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Discounting in cost-benefit analysis [PDF]
There is much disagreement about the discount rate. The prescriptive approach derives the discount rate from utility functions, growth models and ethical considerations. The descriptive approach stresses the opportunity cost of capital, but struggles to define which market rates to average.
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ABSTRACT Background Establishing a comprehensive apheresis medicine program in a resource‐constrained setting presents significant structural, financial, and logistical challenges. Despite the growing clinical importance of apheresis services globally, published experience from sub‐Saharan Africa remains sparse.
Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola +4 more
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THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF REDUCED WEAR BANDSAWS
The objective of this work was to analyse the cost and the benefit of extending the useful life of bandsaws by improving their wear resistance in a parawood saw mill. Changeover of worn bandsaw causes downtime 15 minutes.
Chucheep, Thiensak +2 more
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ABSTRACT Background Chronic micro‐inflammation in patients with end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) is a significant driver of cardiovascular complications and diminished quality of life. While standard hemodialysis (SHD) effectively manages small‐molecule clearance, its ability to remove medium‐to‐large uremic toxins—the primary catalysts of systemic ...
Hongwei Zuo +5 more
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ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an established home‐based kidney replacement therapy (KRT), but its uptake remains low in Japan. We evaluated whether individualized education in a dedicated outpatient clinic was associated with the initiation of PD.
Yasuko Ito +7 more
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COVID-19: Cost-Benefit Analysis and Politics
The COVID-19 pandemic forced governments around the world to make tough political decisions about the cost of saving lives and the limits of doing so.
Dan Priel
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Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Community Patent [PDF]
For more than 40 years, governments and professional associations have acted, voted or lobbied against the implementation of the Community Patent (COMPAT, officially called the EU Patent). The econometric results and simulations presented in this paper suggest that, thanks to its attractiveness in terms of market size and a sound renewal fee structure,
Danguy, Jérôme +1 more
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Diversity and complexity in neural organoids
Neural organoid research aims to expand genetic diversity on one side and increase tissue complexity on the other. Chimeroids integrate multiple donor genomes within single organoids. Self‐organising multi‐identity organoids, exogenous cell seeding, or enforced assembly of region‐specific organoids contribute to tissue complexity.
Ilaria Chiaradia, Madeline A. Lancaster
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COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
This paper examines the methodological aspect of climate change, particularly the aggregation of costs and benefits induced by climate change on individuals, societies, economies and on the whole ecosystem.
NORBERT SZIJÁRTÓ
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https://www.benefitcostanalysis.org/index.php?option=com_dailyplanetblog&view=entry&year=2021&month=03&day=22&id=69:on-balance-efficiency-without-apology-consideration-of-the-marginal-excess-tax-burden-and-distributional-impacts-in-benefit-cost ...
Greenberg, David
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