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Social Science

A literature review on transnational diaspora entrepreneurship: utilizing a combined approach of traditional and topic modeling

PurposeThousands of people emigrate from their homeland and start new businesses in other countries. Researchers are increasingly interested in this phenomenon, commonly known as transnational diaspora entrepreneurship. Our paper aims to review this topic by identifying the gaps in existing research and emphasizing the n...
Posted 4 months ago

Biomedical

Case cancellations and associated factors on the day of surgery in hospitals of Wolaita Zone, South Ethiopia

Background

Cancellations of elective surgery cases are frequent and have significant negative consequences. It causes wasting of valuable resources, patient unhappiness, and psychological stress of patients. Despite this, little is known about the case cancellation and associated factors on the d...
Posted 4 months ago

Biomedical

The learning curve in endoscopic transsphenoidal skull-base surgery: a systematic review

Background

The endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach (EETA) has revolutionized skull-base surgery; however, it is associated with a steep learning curve (LC), necessitating additional attention from surgeons to ensure patient safety and surgical efficacy. The current literature is c...
Posted 4 months ago

Biomedical

Time-to-surgery paradigms: wait time and surgical outcomes in critically Ill patients who underwent emergency surgery for gastrointestinal perforation

Background

Waiting time for emergency abdominal surgery has been known to be linked to mortality. However, there is no clear consensus on the appropriate timing of surgery for gastrointestinal perforation. We investigated the association between wait time and surgical outcomes in emergency abdominal surgery.

Physics Maths Engineering

Welfare costs of suboptimal retiree decisions

We make a novel investigation of welfare costs associated with various suboptimal decisions made by retirees, both analytically and numerically. We utilize a unique framework that incorporates recursive utility with housing, and also encompasses expected utility and recursive utility without housing as special cases. Our findings indicate that under-investment in stocks incurs lower welfar...
Posted 4 months ago

Biomedical

Discovering why people believe disinformation about healthcare

Disinformation–false information intended to cause harm or for profit–is pervasive. While disinformation exists in several domains, one area with great potential for personal harm from disinformation is healthcare. The amount of disinformation about health issues on social media has grown dramatically over the past several years, particularly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The s...
Posted 4 months ago

Physics Maths Engineering

Carbon emissions and low-carbon innovation in firms

Most of the previous studies of environmental innovation focus on the impact of environmental innovation on carbon emissions. This study rarely examines the internal causes and mechanisms of influence of low-carbon innovation. This study focuses on the effect of carbon emissions on low-carbon innovation in firms. Using a panel data set of Chinese A-share firms, this study finds that the in...
Posted 4 months ago

Biomedical

What choanoflagellates can teach us about symbiosis

Summary

This study examines the relationship between carbon emissions and low-carbon innovation in firms using panel data from Chinese A-share listed companies from 2010 to 2019. The key findings include:

Carbon emissions promote low-carbon innovation in firms
This effect is mediated by carbon emissions reduction pressure...
Posted 4 months ago

Physics Maths Engineering

Investigating the average kiloelectron-volt emission of partially observed events in nuclear physics through distance weighted mean based censored control chart

The average lifespan of particles, a crucial parameter in nuclear physics, is essential for identification purposes. Modern particle detectors excel at recognizing individual radioactive nuclei arrivals and their subsequent decay events. However, challenges arise when matching arrivals with departures, especially when departures are only partially observed. One inefficient approach involve...
Posted 4 months ago

Biomedical

Inter- and intra-rater reproducibility of quantitative T1 measurement using semiautomatic region of interest placement in myometrium

Purpose

This study aimed to investigate the inter- and intraobserver reproducibility of quantitative T1 (qT1) measurements using manual and semiautomatic region of interest (ROI) placements. We hypothesized the usefulness of the semiautomatic method, which utilizes a three-di...
Posted 4 months ago