cancer is one of the three main causes of mortality in most human communities whose prevalence is being increased. a significant part of health budget in all countries has been allocated to treat the cancer, which is incurable in many cases. it has led the global health attitude to cancer prevention. many cancer‑related risk factors have been identified for which preventive recommendations have...

INTRODUCTION Family structure and family attitudes have been reported to be important factors in the development of substance use disorders. In this study, we aimed to assess the relationship between substance use and family functions, parental attitude, and parental dyadic adjustment of adolescents with substance use disorder. METHODS The study was conducted on 50 patients, comprising 9 fema...

Upgrading existing buildings to meet current seismic design codes is important in high seismic hazard regions. Decision makers must choose from many possible retrofitting options, each with inherent advantages and disadvantages. The two main decision drivers that are commonly used are: increasing engineering performance (ductility, strength, etc.) and reducing cost. There is currently little in...

Abstract It is now well established that higher-order risk preferences play a crucial role in determining the risky choices of decision makers wide range important areas such as economics, finance and health. While influential theories choice those fields can explain attitudes to second order risk, implications these models for higher still be developed. This paper addresses gap Markowitz (J Po...

Risk tolerance is widely used in the personal financial planning referring to an investor’s attitude towards risk. It is the amount of uncertainty or investment return volatility that an investor is willing to accept when making a financial decision. Risk tolerance scores are used (1) to examine the relationship between demographic characteristics and risk tolerance, and (2) to investigate the ...

the disposal of nuclear wastes is one of the most controversial issues faced by authorities in japan. in this regard, a survey was conducted among 172 university students to analyze the attitude towards the sitting of a nuclear waste repository in the country. the study focused on a number of variables that influenced the perception of risks before the 2011 tohoku earthquake and tsunami. result...

This paper documents the relation between risk attitude and college attendance. A measure of the degree of risk aversion is constructed based upon the National Longitudinal Survey for Youth. Statistics and estimation results suggest that risk aversion may have a negative impact on the decision to attend college. Several potential endogeneity problems are discussed. (

The present research addresses whether narcissists are more overconfident than others and whether this overconfidence leads to deficits in decision making. In Study 1, narcissism predicted overconfidence. This was attributable to narcissists’ greater confidence despite no greater accuracy. In Study 2, participants were offered fair bets on their answers. Narcissists lost significantly more poin...