While previous research has found that children make more risky decisions than their parents, little is known about the developmental trajectory for the ability to make advantageous decisions. In a sample of children, 5–11 years old, we administered a new risky decision making task in which the relative expected value (EV) of the risky and riskless choice options was varied over trials. Younger...

The gradually varied surface was introduced and studied in digital and discrete spaces by Chen. The basic idea of introducing gradually varied surfaces is to employ a purely discrete interpolation algorithm to fit a discrete surface when the desired surface is not required to be “smooth.” In this paper, we generalize the concept of gradually varied surfaces. A digital surface is defined as a ma...

opinions on pragmatic use and combinations for future exploration. Although, the topics may be drug-focused, there is the inclusion of broad discussion on entire fields of therapy with historical and pre-clinical perspective. This includes a review of traditional chemotherapy, immunotherapy, hormonal agents, bone-specific therapy and other pathways currently under exploration with therapeutic a...

Although exercise modulates appetite regulation and food intake, it remains poorly understood how impacts decision-making about food. The purpose of the present study was to assess impact an acute bout on hypothetical choices related amount timing intake. Forty-one healthy participants (22.0 ± 2.6 years; 23.7 2.5 kg/m2, 56% female) completed 45 min aerobic a resting control condition in randomi...

Abstract Every day, we learn about others’ decisions from various sources. We perceive some of these as choices and others rejections. Does the mere perception another’s decision a choice versus rejection influence our own behavior? Are more likely to conform if view it in one way or other? The current research investigates social frames. Eight studies, including field study conducted during li...

For many years, stated preference researchers have been interested in the effects of information on willingness to pay for environmental goods. Within the random utility model, information about an environmental good might impact on preferences and on scale (error variance), both between and within samples of choices. In this paper, we extend the G‐MNL model to investigate the effects of differ...

For patients with atrial fibrillation, anticoagulant therapy is essential to reduce the risk of ischemic stroke that is associated with this arrhythmia. Historically, warfarin has been the preferred treatment for patients at moderate to high risk despite many potential limitations. With the development of newer oral anticoagulants, clinicians now have 3 additional options: dabigatran, rivaroxab...

for the first time in English an authentic treatise on this subject. Such a work could only be the product of a master of his subject and Palmer Findley has long been recognized as a leader in American Obstetrics. Bearing in mind that "History is the essence of innumerable biographies" the author has used this approach to the subject with great effectiveness. The great personalities of obstetri...