DO DECISION-MAKING PROFESSIONALS COMMIT THE SUNK-COST FALLACY? by Musa Ilias Biala

“… Decision-making professionals, such as economists, accountants and business majors, are usually taught the general economic principle that when evaluating the costs of a decision, the decision maker should consider only those costs that are actually incurred as a result of making that decision, and that sunk costs should be ignored. …”
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INSTRUMENTAL CAPACITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS IN MODERN CONDITIONS by Georgii Logvynskyi

“…Methodology. The study used general and special methods of scientific inquiry, including systems analysis, dialectical method, formal-logical method, structural-functional method, and various empirical methods. …”
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Unveiling the nature of cathodoluminescence from photon statistics by Sotatsu Yanagimoto, Naoki Yamamoto, Tatsuro Yuge, Takumi Sannomiya, Keiichirou Akiba

“…The developed formulation is universally applicable for particle generation processes in general to investigate the nature of cascade reactions.…”
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Characterizing absolutely irreducible integer-valued polynomials over discrete valuation domains by Hiebler, Moritz, Nakato, Sarah, Rissner, Roswitha

“…We further show that this bound cannot be improved in general. Additionally, we provide other (larger) lower bounds…”
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Effect of Education Investment on Citizen Democratic Satisfaction and Living Conditions in Africa: A National Survey for Uganda. by Sekiwu, Denis, Adyanga, Francis Akena, Romm, Norma RA

“…The results show that there is a general lack of satisfaction with the investment made in education, particularly among less educated and rural communities. …”
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Foraging Behaviour of the Black-Headed Heron at Kibimba Rice Scheme, Eastern Uganda by Sarah, Nachuha, M. Polycarp, Mwima

“…Statistical analysis were conducted using Genstat Version 8.1 (VSN Intl.2003, in which a General Linear Mixed Model were used to examine the variation in each behavioural measure. …”
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Universal capillary screening for chronic autoimmune, metabolic and cardiovascular diseases: feasibility and acceptability of the UNISCREEN study by Sara Angiulli, Aurora Merolla, Elisa Borgonovo, Rebecca De Lorenzo, Serena Spadoni, Barbara Fontana, Giuseppina Manganaro, Elena Rela, Alberto Bongiovanni, Rita Peracino, Chiara Bellino, Giulia Pata, Eleonora Bianconi, Sabina Martinenghi, Francesca Ulivi, Cristina Renzi, Cristina Renzi, Emanuele Bosi, Emanuele Bosi, UNISCREEN Study Group, Sara Angiulli, Aurora Merolla, Alberto Bongiovanni, Rebecca De Lorenzo, Elena Rela, Rita Peracino, Chiara Bellino, Giuseppina Manganaro, Elisa Borgonovo, Sara Critelli, Aldo Fici, Martina Mallus, Giulia Morocutti, Giulia Pata, Clara Soggetti, Chiara Calabrese, Alberico Di Resta, Maria Pia Ruggiero, Antonella Spano’, Francesca Biasco, Manuel Stocchi, Pietro Melodia, Giuseppe Ancona, Andrea Laurenzi

“…The immediacy of some result communication possibly contributed to reducing the anticipatory anxiety.ConclusionThe UNISCREEN study shows that universal screening for chronic autoimmune, metabolic and cardiovascular diseases in the general population using capillary blood testing is feasible and acceptable.…”
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Machine learning analysis of pathological images to predict 1-year progression-free survival of immunotherapy in patients with small-cell lung cancer by Hirotaka Matsumoto, Hiroaki Akamatsu, Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Yuki Sato, Daichi Fujimoto, Yoshihiko Taniguchi, Motohiro Tamiya, Yasuhiro Koh, Junya Fukuoka, Hisashi Tanaka, Naoki Furuya, Ryota Shibaki, Tsukasa Nozawa, Akira Sano, Yuka Kitamura, Takashi Kijima, Toshihide Yokoyama, Satoru Miura, Akito Hata, Jun Sugisaka

