The current study examines the construct validity of the Maximization Scale (MS; Schwartz et al., 2002) and the Maximization Tendency Scale (MTS; Diab et al., 2008) as well as the nomological net of the maximizing construct. We find that both scales of maximizing suffer psychometrically, especially in their proposed dimensionality. Using confirmatory factor analysis and item response theory (IR...

Cost-benefit analysis was conducted to determine whether it is worthwhile to initiate a routine varicella vaccination program in Taiwan from different perspectives. Using the human capital approach, the discounted net cost for vaccination program was New Taiwan Dollars (NTD) 281 million from health care payer's perspective. Taking indirect costs into account, the net saving due to vaccination p...

We develop a simple model of credit market imperfections, in which the agents have access to a variety of investment projects, which differ in productivity, in the investment size, and in the severity of the agency problems behind the borrowing constraints. A movement in borrower net worth can shift the composition of the credit between projects with different productivity levels. The model thu...

Background Male involvement in maternal health is recommended as one of the interventions to improve maternal and newborn health. There have been challenges in realising this action, partly due to the position of men in society and partly due to health system challenges in accommodating men. The aim of this study was therefore to evaluate the effect of Home Based Life Saving Skills training by ...

DC microgrid systems allow commercial buildings to use locally generated energy and achieve an optimal economy efficiently. Economical eco-friendly can be achieved by employing renewable sources. However, additional controllable sources, such as fuel cells, are required because of their reduced efficiency fluctuated nature. This storage supply transient power enhance stability. The functioning ...

This study calculated the net benefit of using active management of the third stage of labour (AMTSL) rather than expectant management of the third stage of labour (EMTSL) for mothers in Guatemala and Zambia. Probabilities of events were derived from opinions of experts, publicly available data, and published literature. Costs of clinical events were calculated based on national price lists, ob...

BACKGROUND Person trade-off (PTO) elicitations yield different values than standard utility measures, such as time trade-off (TTO) elicitations. Some people believe this difference arises because the PTO captures the importance of distributive principles other than maximizing treatment benefits. We conducted a qualitative study to determine whether people mention considerations related to distr...

land use optimization is one of the suitable methods for soil conservation. the present research with objective of land use optimization for soil erosion minimization and pure income maximization was conducted in the part of taleghan watershed which comprises 80427.23 ha in area. to achieve this propose, area, erosion rate and net income value of each land uses according to requiring standards ...

We consider a cognitive radio (CR) network in which nodes employ multi-input multi-output (MIMO) for spatial multiplexing (realized through precoding matrices). Our objective is to jointly allocate available channels to various CR links such that no channel is allocated to more than one link, and simultaneously optimize the precoding matrices (one per allocated channel) at each transmitter so a...