be critical to prevent attachment of pathogen. BF production increased or remained unchanged in the presence of amikacin. Due to toxicity concerns and variation in resistance patterns, minocycline is a viable treatment option against A. baumannii. Additional studies are warranted. Disclosures. K. LaPlante, Merck: Grant Investigator, Grant recipient. Pfizer: Grant Investigator, Grant recipient. ...

A recent health care policy article describes the sustained growth rate (SGR) as a mythical sword of Damocles hanging over the physicians (1). The SGR formula is an approach to restrain the growth of Medicare spending on physician services. It threatens to impose a 24.4% decrease in the Medicare physician fee schedule on April 1, 2014, if not fixed. The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 (2), which ...

The Student Services Fee (formerly Registration Fee) covers services which benefit students and which are complementary to, but not part of, the instructional programs. The fee supports operating and capital expenses for services related to the physical and psychological health and well-being of students; social and cultural activities and programs; services related to campus life and campus co...

The Student Services Fee (formerly Registration Fee) covers services which benefit students and which are complementary to, but not part of, the instructional programs. The fee supports operating and capital expenses for services related to the physical and psychological health and well-being of students; social and cultural activities and programs; services related to campus life and campus co...

The Student Services Fee (formerly Registration Fee) covers services which benefit students and which are complementary to, but not part of, the instructional programs. The fee supports operating and capital expenses for services related to the physical and psychological health and well-being of students; social and cultural activities and programs; services related to campus life and campus co...

The security of the Bitcoin system is based on having a large amount of computational power in the hands of honest miners. Such miners are incentivized to join the system and validate transactions by the payments issued by the protocol to anyone who creates blocks. As new bitcoins creation rate decreases (halving approximately every 4 years), the revenue derived from transaction fees start to h...

The Student Services Fee (formerly Registration Fee) covers services which benefit students and which are complementary to, but not part of, the instructional programs. The fee supports operating and capital expenses for services related to the physical and psychological health and well-being of students; social and cultural activities and programs; services related to campus life and campus co...

For an outsider innovator in a Cournot oligopoly, royalty licensing could be superior to both fixed fee and auction. The result depends on a simple fact that has been overlooked in the existing literature, namely, the number of licenses can take only integer values.  2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. JEL classification: D21; D43; D45

The Student Services Fee (formerly Registration Fee) covers services which benefit students and which are complementary to, but not part of, the instructional programs. The fee supports operating and capital expenses for services related to the physical and psychological health and well-being of students; social and cultural activities and programs; services related to campus life and campus co...