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How to Ask for a Favor: A Case Study on the Success of Altruistic Requests [PDF]

, 2014
Requests are at the core of many social media systems such as question & answer sites and online philanthropy communities. While the success of such requests is critical to the success of the community, the factors that lead community members to satisfy ...
Althoff, Tim, Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil, Cristian, Jurafsky, Dan   +2 more
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A Comparative Study of Cerebral Oxygenation During Exercise in Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Cognitive impairment and exercise intolerance are common in dialysis patients. Cerebral perfusion and oxygenation play a major role in both cognitive function and exercise execution; HD session per se aggravates cerebral ischemia in this population. This study aimed to compare cerebral oxygenation and perfusion at rest and in mild
Marieta P. Theodorakopoulou, Konstantina Dipla, Danai Faitatzidou, Fotini Iatridi, Areti Georgiou, Artemios Karagiannidis, Erasmia Sampani, Chrysostomos Dimitriadis, Aggelos Koutlas, Andreas Zafeiridis, Pantelis Sarafidis   +10 more
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Examining the State of the Health System Plan from the Perspective of the Patients of Hospitals in Yasuj, Iran [PDF]

Armaghane Danesh Bimonthly Journal
Background & aim: The health system reform plan is a plan to improve health care systems in Iran, which started working in the hospitals of the Ministry of Health on May 15, 2014.
S Mohammadhosseini, M Eskandari, A Alamdari, R Mohammadhosseini Servak   +3 more
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The Situation of Food Security and Related Factors in Female Teachers of Yasuj Education School Board

Armaghane Danesh Bimonthly Journal, 2020
Background & aim: Food insecurity is recognized as a serious public health problem in the world and has attracted the attention of the public, professionals, and policymakers.
S Parvin, SO Salehi, MR Joshan, M Akbar Tabar Tori, JM Malekzadeh, R Pirooz, T Bahram Fard, Z Khosravani, A Pourmahmoudi   +8 more
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Entrepreneurs' Access to Private Equity in China: The Role of Social Capital [PDF]

, 2002
Drawing on Social network theory, this article argues for enhancing effects of social capital of entrepreneurs on investment selection decisions of venture capitalists (to invest versus not to invest), and main effects of social capital on investment ...
Batjargal, Bat, Liu, Mannie M.
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Altruism among relatives and non-relatives [PDF]

, 2008
The amount of their own monetary reward that undergraduate participants claimed they were willing to forgo, in order to give $75 to another person, decreased hyperbolically as social distance increased between the participant and the other person ...
Bryan A. Jones, Howard Rachlin
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Predicting the Future Burden of Renal Replacement Therapy in Türkiye Using National Registry Data and Comparative Modeling Approaches

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Chronic kidney disease is a growing public health problem worldwide, and the number of patients requiring renal replacement therapy is steadily increasing. Türkiye has experienced a similar rise in both the incidence and prevalence of renal replacement therapy over the past decades; however, national‐level projections of future ...
Arzu Akgül, Neriman Sıla Koç, Berrak Itır Aylı   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Total Cost of Pre-Hospital Emergency Missions based on the Activity-based Costing Model and its Comparison with the Cost of Private Emergency Pre-Hospital Emergency Services in Mashhad in 2016

Rāhburdhā-yi Mudīriyyat dar Niẓām-i Salāmat, 2019
Background: Pre-hospital care plays an important role in managing patients who require emergency services and preserving human life. The aim of this study was to evaluate the cost of completed public pre-hospital emergency missions according to the ...
Hossein Ebrahimi Pour, Elahe Pourahmadi, Reza Vafayinezhad, Shapour Badie Aval, Zahra Keyvanlou, Akbar Javan Biparva   +5 more
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Evaluation Factors for Multi-Stakeholder Broadband Visual Communication Projects [PDF]

, 2002
This paper presents a summary of multifaceted evaluation factors that we have identified through our research with Broadband Visual Communication (BVC) projects involving multiple stakeholders.
Barfurth, Marion A., Brooks, Martin, Emond, Bruno, Singer, Janice, Spence, John, Vinson, Norman   +5 more
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Mapping the evolution of mitochondrial complex I through structural variation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Respiratory complex I (CI) is crucial for bioenergetic metabolism in many prokaryotes and eukaryotes. It is composed of a conserved set of core subunits and additional accessory subunits that vary depending on the organism. Here, we categorize CI subunits from available structures to map the evolution of CI across eukaryotes. Respiratory complex I (CI)
Dong‐Woo Shin, Tingting Chen, James A. Letts   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source