In conclusion, we aim to settle the debate on the desirability of informing patients with cancer by developing a decision aid to assess the amount of information desired by patients with advanced cancer at the point of decision making.
Discussing the desirability of such "information operations" in his 2001 book, retired USAF Lt Col George Crawford noted that voters tend to view these sorts of programs with suspicion.
To describe the management of and satisfaction with laboratory testing, and desirability of laboratory health information technology in the nursing home setting.
These metaphorical concepts centered on several key themes, including locus of control; containment versus release of information; and desirability, usability, interpretability, and ownership of genetic results.
And though some in academia and government have raised questions about the desirability of the networks' sharing information from a single source, ABC officials pointed out that the V.N.S. record for accuracy over the years had been strong.
The findings are in keeping with earlier research showing that the voice can convey a good amount of information about sexual desirability.
Other limitations are the potentially inaccurate reporting of sexual behaviour data (social desirability bias), response rate and lack of information about non-responders, and lack of generalisability of these results.
It is a bit surprising that this level of exercise did not positively influence body composition, but highlighted the issues of information bias, particularly social desirability bias, in self-reported physical activity.
This paper analyzes an area that economic analysis of intellectual property has generally ignored, namely, the effects of intellectual property rights on the relative desirability of various strategies for organizing information production.
Such information includes desirability of geographic location (clearly a big factor if one compares, e.g., U.S. News rankings to LSAT rankings), local reputation, job placement, quality of life, tuition costs, bar passage, faculty quality and commitment to teaching, student satisfaction, national reputation, and, of course, U.S. News ranking.
