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ABSTRACT Objective The Gold Coast criteria permit diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) even without upper motor neuron (UMN) signs. However, whether ALS patients with UMN signs (ALSwUMN) and those without (ALSwoUMN) share similar characteristics and prognoses remains unclear.
Hee‐Jae Jung +7 more
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The wage effects of entering motherhood: a within-firm matching approach [PDF]
We analyze the wage effects of employment breaks of women entering motherhood using a novel within-firm matching approach where mothers? wages upon return to the job are compared with those of their female colleagues within the same firm.
Beblo, Miriam +2 more
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Este artigo tem por objetivo estimar o impacto da frequência ao ensino infantil na proficiência dos alunos do ensino fundamental público no Brasil, utilizando como proxy as notas dos alunos em português e matemática disponíveis na Prova Brasil 2011.
Walcir Soares da Silva Junior +1 more
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Do Public Subsidies Have an Impact on New Firm Survival? An Empirical Study with French Data [PDF]
firm survival, matched database, propensity score ...
Dominique Redor +2 more
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Shared Genetic Effects and Antagonistic Pleiotropy Between Multiple Sclerosis and Common Cancers
ABSTRACT Objective Epidemiologic studies have reported inconsistent altered cancer risk in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS). Factors such as immune dysregulation, comorbidities, and disease‐modifying therapies may contribute to this variability.
Asli Buyukkurt +5 more
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Investigating the causal relationship between employment and informal caregiving of the elderly
Objective Examining the causal relationship between employment and informal caring to date has been impeded in countries like Ireland where there is a lack of suitable panel data and/or variables for instrument construction. This paper employs propensity
Edel Walsh, Aileen Murphy
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Do Regional Investment Grants Improve Firm Performance? Evidence from Sweden [PDF]
The effect of Swedish regional investment grants during 1990-1999 on firm performance, in terms of returns on equity and number of employees, were studied using a propensity-score matching-method to control for sample selection.
Ankarhem, Mattias +3 more
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Impact of Asymptomatic Intracranial Hemorrhage on Outcome After Endovascular Stroke Treatment
ABSTRACT Background Endovascular treatment (EVT) achieves high rates of recanalization in acute large‐vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke, but functional recovery remains heterogeneous. While symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (sICH) has been well studied, the prognostic impact of asymptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (aICH) after EVT is less certain ...
Shihai Yang +22 more
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Causal Effects in Non-Experimental Studies: Re-Evaluating the Evaluation of Training Programs [PDF]
This paper uses propensity score methods to address the question: how well can an observational study estimate the treatment impact of a program? Using data from Lalonde's (1986) influential evaluation of non-experimental methods, we demonstrate that ...
Rajeev H. Dehejia, Sadek Wahba
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ABSTRACT Purpose Air pollution has been linked to several neurological conditions, including stroke and neurodegenerative diseases. Evidence regarding its association with multiple sclerosis (MS) remains conflicting, limited by small sample sizes. Methods PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and Cochrane controlled register of trials (CENTRAL) were searched on ...
Ahmad A. Toubasi, Thuraya N. Al‐Sayegh
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