We contribute to the literature on effect of taxes locational choices wealthy individuals by examining geographical sensitivity Forbes 400 richest Americans state estate taxes. Though we find billionaires’ effective tax rates are only about half statutory rate, their residential highly sensitive these taxes, as 35 percent local billionaires leave states with an tax. This tax-induced mobility ca...

Using detailed daily information covering 100 countries and an event-study approach, we estimate the short run effects of implementing Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) on spread COVID-19 virus at early stages pandemic. We study impact two NPIs – stay-at-home requirements workplace closures three outcomes: residential mobility; growth rate cases; fatalities. Acknowledging that observe a m...

BACKGROUND There is a paucity of studies on the magnitude of reduction of vasovagal reaction by reduced collection volume. This study was thus conducted to determine the difference in reaction rates between two collection volumes among the young first-time donors who are at particular risk of reaction. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS This retrospective study analyzed 38,436 whole blood donations mad...

BACKGROUND The combined use of free and total prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in early detection of prostate cancer has been controversial. This article systematically evaluates the discriminating capacity of a large number of combination tests. METHODS Free and total PSA were analyzed in stored serum samples taken prior to diagnosis in 429 cases and 1,640 controls from the Physicians' Health...

This paper investigates the behavioral and experimental support for different epistemic conditions that form the foundations of several game theoretic solution concepts. It employs strategic choice data from a carefully chosen set of ringnetwork games to obtain individual-level estimates of the following epistemic conditions: rationality; beliefs about the rationality of others; and consistent ...

Monoclonal antibodies are currently used in the diagnosis of gynecologic malignancies by way of immunohistochemical assays, serum assays, and in situ radiolocalization of carcinoma lesions. Among them is MAb B72.3, generated against a human tumor-associated antigen (TAG-72). Using immunohistochemical techniques, MAb B72.3 has shown reactivity with 100 percent of common epithelial ovarian carcin...

OBJECTIVES The goal of this analysis was to determine the appropriate biventricular pacing target in patients with heart failure (HF). BACKGROUND Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) decreases the risk of death and HF hospitalization. However, the appropriate amount of biventricular pacing is ill-defined. METHODS Mortality and HF hospitalization data from patients undergoing CRT in 2 tri...

In order to investigate physiological and biochemical changes of wheat under stress residue of Imazethapyr herbicide (Imazethapyr), an experiment was conducted in a completely randomized design with four replications in greenhouse conditions at university of Mohaghegh Ardebili. The treatments consisted of five dose levels of herbicide Imazethapyr (0, 0.011, 0.022, 0.033 and 0.044 micrograms of ...

PURPOSE To examine neonatal risk and associated nursery costs for infants with delivery following untreated preterm labor at 34, 35, or 36 weeks' gestation, by assessing the incidence of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission, respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), and need for ventilatory assistance. DESIGN Infants with preterm birth at 34, 35, or 36 weeks were identified from a databas...