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Altruistic Learning [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2009
The origin of altruism remains one of the most enduring puzzles of human behaviour. Indeed, true altruism is often thought either not to exist, or to arise merely as a miscalculation of otherwise selfish behaviour. In this paper, we argue that altruism emerges directly from the way in which distinct human decision-making systems learn about rewards ...
Ben Seymour   +3 more
openaire   +5 more sources

A Proof‐of‐Concept Assessment of a Novel Wearable Eyelid Muscle Device: A Pre‐Clinical Animal Cadaver Study for Eyelid Closure Restoration

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This article introduces a soft wearable eyelid sling device incorporating a hydraulic soft artificial muscle (SAM) for achieving complete closure of an eyelid. The SAM is driven by a cam mechanism that provides a displacement profile closely matched with those of a healthy eyelid.
Patrick Pruscino   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transformative medical education: must community-based traineeship experiences be part of the curriculum? A qualitative study

open access: yesInternational Journal for Equity in Health, 2020
Background There are shortcomings in medical practitioners’ capacity to adapt to the particular needs of people experiencing circumstances of social vulnerability. Clinical traineeships create opportunities for the acquisition of knowledge, competencies,
Julie Massé   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The State of the Art in Performance Management: Learnings from Discussions with Leading Organizations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Performance management is one of the fundamental HR tools that has been part of organizational life for decades and has long been the backbone of other activities of the HR system (e.g., pay decisions, development plans).
Bell, Bradford S, Collins, Christopher J
core   +1 more source

Designing knowledge-matching facilities for scaling climate-smart agriculture: A proposal for accelerating food systems’ transformation in a changing climate [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The brief talks about designing knowledge-matching facilities for scaling climate-smart agriculture. This is a priority discussed in the International Workshop on Scaling up and out of Climate-smart Technologies and Practices for Sustainable Agriculture (
Dinesh, Dhanush   +2 more
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Companionship games:a framework for emotionally engaging and empathetic interactive characters [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
1 in 2 people are diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime, and for those living with cancer loneliness and isolation are significant problems. This paper discusses the development of a virtual cancer support group, using the support group format to offer
Bowman, Alice
core   +2 more sources

Self‐Driving Laboratory Optimizes the Lower Critical Solution Temperature of Thermoresponsive Polymers

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
A low‐cost, self‐driving laboratory is developed to democratize autonomous materials discovery. Using this "frugal twin" hardware architecture with Bayesian optimization, the platform rapidly converges to target lower critical solution temperature (LCST) values while self‐correcting from off‐target experiments, demonstrating an accessible route to data‐
Guoyue Xu, Renzheng Zhang, Tengfei Luo
wiley   +1 more source

IMPROVING STUDENTS PARTICIPATION IN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS THROUGH PROBING AND PROMPTING LEARNING TECHNIQUE IN SOCIAL SCIENCE LEARNINGS (Act Research of VIII-C Class of Junior High School Kartika XIX-2 Bandung)

open access: yesInternational Journal Pedagogy of Social Studies, 2017
Background of this research is about issue that exist in VIII-C class of Junior High School Kartika XIX-2 Bandung there are less of participations students in questions and answer in social science learnings.
Yunia Firdausi Rahayu
doaj   +1 more source

Engaging museums and galleries in pre-service teacher education [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
The relationship between teacher education courses and the educational programs and exhibitions operating in museum and art galleries is vital in students’ development towards being informed, critically engaged and effective communicators in schools ...
Baguley, Margaret
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