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College admission has become increasingly competitive in the internet era. This is especially true for the highest caliber of students and institutions. College admission is a process filled with asymmetric information. One of the biggest asymmetries occurs when schools admit students not knowing whether or not students will actually enroll. This uncertainty is economically costly to schools. As national rankings become more and more influential, schools are more sensitive to their rank and the statistics that determine them. One of these is yield, the percentage of admitted students who enroll. This paper examines data on admitted students to Claremont McKenna College and uses a probit regression to predict their enrollment decision. By successfully predicting enrollment decisions schools can eliminate some information asymmetry and therefore raise their yield.

Minority enrollments at selective colleges and universities have historically been low. Affirmative action programs have been a primary driver for increasing enrollments. These programs were called into question in the Grutter and Gratz US Supreme Court cases (2003). The Court’s opinions in these cases provide direction for institutions in setting admissions policy. Using a qualitative methodology, this study examined the University of Georgia’s response to the Grutter and Gratz Supreme Court decisions. The study utilized data from interviews with UGA officials, as well as documentary evidence, to chronologically reconstruct the actions that UGA initiated following the Grutter and Gratz decisions. The study utilized a narrative analytic approach to analyze UGA rationale for its action. It assessed officials’ statements to identify dominant narratives related to the use of race in admissions at UGA. This study positioned the dominant narratives of officials’ relative to competing understandings of admissions, race and the law extracted from the scholarly literature. A metanarrative was developed to highlight commonly held assumptions in the debate around the use of race in higher education admissions. The metanarrative was found to be a useful tool for managing competing perspectives in efforts to develop viable policy approaches for admissions in the future. The study is important in at least two ways: 1) it explains sources of conflict in the affirmative action debate and 2) it suggests the usefulness of narrative policy analysis for policy making related to race, diversity, and admissions in higher education.

Abstract Objective: In Christchurch there is concern that winter air pollution, dominated by particulate matter (PM₁₀) from domestic heating, causes a local increase in cases of cardiorespiratory disease. Our aim was to investigate whether the particulate levels did influence emergency hospital admissions, and if so to what extent. Method: Air pollution and meteorological data was obtained from a Canterbury Regional Council monitoring station. Two local hospitals provided data on emergency admissions for both adults and children with cardiac and respiratory disorders. All data was obtained for the period from June 1988 to December 1998. Missing PM₁₀ data was interpolated from other known pollution values when necessary. The PM₁₀ data was compared to the admissions data using a time series analysis approach, with weather variables controlled for using a generalised additive model. Results: There was a significant association between PM₁₀ levels and cardiorespiratory admissions. For children and adults combined there was a 3.4% increase in respiratory admissions for every interquartile (14.8 µg/m³) increase in PM₁₀. In adults there was a 1.3 % increase in cardiac admissions for each interquartile increase in PM₁₀. There was no relationship between PM₁₀ levels and appendicitis, the condition that we selected to be our control. Conclusion: In Christchurch there is a significant relationship between particulate levels and the admissions for cardiac and respiratory illnesses. The size of the effect is comparable to other international studies, and the greatest impact is seen on the respiratory system.

This thesis explores the role of the nurse on an Acute Medical Admissions Unit (AMAU). AMAUs provide a dedicated area for the assessment, treatment, and subsequent transfer or discharge of patients who are medical emergencies. Despite increasing numbers of AMAUs across the UK they are an under researched area and, in particular, there is limited research that has explored the role of the nurse in the AMAU setting. Data were generated through the use of ethnography that entailed participant observation over an eighteen-month period, semi-structured interviews with a purposive sample of doctors, nurses, paramedics, and patients (n= 19), and examination of documentary evidence. Drawing on the concept of communities of practice (Wenger 1998) and the demand-control-social support model of occupational stress (Baker et al., 1996) the key themes of the study were identified as: The AMAU nurse's role in co-ordinating patients ' transition; Professional skills and attributes o f the AMAU nurse; 7 love the buzz': the AMAU nurses' work place stresses and balances; and Organisational constraints and practice boundaries for AMA U nursing The findings from the study indicate that a key aspect of the AMAU nurse's role was the facilitation of rapid patient transition. In addition the study has identified the distinctive and locally negotiated working practices developed by the nurses to coordinate this transition. Another important claim arising from this study was the identification of this nursing role as an evolved construction within a community of practice. This study makes a significant contribution to the limited body of knowledge regarding AMAU nursing practice by aiding understanding of the complexity of this nursing role. Additionally, the application of the concept of community of practice provides a unique perspective and insight into this under explored role. Recommendations are offered for practice, education, management and future research.

