Perception Bias Effects on Healthcare Management in COVID-19 Pandemic: An Application of Cumulative Prospect Theory. [PDF]
Healthcare (Basel), 2022 Wu T.
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How phagocytic cells kill bacteria: Lessons from a professional killer
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.How phagocytic cells ingest and kill bacteria has been studied for more than a century, but many questions remain unanswered. The study of the amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum brings new answers, and new questions. Professional phagocytic cells such as neutrophils and macrophages, as well as free‐living soil amoebae like Dictyostelium discoideum, employ
Otmane Lamrabet, Pierre Cosson
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Prospect theory and hedging risks [PDF]
The prospect theory is one of the most popular decision-making theories. It is based on the S-shaped utility function, unlike the von Neumann and Morgenstern (NM) theory, which is based on the concave utility function.
Egozcue, Martín +3 more
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Operational efficiency evaluation of urban and rural residents' basic pension insurance system by utilizing a picture fuzzy TOPSIS method based on the cumulative prospect theory. [PDF]
Front Public Health, 2022 Xiong Y.
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Portfolio Choice Under Cumulative Prospect Theory: An Analytical Treatment
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2010 We formulate and carry out an analytical treatment of a single-period portfolio choice model featuring a reference point in wealth, S-shaped utility (value) functions with loss aversion, and probability weighting under Kahneman and Tversky's cumulative prospect theory (CPT).
Xue Dong He, Xun Yu Zhou
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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.IGFBP4 knockdown (KD) impairs preadipocyte proliferation and is associated with IGF1R protein downregulation and attenuated AKT phosphorylation. The mechanisms by which IGFBP4 KD influences the IGF1R/AKT signaling pathway involve newly synthesized proteins and lysosomal degradation pathways. Created in BioRender.
Yujia Guo +6 more
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Local Status and Prospect Theory [PDF]
People are sometimes risk-averse in gains but risk-loving in losses. Such behavior and other anomalies underlying prospect theory arise from a model of local status maximization in which consumers compare their wealth with other consumers of similar ...
Rick Harbaugh, Tatiana Kornienko
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Pathways and pitfalls: a qualitative study of student experiences in biomedical science education
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Biomedical science students from underrepresented backgrounds face barriers including financial strain, disrupted laboratory access and cultural exclusion. Peer networks provide vital support when institutional systems are difficult to navigate. To create inclusive learning environments and achieve academic success, educators should blend active, hands‐
Olivia J. Russell +8 more
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Skill Signaling, Prospect Theory, and Regret Theory [PDF]
When a risky decision involves both skill and chance, success or failure is a signal of the decision maker's skill. Adopting standard models from the career concerns literature, we show that a rational desire to avoid looking unskilled may help explain ...
Rick Harbaugh
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Day-to-Day Evolution of Traffic Flow with Dynamic Rerouting in Degradable Transport Network
Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2019 Random events like accidents and vehicle breakdown, degrade link capacities and lead to uncertain travel environment. And whether travelers adjust route or not depends on the utility difference (dynamic rerouting behavior) rather than a constant ...
Manman Li, Jian Lu, Jiahui Sun, Qiang Tu
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