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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Bifidobacterium bifidum establishes symbiosis with infants by metabolizing lacto‐N‐biose I (LNB) from human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs). The extracellular multidomain enzyme LnbB drives this process, releasing LNB via its catalytic glycoside hydrolase family 20 (GH20) lacto‐N‐biosidase domain.
Xinzhe Zhang +5 more
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What do happiness and health satisfaction data tell us about relative risk aversion? [PDF]
In this paper we provide estimates of the coefficient of relative risk aversion using information on self-reports of subjective personal well-being from the 2006 Gallup World Poll. We expand the existing literature on the use of happiness data to analyze
Néstor Gándelman +1 more
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Is there a case for using Visual Analogue Scale valuations in Cost-Utility Analysis? [PDF]
, 2004 This paper critically reviews theoretical and empirical propositions regarding visual analogue scale (VAS) valuations of health states and their use in Cost Utility Analysis.
Devlin, N., Parkin, D.
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Optimal control of hepatitis C antiviral treatment programme delivery for prevention amongst a population of injecting drug users. [PDF]
, 2011 In most developed countries, HCV is primarily transmitted by injecting drug users (IDUs). HCV antiviral treatment is effective, and deemed cost-effective for those with no re-infection risk. However, few active IDUs are currently treated.
Hickman, Matthew +4 more
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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2016 BackgroundThe use of the EQ-5D to asses the economic benefits of health technologies has led to questions about the cross-population transferability of preference weights to calculate health utility scores. The aim of this study is to investigate whether
Mingying Fang +3 more
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The role and implications of mammalian cellular circadian entrainment
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.At their most fundamental level, mammalian circadian rhythms occur inside every individual cell. To tell the correct time, cells must align (or ‘entrain’) their circadian rhythm to the external environment. In this review, we highlight how cells entrain to the major circadian cues of light, feeding and temperature, and the implications this has for our
Priya Crosby
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Approaches to Estimating the Health State Dependence of the Utility Function [PDF]
If the marginal utility of consumption depends on health status, this will affect the economic analysis of a number of central problems in public finance, including the optimal structure of health insurance and optimal life cycle savings.
Finkelstein, Amy N. +2 more
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Utility-preserving anonymization for health data publishing
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2017 Background Publishing raw electronic health records (EHRs) may be considered as a breach of the privacy of individuals because they usually contain sensitive information.
Hyukki Lee +3 more
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The Design of Pension Pay Out Options when the Health Status during Retirement is Uncertain [PDF]
This paper examines the optimal design of pension plans when the health status during retirement is uncertain. Assuming that the health status affects both life expectancy and the marginal utility of consumption, choice between a lump-sum payment and an ...
Mathias Kifmann
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Risk Equity: A New Proposal [PDF]
, 2007 What does distributive justice require of risk regulators? Various executive orders enjoin health and safety regulators to take account of “distributive impacts,” “equity,” or “environmental justice,” and many scholars endorse these requirements.
Adler, Matthew D.
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