Corporate Social Responsibility: A Stakeholders Perspective Applied to the Lebanese Heart Hospital

This research aims to assess Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practice applied to the Heart Hospital, Tripoli, Lebanon. A stakeholders (workers, patients, the local community, and the environment) perspective is considered. The population of the research includes all workers in the target hospital, however the research sample consists of 40 employees. This research is quantitative, descriptive and analytic based on a structured questionnaire designed and distributed to the respondents. The study found that the activities related to CSR were adapted and practiced to different levels. Employees’ responses about the dimensions of CSR were varied. Findings show that the hospital does exercise its social responsibilities towards patients (Mean=3.97), it does exercise its social responsibilities towards the environment (Mean=3.96), it moderately exercises its social responsibilities towards the local community (Mean=3.36), and it weakly exercises its social responsibilities towards its workers (Mean=2.75). Therefore, it is recommended that the hospital administrators must review their CSR strategy to reinstate one of the most critical factors for the success of the institution namely the human assets besides giving more attention to its local community needs

MICROWAVE CHARACTERIZATION OF POLY-PARA PHENYLENE-BENZOBIS-THIAZOLE (PBT).

Author Institution: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Kentucky; Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Kentucky; Department of Electrical Engineering, Wright State UniversityFilm samples of the polymer poly-para phenylene-benzohis-thiazole (PBT) are implanted at room temperature with multiple implants of 1 and Kr ions up to total fluences of $10^{16}$ and $10^{17}$ ions/$cm^{2}$. Ion energies and corresponding doses are determined using an analytical version of the TRIM code to achieve a uniform implant distribution to a depth of approximately $0.1\mu$m. The microwave conductivity of the implanted samples is measured using a microwave network analyzer and a cavity-perturbation technique. The latter climinates the need to evaluate the depolarization factor which has a large uncertainty for arbitrarily shaped samples. A prototype design of a millimeter wave (FET) will be discussed. Results have been analyzed in terms of an energy-dependent hopping model

Genomic islands of differentiation in a rapid avian radiation have been driven by recent selective sweeps

Numerous studies of emerging species have identified genomic "islands" of elevated differentiation against a background of relative homogeneity. The causes of these islands remain unclear, however, with some signs pointing toward "speciation genes" that locally restrict gene flow and others suggesting selective sweeps that have occurred within nascent species after speciation. Here, we examine this question through the lens of genome sequence data for five species of southern capuchino seedeaters, finch-like birds from South America that have undergone a species radiation during the last ∼50,000 generations. By applying newly developed statistical methods for ancestral recombination graph inference and machine-learning methods for the prediction of selective sweeps, we show that previously identified islands of differentiation in these birds appear to be generally associated with relatively recent, species-specific selective sweeps, most of which are predicted to be soft sweeps acting on standing genetic variation. Many of these sweeps coincide with genes associated with melanin-based variation in plumage, suggesting a prominent role for sexual selection. At the same time, a few loci also exhibit indications of possible selection against gene flow. These observations shed light on the complex manner in which natural selection shapes genome sequences during speciation

Fabricating magnetic Co-Ni-C thin-film alloys by organometallic chemical vapor deposition

We have deposited CoxNiy-C films with a variety of compositions to verify dependence of the saturation magnetization on the composition. These experiments suggest that we can produce CoxNiy-C films with a variety of magnetic properties. The CoxNiy-C films were fabricated by ultraviolet decomposition of cobaltocene and nickelocene. We demonstrated that the photolytic decomposition of these metallocenes produces cyclopentadienyl (C5H5) species, consistent with recent studies of the energetics of the ligand metal bonds

Primarily investigating into the relationship between talent management and knowledge management in business environment

Purpose: This paper aims to address concepts, visions and gaps in literature in the field of the relationship between talent management and knowledge management in business organisations. It also aims to develop a model for the relationship between talent management processes and knowledge management processes. This is because there are practical benefits for business organisations focused on developing knowledge and talents. Design/methodology/approach: This study takes on a detailed literature review of the relationship between talent and knowledge management in business organisations. Conclusion: The key conclusion for this research is that more research is required to examine further the relationship between talent management processes and knowledge management processes in the business environment. It also concludes that it is worth noting scholars’ serious interest in attraction, development, and talent retention processes. Conversely, it also viewed that the majority of researchers in the field of knowledge management have focused on creation, application, knowledge storage, transfer and acquisition of knowledge. This research provides a comprehensive review of further research in selecting the common processes associated with talent management processes and knowledge management processes