Lasting reductions in illegal moves following an increase in their cost: evidence from river-crossing problems.

Informal International Border Crossing, Refugee and Illegal Migrant Workers: Issue in Travel Medicine

Moves in the World Are Faster than Moves in the Head: Interactivity in the River Crossing Problem

In solving a variety of problems people interact with their external environment, often using artefacts close at hand to supplement and augment their problem solving skills. The role of interactivity in problem solving was investigated using a river-crossing problem. All participants performed the task twice, once in a high interactivity condition and once in a low interactivity condition. Move...

P-34: Evidence for The Influence of Illegal Drug Consumption on Male Fertility

Background: Exposure to certain drugs and toxins plays an important role in male infertility. Even fancy using of illegal drugs is an important factor in evaluation of male infertility. There is evidence in previous literature that this drug has harmful effects on fertility, but data based on evidence is limited. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the infertile couples in one of the infe...

سوء مصرف مواد در جوانان: پیشگیری، مداخلات اولیه، کاهش آسیب و درمان مصرف مواد در جوانان

In this study, a systematic examination of evidences on the efficacy of preventive interventions, early interventions, harm reduction interventions, and treatment of tobacco and illegal drugs (cannabis, opioid, amphetamine, and cocaine) abuse in adolescents was carried out. Tax levies, general public prohibition, advertisement limitations, are useful tools to reduce tobacco use, but are of ...

Unintended Consequences of Hospital Payment: The Case of Swiss Diagnosis Related Groups

Background: In 2012, Switzerland changed from retrospective to prospective hospital payment based on diagnosis related groups (DRGs), following the example of the United States, Australia, and Germany. As in these countries, the objective of this transition was to motivate hospitals to improve efficiency by making them bear financial risk to some extent.Objective:...