The study aims to estimate an international reserves demand model for China using economic growth, propensity to import, real effective exchange rate and trade openness variables for quarterly period spanning from 1985Q1 to 2014Q4.The bounds testing technique to cointegration is used to test for a long run relationship, while the autoregressive distributed lag approach is used to estimate short...

background: fast foods consumption among students has increased. this study assessed the factors associated with fast foods consumption in adolescents in the city of sanandaj, iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 553 high-school students studying in the city of sanandaj were randomly selected. data were collected using questionnaires proved to be valid and reliable. data were analyzed ...

BACKGROUND Channeling occurs when a medication and its potential comparators are selectively prescribed based on differences in underlying patient characteristics. Drug safety advisories can provide new information regarding the relative safety or effectiveness of a drug product which might increase selective prescribing. In particular, when reported adverse effects vary among drugs within a th...

Intervention research on health outcomes is important to advancing the nursing science. Using randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to estimate intervention (or treatment) effects is optimal for this purpose. Unfortunately, for practical or ethical reasons, RCTs are often not feasible, and thus, researchers often rely on observational or non-RCT data to estimate treatment effects. Such practice p...

Patients with dementia are at increased risk of stroke. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChEIs) have endothelial function protection effects and anti-inflammatory properties. We investigated the ischemic stroke risk in AChEIs use in dementia patients without stroke history. Using Taiwan National Health Insurance Database from 1999 to 2008, 37,352 dementia patients over 50 years old without str...

This paper uses the Banzhaf power measure to calculate the a priori voting power of individual voters under the existing Electoral College system for electing the President of the United States, as well as under variants of this system in which electoral votes are either apportioned among the states in a different manner or cast by the states in a different manner. While the present winner-take...

We built a research model based on a benefit–risk paradigm, and tested the moderating effects of trust propensity and gender in relationship to the impacts of perceived benefits and risks on user online behavior. Results showed that gender moderated the impact of perceived benefit on one’s intention to purchase. Trust propensity was found to moderate the relationship between perceived risk and ...