Evaluations of Outcome Sequences.

We extend the literature on intertemporal choice by investigating how possession of knowledge related to the present value of future outcomes (PV knowledge) affects the extent to which individuals weight certain attributes when evaluating outcome sequences. While PV-knowledgeable individuals can ascribe value to attributes according to their PV relevance (or irrelevance), unknowledgeable individuals cannot do so. Such knowledge, therefore, likely interacts with outcome-sequence attributes to affect the extent to which individuals exhibit impatience when evaluating outcome sequences.

When should we stop screening?

Context: Although the age at which screening should be started is the subject of considerable debate, the question of when to stop has received little attention.

Count: Days of life lost by stopping screening at various ages.

Calculations: For each of three types of cancer (breast, cervical, and colon), we used life tables to calculate life expectancy at various ages for stopping screening and for continuing screening until death.

The effects of lower lateral cartilage excision on nasal tip projection.

Nasal tip projection is an important defining feature of the nasal profile. Loss of projection is often the bane of the rhinoplastic surgeon. While augmentation techniques for maintaining or increasing tip projection are useful in selected patients, the majority of rhinoplasties rely on excision of cartilage, particularly cartilage of the cephalic border of the lower lateral crura, to produce the desired cosmetic result.