QALYs: The Math Doesn’t Work by Tia G. Sawhney, Angela Dobes, Sirimon O'Charoen

“…Furthermore, our review of the mathematical properties of QALYs, including an analysis of quality-of-life utility (QOL utility) data recently collected from patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), has led us to conclude that QALYs are an inappropriate metric of drug and treatment cost-effectiveness for all people, both disabled and nondisabled, and should not be the basis for US healthcare policy decisions.…”
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Advances in the Application of New Ultrasound Technology for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Lymphoma by Bao Rui, Chen Lu, Luo Yukun, Zhang Mingbo

“…In addition, we review the biological basis of US prediction of lymphoma and provide an outlook for future research directions.…”
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Surface Level Ozone and its Adverse Effects on Crops and Forests: A Need for an Interdisciplinary Understanding by Sagar V. Krupa

“…Examples include the U.S. National Crop Loss Assessment Network (NCLAN), the U.S. …”
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Reversing the Negative Genomic Effects of Aging with Short-Term Calorie Restriction by Stephen R. Spindler

“…According to government figures, total health care spending in the U.S. in 1999 was $1.316 trillion. The government projects an increase in health care costs to $2.176 trillion by 2008. …”
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Mathématiques et défis d’ingénierie : l’exemple de Solar Impulse by Béesau, Christophe

“…Innovation projects present us with complex challenges. But is it possible to better understand the profound nature of a problem’s complexity? …”
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Floriculture Crops Economic Outlook for 2014 by Hayk Khachatryan, Alan W. Hodges, Shawn Steed

“… This 15-page report summarizes industry statistics using data from primary and secondary sources and highlights production and sales trends in the US environmental horticulture industry in 2014. …”
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Floriculture Crops Economic Outlook for 2014 by Hayk Khachatryan, Alan W. Hodges, Shawn Steed

“… This 15-page report summarizes industry statistics using data from primary and secondary sources and highlights production and sales trends in the US environmental horticulture industry in 2014. …”
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Comparative performance of disability measures. by Scott D Landes, Jean P Hall, Bonnielin K Swenor, Nastassia Vaitsiakhovich

“…Researchers and federal agencies are currently discussing the best way to measure disability in US federal surveys. One idea being discussed is expanding/supplementing the question sets commonly used to capture disability status in order to better capture a broader segment of the disabled population. …”
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A Wandering Abdominal Mass in a Neonate: An Enteric Duplication Cyst Mimicking an Ovarian Cyst by Shigeo Iijima

“…A cystic lesion was detected in the right abdomen of the fetus on antenatal US and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Serial US and MRI examinations performed after birth showed a single cyst that wandered from side to side in the abdomen; the initial diagnosis was thought to be an ovarian cyst. …”
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Fresh-Cut Mango Best Management Practices Manual by Jeffrey K. Brecht, Anne Plotto, Anna Marín-Gozalbo, Renee Goodrich

“… The National Mango Board (NMB), an instrumentality of the US Department of Agriculture, commissioned this work to assist the mango industry. …”
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Evaluating Normalization Methods for Robust Spectral Performance Assessments of Hyperspectral Imaging Cameras by Siavash Mazdeyasna, Mohammed Shahriar Arefin, Andrew Fales, Silas J. Leavesley, T. Joshua Pfefer, Quanzeng Wang

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Screening of breast cancer in higher-risk Taiwanese women using contrast-enhanced mammography by Chen-Pin Chou, Yu-Ting Hong, Yun Lin, Pei-Ying Lin

“…The study included breast ultrasound (US) and the CEM combo, which consists of digital mammography (DM), digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), and CEM. …”
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Cost-Effectiveness of Apomorphine Sublingual Film as an “On-Demand” Treatment for “OFF” Episodes in Patients with Parkinson's Disease by Andrew Thach, Noam Kirson, Miriam L. Zichlin, Ibrahima Dieye, Eric Pappert, G. Rhys Williams

“…APL received US approval in 2020, and its cost-effectiveness has not been compared with SC-APO and CVT-301. …”
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Enhanced Detection of Residual Breast Cancer Post-Excisional Biopsy: Comparative Analysis of Contrast-Enhanced MRI with and Without Diffusion-Weighted Imaging by Han Song Mun, Bong Joo Kang, Sung Hun Kim, Ga Eun Park

“…AUCs for MG and US were lower at 0.623 and 0.563, with no significant difference between MG and US (<i>p</i> = 0.234). …”
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The accuracy of ultrasensitive PSA in predicting disease progression after radical prostatectomy by Heikki Seikkula, Jaakko Hyysalo, Mikael Högerman, Peter J. Boström, Otto Ettala

“…Abstract Objectives To assess the role of ultrasensitive PSA values (usPSA) after radical prostatectomy in predicting the subsequent biochemical recurrence (BCR). …”
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We Are on the Verge of Breakthrough Cures for Type 1 Diabetes, but Who Are the 2 Million Americans Who Have It? by Rebecca Smith, Samara Eisenberg, Aaron Turner-Phifer, Jacqueline LeGrand, Sarah Pincus, Yousra Omer, Fei Wang, Bruce Pyenson

“…By 2033, we project the US population with T1DM will grow by about 10%, reaching approximately 2.29 million patients. …”
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Global Phenotypic Characterization of Effects of Fluoroquinolone Resistance Selection on the Metabolic Activities and Drug Susceptibilities of Clostridium perfringens Strains by Miseon Park, Fatemeh Rafii

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['A UNIQUE COMBINATION OF MASK IN BINARY FOUR-POINT SUBDIVISION SCHEME'] by Uzma Mukhtar, Kashif Rehan

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Sponsor's Foreword by David Shurtleff, Sergi Ferré

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['OUTCOME AND ROOTS OF EARLY MARRIAGES IN GILGIT-BALTISTAN: A QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTIVE STUDY'] by Saima Baig, Asmat Ullah

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