Researchers, policymakers and law enforcement agencies across the globe struggle to find effective strategies to control criminal networks. The effectiveness of disruption strategies is known to depend on both network topology and network resilience. However, as these criminal networks operate in secrecy, data-driven knowledge concerning the effectiveness of different criminal network disruptio...

In a double blind randomised trial, we found no evidence that nebulised ipratropium bromide was of clinical benefit in acute bronchiolitis.

Our findings show that higher concentrations of lactate occur in septic bursal fluid when compared with non-septic samples. The series also included a non-infected specimen with an unexplained high lactate value, and this parallels the results of other workers"5 with o.her body fluids. For example, in a recent study of over 300 synovial fluid samples2 raised concentrations were recorded in 13 o...

This paper considers tests of the null hypothesis of the ineffectiveness of a policy intervention, defined as a change in the parameters of a policy rule, in the context of a macroeconometric dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model. This is an ex post evaluation of an intervention in a single country, where data are available before and after the intervention. The tests are based on...

As policymakers debate adding a prescription drug benefit to Medicare, they must also seek ways to promote cost-effective use of drugs and minimize inappropriate prescribing. For more than a decade, all state Medicaid agencies and most private insurers have used computerized drug utilization review (DUR) programs to prevent or rectify potential prescribing errors. DUR can be retrospective, in w...

Kuhberger et al. show that producing the Langer effect is considerably more difficult than has been assumed. Although their results clearly demonstrate a need for further exploration of the Langer effect, none of their arguments undermines the evidence against simulation theory that we presented in Nichols et al. (1995). In our study, the actor subjects did show an effect, but the prediction su...

The effectiveness of the anticrisis programs US federal government to bring American economy out 2020 crisis is analyzed. It noted that was unprecedented in its scale and causes occurrence, which practically did not occur economic history period after end World War II. unusual nature found expression policy introducing lockdowns as main tool fight against coronavirus pandemic, led drops reducti...