When producers of goods (or services) are confronted by a situation in which their offerings no longer perfectly match consumer preferences, they must determine the extent to which the advertised features of the product reflect the product’s actual attributes. We find that the two important determinants of sellers’ advertising strategy are the Repeg cost ratio, Rp, and the Repeat Sales Coeffici...

When producers of goods (or services) are confronted by a situation in which their offerings no longer perfectly match consumer preferences, they must determine the extent to which the advertised features of the product reflect the product’s actual attributes. We find that the two important determinants of sellers’ advertising strategy are the Repeg cost ratio, Rp, and the Repeat Sales Coeffici...

Peripheral T-cell lymphomas (PTCLs) are a rare, heterogeneous group of T-cell- or natural killer cell-derived non-Hodgkin lymphomas. The majority of patients with PTCL experience an aggressive disease course and poor overall survival. Historically, PTCL has been treated with chemotherapy regimens used to treat B-cell lymphomas; however, a lack of durable responses to frontline therapies and few...

The authors examined whether the effect of parental death on adults siblings' relationship quality varies on the basis of the presence and perceived effectiveness of a deceased parent's formal preparations for end-of-life care. The authors used data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study and focused on the relationship quality of a bereaved adult child and his or her randomly selected sibling. P...

Effective control of blast, a devastating fungal disease of rice, would increase and stabilize worldwide food production. Resistance mediated by quantitative trait loci (QTLs), which usually have smaller individual effects than R-genes but confer broad-spectrum or non-race-specific resistance, is a promising alternative to less durable race-specific resistance for crop improvement, yet evidence...

OBJECTIVES To understand the influences associated with durability and diffusion of benefits of a fire service wellness program. METHODS Qualitative assessment of group interviews. RESULTS Five years following a controlled worksite wellness trial, behavioral improvements were durable and had diffused to control participants. These findings were associated with firefighters' team orientation...