This study was designed to investigate practical and effective methods of increasing reading compliance, reading comprehension, and metacognitive reading strategies in the college classroom. Participants were recruited from Delta State University, a small university located in Cleveland, MS. There were 148 students who completed the study. 50% of these participants were Caucasian and 42% were African American. The average age of the participant was 20.0 years of age. Students were primarily freshman and sophomore undergraduate students taking a Psychology course. The following instruments were used during the course of this study: The Nelson Denny Reading Test, The College Textbook Questionnaire, The Survey of Reading Compliance (pretest and posttest), two teacher-made comprehension tests, and the Metacognitive Reading Strategies Questionnaire (pretest and posttest). The independent variables in this study were the threat of the Monte Carlo quiz and the availability of the Reader’s Guide. Dependent variables included the scores from the Survey of Reading Compliance (pretest and posttest), scores from the comprehension (pretest and posttest), and scores from the Metacognitive Reading Strategies (pretest and posttest). Results from this study suggested that the majority of college undergraduates reported reading their course textbook 2 hours or less per week. According to the results from the Nelson Denny Reading Test, undergraduates scored relatively high on comprehension. However, performance on the teacher-made comprehension tests based on textbook material was very low. The Metacognitive Reading Strategies Questionnaire suggested that undergraduates are utilizing some basic metacognitive reading strategies, but do not use more sophisticated strategies. The threat of the Monte Carlo quiz had no statistically significant effect on reading compliance, comprehension, or metacognitive reading strategies. The Reader’s Guide did not have a statistically significant effect on reading compliance or comprehension. However, students exposed to the Reader’s Guide experienced a statistically significant increase in the use of metacognitive strategies.

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Due to recent events in corporate America, including the recent Enron scandal and numerous cases of insider trading, the public's faith in the fairness of the stock markets has been shaken. The current study suggests that public relations efforts that are designed to increase the public's perception of the integrity of United States stock markets and lower public cynicism toward insider trading may be fruitful. The contributions of this study are to identify what leads to insider trading and thereby identify methods to reduce it. Graduate student subjects are used to test the relationship between the intent to trade based on insider information and the deterrents and motivations for insider trading. The results of the study indicate that gain, certainty, cynicism, guilt, social stigma, and agreement with the law have a significant effect on an individual's intent to take part in insider trading. The results do not provide conclusive support that increasing severity of punishment decreases the likelihood of trading based on insider information. The results also show that there are differences in the perceptions of male and female respondents with regard to the deterrence variables. Identifying what situations are more likely to lead to insider trading allows policymakers to design more efficient detection efforts. This study finds that subjects' are more inclined to trade based on insider information to avoid a loss on stock they currently own than to achieve an abnormal gain by purchasing a stock that they do not currently own. This study finds that the intent to take part in insider trading increases as the perception of likelihood of getting caught decreases. The results indicate that subjects are more willing to use insider information when it is from a friend because their likelihood of getting caught is lower. This is important for two reasons. If the incidence of insider trading is higher in situations that involve second hand knowledge, then detection efforts become more complicated. Also, the presence of insider trading may be significantly higher than current detection efforts indicate because these cases are hard to detect. / Ph. D.

Small nonprofit organizations (NPOs) are at higher risk of having their IRS tax-exempt status revoked due to a lack of funding, governance, and structure. Organizations that fail to file an annual information return or notice for three consecutive years automatically lose their tax-exempt status by revocation. In May 2020, the IRS revoked the status of more than 30,000 NPOs for failing to file tax returns. This research contributes to the very limited number of qualitative studies on nonprofit leaders' knowledge of federal compliance, which is unknown and may contribute to small nonprofits losing their IRS-exempt status. This qualitative study examines the perceptions of nonprofit leaders of small organizations whose IRS tax-exempt status was revoked. A qualitative study was conducted between June 2023 and May 2024. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with purposefully selected ten nonprofit leaders until theoretical data saturation was reached. Inductive thematic analysis was used to identify key themes and develop a conceptual model. This study identified key themes regarding motivations, formation processes, leadership dynamics, and organizational learning that help explain why NPOs are revoked. The Agency, Governance, Stakeholder, and Public Choice Theory will help us understand how small NPOs are significantly determined by the founders' initial readiness to address administrative, legal, and operational challenges. The leaders, driven by personal experiences and a desire to address community needs, often launched their organizations with passionate commitment but insufficient knowledge of the complex administrative and legal requirements. The findings offer valuable insights into the critical factors influencing nonprofit compliance and provide recommendations for future leaders to mitigate common challenges and reduce revocation.

