TIME AND RISK PREFERENCES AND THE PERCEIVED EFFECTIVENESS OF INCENTIVES TO COMPLY WITH DIABETIC RETINOPATHY SCREENING AMONG OLDER ADULTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES

Time and risk preferences and the perceived effectiveness of incentives to comply with diabetic retinopathy screening among older adults with type 2 diabetes

Behavioral economics has the potential to inform the design of incentives to improve disease screening programs by accounting for various behavioral biases.We investigate the association between multiple behavioral economics concepts and the perceived effectiveness of incentive strategies for behavioral change among older patients with a chronic di

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Intracellular osteopontin protects from autoimmunity-driven lymphoma development inhibiting TLR9-MYD88-STAT3 signaling

Abstract Background Autoimmune disorders, including Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), are associated with increased incidence of hematological malignancies.The matricellular protein osteopontin (OPN) has been linked to SLE pathogenesis, as SLE patients show increased serum levels of OPN and often polymorphisms in its gene.Although widely studied

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A Review of Theoretical Studies on Indirect Reciprocity

Despite the accumulation of research on indirect reciprocity over the past 30 years and the publication of over 100,000 related papers, there are still many issues to be addressed.Here, we pure 27 look back on the research that has been done on indirect reciprocity and identify the issues that have been resolved and the ones that remain to be resol

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