I investigate RDefforts for process innovation in a monopoly with uncertain demand. Two different models are proposed, where either (i) the reservation price is affected by an additive shock and the marginal production cost is increasing, or (ii) a multiplicative shock on the slope of demand combines with a flat marginal production cost. In either case, price-setting behaviour generates a large...

Clinical trials are the standard for identifying new drugs for the treatment of disease, but results are dependent on patient compliance. The success of treatments for HIV disease in particular may be judged in part by their effect on immunologic, virologic, or clinical measures collected on patients at regular predefined intervals. If patients drop out of a trial before study completion, the a...

The Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) has been the most widely used measure of disability in multiple sclerosis clinical trials. Although EDSS has the advantage of familiarity with respect to recent proposals, yet is difficult to use consistently between evaluators. AEDSS (Automatic EDSS) is a computerized system designed to overcome this problem. It constrains the neurologist to follow p...

OBJECTIVE This study examined the effect of self-efficacy on glycemic control, self-care behaviors, and quality of life in low-income, minority adults with diabetes. METHODS Data on 378 participants were examined. Multiple linear regression assessed associations between self-efficacy, hemoglobin A1c, medication adherence, diabetes knowledge, self-care behaviors and quality of life. RESULTS ...

The ability to prevent unauthorized users from gaining access to classified or sensitive data is crucial to many organizations, especially the military. There has been significantly increased attention in recent years in biometrics technology in order to provide more secured access controls to information systems. Different technologies and various products have been developed to authenticate u...

In this work, a method for quantification of heavy metals Inductively Coupled Plasma Sector Field Mass Spectrometry (ICP-SFMS) in soil samples of El Bierzo district (Spain) has been optimized and validated. Optimization was carried out for elements: Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Se, As, Cd, Hg, Pb and U. Validation of the method was performed with Certified and Standard Reference Materials (CRMs and ...

We re-examine the parameter space of the constrained minimal supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model (CMSSM), taking account of the restricted range of ΩCDMh 2 consistent with the WMAP data. This provides a significantly reduced upper limit on the mass of the lightest supersymmetric particle LSP: mχ <∼ 500 GeV for tanβ <∼ 45 and μ > 0, or tanβ <∼ 30 and μ < 0, thereby improving the prosp...

The objective of this work was to determine the suitability poultry methacompost from 2nd methanizer BRIN FOUNDATION in Yaokokoroko (Bondoukou, Côte d’Ivoire), be used improvement soil fertility. studied has a C/N ratio = 17.26, which could characterize stable with high amending power. It also contains mineral elements Nitrogen (N) 0.68% DM; Phosphorus (P) 0.084% Potassium (K) 0.67% Calcium (Ca...