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Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We conduct two experiments to examine whether and how the framing (bonus vs. penalty) of a target‐based incentive contract affects knowledge sharing and knowledge seeking. In the first experiment, we predict and find that penalty‐framed contracts increase employees' stress due to the fear of potential loss, which in turn reduces their ...
Ta‐Tung (Stephanie) Cheng +3 more
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ESTRATÉGIAS DE CONTROLE PARA USINA DE PELOTIZAÇÃO DA VALE
Cadernos de Pesquisa, 2010 Este trabalho destina-se a apresentar estratégias de controle para melhorias no desempenho do sistema de controle da usina de pelotização da Vale em São Luís do Maranhão, Brasil. A usina já detém um sistema de controle convencional, Proporcional Integral
Paulo Rogério de Almeida Ribeiro +4 more
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Average Continuous Control of Piecewise Deterministic Markov Processes
, 2008 This paper deals with the long run average continuous control problem of piecewise deterministic Markov processes (PDMP's) taking values in a general Borel space and with compact action space depending on the state variable.
Costa, O. L. V., Dufour, F.
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Birth, EarlyView.Labor and delivery staff's personal experiences with birth are associated with their attitudes about clinical practice. We conducted a cross‐sectional survey of female labor and delivery staff employed at birthing hospitals in Arkansas. A total of 378 staff (physicians, nurses and midwives) from 29 facilities (of 33 birthing hospitals) participated in ...
Tanvangi Tiwari +6 more
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Feedback control of waiting times [PDF]
Physical Review E, 2016 Feedback loops are known as a versatile tool for controlling transport in small systems, which usually have large intrinsic fluctuations. Here we investigate the control of a temporal correlation function, the waiting time distribution, under active and passive feedback conditions.
Brandes T, Emary C
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Drivers of bat researchers’ intent to adopt field hygiene practices
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Infectious disease is a growing threat to wildlife, with zoonotic transmission most likely at the human–wildlife interface. One underappreciated activity at this interface is fieldwork with wild animals, but associated risks can be mitigated through field hygiene (FH) practices, such as using personal protective equipment and other appropriate
Joanna L. Coleman +6 more
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A relevância da avaliação para o investimento social privado [PDF]
, 2012 O crescente interesse pelo uso estratégico da avaliação de programas e políticas sociais no Brasil tem sido marcado por avanços, mas também por inquietações entre formuladores, gestores e avaliadores sobre suas escolhas metodológicas.
ANA LIMA +11 more
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Descrição atualizada da paralisia cerebral
Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.Resumo A paralisia cerebral (PC) é um termo descritivo amplamente utilizado para um espectro de deficiências motoras causadas por lesão ou malformação cerebral não progressiva ocorrida durante as fases iniciais do desenvolvimento. Avanços recentes nas áreas da genética, de pesquisa em inflamação e em neurofisiologia têm refinado a compreensão ...
Bernard Dan +5 more
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Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica, 2004 Atualmente a aprendizagem no trabalho vem sendo cada vez mais relevante, fato que leva ao investimento em treinamento. O presente trabalho objetivou avaliar este sistema e para tanto participaram 300 empresas do Estado de São Paulo com mais de 100 ...
Keli Cristina de Lara Campos +5 more
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Financial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the perception of control rooms, a performance measurement system (PMS) derived from Lean management adopted in Québec's public sector. Our main objective is to understand how managers perceive this new PMS within a context of existing accountability controls.
Émilie Portelance +2 more
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