Recent research has proposed several ways in which overcon"dent traders can persist in competition with rational traders. This paper o!ers an additional reason: overcon"dent traders do better than purely rational traders at exploiting mispricing caused by liquidity or noise traders. We examine both the static pro"tability of overcon"dent versus rational trading strategies, and the dynamic evolu...

In this note we describe the standard technical maneuver used in our department to protect the skin during thyroidectomy in order to get the best aesthetic result. We use surgical gloves to protect the skin during these operations to reduce the negative impact of thermal trauma and mechanical retractors and energy delivery devices at the edges of the skin incised. This practice is effective, in...

BACKGROUND To determine if expenditures for dentistry (DENT) correlate with severity of chronic kidney disease (CKD). METHODS A total of 10,457 subjects were enrolled from January 2008 to December 2010, divided into three groups: healthy control (HC) group (n = 1,438), high risk (HR) group (n = 3,392), and CKD group (n = 5,627). Five stages were further categorized for the CKD group. OPD util...

1 Department of Surgery, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, IR Iran 2 Cellular and Molecular Research Centre, Department of Pharmacology, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, IR Iran 3 Department of Pathology, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, IR Iran 4 Department of Biostatistics, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, IR Iran 5 Shefa Neuroscience Res...

BACKGROUND The use of sterile gloves is part of general aseptic procedure, which aims to prevent surgical team members from transmitting infectious agents to patients during procedures performed in an operating room. In addition, surgical gloves also protect team members against patient-transmitted infectious agents. Adequate protection, however, requires that the glove material remain intact. ...

The cleaning, washing, drying, and powdering of surgical rubber gloves is a disagreeable task requiring a good deal of manipulation, and consequently a relatively large expenditure of man hours. It is necessary, too, when gloves are used in laboratories working with pathogens that a preliminary decontamination be given to prevent the gloves from becoming a source of infection. Graham (1957) des...

BACKGROUND Sensitization to natural rubber latex has been linked to proteins from medical latex gloves. Various assays to estimate the amount of residual allergenic proteins extractable from latex gloves to assess their potential exposure hazard have inherent weaknesses. OBJECTIVE This investigation was aimed at developing 2-site immunoenzymetric assays and identifying appropriate protein mar...

Agricultural workers rely on chemically protective gloves for protection from dermal exposure to insecticides. In Australia the most widely used gloves are manufactured from polyvinyl chloride or nitrile butadiene rubber. During insecticide application splashes and spills frequently occur on the external surfaces of gloves which may compromise the integrity of the membrane. Interaction of two o...