Due to high incidence and quality-of-life impact, upper respiratory infection substantially impacts on population health. To test or compare treatment effectiveness, a well-designed and validated illness-specific quality-of-life instrument is needed. Data reported in the current study were obtained from a trial testing echinacea for induced rhinovirus infection. Laboratory-assessed biomarkers i...

Kristen (Coen) Cruz Phil Baranski Anna Lard Dean Curosmith Michael Vitale Brandy Lee Hatcher Shannon G. Bicknell Will Pruett Julianna Brei Crawley Cambria Larson Matthew Jackson Jenny Jacobs Ashley Boehne Ehlers Michelle McDougall Jackson Jeff Whetstone Sarah Guadalupe Hosner Ryan Neely Matt McNally Anne Hitt Penn Ross Jackson Amanda Novoa Ian Daelucian Amber Julian Gabrielle Koizumi Sammy Brow...

Based on the social networks at a Chinese state-owned enterprise, the authors examine the factors that are correlated with employee performance. They delineate two types of performance: task and contextual. The factors in their study are the characteristics of the four social networks (Job Advisory, Work Discussion, Friendship, and Email Networks) and the individual attributes (knowledge sharin...

We examine the spread of a disease or behavior through a social network. In particular, we analyze how infection rates depend on the distribution of degrees (numbers of links) among the nodes in the network. We introduce new techniques using …rstand second order stochastic dominance relationships of the degree distribution in order to compare infection rates across di¤erent social networks. JEL...