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Negotiating Socially Optimal Allocations of Resources [PDF]

Journal Of Artificial Intelligence Research, Volume 25, pages 315-348, 2006, 2011
A multiagent system may be thought of as an artificial society of autonomous software agents and we can apply concepts borrowed from welfare economics and social choice theory to assess the social welfare of such an agent society. In this paper, we study an abstract negotiation framework where agents can agree on multilateral deals to exchange bundles ...
arxiv   +1 more source

Distinct dysregulated pathways in sporadic and Lynch syndrome‐associated colorectal cancer offer insights for targeted treatment

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This study explores the distinct molecular mechanisms underlying Lynch syndrome‐associated and sporadic colorectal cancer (CRC). By highlighting the therapeutic potential of targeting the PI3K‐Akt pathway in Lynch syndrome‐associated CRC and the Wnt pathway in sporadic CRC, the findings open avenues for personalised treatment strategies, aiming to ...
May J. Krause, Musalula Sinkala, Raj Ramesar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social Support Network among People Living with HIV/AIDS in Iran

AIDS Research and Treatment, 2013
This study considers social network interactions as a potential source of support for individuals living with HIV/AIDS in Iran. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 224 people with HIV/AIDS who refer to behavioral counseling centers.
Ameneh Setareh Forouzan, Zahra Jorjoran Shushtari, Homeira Sajjadi, Yahya Salimi, Masoumeh Dejman   +4 more
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Cellular liquid biopsy provides unique chances for disease monitoring, preclinical model generation and therapy adjustment in rare salivary gland cancer patients

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
We quantified and cultured circulating tumor cells (CTCs) of 62 patients with various cancer types and generated CTC‐derived tumoroid models from two salivary gland cancer patients. Cellular liquid biopsy‐derived information enabled molecular genetic assessment of systemic disease heterogeneity and functional testing for therapy selection in both ...
Nataša Stojanović Gužvić, Florian Lüke, Steffi Treitschke, Andrea Coluccio, Martin Hoffmann, Giancarlo Feliciello, Adithi Ravikumar Varadarajan, Xin Lu, Kathrin Weidele, Catherine Botteron, Silvia Materna–Reichelt, Felix Keil, Katja Evert, Florian Weber, Thomas Schamberger, Michael Althammer, Jirka Grosse, Dirk Hellwig, Christian Schulz, Stephan Seitz, Peter Ugocsai, Anke Schlenska‐Lange, Roman Mayr, Ulrich Kaiser, Wolfgang Dietmaier, Bernhard Polzer, Jens Warfsmann, Kamran Honarnejad, Tobias Pukrop, Daniel Heudobler, Christoph A. Klein, Christian Werno   +31 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social Welfare in the Public-Private State

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1966
A new philosophy of social welfare is struggling for recognition in this country. Today's public welfare programs still embody much of the old theory that welfare is a form of charity and that dependency is to be blamed on the individual. A more modern school of thought considers dependency a condition beyond the control of any individual, and seeks to
openaire   +3 more sources

Effects of food neophobia and oral health on the nutritional status of community-dwelling older adults

BMC Geriatrics, 2022
Background Food preferences and oral health of older adults greatly affect their nutritional intake, and old-age–related increase in food neophobia may consequently reduce food intake in older adults.
Takako Yodogawa, Yasuhito Nerome, Junya Tokunaga, Hiromichi Hatano, Mika Marutani   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gut microbiota diversity is prognostic and associated with benefit from chemo‐immunotherapy in metastatic triple‐negative breast cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
We assessed the associations between the gut microbiota and outcome in metastatic triple‐negative breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapy alone or chemotherapy in combination with immunotherapy. Our data indicate that high gut microbiota alpha diversity was associated with improved clinical outcome and with benefit from immunotherapy.
Andreas Ullern, Kristian Holm, Andreas Hagen Røssevold, Nikolai Kragøe Andresen, Corinna Bang, Ole Christian Lingjærde, Bjørn Naume, Johannes R. Hov, Jon Amund Kyte   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of problem drinking in the Swedish workforce: differences between labour market industries based on gender composition and main job activity

BMC Public Health
Background Identifying problem drinking patterns across industries is essential for addressing drinking problems in the workforce. Still, it is not well understood how problem drinking differs across industries and whether it is associated with industry ...
Hasan Tareq, Anna Nyberg, Peter Wennberg, David Redmalm, Susanna Toivanen, Aziz Mensah   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

National Identity and Public-Welfare Behavior Among Chinese Adolescents A Mediated Moderation Model

European Journal of Psychology Open, 2023
: Introduction: Public-welfare behavior is a special prosocial behavior. Actively participating in public welfare activities has an important impact on the psychological development of adolescents.
Danyun Wang, Yuting Tang, Yulong Wang
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Combinatorial Civic Crowdfunding with Budgeted Agents: Welfare Optimality at Equilibrium and Optimal Deviation [PDF]

arXiv, 2022
Civic Crowdfunding (CC) uses the ``power of the crowd'' to garner contributions towards public projects. As these projects are non-excludable, agents may prefer to ``free-ride,'' resulting in the project not being funded. For single project CC, researchers propose to provide refunds to incentivize agents to contribute, thereby guaranteeing the project ...
arxiv