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Association between Loa loa microfilaremia and anatomical hyposplenia in a rural area of the Republic of Congo: a population-based cross-sectional study by Charlotte Boullé, Elodie Lebredonchel, Jérémy T. Campillo, Valentin Dupasquier, Marlhand C. Hemilembolo, Sébastien D. S. Pion, Jean Claude Djontu, Ludovic Rancé, Philippe Souteyrand, François Missamou, Michel Boussinesq, Francine Ntoumi, Cédric B. Chesnais

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Key prognostic risk factors linked to poor functional outcomes in cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Lili Lin, Senfeng Liu, Wei Wang, Xiao-kuo He, Muhammad Hibatullah Romli, Ruthpackiavathy Rajen Durai

“…For general and neurological symptoms, headache (OR = 0.22, 95% CI 0.17–0.29), seizure (OR = 2.74, 95% CI 1.76–4.27), focal deficit (OR = 4.72, 95% CI 3.86–5.78), coma (OR = 11.60, 95% CI 6.12–21.98), and consciousness alteration (OR = 7.07, 95% CI 4.15–12.04) were outstanding factors. …”
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The prevalence of hand pathology in regional orthopaedic hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal: A cross-sectional study by S Thabit, M O'Connor, W Parker, T Mashishi, K Moodley, A Peer, K Matanzima, A J de Villiers, O Adewusi, R Aboobaker, A Rocher

“…Patients were categorised into hand pathology (HP) and general orthopaedic pathology (OP) groups, which were each subdivided into trauma and non-trauma subgroups. …”
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Inflammatory Gene Signature Identified by Machine Algorithms Reveals Novel Biomarkers of Coronary Artery Disease by Liu X, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Xu Y, Xia W, Liu R, Xu S

“…Xing Liu,1,* Yuanyuan Zhang,1,* Yan Wang,2,3,* Yanfeng Xu,2,4,5 Wenhao Xia,2,5– 7 Ruiming Liu,4,5 Shiyue Xu2,5,6 1Department of Cardiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Hypertension and Vascular Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China; 3Health Management Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China; 4Laboratory of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China; 5National - Guangdong Joint Engineering Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Vascular Diseases, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China; 6NHC Key Laboratory of Assisted Circulation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China; 7Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Guangxi Hospital Division of The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Nanning, Guangxi, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Shiyue Xu, Department of Hypertension and Vascular Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, People’s Republic of China, Email xushy25@mail.sysu.edu.cn Ruiming Liu, Laboratory of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, People’s Republic of China, Email liuruim@mail2.sysu.edu.cnPurpose: Inflammatory activation of immune cells plays a pivotal role in the development of coronary artery diseases (CAD). …”
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Associations between Children’s Exposure to PM2.5 and their Serum Inflammatory Responses in Taiwan by Wei-Jung Tseng, Jian-He Lu, How-Ran Chao, Ming-Hsien Tsai, Yu-Ting Chang, Liang-Jen Wang, Chih-Cheng Chen, Wan-Nurdiyana-Wan Mansor, Juliana Jalaludin, Chih-Lung Wang, Ying-I Tsai

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Acid-Unlocked Two-Layer Ca-Loaded Nanoplatform to Interfere With Mitochondria for Synergistic Tumor Therapy by Zheng Y, Williams GR, Hu R, Tong S, Xu J, Wang T, Zhang Y, Wu J, Li F, Cai Y, Zhu LM

“…Yilu Zheng,1 Gareth R Williams,2 Ran Hu,1 Sen Tong,3 Jianxiang Xu,1 Tong Wang,1 Yanyan Zhang,1 Junzi Wu,3 Fan Li,4 Yingyu Cai,4 Li-Min Zhu1 1College of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, People’s Republic of China; 2UCL School of Pharmacy, University College London, London, WC1N 1AX, UK; 3The Key Laboratory of Microcosmic Syndrome Differentiation, Education Department of Yunnan, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, Kunming, 650500, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Ultrasound, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 201620, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Yingyu Cai, Department of Ultrasound, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 201620, People’s Republic of China, Email yingyu.cai@shgh.cn Li-Min Zhu, College of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, People’s Republic of China, Email lzhu@dhu.edu.cnBackground: The development of selective formulations able to target and kill tumor cells without the application of external energy has shown great promise for anti-tumor therapy.Methods: Here, we report a “nanobomb” that explosively increases Ca content within cells. …”
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Association between echocardiographic parameters of cardiac structure and function and mild cognitive impairment by Kai Zhang, Xiaoxia Liu, Siyu Huang, Xinrui Liu, Meiqi Zhao, Chao Xue, Shijun Xia, Jianzeng Dong, Yu Kong, Changsheng Ma

