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On Incentives for Innovation [PDF]

Science, 2009
For science to thrive, it is crucial that the scientific community encourage the bold ambitions and innovative spirit of young researchers. In my own area of science, the United States could do much more to support this important goal. U.S. biomedical science is a large and important research enterprise that currently includes over 100,000 graduate ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Incentive Processes in Finite Populations [PDF]

arXiv, 2013
We define the incentive process, a natural generalization of the Moran process incorporating evolutionary updating mechanisms corresponding to well-known evolutionary dynamics, such as the logit, projection, and best-reply dynamics. Fixation probabilities and internal stable states are given for a variety of incentives, including new closed-forms, as ...
arxiv  

Developing a practical framework for the recruitment and retention of radiographers in the public sector of KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

Orapuh Journal
Introduction There is a notable lack of strategic recruitment and retention initiatives for radiographers in KwaZulu-Natal Province. This is evident in the disproportionate ratio of radiographers to the population they serve and the imbalance between
Nonkululeku Cibane, Muhammad Hoque
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Reflections on Intellectual Property Benefit-Sharing in Employment Situations in Ghana

The African Journal of Information and Communication, 2016
Among the key justifications for protecting intellectual property rights (IPRs) is that they incentivise and reward human creativity and innovation. The incentive/reward rationale is expected to foster a culture of innovation across jurisdictions and to ...
Poku Adusei
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A cellular system to study responses to a collision between the transcription complex and a protein‐bound nick in the DNA template

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We present the cellular transcription‐coupled Flp‐nick system allowing the introduction of a Top1‐mimicking cleavage complex (Flpcc) at a Flp recognition target site within a controllable LacZ gene. LacZ transcription leads to the collision of RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) with Flpcc, and this causes RNAPII stalling, ubiquitination, and degradation.
Petra Herring, Morten Roedgaard, Camilla Myrup Holst, Helene Christensen, Birgitta R. Knudsen, Lotte Bjergbaek, Anni Hangaard Andersen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Incentive Engineering Framework for Crowdsourcing Systems [PDF]

arXiv, 2016
Significant effort has been made to understand user motivation and to elicit user participation in crowdsourcing systems. However, incentive engineering, i.e., designing incentives that can purposefully motivate users, is still an open question and remains one of the key challenges of crowdsourcing initiatives.
arxiv  

Four hurdles for conservation on private land: the case of the golden lion tamarin, Atlantic Forest, Brazil.

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2015
Many threatened species worldwide rely on patches of remnant vegetation in private landholdings. To establish private reserves that contribute effectively to conservation involves a wide range of complex and interacting ecological, legal, social and ...
Ralf Christopher Buckley, Fernanda ede Vasconcellos Pegas   +1 more
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Interaction vesicles as emerging mediators of host‐pathogen molecular crosstalk and their implications for infection dynamics

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Interaction extracellular vesicles (iEVs) are hybrid vesicles formed through host‐pathogen communication. They facilitate immune evasion, transfer pathogens' molecules, increase host cell uptake, and enhance virulence. This Perspective article illustrates the multifunctional roles of iEVs and highlights their emerging relevance in infection dynamics ...
Bruna Sabatke, Izadora Volpato Rossi, Marcel I. Ramirez   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do obedience pressure and incentive affect whistleblowing?

Journal of Accounting and Investment
Research aims: This study aims to empirically test the effect of obedience pressure on whistleblowing intentions and the role of incentives in moderating the obedience pressure on whistleblowing intentions.
Fuadhillah Kirana Putri, Dewi Kusuma Wardani, Adam Damara   +2 more
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STAT3 expression is reduced in cardiac pericytes in HFpEF and its loss reduces cellular adhesion and induces pericyte senescence

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) accounts for half of the heart failure cases. It is characterised by microvascular dysfunction, associated with reduced pericyte coverage and diminished STAT3 expression in pericytes. Loss of STAT3 impairs pericyte adhesion, promotes senescence, and activates a pro‐fibrotic gene program.
Leah Rebecca Vanicek, Ariane Fischer, Mariano Ruz Jurado, Anita Tamiato, Tara Procida‐Kowalski, Jochen Wilhelm, Dennis Hecker, Maximilian Merten, Felicitas Escher, Badder Kattih, Valentina Puntmann, David John, Marcel H. Schulz, Eike Nagel, Stefanie Dimmeler, Guillermo Luxán   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source