Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Transanal Irrigation for Managing Neurogenic Bowel Dysfunction in Japan by Atsushi Sengoku, Shinichi Noto, Masashi Nomi, Anton Emmanuel, Tatsunori Murata, Toshiki Mimura

“…**Conclusions:** An ICER of 4 million yen falls within the range of reported willingness to pay (WTP) per QALY gain (5–6.7 million yen) in Japan, and TAI is therefore found to be a cost-effective treatment strategy compared to SBC. …”
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Experimental and analytical study of cracks under biaxial fatigue by M. Mokhtarishirazbad, P. Lopez-Crespo, B. Moreno, D. Camas, A. Lopez-Moreno, M. Zanganeh

“…All crack-tip information is obtained with a hybrid methodology that combines experimental full-field digital image correlation data and Williams' elastic model describing the crack-tip field.…”
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The Influence of Perceived Sacrifices on Behavioral Intentions in The LGBT Tourism Sector by Nkosivile W. Madinga, Marle van Eyk, Felix Amoah

“…Moreover, our results demonstrate that customer value has a significant positive impact on tourist loyalty and willingness to pay, highlighting the importance of creating a positive customer experience for this niche market. …”
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PSYCHOLOGICAL GUIDING OF STUDENTS’ INDIVIDUAL EDUCATIONAL TRAJECTORIES IN VOCATIONAL SCHOOL by Evald F. Zeer, Oksana S. Popova

“…Osguda to find out representations of the individual about himself/herself, something own, level of aspiration, strong-willed selfcontrol, degree of communicativeness in interpersonal relations; the method of studying of requirement for achievements by Yu. …”
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Les Caisses d’épargne face à l’avènement d’un groupe bancaire universel : le changement organisationnel entre ingénierie managériale de la mémoire et attachement au passé... by Julien Tassel

“…This approach, as operational as it may be, ignores the relationship to memory and the past generally, which is fundamental in order to understand changes.Based on ethnographic field studies carried out from 2003 and 2007 at a major financial institution (Caisse d'Epargne Group), this article purports to shed light on certain memory-based challenges induced by change: difficulties to recognise the company as it evolves, managerial efforts to link the current situation with the past, which has been altered by the changes, conducts of staff members influenced by a willingness to uphold the original mission of the organisation. …”
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Maximum elongation degradation model and service life prediction for HTPB propellant under constant strain and chemical aging effects by Tingjing Geng, Hongfu Qiang, Heyang Miao, Xueren Wang, Zhejun Wang, Huimin Zhang

“…Additionally, a new degradation performance characterization model was proposed, which was validated and improved based on the correlation between the Williams-Landel-Ferry (WLF) and Arrhenius equation parameters. …”
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High on Cannabis and Calcineurin Inhibitors: A Word of Warning in an Era of Legalized Marijuana by Naomi Hauser, Tanmay Sahai, Rocco Richards, Todd Roberts

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Du baromètre au piolet, cent cinquante ans de visions britanniques de la montagne by Michel Tailland

“…Throughout the XVIIIth and XIXth centuries, daring British travellers kept exploring and conquering mountain ranges up to then mostly "terra incognita Many of them, from William Brockedon, Edward Whymper, John Auldjo or Albert Smith not only wrote about them but also sketched or painted their landscapes thanks to their multi-faceted talents as writers, painters or engravers. …”
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Scales to Assess Knowledge, Motivation, and Self-Efficacy for HIV PrEP in Colombian MSM: PrEP-COL Study by Héctor F. Mueses-Marín, Beatriz Alvarado-Llano, Julián Torres-Isasiga, Pilar Camargo-Plazas, Maria C. Bolívar-Rocha, Ximena Galindo-Orrego, Jorge L. Martínez-Cajas

“…Correlations and confidence interval-based estimation of relevance analyses were conducted to correlate the scales with willingness and intention to use PrEP. Results. Attitude, stigma, and descriptive and subjective norms scales showed good construct validity and were related to intention and willingness to use PrEP. …”
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Interaction of norsecurinine-type monomeric and dimeric alkaloids with α-tubulin: a molecular docking study by Gérard Vergoten, Christian Bailly