1 ABSTRACT PATIENTS' ATTITUDES TO PHARMACOTHERAPY OF OSTEOPOROSIS Author: Hana Theimerová Supervisor: Magda Vytřísalová Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy INTRODUCTION: Patients' attitudes to treatment might be affected by various factors. These may vary in different generations as well as in different populations. The patients' attitudes to the treatment along with the illness may affect decision concerning the beginning, interruption or end of the treatment. That implies that the interaction between these factors and attitudes to the treatment is comprehensive. AIMS: The study aim was to evaluate the patients' attitudes to the treatment of osteoporosis based on the perception of necessity and concerns of treatment with oral bisphosphonates (BIS). METHODS: Data for the analysis were obtained using an anonymous questionnaire in five outpatient centres in the Czech Republic from November 2012 to March 2013. The patients' opinions concerning the BIS treatment were identified (necessity vs. concerns) using the Czech version of the "Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire Specific" (BMQ-CZ). RESULTS: A total of 363 patients were involved in the analysis (mean age 68.9 years). Patients were treated with once a week dosing forms of BIS -...

Wu Yan Fei. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 161-189). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1. --- BACKGROUND --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Hong Kong health care system --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Medication compliance and treatment responses --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- Definition of compliance --- p.5 / Chapter 1.3.1 --- Compliance --- p.5 / Chapter 1.3.2 --- Adherence --- p.6 / Chapter 1.3.3 --- Concordance --- p.7 / Chapter 1.4 --- Definitions of satisfactory compliance --- p.9 / Chapter 1.5 --- Importance of compliance --- p.10 / Chapter 1.6 --- Non-compliance as a behavioral disease --- p.12 / Chapter 1.6.1 --- Disease manifestation (Patterns of non-compliance) --- p.12 / Chapter 1.6.2 --- Prevalence/Epidemiology (Rate of non-compliance) --- p.14 / Chapter 1.6.3 --- Diagnosis (Detecting non-compliance) --- p.15 / Chapter 1.6.3.1 --- Direct methods --- p.16 / Chapter 1.6.3.1.1 --- Use of biological fluids --- p.17 / Chapter 1.6.3.1.2 --- Biological surrogate (Drug) markers --- p.18 / Chapter 1.6.3.1.3 --- Pharmacological indicators --- p.20 / Chapter 1.6.3.2 --- Indirect methods --- p.22 / Chapter 1.6.3.2.1 --- Self-report / Direct questioning --- p.24 / Chapter 1.6.3.2.2 --- Pill counts --- p.25 / Chapter 1.6.3.2.3 --- Diaries --- p.27 / Chapter 1.6.3.2.4 --- Electronic monitoring --- p.27 / Chapter 1.6.3.2.5 --- Physician estimates --- p.31 / Chapter 1.6.3.2.6 --- Outcome measurement and clinical judgment --- p.32 / Chapter 1.6.3.2.7 --- Presence of side effects --- p.33 / Chapter 1.6.3.2.8 --- Keeping of appointments --- p.34 / Chapter 1.6.3.2.9 --- Prescription refill rates --- p.34 / Chapter 1.6.3.3 --- Direct observation --- p.35 / Chapter 1.6.3.4 --- The ideal detection method --- p.36 / Chapter 1.6.4 --- Risk factors (Related factors of non-compliance) --- p.37 / Chapter 1 .6.4.1 --- Patient related factors --- p.37 / Chapter 1.6.4.1.1 --- Understanding and comprehension --- p.37 / Chapter 1.6.4.1.2 --- Health beliefs --- p.39 / Chapter 1.6.4.1.3 --- Socio-demographic factors --- p.44 / Chapter 1.6.4.1.4 --- Forgetfulness --- p.45 / Chapter 1.6.4.2 --- Illness --- p.46 / Chapter 1.6.4.3 --- Therapeutic regimen --- p.46 / Chapter 1 .6.4.4 --- Patient-practitioner relationship --- p.48 / Chapter 1.6.5 --- Treatment (Interventions) --- p.50 / Chapter 1.6.5.1 --- Education --- p.51 / Chapter 1.6.5.2 --- Dosing regimen planning --- p.55 / Chapter 1.6.5.3 --- Clinic scheduling --- p.57 / Chapter 1.6.5.4 --- Communication --- p.57 / Chapter 1.6.6 --- Intelligent