevent the release of noxious intracellular compounds Although apoptosis and necrosis have been considered distinct and independent phenomena, the ... is presumably caused by hypoxia, mitochondrial dysfunction, and decreased ATP levels In line with this, Hofer and colleagues [1] show that the increased necrosis correlates with high lactate ... stress and phospholipase A2 Nat Immunol 2003, 4:387-393 Scott AM, Saleh M: The inflammatory caspases: guardians against infections and sepsis Cell Death Differ 2007, 14:2331 Döcke WD, Randow F,...
... If you are time rich and money poor, grow your own, make your own, cut up old jeans to make shorts, etc, search for good second hand shops. • If you are money rich andtime poor, be grateful and pay that little bit extra for ethically produced ... longer in demand and doesn’t have the time or financial backing to re‐train. As a result, she now struggles to make a living to support her family and has to rely on state handouts. ... crop, there are spindly coconut and orange trees, and tiny plots of groundnut and cassava. It would be impossible to spray one crop and not the other. Zinkponon, 33, ...
... applications Connect to corporate networks Watch television or on-demand movies Take and transmit pictures and short movies Locate family members and employees using GPS Cellular Telephone Applications (continued) ... (MTSO) – Link between the cellular network and the wired telephone world – Controls all transmitters and base stations How Cellular Telephony Works (continued) How Cellular Telephony Works (continued) ... other cells at the same time – Except in adjacent cells • Cell phones have special codes How Cellular Telephony Works (continued) How Cellular Telephony Works (continued) • When user moves within...