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Using Both Sociological and Economic Incentives to Reduce Moral Hazard

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2003
Economists tend to focus on monetary incentives. In the model developed here, both sociological and economic incentives are used to diminish the apparent moral hazard problem existing in commodity grading.
Francisca G.-C. Richter, Edgar F. Pebe Diaz, B. Wade Brorsen, Kevin Currier   +3 more
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Population Health Solutions for Assessing Cognitive Impairment in Geriatric Patients. [PDF]

, 2018
In December 2017, the National Academy of Neuropsychology convened an interorganizational Summit on Population Health Solutions for Assessing Cognitive Impairment in Geriatric Patients in Denver, Colorado. The Summit brought together representatives of a
Adler, Deb, Alban, Christopher, Bondi, Mark, Braun, Michelle, Cagigas, Xavier, Daven, Morgan, Denney, Robert L, Drozdick, Lisa, Foster, Norman L, Golden, Tamara, Hwang, Ula, Iverson, Grant, Ivey, Laurie, Kramer, Joel, Lacritz, Laura, Lantz, Melinda, Latts, Lisa, Ling, Shari M, Malone, Michael, Maria Lopez, Ana, Martin-Plank, Lori, Maslow, Katie, McConnel, Charles E, Melady, Don, Messer, Melissa, Meyers, John, Most, Randi, Norris, Margaret P, Perry, William, Pliskin, Neil, Roebuck-Spencer, Tresa, Shafer, David, Silver, Cheryl, Silverberg, Nina, Thomas, Colin M, Thornhill, Laura, Tsai, Jean, Vakharia, Nirav, Waters, Martin   +38 more
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Prioritizing Construction Labor Productivity Improvement Strategies Using Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision Making and Fuzzy Cognitive Maps

Algorithms, 2021
Construction labor productivity (CLP) is affected by various interconnected factors, such as crew motivation and working conditions. Improved CLP can benefit a construction project in many ways, such as a shortened project life cycle and lowering project
Matin Kazerooni, Phuong Nguyen, Aminah Robinson Fayek   +2 more
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Overlapping neural systems represent cognitive effort and reward anticipation [PDF]

, 2014
Anticipating a potential benefit and how difficult it will be to obtain it are valuable skills in a constantly changing environment. In the human brain, the anticipation of reward is encoded by the Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC) and Striatum. Naturally,
Achten, Eric, Böhler, Nico, Fias, Wim, Silvetti, Massimo, Vassena, Eliana, Verguts, Tom   +5 more
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Cognitive effort devaluation and the salience network: a computational model of amotivation in depression

Frontiers in Psychiatry
IntroductionAmotivation in depression is linked to impaired reinforcement learning and effort expenditure via the dopaminergic reward pathway. To understand its computational and neural basis, we modeled incentive, temporal and cognitive burden effects ...
Il Ho Park, Chae Eun Lee, Kyungun Jhung
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M2M Access With Dynamic Cognitive Virtual Operators: A Data Aggregator’s Perspective

IEEE Access, 2017
In this paper, an aggregator-assisted model for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications is proposed. The data aggregator plays the role of a third party that transmits aggregated M2M data to a cognitive operator, which does not own the radio spectrum but
Dapeng Li, Haitao Zhao, Lin Gao, Hongbo Zhu   +3 more
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Cost-effectiveness and economic returns of group-based parenting interventions to promote early childhood development: Results from a randomized controlled trial in rural Kenya.

PLoS Medicine, 2021
BackgroundEarly childhood development (ECD) programs can help address disadvantages for the 43% of children under 5 in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) experiencing compromised development.
Italo Lopez Garcia, Uzaib Y Saya, Jill E Luoto   +2 more
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Economic evaluation of the screening for Alzheimer’s disease in China

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2022
BackgroundWe evaluated the cost-effectiveness of the screening in mainland China for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients aged over 60.MethodsIndividuals in mainland China, received an initial screening by questionnaire on mental state, and those with ...
Yinan Ren, Yinan Ren, Dachuang Zhou, Dachuang Zhou, Qian Xing, Qian Xing, Fangfang Gong, Wenxi Tang, Wenxi Tang   +8 more
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Cost-effectiveness and cost-utility evaluation of individual vs. group transdiagnostic psychological treatment for emotional disorders in primary care (PsicAP-Costs): a multicentre randomized controlled trial protocol

BMC Psychiatry, 2022
Background Emotional disorders are common, and they have become more prevalent since the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to a high attendance burden at the specialized level, most emotional disorders in Spain are treated in primary care, where they are usually ...
Ángel Aguilera-Martín, Mario Gálvez-Lara, Fátima Cuadrado, Eliana Moreno, Francisco García-Torres, José F. Venceslá, Jorge Corpas, Francisco J. Jurado-González, Roger Muñoz-Navarro, César González-Blanch, Paloma Ruiz-Rodríguez, Sara Barrio-Martínez, Maider Prieto-Vila, María Carpallo-González, Antonio Cano-Vindel, Juan A. Moriana   +15 more
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Economic returns on investing in early childhood development in Vietnam: a cost-benefit analysis

BMC Health Services Research
Background Economic evidence on the long-term benefits of investing in early childhood development is limited. This study aimed to estimate the potential long-term economic benefits of an early childhood development intervention ‘Learning Clubs’ in ...
Yeji Baek, Jane Fisher, Thach Tran, Alice Owen, Trang Nguyen, Stanley Luchters, David B. Hipgrave, Sarah Hanieh, Tuan Tran, Tran-Thi-Thu Ha, Beverley-Ann Biggs, Zanfina Ademi   +11 more
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