In fact, some self-employed workers, especially entrepreneurs, achieve a higher earning capacity compared to dependent workers, increasing their income security. To address this issue, we included all self-employed with ISCO (International Standard Classification of Occupations) category “1” – namely...
but also high rates of recovery from alcohol use-related problems, suggesting potential resilience to long-term effects compared to adults. The aim of this systematic review is to evaluate the current evidence for a moderating role of age on the impact of chronic alcohol exposure ...
However, humans have the ability to adapt to a certain level of noise to some extent. We tend to get accustomed or "tune out" chronic noises that we are frequently exposed to in the long term. The predictability and controllability of noise also affect an individual's reactions and the sev...
Moreover, leave policies can be a cost-effective strategy for increasing fertility, compared with other pro-natal policies. When policymakers discuss the effect of leave on fertility, generally they are referring to either the future-child effect or the total effect—i.e., the extra incentive ...
The different routes of administration, sedation time, dose and depth of sedation, and intraoperative management strategies may all affect the outcome. In our study, the influence of confounding factors was effectively controlled. Compared with the normal saline control group, the midazolam group had ...
The effects of the treatment itself could be attributed to different gain in wheat growth especially when the communities were compared at the end of the trial. Our results indicate that the usage of different fertilisers will not only affect the bacterial community by direct addition of nutrients...
Conclusions and Relevance Among patients with severe stroke receiving mechanical ventilation, a strategy of early tracheostomy, compared with a standard approach to tracheostomy, did not significantly improve the rate of survival without severe disability at 6 months. However, the wide confidence intervals...
As a result, Walmart has the capacity to sell its merchandise at lower prices, compared with other businesses in the markets in which it operates. This can have an effect that goes beyond the retail market and into manufacturing and production. In addition to its buying power, Walmart has ...
during the alpha wave, up to 52% during the Omicron wave, of which 25% had their last dose more than 6 months before the infection. Contacts were less vaccinated (37% during omicron) and a higher proportion of them were previously infected (10%, compared to 2.9% for the index cases)....
In addition to the incentive mechanism discussed in previous research, this paper discusses how intergenerational mobility affects education investment through its impact on excessive parental anxiety about education and parental status-seeking behavior. Third, compared to previous studies employing micro ...