This paper presents a model in which some consumers shop on the basis of price alone, without attention to product quality. A firm may “cheat” (i.e., cut quality) to exploit these inattentive consumers. In the unique symmetric equilibrium, firms follow a mixed strategy involving both price and quality dispersion. Firms are less likely to cheat when there are fewer inattentive consumers, which i...

Using 1988 and 1991 data from nonprofit voluntary hospitals in California, we find that the vast majority of nonprofit hospitals provide community dividends in excess of the tax subsidies they receive. However, nearly 20 percent of nonprofit hospitals do not meet this standard. Further, those hospitals that do not meet the standard tend to not meet the standard over time. We recommend more expl...

Since the end of the war the number of persons receiving aid under the State-Federal programs of public assistance has increased almost steadily and the cost of the programs has climbed. The increases, though partly the result of higher living costs, also reflect the greater public awareness of need and the consequent action by State legislatures to provide more adequately for needy persons. Ac...

This is the first study to evaluate the prevalence of headache and migraine among Tupiniquim Brazilian natives. A high prevalence of headache was found and the most prevalent headache was migraine. Women were more commonly affected than men. A high impact of headache was found, especially among migraineurs. Half of the headache sufferers were under medical assistance for headache given by the g...

The term "natural childbirth" encompasses a variety of methods, including the Lamaze, Bradley, and home-birth approaches, which place more or less reliance on medical technology. Aristotle's analysis of three levels of human activity--digestion and reproduction, perception and locomotion, and abstract thinking--and Pellegrino and Thomasma's classification of the "living body," "lived body," and...

The organization and implementation of anti-epidemic support in the Polish Armed Forces carrying out mandatory tasks in theatres of military operations poses a difficult and imperceptible problem in the field of medical assistance of military contingents. One of the operative instruments designed for limitation of the spread of infectious diseases and its health consequences among participants ...

Various robotic exoskeletons have been proposed for hand function assistance during activities of daily living (ADL) of stroke survivors. However, traditional exoskeletons involve the use of complex rigid systems that impede the natural movement of joints, and thus reduce the wearability and cause discomfort to the user. The objective of this paper is to design and evaluate a soft robotic glove...

Research services have long been referred to as personal research assistance given library patrons by staff. The expanding tremendously since the beginning of 21st century, and abruptly shifting fully digital, online activities during COVID-19 crisis. One newly launched, face-to-face consultation is forced be operated completely online. aim establishing this service support postgraduate student...

1,2JESSICA E SCAIFE, MSc, FRCR, 1,3SIMON J THOMAS, PhD, FIPEM, 1,4KARL HARRISON, MSc, 1,3MARINA ROMANCHIKOVA, PhD, 1,5MICHAEL P F SUTCLIFFE, PhD, MIMechE, 1,6JULIA R FORMAN, PhD, 1,2AMY M BATES, MSc, 1,2RAJ JENA, MD, FRCR, 1,4M ANDREW PARKER, MA(Oxon), PhD and 1,2NEIL G BURNET, MD, FRCR Cancer Research UK VoxTox Research Group, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hosp...