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A Qualitative Analysis of Patient Perspectives and Preferences in Lupus Management to Guide Lupus Guidelines Development

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective A patient‐centered approach for chronic disease management, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), aligns treatment with patients’ values and preferences, leading to improved outcomes. This paper summarizes how patient experiences, perspectives, and priorities informed the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 2024 Lupus Nephritis (LN)
Shivani Garg   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deglobalization in International Finance and Payments: A New Paradigm or a Phase in Globalization’s Evolution?

open access: yesECONOMICS
This paper examines the phenomenon of deglobalization in international finance and payments, assessing whether it represents a fundamental shift or a temporary phase within the broader process of globalization. Using a combination of theoretical analysis
Todorova Vesela   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Innovations in the methodological approach to quantifying and evaluating the supported effects of forests for recreational and educational ecosystem services

open access: yesJournal of Forest Science
The paper deals with a new method of innovative assessment of the supported effects and ecosystem services of forests using the actual amount of their increased costs.
Zdeněk Odvárka, Jitka Meňházová
doaj   +1 more source

Associations of Sleep and Shift Work With Osteoarthritis Risk

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Daily rhythms may be critical for maintaining homeostasis of joint tissues. We aimed to investigate the relationships among circadian clock disruption, sleep, and osteoarthritis (OA) risk in humans. Methods In the UK Biobank, a prospective 500,000–person cohort, we evaluated associations among sleep duration, sleeplessness/insomnia, and shift
Elizabeth L. Yanik   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Make Him an Offer He Can’t Refuse: Avoiding Conflicts through Side Payments [PDF]

open access: yes
The equilibrium of a two-stage conflict game with side-payments predicts that with binding stage-one offers, proposers make and responders accept side-payments, generating settlements that strongly favor proposers.
Erik O. Kimbrough, Roman Sheremeta
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FastPay: High-Performance Byzantine Fault Tolerant Settlement [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
FastPay allows a set of distributed authorities, some of which are Byzantine, to maintain a high-integrity and availability settlement system for pre-funded payments.
Baudet, Mathieu   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Addressing Economic Insecurities Can Improve Patient‐Reported Outcomes in Lupus

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Economic insecurities, such as food, housing, transportation, and financial challenges, are modifiable risk factors and influence patient‐reported outcomes (PROs) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We examined the following: (1) associations between economic insecurities and PROs, and (2) the impact of screening and addressing economic ...
Jay Patel   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rethinking the Role of Payments in Research

open access: yesSwiss Journal of Sociocultural Anthropology
Navigating payments in ethnographic research provides insights into social dynamics within ethnographic research contexts. Drawing from research with financially vulnerable queer male sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya, this article explores the meanings of ...
Lise Woensdregt
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of Payment Cards as a Transaction Tool in Poland

open access: yesStudia Ekonomiczne i Regionalne, 2019
Subject and purpose of work: The article addresses the issue of the increasing use of payment cards in Poland and related consequences in the number and volume of transactions cash and cashless.
Golnik Bartosz
doaj   +1 more source

Side-Payments and the Costs of Conflict. [PDF]

open access: yes
Conflict and competition often impose costs on both winners and losers, and conflicting parties may prefer to resolve the dispute before it occurs. The equilibrium of a conflict game with side-payments predicts that with binding offers, proposers make ...
Erik O. Kimbrough, Roman M. Sheremeta
core  

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