Frequency and classification of errors in laboratory medicine at a veterinary teaching hospital in the United States

This article explores the role of Japanese merchants within American art and collecting circles and analyzes the ways in which the construction of “Asianness” and, in particular, “Japaneseness” became intertwined with the classification of Asian art. In order to reconstitute the market for high art and to create their own positionalities as legitimate cultural intermediaries, Asian art dealers such as Bunkio Matsuki (1867–1940) and Sadajiro Yamanaka (1866–1936) used their connections to Japan as cultural capital. Ultimately, their experiences illuminate the complexities of the reconceptualization of ethnic–racial identities through the lens of aesthetic discourses.

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Abstract WP209: Trends in Mortality, Length of Stay and Effect of Teaching Hospital Status in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Patients in the United States From 2000-2014

Stroke ◽

10.1161/str.50.suppl_1.wp209 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 50 (Suppl_1) ◽

Author(s):

Prashanth Rawla ◽

Anantha Vellipuram ◽

Krishna Chaitanya Thandra

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage ◽

Length Of Stay ◽

Teaching Hospital ◽

The United States

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Assessing the Correlation of Culture With Business Ethics of Company Managers in the United States and Mexico

Ethical Standards and Practice in International Relations - Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-2650-6.ch004 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 73-99

Author(s):

Mark A. Anderson

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

National Culture ◽

The United States ◽

Business Managers ◽

Ethical Attitudes ◽

Cultural Elements ◽

Management Scholar ◽

Significant Difference

Observable harm has been inflicted upon business by unethical decisions and misconduct. Much of this phenomenon can be traced to impoverished ethical attitudes. Among the various reasons for this problem is that of a manager's culture, which has a distinct influence on attitudes and behaviors. The purpose of this chapter was to determine, through empirical data, whether differences rooted in culture significantly contribute to differences in ethical attitudes. Management scholar Geert Hofstede's classification of cultural elements for understanding and explaining aspects of national culture was correlated with the ethical attitudes of business managers in the two national cultures of the United States and Mexico. Results indicated a significant positive relationship between national culture and ethical attitudes and the dultural dimensions of uncertainty avoidance, masculinity, and long-term orientation. A significant difference in ethical attitudes between managers from the United States and Mexico was also found.

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Influence of the syringe model on the results of the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation initiative flow test

Revista CEFAC ◽

10.1590/1982-021620182031818 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

pp. 382-387 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Roberto Oliveira Dantas ◽

Luciana Oliveira

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Potassium Chloride ◽

Flow Rate ◽

Barium Sulfate ◽

Xanthan Gum ◽

The United States ◽

Flow Test ◽

Food Thickener

ABSTRACT Objective: to investigate whether two different syringes yield different results in the International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative (IDDSI) flow test to evaluate liquid consistency. Methods: two 10-mL syringes (Bencton and Dickinson, manufactured in the United States, and Saldanha Rodrigues, manufactured in Brazil) were compared. Flow rate of water added with food thickener (maltodextrin, xanthan gum and potassium chloride) at three concentrations, and of barium sulfate at three concentrations was measured immediately after preparation and at 8 hours and 24 hours thereafter. Results: flow rate of both water and barium sulfate was higher with the Bencton and Dickinson syringe, with discrepancies between the two syringes in the classification of fluid consistency according to the IDDI framework. Conclusion: in the evaluation of the consistency of liquids by the IDDSI flow test, a Bencton and Dickinson syringe should be used, following the recommendations of the IDDSI group.

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Silos and First Movers in the Sharing Economy Debates

Law & Ethics of Human Rights ◽

10.1515/lehr-2019-2003 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 61-96

Author(s):

Diane M. Ring

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Path Dependence ◽

The United States ◽

Sharing Economy ◽

Policy Formulation ◽

Independent Contractor ◽

Independent Contractors ◽

Tax Legislation ◽

First Mover

Abstract Over the past few years, a significant global debate has developed over the classification of workers in the sharing economy either as independent contractors or as employees. While Uber and Lyft have dominated the spotlight lately, the worker classification debates extend beyond ridesharing companies and affect workers across a variety of sectors. Classification of a worker as an employee, rather than an independent contractor, can carry a range of implications for worker treatment and protections under labor law, anti-discrimination law, tort law, and tax law, depending on the legal jurisdiction. The debates, at least in the United States, have been incomplete due to the failure of policy makers and advocates to consider the scope and interconnectedness of the worker classification issues across the full sweep of legal arenas. There is time, however, to remedy the incompleteness of these policy conversations before worker classification decisions ossify and path dependence takes hold. Two interacting forces create the most serious risk for inadequate policy formulation: (1) silos among legal experts, and (2) first-mover effects. Both of these factors, silo and first mover, emerge in sharing economy debates in the United States. Tax experts and other legal specialists operate in distinct silos leading to a misunderstanding by non-tax analysts of the tax ramifications of worker classification, and to an under appreciation on the part of tax experts of the potential influence of “modest” tax rule changes on worker classification generally. The risks of such misunderstandings can be amplified by first-mover efforts, such as: (1) platforms’ contractual designation of workers as independent contractors to bolster a claim of nonemployer/nonemployee status; (2) platforms’ support for proposed tax legislation that would “clarify” the status of sharing workers as independent contractors for tax purposes if they satisfy a multiple-prong (relatively easy) safe harbor test; and (3) sharing economy worker litigation to secure employee status. This Article identifies the incompleteness in the worker classification debates and argues for the active formulation of policy through a process that looks beyond individual fields. A more complete conversation requires analytical engagement across multiple fields and recognition of the de facto power of reform in one arena to influence others. Moreover, it is by no means clear that just because tax might arrive at the legislative drawing table first (due to first mover effects), that it should drive or shape the broader worker classification debate.

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