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Nonmarket Economic Valuation and "The Economist’s Fallacy"

Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2009
It is important that noneconomists understand and consider three key points regarding the use of economic cost-benefit analysis. First, economists undertaking applied cost-benefit analyses use expected values by necessity in forward-looking models ...
Murray A Rudd
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Phase Angle as an Early Functional Biomarker of Cancer‐Related Fatigue in Pediatric Oncology: A Prospective Longitudinal Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric cancer remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, particularly in low‐and middle‐income countries. Cancer treatment may impair nutritional status, alter body composition, and exacerbate cancer‐related fatigue (CRF).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Junior, Luiz Claudio Barreto Silva Neto, Fabiano Kenji Haraguchi, Letícia Batista de Azevedo, Marcelo Brenner Nascimento Carlini, Raphael Manhães Pessanha, Mariana Rabello Laignier, Wesley Rocha Grippa, Tania Mara Lopes Bitti Bortolini, Gláucia Zouain‐Figueiredo, Regina Aparecida Garcia de Lima, Liliana Vasquez   +11 more
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Handedness: Proficiency versus Stated Preference

Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1970
An investigation of performance factors of developed hand preference was undertaken. Measurements taken from both the preferred and nonpreferred hands of 50 males and 50 females yielded scores on 61 dependent variables from 32 tests. Factor analyses of the scores produced 9 interpretable factors of hand performance.
R H, Barnsley, M S, Rabinovitch
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Mapping Childhood Cancer Care Services in Oceania: Methodological Lessons From the SIOP Global Mapping Programme

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The International Paediatric Oncology Society Global Mapping Programme aims to collect data on global paediatric oncology services by continent, with Africa and Latin America completed. This study reports on the methodology and lessons learned for Oceania, a unique continent with resource disparity across countries, multiple small island ...
Trisha Soosay Raj, Christy Noble, Amy Gray, Daniel C. Moreira, Jennifer Lowe, Maite Gorostegui, Gwenda Anga, Andrew Soma, Milena Lay Dos Santos, Siobhan Cross, Erin Luttrell, Michael Sullivan, Julie Cayrol, Julia Challinor, Neil Ranasinghe, Jordana McLoone, Claire E. Wakefield   +16 more
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Choice of primary healthcare providers among population in urban areas of low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of literature

BMC Primary Care
Background Strengthening urban primary healthcare (PHC) systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is essential to effectively serve the growing urban poor.
Md. Zahid Hasan, Khadija Islam Tisha, Md Golam Rabbani, Natalie King, Edward JD Webb, Zahidul Quayyum, Tim Ensor   +6 more
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Contract Farming Preferences of Smallholder Rice Producers in Benin: A Stated Choice Model Using Mixed Logit Erodibility [PDF]

Tropicultura, 2017
In developing countries, smallholder farmers face many constraints including lack of information, and lack of access to credit and markets. To overcome these constraints, smallholder farmers can engage in contract farming. However, contract farming needs
Arouna, A., Adegbola, PY., Zossou, RC., Babatunde, R., Diagne, A.   +4 more
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Beef Producer Alliance Preferences for Vertical Coordination: A Bivariate Nested Panel Probit Approach

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2019
Using a nested bivariate panel probit model, we quantify the perceived attribute values (PAV) that beef producers place on different information flows and alliance attributes.
Ibrahima Sall, Russell Tronstad, Satheesh Aradhyula   +2 more
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Stated preferences

, 2017
Numerous articles dealing with stated preferences are published every year in journals related to agriculture, environment or health. Hence, it is not easy to find all the relevant articles when performing a benefit transfer, a meta-analysis or a review of literature. Also, it is not easy to identify trends or common practices in these fields regarding
Mahieu, P. A, Andersson, Henrik, Beaumais, Olivier, Crastes dit Sourd, R., Hess, S., Wolff, F.C.   +5 more
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The Future of Pediatric Hematology‐Oncology Fellowship Training: Reflections on the American Board of Pediatrics Training Model

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
Scott C. Borinstein, Scott Moerdler, Alexander A. Boucher, Stacy L. Cooper, Rachel A Egler, Erika Friehling, Richard Ho, Catherine McGuinn, Kathryn S. Sutton, Stacey G. Zahler, Leslie Kersun, Jennifer Kesselheim   +11 more
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The Role of Chemotherapy in Pediatric Myoepithelial Carcinoma: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Myoepithelial carcinoma (MEC) in pediatric patients is a rare and aggressive malignancy characterized by heterogeneous morphology and variable molecular features. The optimal role of chemotherapy remains unclear. We conducted a systematic review according to PRISMA 2020 guidelines to evaluate chemotherapy in pediatric and young‐adult patients ...
Marco Salvi, Maria Carmen Affinita, Giulia Fichera, Luisa Santoro, Angela Scagnellato, Calogero Virgone, Elena Poli, Gianni Bisogno   +7 more
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