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This study aims to analyze the correlation between English language proficiency and the professional readiness of students in teacher education study programs for entering the workforce. Students in teacher education study programs in Indonesia generally
Mella Narolita, Sari Rahayu
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Exploratory Search: Information Matters More than Primary Reward [PDF]
In the study of animal foraging, resource exploitation (prey pursuit, handling, and consumption) has received much more attention than the search or exploratory process that leads predator to potential prey—whatever they are.
Patrick Anselme
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Feed is a strong incentive for encouraging cows in automatic milking systems (AMS) to voluntarily move around the farm and achieve milkings distributed across the 24 h day. It has been reported that cows show preferences for some forages over others, and
V.E. Scott, K.L. Kerrisk, S.C. Garcia
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Q-LVS: A Q-Learning-based Algorithm for Video Streaming in Peer-to-Peer Networks Considering a Token-Based Incentive Mechanism [PDF]
Peer-to-peer video streaming has reached great attention during recent years. Video streaming in peer-to-peer networks is a good way to stream video on the Internet due to the high scalability, high video quality, and low bandwidth requirements.
Z. Imanimehr
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When confronted with important questions we like to rely on the advice of experts. However, uncertainty can occur regarding advisors’ motivation to pursue self-interest and deceive the client.
Barbara eMackinger, Eva eJonas
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Biasing actions by incentive valence in an approach/avoidance task [PDF]
The present study investigates interactions between incentive valence and action, which mirror wellknown valence-action biases in the emotional domain.
Böhler, Nico+2 more
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Can incentives be effective in encouraging the development of good habits? We investigate the post-intervention effects of paying people to attend a gym a number of times during one month. In two studies we find marked attendance increases after the intervention relative to attendance changes for the respective control groups.
Charness, Gary B, Gneezy, Uri
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The state of public procurement as a tool for stimulating innovation is analyzed both in developed countries and in Uzbekistan. It is proposed to conclude that at different stages of placing and executing a government order, there are many risks ...
Mardanova Rano Isakovna+1 more
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“Big data” gives markets access to previously unmeasured characteristics of individual agents. Policymakers must decide whether and how to regulate the use of this data. We study how new data affects incentives for agents to exert effort in settings such as the labor market, where an agent's quality is initially unknown but is forecast from an ...
Liang, Annie, Madsen, Erik
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Aligning Ambition and Incentives [PDF]
Labor turnover creates longer term career concerns incentives that motivate employees in addition to the short term monetary incentives provided by the current employer. We analyze how these incentives interact and derive implications for the design of incentive contracts and organizational choice.
Eloic Peyrache+2 more
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