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In this article... A seasoned health care turnaround expert offers tips and advice for leaders who are new to the role of professional fixer, or those who want to move [...]

Interview with Dr. Hanns C. Schroeder-Hohenwarth President, Association of German Banks 1) Profitability of German banks appears to continue unabated. What are the main contributing factors? 1985 was a good [...]

Organizations often hide creativity and talent. This paper describes how to make engineers active in the field of intrapreneurship within large firms where they often are employed in R&D. This development is seen, in Europe at least, most desirable by the companies today. Technology has an extensive impact on the society and economy nowadays, and it is important to study how technological innovations appear and who is behind them. Entrepreneurship and organizational intrapreneurship are, in many cases, the basis of technological innovations and firm renewal. Engineers are the company's special professional workforce that has the role to produce and develop innovations. Since the world of high-tech companies needs the cooperation of many experts, engineers must be able to cooperate well with other fields of expertise such as marketing, research and development as well as external suppliers and service providers. Also, innovations today often ask not only for unique technical knowledge but also social knowledge to make these innovations meaningful. In this sense, social innovation parallels technical innovation. Thus, in this paper we explore the origins of the intrapreneurship capacity in engineering settings of hightech firms, thereby concentrating on three issues: Who is the intrapreneur and the engineer-intrapreneur in particular? What kind of managerial and organizational support is required to facilitate the intrapreneur's upcoming? What are the educational and work related consequences for practical intrapreneurship tool development? Keywords: Intrapreneurship; Innovation; Culture; R&D; Engineers

A retrospective review of isoimmunized pregnancies to determine the neonatal outcomes of pregnancies that were managed by middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity (MCA PSV) measurement is presented. Findings suggest that MCA PSV measurements may also be an indicator of the severity of fetal/neonatal involvement and may identify those infants at increased risk of complications in the neonatal period.

To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2008.03.033 Byline: Herman L. Hedriana, Jan M. Lanouette, Hanns C. Haesslein, Lynn K. McLean Keywords: cerclage; cervical length; chorioamnionitis; preterm Abstract: The objective of the study was to determine the value of serial ultrasonographic cervical length (CL) measurements after cerclage to predict preterm delivery. Author Affiliation: Sacramento Maternal-Fetal Medicine Medical Group Inc, Sacramento, CA. Article History: Received 16 October 2007; Revised 20 January 2008; Accepted 10 March 2008 Article Note: (footnote) Cite this article as: Hedriana HL, Lanouette JM, Haesslein HC, et al. Is there value for serial ultrasonographic assessment of cervical lengths after a cerclage? Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008;198:705.e1-705.e6. Reprints not available from the authors.

2021 SEP 25 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Researchers detail new data in Oncology - Prostate Cancer. According to news [...]