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Is the Law Doing Enough to Curb Excessive Directors’ Pay?
(2015)Reflects on whether existing powers given to shareholders by the Companies Act 2006 to control directors' excessive pay are adequate, or whether further reforms are needed. Highlights the grey areas surrounding the requirement ... -
Is the Morriston Occupational Therapy Outcome Measure (MOTOM) an appropriate tool for reablement services?
(2024-08-06)Introduction: The Care Act (2014) requires local authorities to provide reablement services but does not standardise how to do this, leading to different services utilising different outcome measures. This article investigates ... -
Is the Outflow from RT Vir Bipolar or Rotating
(Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2000)We present high angular resolution observations of H2O maser proper motions in the circumstellar envelope of the semi-regular variable RT Vir. The MERLIN observations, at 12-mas angular resolution, were used to map H2O ... -
Is the Rapid Decay Phase from High Latitude Emission?
(2009)There is good observationnal evidence that the Steep Decay Phase (SDP) that is observed in most Swift GRBs is the tail of the prompt emission. The most popular model to explain the SDP is Hight Latitude Emission (HLE). ... -
Is the Rapid Decay Phase from High Latitude Emission?
(American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2009)There is good observationnal evidence that the Steep Decay Phase (SDP) that is observed in most Swift GRBs is the tail of the prompt emission. The most popular model to explain the SDP is Hight Latitude Emission (HLE). ... -
Is the Urine Cannabinoid Level Measured via a Commercial Point-of-Care Semiquantitative Immunoassay a Cannabis Withdrawal Syndrome Severity Predictor?
(2020-12-03)Background: For cannabis-dependent subjects, the relationship between cannabis withdrawal syndrome (CWS) severity and the urine cannabinoid concentrations are unclear; we investigated this using a commercial point-of-care ... -
Is there a difference between the ability to kneel after unilateral and bilateral total knee replacement?
(2006)This study investigates the difference between the ability to kneel in patients after unilateral and bilateral total knee replacement. We used the Oxford knee questionnaire to assess knee function, and an additional question ... -
Is there a link between overactive bladder and the metabolic syndrome in women? : A systematic review of observational studies
(2015-01-28)To conduct a systematic review to determine whether there is an association between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) or overactive bladder (OAB) in women. We systematically reviewed English ... -
Is there a potential of misuse for Magnolia officinalis compounds/metabolites?
(2017-05-18)Objective: Magnolia bark contains magnolol, metabolized to tetrahydromagnolol and honokiol, with both GABA-ergic/cannabimimetic activities, hence of possible attraction to vulnerable individuals/recreational misusers. ... -
Is There a Potential of Misuse for Quetiapine?
(2018-02-01)Purpose/Background A recent years' increase in both prescribing and availability of second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) has been observed. According to the literature, typically made up by case studies/series, quetiapine ... -
Is there a potential of misuse for venlafaxine and bupropion?
(2018-03-21)Objective: Traditionally, studies on the nonmedical use of pharmaceutical products have focused on controlled substances; e.g. opiates/opioids; and benzodiazepines. Although both bupropion and venlafaxine have been reported ... -
Is there a rationale for rationing chronic dialysis? : A hospital based cohort study of factors affecting survival and morbidity
(1999-01-23)Objectives To determine factors influencing survival and need for hospitalisation in patients needing dialysis, and to define the potential basis for rationing access to renal replacement therapy. Design Hospital based ... -
Is there a recreational misuse potential for Pregabalin? : Analysis of anecdotal online reports in comparison with related Gabapentin and Clonazepam data
(2011)Background: Although pregabalin abuse potential is reportedly low, online data related to its recreational misuse potential have recently been identified. We aimed here at formally analysing pregabalin misuse web reports ... -
Is there a relationship between subacromial impingement syndrome and scapular orientation? A systematic review.
(2014-08-01)Background Alterations in scapular orientation and dynamic control, specifically involving increased anterior tilt and downward rotation, are considered to play a substantial role in contributing to a subacromial impingement ... -
Is There a Risk for Semaglutide Misuse? Focus on the Food and Drug Administration’s FDA Adverse Events Reporting System (FAERS) Pharmacovigilance Dataset
(2023-07-11)Recent media reports commented about a possible issue of the misuse of antidiabetics related to molecules promoted as a weight-loss treatment in non-obese people. We evaluated here available pharmacovigilance misuse/abuse ... -
Is there a role for oral triple therapy in patients with acute coronary syndromes without atrial fibrillation?
(2018)BACKGROUND: Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients, despite treatment with dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT), have up to 10% risk of recurrent major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in the short term. METHODS: Here we review ... -
Is there a synergetic link among coops? : Investigating the relationship between financial and non-financial cooperatives
(2010)Using Italian data for the period spanning from 1995 up to 2003, this paper empirically assesses whether a more diffused local presence of cooperative credit banks entails that a larger amount of bank credit is granted to ...