We consider the net benefits of predispensing antivirals to high-risk individuals during an influenza pandemic, where the measure of the benefit is the number of severe outcomes (such as deaths or hospitalizations) prevented by antivirals in the whole population. One potential benefit of predispensing is that individuals to whom antivirals have been predispensed may be able to initiate treatmen...

In order to consider the importance of efficient and judicious use of available resources, a case study was undertaken to allocate the land under selected crops in command area of Aundha Minor irrigation project, of Maharashtra State, India so as to maximize the net benefit and production. A linear programming allocation model was formulated by considering the four objectives viz. (i) the maxim...

BACKGROUND Anemia, one of the most common complications of cancer chemotherapy, has been managed with red blood cell (RBC) transfusions. As an alternative, the agent epoetin alfa has the potential to reduce the transfusion requirements of patients receiving cancer chemotherapy. To estimate the value that cancer patients place on the drug, an economic analysis using the concept of willingness to...

I integrate under firm-specific benefit functions to estimate that the capitalized tax benefit of debt equals 9.7 percent of firm value (or as low as 4.3 percent, net of personal taxes). The typical firm could double tax benefits by issuing debt until the marginal tax benefit begins to decline. I infer how aggressively a firm uses debt by observing the shape of its tax benefit function. Paradox...

the aims of this study were to assess the energy and economic flows of biodiesel production from olive pomace oil using transesterification method with ultrasound waves. for this purpose biodiesel production from this feedstock were examined through a life-cycle process with considering five main stages of agricultural production, transportation, olive oil extraction, pomace oil extraction and ...

BACKGROUND To perform a cost-benefit analysis of the installation of speed cameras on the beltways of Barcelona. METHODS The analysis was performed from the society perspective over a 2-year period using a controlled before-and-after study design. The net benefit was calculated using, as benefits, the willingness to pay for the estimated number of people who avoided injury as a consequence of...

This investigation was aimed to study the management of bollworms using different integrated pest management strategies in cotton. Highest infestation in bolls at harvest was recorded in module-5 and lowest was recorded in module-2. Net returns were highest in module-5, which also recorded maximum cost-benefit ratio. Low net returns and cost-benefit ratio were recorded in module-3. Eventhough, ...