non-compliance --- p.60 / Chapter 1.6.7 --- Overview of problems with compliance studies --- p.63 / Chapter 1.6.7.1 --- Complex and not effective --- p.64 / Chapter 1.6.7.2 --- Lack theoretical framework --- p.64 / Chapter 1.6.7.3 --- Fragmented studies --- p.65 / Chapter 1.6.7.4 --- Lack high quality compliance study --- p.66 / Chapter 1.6.7.5 --- Without long term follow up --- p.67 / Chapter 1.6.7.6 --- Correlation between compliance and desired therapeutic outcomes --- p.68 / Chapter 2 --- HYPOTHESIS AND OBJECTIVES --- p.71 / Chapter 3 --- METHODS --- p.75 / Chapter 3.1 --- Study design --- p.76 / Chapter 3.2 --- Outcome measures --- p.80 / Chapter 3.3 --- Statistical analysis --- p.81 / Chapter 3.4 --- Power analysis --- p.82 / Chapter 4. --- RESULTS --- p.85 / Chapter 4.1 --- Patient demographics --- p.85 / Chapter 4.2 --- Clinic attended and drug usage --- p.85 / Chapter 4.3 --- Non-compliant rates and its patterns --- p.86 / Chapter 4.4 --- Reasons for non-compliance --- p.86 / Chapter 4.5 --- Relationship between drug class and medication compliance --- p.86 / Chapter 4.6 --- Relationship between dosage frequency and medication compliance --- p.87 / Chapter 4.7 --- Clinical characteristics of compliant and non-compliant patients --- p.87 / Chapter 4.8 --- Comparison of non-compliant patients identified at baseline during the second reassessment --- p.88 / Chapter 4.9 --- Effects of pharmacist's telephone intervention on tertiary outcomes --- p.88 / Chapter 4.9.1 --- Medication compliance --- p.88 / Chapter 4.9.2 --- Blood pressure --- p.89 / Chapter 4.10 --- Effects of pharmacist's telephone intervention on secondary outcomes --- p.90 / Chapter 4.11 --- Primary end-points of compliant versus non-compliant patients --- p.91 / Chapter 4.12 --- Best predictors of mortality rate for the studied population --- p.92 / Chapter 4.13 --- Effects of pharmacist's telephone intervention on primary outcomes --- p.92 / Chapter 4.14 --- Clinical characteristics of non-compliant patients with / without second follow up --- p.93 / Chapter 4.15 --- Clinical outcomes of defaulted patients at the second visit --- p.93 / Chapter 5. --- DISCUSSION --- p.126 / Chapter 5.1 --- Study design --- p.126 / Chapter 5.2 --- Compliance assessment method --- p.126 / Chapter 5.3 --- Patient demographics and drug prescribing pattern --- p.128 / Chapter 5.4 --- Extent and pattern of non-compliance --- p.128 / Chapter 5.5 --- Reasons for non-compliance --- p.129 / Chapter 5.5.1 --- Lack of knowledge --- p.129 / Chapter 5.5.1.1 --- Dosing instructions --- p.129 / Chapter 5.5.1.2 --- Drug identification --- p.130 / Chapter 5.5.1.3 --- Storage --- p.131 / Chapter 5.5.2 --- Forgetfulness --- p.131 / Chapter 5.5.3 --- Problems with health beliefs --- p.132 / Chapter 5.5.3.1 --- Common myths or misconceptions --- p.132 / Chapter 5.5.4 --- Presence of side effects --- p.133 / Chapter 5.6 --- Predictability of non-compliance --- p.134 / Chapter 5.6.1 --- Socio-demographics --- p.134 / Chapter 5.6.2 --- Polypharmacy --- p.135 / Chapter 5.6.3 --- Dosing frequency --- p.137 / Chapter 5.6.3.1 --- "Little difference between daily, twice daily and thrice daily dosing." --- p.137 / Chapter 5.6.3.2 --- Importance of drug property in determining the impact of usual dosages --- p.138 / Chapter 5.6.3.3 --- The impact of missed dosage on clinical condition --- p.139 / Chapter 5.6.3.4 --- Practical issues regarding dosing frequency --- p.140 / Chapter 5.6.4 --- Drug Profiles --- p.141 / Chapter 5.7 --- Outcomes measure --- p.142 / Chapter 5.8 --- The role of pharmacist in chronic care --- p.147 / Chapter 5.9 --- The role of physician in chronic care --- p.155 / Chapter 5.10 --- Possible sources of bias and limitations --- p.156 / Chapter 5.11 --- Further studies --- p.156 / Chapter 5.12 --- Concluding remarks --- p.159 / Chapter 6. --- REFERENCES --- p.161 / Chapter 7. --- APPENDICES --- p.190

