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Asymmetric Platform Oligopoly

open access: yesThe RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We propose a tractable model of asymmetric platform oligopoly with logit demand in which users from two distinct groups are subject to within‐group and cross‐group network effects and decide which platform to join. We characterize the equilibrium when platforms manage user access by setting participation fees for each user group.
Martin Peitz, Susumu Sato
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Noninvasive Cervical Vagal Nerve Stimulation on Cognitive Performance But Not Brain Activation in Healthy Adults

open access: yesNeuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, EarlyView., 2020
Abstract Objectives While preliminary evidence suggests that noninvasive vagal nerve stimulation (nVNS) may enhance cognition, to our knowledge, no study has directly assessed the effects of nVNS on brain function and cognitive performance in healthy individuals.
Ruth Klaming   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional bowel disease : a challenging frontier in gastroenterology [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
The last 30 years have seen incredible advances in the science and practice of gastroenterology and hepatology. In the 1970s, the fiberoptic endoscopic revolution facilitated the visualization of the mucosa of a large segment of the gastrointestinal ...
Camilleri, Michael
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Changing public perceptions of alcohol, alcohol harms and alcohol policies: A multi‐methods study to develop novel framing approaches

open access: yesAddiction, Volume 120, Issue 4, Page 655-668, April 2025.
Abstract Background and aims Public perceptions of alcohol and its related harms and policies are shaped by multiple discourses and can influence behaviour and policy support. As part of a FrameWorks‐informed project to test framing approaches to improve public understanding and support for evidence‐based alcohol policies in the UK, this research aimed
Niamh Fitzgerald   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Local Search and the Evolution of World Models

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract An open question regarding how people develop their models of the world is how new candidates are generated for consideration out of infinitely many possibilities. We discuss the role that evolutionary mechanisms play in this process. Specifically, we argue that when it comes to developing a global world model, innovation is necessarily ...
Neil R. Bramley   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Longitudinal pancreatico-gastrostomy: An effective means of pain control in chronic pancreatitis

open access: yesThe Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2007
Aim: To assess the effectiveness of longitudinal pancreatico-gastrostomy (LPG) in relieving intractable abdominal pain in patients of chronic pancreatitis (CP) with dilated main pancreatic duct (MPD).
Bhattacharjee Prosanta
doaj  

Infrared Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

open access: yesPain Research and Management, 2006
OBJECTIVE: The objective of the present study was to assess the degree of pain relief obtained by applying infrared (IR) energy to the low back in patients with chronic, intractable low back pain.
George D Gale, Peter J Rothbart, Ye Li
doaj   +1 more source

Pain sensitivity: an unnatural history from 1800 to 1965 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Who was truly capable of experiencing pain? In this article, I explore ideas about the distribution of bodily sensitivity in patients from the early nineteenth century to 1965 in Anglo-American societies.
Bourke, Joanna
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Destination categories, channel choice, and beer distribution laws

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Consumers tend to choose the type of store, or grocery channel, on the basis of “destination categories,” or categories that tend to be important attractors relative to others. Whether or not a category is truly important to generating incremental market share, however, is a difficult empirical question, because there has been little exogenous
Anna Malinovskaya   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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