In allocating goods with no use of monetary transfers, random allocation mechanisms can be designed in order to elicit information on preference intensities. I study the nontransfer allocation of two ex-ante identical objects under Bayesian incentive compatibility, with symmetric agents and independent private valuations. I …nd the ex-ante utilitarian-optimal mechanism, in which the probability...

Hand reconstructive surgery has become an increasingly important specialty due to the increasing incidence of hand injuries in general population. According World Health Organization, are responsible for about 10% all emergency department visits. The is a complex structure consisting many bones, muscles, tendons, nerves, and blood vessels. function essential performing everyday activities, such...

McKinsey–Tarski (1944), Shehtman (1999), and Lucero-Bryan (2011) proved completeness theorems for modal logics with modalities 2, 2 and ∀, and [∂] and ∀, respectively, with topological semantics over the real numbers. We give short proofs of these results using lexicographic sums of linear orders.

The paper investigates the public’s attitude towards monetary union arrangements associated with different levels of monetary policy autonomy. The results indicate that support for monetary union declines significantly with expected loss of autonomy. Survey data from Kenya shows that public support for the proposed East African Community monetary union is highest in an arrangement where the cou...

BACKGROUND To identify individual differences in physicians' needs for the presentation of evidence resources and preferences for mobile devices. METHODS Within-groups analysis of responses to semi-structured interviews. Interviews consisted of using prototypes in response to task-based scenarios. The prototypes were implemented on two different form factors: a tablet style PC and a pocketPC....

BACKGROUND Recent educational initiatives by both the World Health Organization and the American Association of Medical Colleges have endorsed integrating teaching of patient safety and quality improvement (QI) to medical students. Curriculum development should take into account learners' attitudes and preferences. We surveyed students to assess preferences and attitudes about QI and patient sa...

BACKGROUND The main subject is the influence of gender and the stage of life on the choice of specialty in medical education. In particular we looked at the influence of intrinsic and external motives on this relationship. The choice of specialty was divided into two moments: the choice between medical specialties and general practice; and the preference within medical specialties. In earlier s...