Decision Sciences (United States)

Effectiveness of interventions to prevent or treat prolonged grief symptoms among families of the patients who die in intensive care units: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Background Family members of ICU decedents are at high risk of adverse psychological outcomes, including prolonged grief. However, evidence regarding the effectiveness of existing family support interventions remains limited. Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of interventi...

Sharing healthcare information with the public in electronic markets using blockchain: Three experimental studies and a machine learning analysis

Abstract With the advent of digital markets such as cryptocurrency, the healthcare sector still lags behind regarding the richness of health data for public benefits. Due to the lack of public engagement and strict regulations, healthcare data is not available online. Blockchain...

Kinship structure in contemporary China: Analysis based on covariation in perceived trustworthiness across kinship roles

This study investigates the cultural representation of kinship structure in contemporary China, as an analytical lens for understanding family organization and evaluating how social transformations interact with enduring normative traditions. Using data from the Traditional Cultu...

Rehabilitation and the post-intensive care syndrome across the recovery continuum: a narrative review

Purpose Improved survival from critical illness has produced a growing population of intensive care unit (ICU) survivors with new or worsened physical, cognitive, and mental-health impairment, defined as post-intensive care syndrome (PICS), and frequent distress among families/ca...

Managing Perishable Inventory Systems with Positive Lead Times: Inventory Position vs. Projected Inventory Level

We study periodic review perishable inventory systems with a fixed product lifetime, positive replenishment lead times, and a general issuance policy under the average cost criterion. The optimal replenishment policy for such systems is notoriously complex and computationally int...

Cost-effectiveness of pembrolizumab as neoadjuvant therapy and in combination with standard of care (SOC) as adjuvant therapy for stage III-IVA resectable locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (LA HNSCC) in Switzerland

AIMS: KEYNOTE-689 trial results demonstrated that neoadjuvant pembrolizumab followed by adjuvant pembrolizumab plus standard of care (NP/AP + SOC) significantly improved event-free survival (EFS) versus SOC alone in patients with locoregionally advanced head and neck squamous cel...

Pre-trained knowledge transfer with application in multisystem inflammatory syndrome subphenotyping in children

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a severe post-acute sequela of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and presents with highly heterogeneous signs and symptoms. Disentangling the clinical manifestations of MIS-C by characterizing its subphenotypes can help iden...

Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia Cassation Decision File Number 135316

Decision of the Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia, Cassation Division, in Cassation File No. 135316. The document is deposited for purposes of public access, legal research, citation, and scholarly discussion. The uploader has not modified the substantive content of the decision.

Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia Cassation Decision File Number 135316

Decision of the Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia, Cassation Division, in Cassation File No. 135316. The document is deposited for purposes of public access, legal research, citation, and scholarly discussion. The uploader has not modified the substantive content of the decision.