“…The interaction between the α/β-tubulin dimer and alkaloids fluevirines A–F and flueggenines A–I, isolated from the bush Flueggea virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Royle, was investigated using molecular docking. …”
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The Role of PPARs in the Endothelium: Implications for Cancer Therapy by David Bishop-Bailey, Karen E. Swales

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Synthesis of Well-Defined Three-Arm Star-Branched Polystyrene through Arm-First Coupling Approach by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization by Syed Shahabuddin, Fatem Hamime Ismail, Sharifah Mohamad, Norazilawati Muhamad Sarih

“…Atom transfer radical polymerization technique has been utilized to yield branched polystyrene involving Williamson coupling strategy. Initially a linear polymeric chain of predetermined molecular weight has been synthesized which is further end-functionalized into a primary alkyl bromide moiety, a prime requisition for Williamson reaction. …”
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Ligament-Derived Stem Cells: Identification, Characterisation, and Therapeutic Application by Katie Joanna Lee, Peter David Clegg, Eithne Josephine Comerford, Elizabeth Gail Canty-Laird

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Toward Intelligent Financial Advisors for Identifying Potential Clients: A Multitask Perspective by Qixiang Shao, Runlong Yu, Hongke Zhao, Chunli Liu, Mengyi Zhang, Hongmei Song, Qi Liu

“…., identifying users who are willing to purchase the portfolios. Thus, extracting useful information from various characteristics of users and further predicting their purchase inclination are urgent. …”
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Community Integration of Disability: A Bibliometric and Knowledge-Map Analysis by Wang S, Li D, Liu C, Sun X, Shi Y, Wang H, Zhang H

“…Keyword cluster map and timeline map with eight clusters were obtained, and the current strongest citation burst keywords are social participation, substance use, experiences, interventions, and Afghanistan. Willer is the author with the most citations. McColl has the largest centrality in the first ten cited authors. …”
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A Clustering of Investors' Behavior according to Their Financial, Behavioral, and Demographic Characteristics (An Application of K-means Algorithm) by Marziyeh Nourahmadi, Hojjatollah Sadeqi

“…In this method, the data are allocated based on a similarity criterion so that the data in each cluster are most similar and the least comparable to the data in other clusters.Methodology: This study identifies a group of investors with similar ability and willingness to accept risk using K-means clustering and Affinity propagation clustering. …”
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Digital interventions for adolescents with type 1 diabetes to promote health literacy? A qualitative study on physicians’ perspective in Germany by Hürrem Tezcan-Güntekin, Aurélia Naoko Naef, Nadine Fischbock, Volker Eric Amelung

“…The utilisation of digital interventions to promote HL was heterogeneous and depended primarily on the willingness of the physicians. Communication strategy techniques were widely employed to motivate patients, an activity occurring mainly in-person, thus limiting the opportunity for the deployment of digital interventions.Conclusions To increase the use of digital interventions and improve HL, support for digital literacy skills could be implemented. …”
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Cost and health effects of case management compared with outpatient clinic follow‐up in a Dutch heart failure cohort by Henk vanVoorst, Alfred Ernest Reiner Arnold

“…Monthly simulation cycles were repeated 60 times to generate 5 years of virtual follow‐up data. Baseline willingness to pay is assumed €50 000 per QALY. Sensitivity analyses were performed in a one‐way deterministic and a multiway probabilistic approach; the probabilistic approach used uniform and more plausible distributions of the model parameters. …”
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From Monster to Ancestor: The Emergence and Animation of the Deep Past by Richard Somerset

“…Starting out as exotic otherworldly monsters, they retained this status amongst those authors seeking to present the findings of palaeontology as consistent with the Biblical narrative of creation, while authors willing to envisage an alternative natural history of creation tended to naturalise them. …”
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SHELTERED EMPLOYMENT WORKSHOPS VS. SUSTAINABILITY POLICY by Joanna Małecka, Dominik Czerkawski

“…Willingness to run their own business was declared by 9.71% of respondents. …”
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