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Instrumental Divergence and the Value of Control [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2016
AbstractA critical aspect of flexible choice is that alternative actions yield distinct consequences: Only when available action alternatives produce distinct outcome states does discrimination and selection between actions allow an agent to flexibly obtain the currently most desired outcome.
Mistry, Prachi, Liljeholm, Mimi
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Instrumental values [PDF]

Journal of Econometrics, 2002
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Grassland farmers’ relationship with biodiversity: a case study from the northern Italian Alps

Ecosystems and People, 2022
To successfully understand and shape biodiversity conservation in Alpine grasslands, it is crucial to understand how farmers’ relationship to biodiversity influences their goals and associated practices.
Alma Maria Moroder, Maria Lee Kernecker
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Particularities of Integration of the Migrants of the North Caucasus Republics in Local Host Environments

Социологическая наука и социальная практика, 2018
The article discusses the particularities of the integration of internal migrants from North Caucasus republics in the host environments of Russian regions, differing in the level of economic development and the historically established ethnosocial ...
Igor M. Kuznetsov
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OF DEFECTS IN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR VALUE [PDF]

The Musical Quarterly, 1920
T is possible that many who have taken an interest in the material of music have indulged at one time or another in dreams of some perfect instrument that should combine the merits and characters of all existing instruments, while avoiding all their defects.
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Ecologization and Its Socioeconomic Implications: Exploring the Influence of Environmental Values on Students' Attitudes Toward Green Entrepreneurship [PDF]

SocioEconomic Challenges
Environmental issues pose a serious global and local challenge, leading to significant social and economic risks. Therefore, these challenges require urgent action and a shift in values and behaviours, especially among young people, who are the driving ...
Kouteiba Selmane, Chafik Chatter, Samir Salmi   +2 more
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Dairy farmers’ values and how their values affect their decision

Agricultural and Food Science, 2014
Values affect humans’ perception of situations and problems and guide our actions. The objective of this study was to explore the values of dairy farmers, and whether their values influenced their decisions to maintain dairy farming or to buy consultancy
Bjørn Gunnar Hansen, Arent Greve
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Diagnostic Instruments for Value Congruence

Journal of Business Theory and Practice, 2014
<p><em>A comparative analysis of the studies of congruence of personal and organizational values is presented in the article. Forty publications of 1999-2012 reviewed in Emerald, Sage, APA PsycNET, Wiley, ScienceDirect, Routledge, Springer and other databases have been selected for the comparative analysis.
Vveinhardt, Jolita, Gulbovaitė, Evelina
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Distance to Biorefinery Plants and Its Influence on Agricultural Land Value: Evidence from the United States Midwest Region

Land, 2022
This paper examines the influence of distance to biorefinery plants on agricultural land value. The research utilizes micro-level data on characteristics of parcels and the locations of ethanol facilities in Central Nebraska, USA.
Junpyo Park
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On the Non-instrumental Value of Basic Rights [PDF]

Journal of Moral Philosophy, 2010
AbstractBasic rights are often of great instrumental value in securing protection for important human needs and interests. The first two sections of this paper defend the thesis that basic rights are also valuable independently of their instrumental role.
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