This thesis consists of three independent essays on the design of matching markets, with a primary goal to understand how information interacts with matching mechanisms especially in the applications to school choice and college admissions. The first chapter compares theoretically the non-strategyproof Boston mechanism and the strategy-proof deferred acceptance mechanism when taking into account that students may face uncertainty about their own priorities when submitting preferences, one important variation from the complete information assumption. The second chapter evaluates the effectiveness of a strategy-proof mechanism when students have to submit preferences before knowing their priorities using both theory and data. The third chapter turns attention to a new mechanism that is sequentially implemented and can encourage truth-telling. Nevertheless, such implementation often faces time constraint. This chapter therefore offers an inquiry of the pros and cons of the time-constrained sequential mechanism. / Doctorat en Sciences économiques et de gestion / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

abstract: In this paper, I study many-to-one matching markets in a dynamic framework with the following features: Matching is irreversible, participants exogenously join the market over time, each agent is restricted by a quota, and agents are perfectly patient. A form of strategic behavior in such markets emerges: The side with many slots can manipulate the subsequent matching market in their favor via earlier matchings. In such a setting, a natural question arises: Is it possible to analyze a dynamic many-to-one matching market as if it were either a static many-to-one or a dynamic one-to-one market? First, I provide sufficient conditions under which the answer is yes. Second, I show that if these conditions are not met, then the early matchings are "inferior" to the subsequent matchings. Lastly, I extend the model to allow agents on one side to endogenously decide when to join the market. Using this extension, I provide a rationale for the small amount of unraveling observed in the United States (US) medical residency matching market compared to the US college-admissions system. Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) are designed to improve the welfare of the poor. Group lending with joint liability is the standard contract used by these institutions. Such a contract performs two roles: it affects the composition of the groups that form, and determines the properties of risk-sharing among their members. Even though the literature suggests that groups consist of members with similar characteristics, there is evidence also of groups with heterogeneous agents. The underlying reason is that the literature lacked the risk-sharing behavior of the agents within a group. This paper develops a model of group lending where agents form groups, obtain capital from the MFI, and share risks among themselves. First, I show that joint liability introduces inefficiency for risk-averse agents. Moreover, the composition of the groups is not always homogeneous once risk-sharing is on the table. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Economics 2020

Candidate: Kateřina Kukrálová1 Supervisor: prof. RNDr. Jiří Vlček, CSc.1 Consultant: PharmDr. Zuzana Očovská1 1 Department Social and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University Title of the master thesis: The analysis of drug-drug interactions in patients admitted to hospital (I.) The presence of potential drug-drug interactions (DDIs) is common in daily practice and only a small proportion of potential DDIs results in hospitalization of the patients. Nevertheless, DDIs represent a significant cause of hospital admissions. This study aims to identify DDIs in the medication history of the patients admitted to University Hospital Hradec Králové via the emergency department in August-November 2018. The objectives of this study are a) to determine the prevalence of potential DDIs; b) to categorize identified potential DDIs with respect to their mechanism, severity, risk rating, level of documentation and potential outcomes and c) to determine the prevalence of manifest DDIs. This study has a cross-sectional design. The following data were obtained retrospectively from electronic medical records: demographic data, medication history, past medical history, laboratory and clinical findings, and information about hospital admission. The identification of potential DDI was...

The undergraduate major change or declaration process can be cumbersome for students who find themselves in unknown territories when making decisions or seeking help during this transition. One of the most challenging groups of students to assist through this transition are those who are denied access to their intended program of study. These students are often pursuing selective degree programs with limited enrollment and competitive admission requirements. Research on students pursuing selective degree programs is largely outdated, with most studies being older than ten years. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore how undergraduate students experience leaving selective health profession interest areas in dental hygiene, nursing, and radiologic sciences at a public research university located in Tennessee. This qualitative study included the experiences of 12 third and fourth-year college students at one institution who applied for a selective degree program, were not accepted, and remained enrolled at the institution. It included semi-structured, open-ended individual interviews to investigate these undergraduate students’ experiences when undergoing an undergraduate major change away from a selective degree program. The results aligned with the theoretical framework of Schlossberg’s transition theory (Schlossberg, 1981; Schlossberg, 1991; Schlossberg et al., 1995). The students leaving selective health profession interest areas in dental hygiene, nursing, and radiologic sciences placed importance on college and career choice, experienced change of major difficulties, used campus and other support resources, and developed new strategies for success throughout the change of major process. Recommendations for further study include expanding the sample size and adding other selective degree programs to gain a more holistic picture, developing studies at multiple institutions that follow students throughout the entirety of their undergraduate careers, and investigating students’ coping strategies to identify ways to foster resiliency.