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Health technology assessment of magnet therapy for relieving pain

Background: Magnet therapy has been used increasingly as a new method to alleviate pain. Magnetic products are marketed with claims of effectiveness for reducing pain of various origins. However, there are inconsistent results from a limited number of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) testing the analgesic efficacy of magnet therapy. This study aimed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness o...

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The ability of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) to develop high levels of genetic diversity, and thereby acquire mutations to escape immune pressures, contributes to the difficulties in producing a vaccine. Possibly no single HIV-1 sequence can induce sufficiently broad immunity to protect against a wide variety of infectious strains, or block mutational escape pathways available to ...

Some Have a Talent for Bargaining and Some Dont

In Bargaining Theory players di¤er from one another in either their valuation for the negotiated object and/or their time preferences. We suggest a model that incorporates "bargaining ability" as another source for heterogeneity across players. This bargaining ability for the buyer determines how many o¤ers he will be able to turn down before he walks away. For the seller this ability determine...

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Measurement of Pressure in Compressive Magnet Therapy for Auricular Keloids