Proximity and intimacy with homosexuals: what (dis)embarrassment?

This study aims to analyze the embarrassment degree due to the proximity and intimacy with people with a homosexual orientation.We conducted a study with a non-probabilistic sample, through an online questionnaire involving 695 subjects, 215 males and 477 females, aged 17 to 60 years.We applied the Solid Rejection at Proximity/Intimacy Scale [30],

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Quality and resource efficiency in hospital service provision: A geoadditive stochastic frontier analysis of stroke quality of care in Germany.

We specify a Bayesian, geoadditive Stochastic Frontier Defrost Elerefrment Analysis (SFA) model to assess hospital performance along the dimensions of resources and quality of stroke care in German hospitals.With 1,100 annual observations and data from 2006 to 2013 and risk-adjusted patient volume as output, we introduce a production function that

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