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Emission Discharge Permit Trading and Persistant Air Pollutants (A Common Pool Market Application with Health Risk Specifications)
This paper shows the development of a common pool permit market formulated as a dynamic gross pool market for trading emission discharge permits. The pollutant modeled is a persistent pollutant. The common poo...
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Open AccessPlatelet-rich plasma in Achilles tendon healing 2 (PATH-2) trial: statistical analysis plan for a multicentre, double-blinded, parallel-group, placebo-controlled randomised clinical trial
There has been a recent steep growth in platelet-rich plasma (PRP) use for musculoskeletal conditions, but findings from high quality clinical trial data are lacking in the literature. Here, we describe the st...
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Open AccessParticipation in a trial in the emergency situation: a qualitative study of patient experience in the UK WOLLF trial
Patients can struggle to make sense of trials in emergency situations. This study examines patient experience of participating in the United Kingdom, Wound management of Open Lower Limb Fractures (UK WOLLF) st...
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Emission Discharge Permits, Ambient Concentrations, and a Margin of Safety: Trading Solutions with a Computer-Assisted Smart Market for Air Quality
The process of calculating market-clearing prices for cap and trade policies for air quality remains problematic. The permit trading processes are designed to mimic the cost-minimizing outcome. An additional s...
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Open AccessAnkle Injury Management (AIM): design of a pragmatic multi-centre equivalence randomised controlled trial comparing Close Contact Casting (CCC) to Open surgical Reduction and Internal Fixation (ORIF) in the treatment of unstable ankle fractures in patients over 60 years
Ankle fractures account for 9% of all fractures with a quarter of these occurring in adults over 60 years. The short term disability and long-term consequences of this injury can be considerable. Current opini...
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The Oxford Ankle Foot Questionnaire for children: responsiveness and longitudinal validity
To evaluate how scores from the Oxford Ankle Foot Questionnaire change over time and with treatment using both distribution-based and anchor-based approaches.
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Local Economic Performance and Election Outcomes
This paper uses a logit model to test whether voters will alter their support for incumbents in state level elections, specifically gubernatorial and state house and senate elections, when local (i.e., county)...
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Functional Outcomes Following Plating or Tension Band Wiring of Olecranon Fractures
To evaluate the outcome following internal fixation of olecranon fractures using the techniques of tension band wiring and plating. Design: retrospective evaluation. Setting: regional trauma center.
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Efficiency-distributional trade-offs in the taxation of environmental pollution
Internalizing the externality costs from environmental pollution with a tax has received a great deal of attention and discussion in environmental economics literature. The primary motivation for setting the s...
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Regulation of pesticide discharge into surface and groundwater under uncertainty: A model for environmental risk‐profitability tradeoffs and policy selection
The presence of contaminants in environmental media as well as the desire to maintain a high level of economic activity has led to an important and difficult decision‐making problem for both public policy deci...
