Possible economic benefits of full-grade acceleration

Economic evaluation of vaccination: capturing the full benefits, with an application to human papillomavirus.

Vaccination has been among the greatest contributors to the past century's dramatic improvements in health and life expectancy. Recent advances in vaccinology have resulted in new vaccines that will likely lead to substantial future health gains. However, the high cost of these new vaccines, such as the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, poses an obstacle to their widespread adoption in many c...

The Economic Benefits from Immigration

T he rapid increase in the size of the immigrant flow reaching the United States, the major changes in the national origin composition of the immigrant population, and the decline in the skills of immigrants relative to the skills of native workers have rekindled the debate over immigration policy. The current debate revives the old concerns over immigrants "taking jobs away" from native worker...

Possible Benefits of Playing Music Video Games

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Possible Health Benefits of Coenzyme Q 10

Ubiquinone, or coenzyme Q (CoQ), was discovered in 1957 by Fred Crane. Its chemical structure was determined a few years later by Karl Folkers, who later won the Priestley medal from the American Chemical Society. CoQ plays an important role in the production of chemical energy in the mitochondria. In its reduced form, ubiquinol, CoQ also serves as an antioxidant. Ubiquinol inhibits lipid perox...

Socio-economic benefits of SIM-based NFC