“…Methods We conducted an age-, gender-, and education level-matched case–control study in general CVD participants with a 1:3 ratio of MCI (Montreal Cognitive Assessment [MoCA] score < 26 and Mini-Mental State Examination [MMSE] score ≥ 24) and cognitively normal participants at a tertiary hospital in Beijing, China. …”
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Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: Hospital-Wide Bacterial Species and Antibiograms to Inform Management at a Zonal Tertiary Hospital in Mwan... by Justine BN, Mushi MF, Silago V, Igembe Z, Muyombe J, Kishengena PP, Michael Jnr NS, Maganga MG, Massenga A, Tegete F, Massaga FA, Seni J

“…Baraka N Justine,1 Martha F Mushi,1 Vitus Silago,1 Zechariah Igembe,2 John Muyombe,2 Peter Peter Kishengena,2 Nyanda Shango Michael Jnr,2 Mathew Gabriel Maganga,3 Alicia Massenga,4,5 Francis Tegete,6 Fabian A Massaga,5,7 Jeremiah Seni1,2 1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill-Bugando School of Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Bugando, Mwanza, Tanzania; 2Clinical Microbiology Unit, Central Pathology Laboratory, Bugando Medical Center, Mwanza, Tanzania; 3Department of Pharmacy and Quality Assurance Unit, Bugando Medical Center, Mwanza, Tanzania; 4Department of Pediatric Surgery, Bugando Medical Center, Mwanza, Tanzania; 5Department of General Surgery, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Bugando, Mwanza, Tanzania; 6Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Bugando Medical Center, Mwanza, Tanzania; 7Department of General Surgery, Bugando Medical Center, Mwanza, TanzaniaCorrespondence: Jeremiah Seni, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill-Bugando School of Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, P.O. …”
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Prognostic utility of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) levels for cardiovascular events in patients with stable coronary artery disease treated with percutaneous c... by Ting-Yu Lin, Hsin-Bang Leu, Yen-Wen Wu, Wei-Kung Tseng, Tsung-Hsien Lin, Hung-I Yeh, Kuan-Cheng Chang, Ji-Hung Wang, Wei-Hsian Yin, Chau-Chung Wu, Chun-Yao Huang, Shing-Jong Lin, Chien-Yi Hsu, Jaw-Wen Chen

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On the History of Creation of the Atlas of Tibetan Medicine (17th century): source aspects by Yumzhana Zh. Zhabon

“…The purpose of the article is to identify the main stages of the creating of the visual material of the Atlas of Tibetan Medicine and to give a general description of the illustrations. Materials and methods. …”
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Effects of hydrogen water and psychological treatment in a sample of women with panic disorder: a randomized and controlled clinical trial by Ana Belén Fernández-Serrano, Francisco José Moya-Faz, Cesar Augusto Giner Alegría, Juan Carlos Fernández Rodríguez, Jose Francisco Soriano Guilabert, Martín del Toro Mellado

“…The present study aims to analyze the effects of psychological treatment and a hydrogen-rich drink on the severity of anxiety and depression, pro-inflammatory cytokine levels, the cortisol awakening response, and general health state in a sample of women with panic disorder. …”
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THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISM AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN NORTH CENTRAL by ALERO MARTHER RICHARDS, SIMON REAZANYI SHEYIGARI

“…A discouraging trend with regard to participation is the very low level of comments on general societal issues ranging from social issues, the environment to politics. …”
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