The demand for lottery expenditure in Taiwan: a quantile regression approach [PDF]
This paper is a pioneering attempt to apply the quantile regression method (QRM) to the demand for lottery expenditure in order to consider the extreme behavior of lottery expenditure as well as clarify the diverse results obtained from previous studies ...
Cho-Min Lin, Kung-Cheng Lin
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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 +11 more
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Can Insurance Reduce Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure? [PDF]
In India, the out-of-pocket health expenditure by households accounts for around 70 percent of the total expenditure on health. Large out-of-pocket payments may reduce consumption expenditure on other goods and services and push households into poverty ...
Rama Joglekar
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Quantity aggregation and quality price adjustment : problems with measuring Indonesian food demand : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in Agricultural Economics at Massey University [PDF]
, 1997 One Asian country which is predicted to provide excellent opportunities for New Zealand exporters is Indonesia. To measure Indonesian demand responses requires the use of cross-sectional survey data.
Watson, Brian Leslie
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Complementarity of Long‐Reads and Optical Mapping in Parkinson's Disease for Structural Variants
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Long‐read sequencing and optical genome mapping technologies have the ability to detect large and complex structural variants. This has led to the discovery of novel pathogenic variants in neurodegenerative movement disorders. Thus, we aimed to systematically compare the SV detection capabilities of OGM and ONT in Parkinson's disease.
André Fienemann +17 more
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Government spending and school enrolment in sub-Saharan Africa: A system GMM approach
Journal of Economics and Management, 2020 Aim/purpose – Provision of basic education is pertinent to human capital development, poverty alleviation and abating the threat of insurgence in Africa. Governments in different countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) do budget and spend various amount of
Oseni Isiaq Olasunkanmi +3 more
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Validity of a Wearable Digital Insole for Assessing Gait ON and OFF in Parkinson's Disease
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Gait impairment is a distinctive symptom of Parkinson's disease that negatively impact mobility. We assessed the validity of wearable digital insoles against a validated reference gait analysis system for measuring select gait characteristics in patients with Parkinson's disease. Methods A comparative analysis between digital insoles
Deborah A. Hall +16 more
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Trends in vaccine investment in middle income countries
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2019 Although a proven and effective preventive health measure, childhood immunization programs remain vulnerable to budgetary pressures. Sustainable financing of immunization programs is an important issue that presents a challenge for middle-income ...
K. Onishchenko +6 more
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The regional economic impact of the 2009 New Zealand National Masters Hockey Tournament [PDF]
, 2010 This paper analyses the direct and subsequent flow-on expenditure resulting from the weeklong National Masters Hockey Tournament held in Hamilton, New Zealand in March 2009.
Daldy, Bridget, Saunders, Matthew
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