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PAY-AS-YOU-SPEED: AN ECONOMIC FIELD-EXPERIMENT [PDF]

open access: yes
We report a vehicle-fleet experiment with an economic incentive given to car drivers for keeping within speed limits. A pay-as-you-speed traffic insurance scheme was simulated with a monthly participation bonus that was reduced by a non-linear speeding ...
Hultkrantz, Lars, Lindberg, Gunnar
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Field Experiment Tests for Discrimination against Hispanics in the U.S. Rental Housing Market [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This article tests for discrimination against Hispanics in the U.S. rental housing market using e-mail correspondence with landlords advertising units online.
Hanson, Andrew, Santas, Michael
core   +1 more source

Plecstatin inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma tumorigenesis and invasion through cytolinker plectin

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
The ruthenium‐based metallodrug plecstatin exerts its anticancer effect in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) primarily through selective targeting of plectin. By disrupting plectin‐mediated cytoskeletal organization, plecstatin inhibits anchorage‐dependent growth, cell polarization, and tumor cell dissemination.
Zuzana Outla   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Sand Dune Migration and Future Trends on the Western Edge of the Kumtag Desert

open access: yesLand
Sand dune migration, as a typical dynamic process of aeolian geomorphology in arid regions, directly influences regional ecological security and infrastructure development. Focusing on the western edge of the Kumtag Desert, this study uses remote sensing
Fan Yang   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reciprocity and status in a virtual field experiment [PDF]

open access: yes
This article reports on a field study that has been conducted in the online computer game World of Warcraft. In a basic labor situation a principal gives an upfront wage to an agent (who is unaware that he is participating in an experiment) and asks him ...
Andreas Nicklisch, Tobias Salz
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Therapeutic strategies for MMAE‐resistant bladder cancer through DPP4 inhibition

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
We established monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE)‐resistant bladder cancer (BC) cell lines by exposure to progressively increasing concentrations of MMAE in vitro. RNA sequencing showed DPP4 expression was increased in MMAE‐resistant BC cells. Both si‐DPP4 and the DPP4 inhibitor sitagliptin suppressed the viability of MMAE‐resistant BC cells.
Gang Li   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Warming Enhances CO2 Flux from Saline–Alkali Soils by Intensifying Moisture–Temperature Interactions in the Critical Zone

open access: yesLand
Saline–alkali soils in arid regions are increasingly recognized as critical yet underrepresented components of the global carbon cycle. However, their CO2 flux dynamics under warming remain poorly understood. In this study, we conducted controlled growth-
Yihan Liu   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Punishment, reward, and cooperation in a framed field experiment [PDF]

open access: yes
We report a framed field experiment, in which we study the effectiveness of punishment and reward in sustaining cooperation in a social dilemma. Punishments tend to be directed at non-cooperators and rewards are assigned by those who are relatively ...
Noussair, Charles   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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