In recent years, the landscape of proand anti-inflammatory cytokines has rapidly expanded with the identification of new members proven to be involved at different extent in the pathogenesis of chronic immune mediated inflammatory diseases including rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The advance of our understanding of mediators involved in the pathogenesis of RA and in consequence, the development of ...

Objective of this study is to identify barrier of supply chain management (SCM) in manufacturing organization through systematic literature review of past ten years and identify most critical barrier which hinder the performance of supply chain. List of barrier identified by comprehensive literature review is presented here. This paper has identified 23 key SCM barriers which help industrial pr...

OBJECTIVE To conduct a systematic review on the safety of ranibizumab injections for diabetic macular edema by meta-analysis of recently conducted level 1 randomized clinical trials. DESIGN A meta-analysis and systematic review. METHODS Main outcome measures of permissible studies were extracted and reported. The relative risk (RR) for thromboembolic events (TEEs) was calculated for those s...

Monetary incentives can backfire while nonstandard interventions, such as framing, can be effective in influencing behavior. I review the empirical evidence on these two sets of anomalies. Paying for inherently interesting tasks, paying for prosocial behavior, paying too much, paying too little, and providing too many options can all be counterproductive. At the same time, proper design of the ...

OBJECTIVES Sleep problems are a potential risk factor for work injuries but the extent of the risk is unclear. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to quantify the effect of sleep problems on work injuries. METHODS A systematic literature search using several databases was performed. Sleep problems of any duration or frequency as well as work injuries of any severity were of int...

On the Economics and Biology of Trust In recent years, many social scientists have claimed that trust plays an important role in economic and social transactions. Despite its proposed importance, the measurement and the definition of trust seem to be not fully settled, and the identification of the exact role of trust in economic interactions has proven to be elusive. It is still not clear whet...

BACKGROUND Observational studies of the relationship between hyperuricemia and the incidence of hypertension are controversial. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the association and consistency between uric acid levels and the risk of hypertension development. METHODS We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, CBM (Chinese Biomedicine Database) through September 2013 and referenc...

Cyber-Physical System (CPS) is a system of systems which integrates physical system with cyber capability in order to improve the physical performance [1]. So far, it is being widely applied in areas closely related to national economy and people’s daily lives. Therefore, CPS security problems have drawn a global attention and an appropriate risk assessment for CPS is in urgent need. According ...

The previously reported association between hypertension and prostate cancer risk was controversial. We performed this systematic review and meta-analysis of all available studies to summarize evidence on this association. Studies were identified by searching PubMed, Web of Science and Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) databases through January 2016. Pooled relative risks (RRs) w...

Background: While concerns about adverse health outcomes of unintended pregnancies for the mother have been expressed, there has only been limited research on the outcomes of unintended pregnancies. This review provides an overview of antecedents and maternal health outcomes of unintended pregnancies (UIPs) carried to term live