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The Enhanced I/M Program in Arizona: Costs, Effectiveness, and a Comparison with Pre-regulatory Estimates [PDF]

Using data from 1995 and 1996, the authors of this paper estimate the cost of the Arizona Enhanced I/M Program and the emission reductions achieved. They begin by enumerating briefly the components of I/M costs and discuss their size and incidence.
Ando, Amy, Harrington, Winston, McConnell, Virginia   +2 more
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Cognitive Status in People With Epilepsy in the Republic of Guinea: A Prospective, Case–Control Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective People with epilepsy (PWE) may experience cognitive deficits but fail to undergo formal evaluation. This study compares cognitive status between PWE and healthy controls in the West African Republic of Guinea. Methods A cross‐sectional, case–control study was conducted in sequential recruitment phases (July 2024–July 2025) at Ignace ...
Maya L. Mastick, Cheick O. Soumah, Malé Doré, Oumar Mara, Desiré Neldje, Fodé A. Cissé, Toure M. Lamine, Aminata Diallo, Seungwon Lee, Siddharth Satish, Alexander J. X. Chen, Alice Liu, Nomin Enkhtsetseg, Farrah J. Mateen, The Guinea Epilepsy Project   +14 more
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Rebuilding the Eastern Baltic cod stock under environmental change - Part II: The economic viability of a marine protected area [PDF]

This study adds a cost analysis of the Eastern Baltic cod fishery to the existing model presented in Röckmann et al. (forthcoming). As cost data on this international fishery do not exist, available data from Denmark are extrapolated to the whole ...
Christine Roeckmann, Michael A. St.John, Richard S.J. Tol, Uwe A. Schneider   +3 more
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Real‐World Performance of CSF Kappa Free Light Chains in the 2024 McDonald Criteria

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Kappa free light chains (KFLCs) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) have a similar performance to CSF‐restricted oligoclonal bands (OCB) for multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis. To help with implementation, we set out to resolve several remaining uncertainties: (1) performance in a real‐world cohort and the 2024 McDonald criteria; (2 ...
Maya M. Leibowitz, Ryan Cooper, Stefania Kaninia, Kathryn I. Challis, Will Greenway, Maria Bonello, Mahmoud Elbahnasawi, Deborah T. Shode, Dominika Gajdasik, Victor Iliev, Alison M. E. Whitelegg, Ian Galea   +11 more
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An updated estimate of costs of endophthalmitis following cataract surgery among Medicare patients: 2010–2014

Clinical Ophthalmology, 2016
Jordana K Schmier,1 Carolyn K Hulme-Lowe,1 David W Covert,2 Edmund C Lau3 1Exponent, Inc., Health Sciences, Alexandria, VA, 2Alcon Research Ltd., Fort Worth, TX, 3Exponent, Inc., Health Sciences, Menlo Park, CA, USA Background: Endophthalmitis, which ...
Schmier JK, Hulme-Lowe CK, Covert DW, Lau EC   +3 more
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Effects of Biological Sex and Age on Cerebrospinal Fluid Markers—A Retrospective Observational Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis is a key diagnostic tool for neurological diseases. To date, only a few studies have investigated in larger cohorts the effect of age and biological sex on diagnostic markers extracted from CSF. Methods For this retrospective observational study, 4163 CSF findings (2012–2020) were evaluated.
Isabel‐Sophie Hafer, Simon Faissner, Ralf Gold, Aiden Haghikia   +3 more
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Health facility cost of caesarean delivery at tertiary level hospital in Tunisia using time-driven activity-based costing

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background The majority of maternal deaths are preventable, and it is important to mention that most causes can be treated by caesarean section. Meanwhile, the rate of caesarean deliveries has been increasing worldwide in an unprecedented way over the ...
Amel amara, Mariem Ghardallou, Imen Bannour, Amal Gara, Manel Limam, Hedi Khairi, Ali Mtiraoui   +6 more
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Cost-Benefit Analysis Case Study on Regulations to Lower the Level of Sulphur in Gasoline [PDF]

The Canadian Cost-Benefit Analysis Guide: Regulatory Proposals, sets out the general methodology and analytical steps to perform a cost-benefit analysis of proposed regulatory changes.
Aygul Ozbafli, Chun-Yan Kuo, Glenn Jenkins   +2 more
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Diffusion Spectrum Imaging Maps Early Axonal Loss and a Unique Progressive Signal in Neuronal Intranuclear Inclusion Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To delineate specific in vivo white matter pathology in neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease (NIID) using diffusion spectrum imaging (DSI) and define its clinical relevance. Methods DSI was performed on 42 NIID patients and 38 matched controls.
Kaiyan Jiang, Yixiu Pei, Xiaobao Hu, Ying Xiong, Fang Wang, Yanyan Yu, Min Zhu, Dandan Tan, Meihong Zhou, Daojun Hong, Fuqing Zhou   +10 more
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Comparing parametric and semi-parametric approaches for bayesian cost-effectiveness analyses in health economics [PDF]

We consider the problem of assessing new and existing technologies for their cost-effectiveness in the case where data on both costs and effects are available from a clinical trial, and we address it by means of the cost-effectiveness acceptability curve.
Andrea Tancredi, Caterina Conigliani
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