Expanding on the fear-conditioning by-proxy procedure (Bruchey et al. 2010), we investigated the role of familiarity/kinship in female rats in socially transmitting information about a previously fear-conditioned cue.
He pushed for greater disclosure of corporate proxy voting procedures and for an end to "selective disclosure," in which companies leak financial information to certain investment advisers before informing the public.
Their advice has been vital in developing our proxy assent procedures and they continue to actively participate in our study steering group meetings.
If, on the other hand, if these discrepancies are primarily driven by inconsistencies in billing, this suggests caution in the use of claims data, not only as a proxy for procedures performed, but for comparisons among providers who serve a greater proportion of minority patients.
A payment proxy based on procedure code and region of care by the data provider was estimated for expenditures for services provided under capitation arrangements.
Possible issues affecting the sensitivity and specificity of the psychological autopsy include factors related to the method of assessment per se and limitations of the proxy-based interview procedure [ 6].
Historically, the normal procedure for proxies in our building has been that a proxy voter who has not designated a proxy has his or her shares voted by the board as a whole.
Most socially responsible mutual funds have a strict policy to maintain transparency in their decisions and disclose all proxy voting policies and procedures to their shareholders.
Proof that individuals can make a difference is illustrated by the proposal the Securities and Exchange Commission passed in January 2003, which states that all mutual fund companies must disclose proxy voting policies and procedures and the actual votes to their shareholders.
For proxy-reports the same procedure was followed.
Informed consent for participation was obtained from the proxy respondents according to procedures approved by the Institutional Review Board of Yale University School of Medicine.
