Pushing the boundaries of pelvic exenteration by maintaining survival at the cost of morbidity Background Pelvic exenteration (PE) provides a potentially curative option for advanced or recurrent malignancy confined to the pelvis. A clear (R0) resection margin is the strongest prognostic factor ...
A mother's description of the effects of premature birth deepens our understanding of the consequences of the life and death decisions made by doctors, finds David C Taylor The chance of survival of babies weighing between 500 g and 600 g is "approximately 20%," says the website of the ...
The Cost of SurvivalTHE COST OF SURVIVALBY ANTHONY LANE"The Last of the Unjust."Benjamin Murmelstein and the director...Lane, Anthony
For females, this cost of association may be responsible for the lack of sexual signaling, while needing to confuse paternity. Significance statement Socioecological theory predicts a trade-off between the benefits of sociality and the ecological costs of increased feeding competition. Orangutans’ semi...
Consumption of over-the-counter probiotics for promotion of health and well-being has increased worldwide in recent years. However, although probiotic use has been greatly popularized among the general public, there are conflicting clinical results for many probiotic strains and formulations. Emerging ...
Randomized controlled trials are the gold standard for measuring causal effects. However, they are often not always feasible, and causal treatment effects
The economic value of life lost to climate change-attributed extreme weather is obviously very dependent on the assumed value of statistical life. When using the US-UK mean Value of Statistical Life (VSL; as described in the data section), the climate change-attributed cost associated with morta...
This study investigates the determinants of Chinese outward direct investment Hinrich Voss and Ping Zheng (ODI) and the extent to which three special explanations (capital market imperfections, special ownership advantages and institutional factors) need to be nested within the general theory of the mul...
First, with a stochastic model, we calculate the density of flies necessary for the economically successful pollination, determined according to the economically expected yield. Second, using a deterministic optimal control model, we find a minimum cost supplementary feeding strategy. In summary, we ...
Efficiency and Cost Reduction: tasks such as medical coding, billing, and administrative processes can be automated. Furthermore, the processes in a healthcare institution can be analyzed to find possible issues and/or be confronted with gold-standard(s). In this way, it is possible to increase...