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Improving Affordability and Accessibility for Socially‐Beneficial Services via Government Incentives

Naval Research Logistics (NRL), EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many socially‐beneficial services, like dental care, suffer from a dual challenge: Low affordability for citizens and long waiting times due to insufficient provider capacity. We model a government's problem of designing subsidy policies to address this issue.
Xiaoyan Zhao, Venus Lo, Stephen Shum
wiley   +1 more source

Perceived reward certainty in the assessment of delay discounting. [PDF]

J Exp Anal Behav
Downey H, Alvarez A, Ji W, Lozano A, Hanlon A, Stein JS.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Self‐Service and Home Delivery Combined: Coordinating the Route of a Mobile Parcel Locker With the Delivery Tasks of Its Human Driver

Networks, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to the increasing volume of parcels, last‐mile delivery innovations are exploring the integration of multiple delivery modes. The most prominent examples are delivery vans that, next to being the base for the delivery tasks of their human drivers, also function as mobile launching platforms for drones or autonomous delivery robots.
Nils Boysen, Dirk Briskorn, Stefan Schwerdfeger   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Atypical reward anticipation in impulsive individuals: evidence from EEG and experiential delay discounting. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Zakirov F, Sysoeva O.
europepmc   +1 more source

Area‐restricted search under realistic constraints

Oikos, EarlyView.
Abstract Area‐restricted search (ARS) is one of the most influential and widely used concepts in foraging theory, capturing a simple rule by which animals intensify local search following a resource encounter. Because ARS performs well in many spatially structured environments, it serves as a basic model for interpreting movement patterns across taxa ...
Inon Scharf, Arik Dorfman
wiley   +1 more source

Episodic future thinking modulates delay discounting in individuals with problematic substance use: a narrative review. [PDF]

Front Psychiatry
Chen X, Wang H, Fan C.
europepmc   +1 more source

Toward a Framework for Understanding Localization in Its Institutional Context: A Systems Perspective for Incorporating Local Values

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores how we might integrate local traditional values into a systems approach for analyzing and maximizing localization in the context of foreign aid. The paper situates localization and its operationalization in the older and broader literature on the political economy of foreign aid.
Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff
wiley   +1 more source

Longer duration of amenorrhea is associated with lower delay discounting and less hedonic eating in girls and young women with low-weight eating disorders. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Wronski ML, Plessow F, Rogers M, Slattery M, Ehrlich S, Quintana DS, Walle KM, Breithaupt L, Thomas JJ, Holsen LM, Lawson EA, Misra M, Eddy KT.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Building capacity in vector‐borne plant virus research: The CONNECTED Network

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Plant viruses spread by insects decimate crop yields globally, causing food security challenges in vulnerable areas, including regions of Africa. Interdisciplinary research is needed to protect future crop supplies. CONNECTED, the Community Network for African Vector‐Borne Plant Viruses, increased research capacity in Central, East, West and Southern ...
Nina F. Ockendon‐Powell, Diane L. Hird, Alice Beck, Heather Child, Helen Thomas‐Hughes, Neil Boonham, Gary D. Foster, Bruce Cronin, Andy M. Bailey   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diagnostic validity of alcohol demand and monetary delay discounting in relation to alcohol use disorder. [PDF]

Alcohol Alcohol
Najdzionek P, Amlung M, Sweet L, MacKillop J.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source