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Many immunodepressive drugs have an unusual side effect on the patient’s mood: they often make the patient happier. This side effect has been observed for many different immunodepressive drugs, with different chemical composition. Thus, it is natural to conclude that there must be some general reason for this empirical phenomenon, a reason not related to the chemical composition of any specific drug—but rather with their general functionality. In this paper, we provide such an explanation.
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This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation grants 1623190 (A Model of Change for Preparing a New Generation for Professional Practice in Computer Science), and HRD-1834620 and HRD-2034030 (CAHSI Includes), and by the AT&T Fellowship in Information Technology.
It was also supported by the program of the development of the Scientific-Educational Mathematical Center of Volga Federal District No. 075-02-2020-1478, and by a grant from the Hungarian National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDI).
The authors are thankful to all the participants of the 27th Joint NMSU/UTEP Workshop on Mathematics, Computer Science, and Computational Sciences (Las Cruces, New Mexico, April 2, 2022) for valuable suggestions.
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Ramos, J., Trejo, R., Vazquez, D., Kreinovich, V. (2023). Why Immunodepressive Drugs Often Make People Happier. In: Ceberio, M., Kreinovich, V. (eds) Uncertainty, Constraints, and Decision Making. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 484. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36394-8_8
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