Radioactivity: Law of Decay, Half-Life, and Statistics Radionuclides are unstable and decay to other nuclides by the processes discussed previously. At what rates do radionuclides decay? Do all radionuclides decay…
Nuclides and Radioactive Processes In the previous chapter, we discussed the structure of the atom and pointed out the importance of electrons and their interaction. In this chapter, we discuss…
Basic Review From a physicist’s point of view, nature consists mainly of matter and the forces governing the behavior of matter. This chapter reviews briefly some aspects of the atomic…
Fig. 12.1 Types and levels of conflicts (after Westbrook-Stevens). Conflicts range from the impersonal that tend to be of low severity to the personal that are characterized by high severity…
2013 US population [6] (%) 2013 US medical school matriculants [7] (%) 2008 US surgical residentsa [9] (%) 2013 US surgical facultya [8] (%) 2013 US surgical tenured professorsa…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Melina R. Kibbe and Herbert Chen (eds.)Leadership in SurgerySuccess in Academic Surgery10.1007/978-3-319-11107-0_4 4. Leadership Theories and Styles Melina R. Kibbe1 (1) Department of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 676 N….
Fig. 2.1 Structure of team action projects in surgery Fig. 2.2 Example of team composition Formal preparation should be followed by leadership auditions. Every participant in the Leadership Development Program…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Melina R. Kibbe and Herbert Chen (eds.)Leadership in SurgerySuccess in Academic Surgery10.1007/978-3-319-11107-0_15 15. Women as Leaders in Surgery Diana Farmer1 , Connor Long2 and Julie Ann Freischlag3 (1) Department of Surgery, UC Davis School of…
Cluster Countries Nordic Europe Denmark, Norway, Finland Germanic Europe Germany, Austria, the Netherlands Latin Europe Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Israel, Switzerland Eastern Europe Slovenia, Poland, Hungary, Russia, Georgia, Greece, Albania…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Melina R. Kibbe and Herbert Chen (eds.)Leadership in SurgerySuccess in Academic Surgery10.1007/978-3-319-11107-0_13 13. Change Management: How to Effectively Lead a Cultural or Organizational Change K. Craig Kent1 (1) Department of Surgery, University…
