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Strategic assessment of incentives

, 2021
[Report] -- Key Findings and Recommendations -- Appendices.prepared for Business Oregon ; prepared by: Ellen Harpel, Smart Incentives.Title from PDF cover (viewed on September 28, 2021).This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon ...

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Cross-country comparison of engagement in apprenticeships. A conceptual analysis of incentives for individuals and firms

International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2019
Purpose: A fundamental assumption of the apprenticeship model is that there are benefits to both employers and individual learners. This paper offers a broad conceptual interrogation of an inherent assumption in the apprenticeship model, in that it ...
Maia Chankseliani, Aizuddin Mohamed Anuar   +1 more
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What Brings Out the Best and Worst of People With a Strong Explicit Achievement Motive? The Role of (Lack of) Achievement Incentives for Performance in an Endurance Task

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
An explicit achievement motive is intuitively related to good performance. In contrast, the present paper directs attention to conditions where individuals with a strong explicit achievement motive display poor performance.
Julia Schüler, Wanja Wolff
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Blood Donor Incentives across 63 Countries: The BEST Collaborative Study [PDF]

Incentives for blood donors are a much-debated strategy intended to ensure a sufficient supply of blood. Yet, there is a fundamental lack of knowledge about which incentives are offered by different blood collectors.
Graf, Caroline, Merz, Eva-Maria, Ferguson, Eamonn, Vassalloe, Ralph, Oteng-Attakorac, Krystal   +4 more
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Using technical assistance to bridge evidence‐to‐action gaps in biodiversity conservation

Conservation Science and Practice
The field of biodiversity conservation is in the midst of a cultural and practical transformation around evidence use, but the necessary institutional and technical support is still emerging.
Natalie S. Dubois, Katie Safford, Lexine Hansen, Aradhana Roberts, Sara Carlson   +4 more
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Characterising concerns and misinformation shaping global HIV vaccine confidence and demand: a structured literature search and content analysis

BMJ Global Health
Background Demand for a future HIV vaccine, similar to other vaccines, is vulnerable to misinformation. A number of studies have examined HIV vaccine acceptability and demand, but few have systematically explored the specific concerns and misinformation ...
Brendan Maughan-Brown, Harsha Thirumurthy, Alison Buttenheim, Candice Maylene Chetty-Makkan, Simamkele Bokolo, Teniola I Egbe, Megan Rabin, Sarah Penuela-Wermers   +7 more
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Retrospective Analysis of Donor Lymphocyte Infusions in Pediatric Patients With Mixed Chimerism After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) is an essential therapy for several malignant and nonmalignant diseases, but relapse and graft loss remain the principal threats to its success. Routine monitoring of chimerism and minimal residual disease (MRD) enables early detection of imminent recurrence and guides ...
Carmen Junk, Sebastian Michaelis, Michaela Döring, Thomas Eichholz, Ursula Holzer, Martin Ebinger, Tim Flaadt, Rupert Handgretinger, Peter Lang, Jan Frederic Weller, Markus Mezger   +10 more
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What motivates participants: a qualitative analysis of gamification and financial incentives to increase physical activity

BMC Public Health
Background Physical activity reduces the risk of major cardiovascular events, but many people who are most at-risk do not get enough exercise. In the BE ACTIVE randomized controlled trial, - a study in which text messages were used to communicate with ...
Eric Ryu, David Farraday, Alexander C. Fanaroff, Samantha Coratti, Neel P. Chokshi, Jingsan Zhu, Julia E. Szymczak, Louise B. Russell, Laurie Norton, Dylan Small, Kevin G. Volpp, Tamar Klaiman   +11 more
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Leveraging principles of behavioural economics to encourage patient engagement with population health screening programmes

BMJ Open Quality
Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. We leveraged behavioural economics principles to encourage screening for cardiovascular disease risk factors.
David A Asch, Kevin G Volpp, Eric Bressman, Alexander Fanaroff, Katy Mahraj, Laurie Norton, Samantha Coratti, David Farraday, Carolina Garzon Mrad, Mikael Avery, Ayisha Arshad, Aileen John   +11 more
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Incentivizing stewardship in a biodiversity hot spot: land managers in the grasslands

FACETS, 2021
Federal and provincial governments of Canada recently signed onto a Pan-Canadian Approach to Transforming Species at Risk Conservation. The approach is based on collaboration among jurisdictions and stakeholders to enhance multiple species and ecosystem ...
Raphael Anammasiya Ayambire, Jeremy Pittman, Andrea Olive   +2 more
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