Estimating the burden of nosocomial infections: Time dependency and cost clustering should be taken into account

Should social network structure be taken into account in elections?

If the social network structure among the voters in an election is known, how should this be taken into account by the voting rule? In this brief article, I argue, via the maximum likelihood approach to voting, that it is optimal to ignore the social network structure altogether—one person, one vote.

What characteristics of the gamers' profile should be taken into account in player-centred game design?

In this paper, we introduce the theory of trait Emotional Intelligence (‘trait EI’) as a personality theory that could assist in exemplifying the gamers’ profile and contribute to the design of player-center game experiences. Data from two studies (a game-specific and a game-general one) led to a number of playercentered playability principles that could inform the design of adaptable games and...

External validity of trials should be taken into account before asthma drug candidates reach market authorisation.

Secondhand smoke exposure effect on elastin degradation markers: which factors should be taken into account?

Affi liations: From the Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asthma Clinical Research Center (Dr Hanania), Baylor College of Medicine; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (Dr Celli), Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard University; Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine (Dr Donohue), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and Clinical Research, ...

Pandemic influenza: severity must be taken into account.

it might be insufficient as a stand-alone intervention in reducing the sharp increase in diarrhea rates that was observed among KiBS infants during the weaning period. Early and rapid weaning does not appear to be a healthy practice in such environments. Although Ms Peletz and Dr Filteau are correct that “[WHO]...did not fully endorse abrupt weaning,” the WHO reference that they cited did note ...