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OBJECTIVE To assess cost-effectiveness of conventional cytology and HPV DNA testing for cervical-cancer screening in Colombia. MATERIAL AND METHODS The National Cancer Institute of Colombia (NCIC) in 2007 developed a Markov model on the natural history of cervical cancer; no screening, conventional cytology, and HPV DNA testing were compared. Only direct costs were used. Outcomes comprise cer...

Many cite CGIS and Tomlinson as the origin of GIS, yet it is instructive to examine the community of practice into which this idea was presented in 1967. A group of practitioners in CSIRO Lands Directorate had evolved a scheme for integrated land evaluation. This paper considers the track not taken, and the delicate connection between technology and conceptual frameworks. This story has particu...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to identify the characteristics of social networking service (SNS) users and to assess the relationship of those factors to user satisfaction with the SNSs of the National Cancer Information Center (NCIC) in South Korea. METHODS A Web-based survey was completed by 1,670 users of the NCIC SNSs, who provided data on the sources they consulted for information about ca...

In the fall of 2008, light was shed on the practice of syringe re-use occurring in western Canada (Government of Alberta, 2009). In this situation, syringes had been re-used between patients to administer sedating medication through patient intravenous (IV) lines (Government of Alberta, 2009). Later it was reported that other incidents of syringe re-use had occurred in Canada (CBC News-Edmonton...

Conjoint Analysis (CA) is a very popular class of methods for measuring consumer preferences, both in research and practice. However, since a couple of years, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is being discussed in this field as well. Several empirical studies have shown the general potential of AHP, particularly in complex product evaluation tasks consisting of many attributes. But, in spit...

SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT: The Attorney General has exempted this system from subsections (c)(3) and (4), (d), (e)(2), (e)(3), (e)(4)(H), (e)(8), (f) and (g) of the Privacy Act pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j). Rules have been promulgated in accordance with the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 553(b), (c) and (e) and have been published in the Federal Register and codified at 28 C...

OBJECTIVE To assess if commercially sponsored trials are associated with higher success rates than publicly-sponsored trials. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTINGS We undertook a systematic review of all consecutive, published and unpublished phase III cancer randomized controlled trials (RCTs) conducted by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and the NCIC Clinical Trials Group (CTG). We included all phase III cancer R...

License agreements constitute between 20-33% of all strategic alliances in sectors commonly identified as likely candidates for an endogenous fixed cost (EFC) model; namely biotechnology and chemicals among others. We develop a model of endogenous market structure and fixed (sunk) cost R&D investment based on Sutton (1998; 2007) and include the ability of firms to license their technology to (p...