Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma Presenting as a Rectal Polyp

Appendiceal adenocarcinoma typically presents as an incidentally noted appendiceal mass, or with symptoms of right lower quadrant pain that can mimic appendicitis, but local involvement of adjacent organs is uncommon, particularly as the presenting sign.We report on a case of a primary appendiceal cancer initially jmannino.com diagnosed as a rectal

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A psychological law of inertia and the illusion of loss aversion

The principle of loss aversion is thought to explain a wide range of anomalous phenomena involving tradeoffs between losses and gains.In this article, I show that the anomalies loss aversion was introduced to explain --- the risky bet premium, the endowment effect, and the status-quo bias --- are characterized not only by a loss/gain tradeoff, but

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