The first account of an option trade is found in Aristotle’s Politics. Thales the Milesian is said to have purchased the right to rent the olive presses at a future point in time for a predetermined price. Although many authors in the Real Options literature make reference to Thale’s option trade, no formal discussion has yet been made. This paper provides a more detailed treatment of this issu...

Background: Hepatitis C virus HCV infection is one of the main causes chronic liver disease worldwide, Egypt has highest national-level prevalence in world, Sofosbuvir/ Daclatasvir (SOF/DAC) regimen widely used to treat Egypt.
 Aims: identify predictors treatment failure with Sofosbuvir/Daclatasvir for 12 weeks Egyptian patients.
 Methodology: A retrospective cohort, we investigated 2...

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus has always been one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in the last decades. There exist a wide range of pharmacological agents for controlling this disease. However, these agents fare differently in terms of efficacy and safety. Hence, the aim of this study was to compare dulaglutide and liraglutide, two glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, in terms of ...

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus has always been one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in the last decades. There exist a wide range of pharmacological agents for controlling this disease. However, these agents fare differently in terms of efficacy and safety. Hence, the aim of this study was to compare dulaglutide and liraglutide, two glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, in terms of ...