Submitted by Elba Lopes (elba.lopes@fecap.br) on 2017-09-27T14:32:25Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Matheus Sabbag Leonel.pdf: 5550296 bytes, checksum: 6f362aaa2bd2343bdc89e022d3bb838f (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-09-27T14:32:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Matheus Sabbag Leonel.pdf: 5550296 bytes, checksum: 6f362aaa2bd2343bdc89e022d3bb838f (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-04-18 / This article presents a evaluation of the compliance programs implemented so far by 249 brazilian publicly traded companies and seeks to assess whether the shareholder identity of these companies can influence the level of adoption of these practices. Initially, it is proposed some questions to evaluate compliance programs based on the Brazilian legislation and corporate governance best practices codes. Therefore, qualitative and quantitative analyzes are applied on the data collected in order to verify the existing relationships between the performance of companies in these questions in which their compliance programs were evaluated and several characteristics of these companies, the central being the profile of the controlling shareholder. The results indicate that there is no influence or statistically significant relation of the shareholder's identity on the level of integrity practices adopted by the evaluated companies. However, other aspects, like the adoption of anticorruption brazilian law and the market segment, show that they have some influence on the adoption of such practices. / Este artigo analisa os programas de compliance implementados por 249 companhias brasileiras de capital aberto em 2016, bem como procura avaliar se os perfis dos acionistas dessas empresas possuem rela????o com o n??vel de ado????o dessas pr??ticas. Inicialmente, avalia-se os programas de compliance a partir de itens presentes na legisla????o brasileira e nos c??digos de boas pr??ticas de governan??a. Na sequ??ncia, s??o aplicadas an??lises qualitativas e quantitativas sobre os dados coletados, no inuito de verificar as rela????es existentes entre o desempenho das empresas nos quesitos em que seus programas de compliance foram avaliados e diversas caracter??sticas corporativas, com destaque para o perfil do acionista controlador. Os resultados indicam n??o haver rela????o estatisticamente significante entre o perfil do acionista controlador e o n??vel de ado????o das pr??ticas de integridade pelas empresas avaliadas. N??o obstante, observa-se que outros aspectos, como a ado????o da lei anticorrup????o brasileira ou o segmento de mercado da empresa, mostram ter influ??ncia sobre a ado????o ou n??o de tais pr??ticas.

Diploma thesis deal with the non-compliance questions by allergic patients. The thesis describe in detail the alergic disease with focusing on the forms, levels, risk factors and impact of non-compliance phenomenon. The practical part use the obtained informations from the quantitative research. These data were processed and used for reach the goals of the thesis. The data analysis evaluates and confirms eventually deny the theoretical supposition.

In the past Compliance Management has often failed, the Volkswagen emissions scandal just being one prominent example. Not everything has to be reinvented, and not everything that companies have done in the past regarding Compliance is wrong. But it is about time to think Compliance in new ways. What does “Compliance Management 2.0” really depend on? The following article aims at laying out the cornerstones for enduring effective Compliance which amongst others comprises sincerity and credibility and a moral foundation. Furthermore, the commitment and role model behavior of top managers and the training of line managers are crucial for the effectiveness of any Compliance Management System (CMS). Ultimately, for Compliance to function efficiently the efforts must be adequate for the respective company and realistic regarding the achievable goals.

As the number of government investigations in the corporate and public sectors increases worldwide, the interest in implementing effective internal rules to avoid non-compliance with the law and its many negative consequences is growing. In this context, one may think primarily of the general concept of Compliance, without considering its various forms in different areas of law. In particular, Compliance with regard to criminal law - also referred to as 'Criminal Compliance' – has received greater attention in recent years. What applies in general to Compliance is particularly true for Criminal Compliance: Only a Compliance Management System tailored to the individual company can effectively prevent criminal offences.