Purpose Unrealistic optimism is all around us, and it is a well-documented psychological phenomenon. The purpose of this study is to take a critical approach of the main research done in the area and to analyze the important impact that it has in many economic and managerial contexts. We also analyze current trends in terms of entrepreneurship by policy makers. Findings We show that most people...

Motivation The computational investigation of DNA binding motifs from binding sites is one of the classic tasks in bioinformatics and a prerequisite for understanding gene regulation as a whole. Due to the development of sequencing technologies and the increasing number of available genomes, approaches based on phylogenetic footprinting become increasingly attractive. Phylogenetic footprinting ...

These questions concern apparent fundamental properties of living systems|properties which, furthermore, seem to be shared by many other complex adaptive systems, such as the global economy. It is especially hard to address these questions, largely because they concern the global emergent behavior of overwhelmingly complex systems. One way to pursue answers is with a certain sort of unrealistic...

Background: The routine use of preoperative appropriate paraclinic testing is useful in patients scheduled to undergo elective surgery. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of unnecessary preoperative evaluation performed for patients undergoing elective surgeries.Methods: This descriptive analytic study was performed to assess the patterns of preoperative evaluation tests on ...

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The key to obtaining a mechanistic and reliable understanding of complex public opinion formation processes is identify the main mechanism governing interpersonal influence. Researchers have long been exploring simple yet predictive mathematical models dynamics. Although most are based on assumption that individuals update their opinions by averaging others' opinions, researchers might need ret...