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A Happiness Approach to Cost-Benefit Analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Subjective well-being (SWB) surveys ask respondents to quantify their overall or momentary happiness or life-satisfaction, or pose similar questions about other aspects of respondents\u27 mental states.
Foglia, Andrew T., Jennings, Andrew K.
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Comprehensive end‐to‐end dosimetry audit for stereotactic body radiotherapy in spine, lung, and soft tissue

open access: yesJournal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To create and conduct a comprehensive onsite end‐to‐end dosimetry audit to assess treatment accuracy of spine, lung, and soft tissue Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) across Australian and New Zealand (ANZ) radiotherapy centers. Methods The Australian Clinical Dosimetry Service (ACDS) anthropomorphic thorax phantom underwent a CT ...
Maddison Shaw   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Precision‐Optimised Post‐Stroke Prognoses

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Current medicine cannot confidently predict who will recover from post‐stroke impairments. Researchers have sought to bridge this gap by treating the post‐stroke prognostic problem as a machine learning problem, reporting prediction error metrics across samples of patients whose outcomes are known.
Thomas M. H. Hope   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Consumer Welfare and the Loss Induced by Withheld Information: The Case of BSE in Italy [PDF]

open access: yes
The paper develops a measure of consumer welfare losses associated with withheld information about BSE linkage with vCJD. food safety. The Cost of Ignorance (COI) is measured by comparing the utility of the informed choice with the utility of the ...
Mazzocchi, Mario, Stefani, Gianluca
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Rough volatility and portfolio optimisation under small transaction costs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The first chapter of the thesis presents the study of the linear-quadratic ergodic control problem of fractional Brownian motion. Ergodic control problems arise naturally in the context of small cost asymptotic expansion of utility maximisation problems ...
Schelling, Denis Matthias
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An Analysis for IDH‐Mutant Grade 4 Astrocytoma Based on WHO CNS 5: Implication of Clinical Practice

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose There is ongoing debate regarding the therapeutic approach and prognosis for IDH‐mutant grade 4 astrocytoma, a newly defined subtype of diffuse glioma in the 2021 WHO classification system for central nervous system tumors (WHO CNS 5). The aim of this study was to explore the clinical outcome and prognosticators for newly diagnosed IDH‐
Xianxin Qiu   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

The development of a measure of social care outcome for older people. Funded/commissioned by: Department of Health

open access: yes, 2002
An essential element of identifying Best Value and monitoring cost-effective care is to be able to identify the outcomes of care. In the field of health services, use of utility-based health related quality of life measures has become widespread, indeed ...
Healey, Andrew T.   +6 more
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Actionable Wearables Data for the Neurology Clinic: A Proof‐of‐Concept Tool

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Wearable devices can monitor key health and fitness domains. In multiple sclerosis (MS), monitoring step count and sleep is feasible, valid, and offers a holistic glimpse of patient functioning and worsening. However, data generated from wearables are typically unavailable at the point of care.
Nicolette Miller   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

INCORPORATING STOCHASTIC HARVESTS INTO AN ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTION: THE U.S. ATLANTIC AND GULF OF MEXICO PELAGIC LONGLINE FLEET [PDF]

open access: yes
Vessel operators maximize expected utility indirectly through cost-minimizing production decisions subject to stochastic harvests. Data on the Atlantic longline fleet, available from NMFS logbooks, is used for the empirical analysis.
Larkin, Sherry L.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Factors for Rituximab Refractoriness in AQP4‐IgG+ NMOSD: A Cohort Study

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a severe autoimmune condition of the central nervous system (CNS), often associated with aquaporin‐4 antibodies (AQP4‐IgG). Rituximab, a CD20+ B‐cell depleting monoclonal antibody, is widely used as first‐line therapy.
Mariano Marrodan   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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