The Kochs have also launched a nonprofit group, the libre Initiative, whose aim is to "equip the Hispanic community with the tools they need to be prosperous".
This paper presents the results of the Virtual Intracranial Stenting Challenge (VISC) 2007, an international initiative whose aim was to establish the reproducibility of state-of-the-art haemodynamical simulation techniques in subject-specific stented models of intracranial aneurysms (IAs).
In an attempt to stem the watering-down of the definition of "organic" and to preserve the integrity of the natural food industry, these retailers have a new initiative, whose aim is to provide a voice for the consumer on a national level, promote ethical and sustainable practices and offer peer support for retailers across the country.
Perks and parties — "Feel good" tactics such as free gym memberships and foos ball tables in the break room are simply that: Your EX may end up including such tactics, but EX is a strategic initiative whose aim goes well beyond making employment more fun and enjoyable.
We used mixed methods based on a quasi-experimental design to evaluate a policy initiative whose aim was to expedite the modernisation of gastroenterology endoscopy services in England.
The EQUATOR Network, an international initiative whose aim is to improve the reliability of medical research by promoting transparent and accurate reporting of research studies, indexes more than 100 reporting guidelines on their Web site (http://www.equator-network.org).org
The OSC is a national initiative whose aim is to "teach practitioners to obtain good quality spirometry >90% of the time, standardize testing performed in the office setting, assure test accuracy and validity and to ensure staff competency" (http://www.aarc.org/osc/).
Several sites included in the study were formal large-scale conservation initiatives whose aims included coordinating management between, buffering, extending and in some cases eventually physically linking existing nature reserves.
Monitoring such outcomes presents an excellent opportunity for infection control and other patient quality and safety initiatives, whose aims include prevention of healthcare-associated infections and control of antibiotic-resistant organisms.
In 2002, the Dutch government earmarked ?190 million for the foundation and support of the Netherlands Genomics Initiative ( NGI), whose aim has been to put the Netherlands in a leading position in scientific and industrial genomics within the next 5 years.
