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Schooling Trajectories and the Development of Brain Dynamics: A Comparative Study of Montessori and Traditional Education

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
We investigate whether Montessori and traditional schooling systems shape the developmental trajectory of large‐scale brain dynamics in different ways. We quantify the arrow of time (“non‐reversibility”) in neural activity during resting state and movie‐watching, revealing distinct maturational patterns.
Elvira del Agua   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

MGDP: Mastering a Generalized Depth Perception Model for Quadruped Locomotion

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Perception‐based Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) controllers demonstrate impressive performance on challenging terrains. However, existing controllers still face core limitations, struggling to achieve both terrain generality and platform transferability, and are constrained by high computational overhead and sensitivity to sensor noise.
Yinzhao Dong   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Moral Agency Conditions: Moral Agent, Limited Moral Agent, Quasi-Moral Agent

open access: yesДискурс, 2023
Introduction. The concept  of “moral agent” and its boundaries  are  not  currently  clearly defined.  Given the  connection between  moral  agency  and moral  responsibility,  it seems necessary to introduce  a clear  definition of “moral agent”, as ...
S. V. Glebova, N. V. Perova
doaj   +1 more source

Artificial morality: Making of the artificial moral agents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
: Artificial Morality is a new, emerging interdisciplinary field that centres around the idea of creating artificial moral agents, or AMAs, by implementing moral competence in artificial systems.
Kušić, Marija, Nurkić, Petar
core   +2 more sources

Coping With Production Risk: Effects of Sown Plant Diversity on the Attractiveness of Crop Insurance in Grasslands

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Increased frequency of extreme weather events, particularly droughts, threatens grassland farming by destabilizing yields and farms' economic viability. We examine, theoretically and through numerical simulations, how sown plant diversity (natural insurance) influences the attractiveness of indemnity and drought index insurance (formal ...
Nicolas Alou   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The genetic technologies questionnaire in the Greek-speaking population: the moral judgement of the lay public

open access: yesFrontiers in Genetics
IntroductionAdvancements in life sciences have significantly boosted biomedical capabilities. Genetic testing forecasts hereditary traits and disease susceptibility, while CRISPR/Cas allows permanent genome alterations.
Florian Melchior   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Presumptuous aim attribution, conformity, and the ethics of artificial social cognition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Imagine you are casually browsing an online bookstore, looking for an interesting novel. Suppose the store predicts you will want to buy a particular novel: the one most chosen by people of your same age, gender, location, and occupational status.
King, Owen C.
core   +3 more sources

Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Climate‐Friendly Food Production: The Role of Production Method Information and Social Norms

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether information about production methods and social norms can increase consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) a price premium for food produced using climate‐friendly farming methods. A randomized survey experiment was conducted with 1568 respondents across Denmark, Lithuania, and Spain, who were assigned to one of four ...
Kassa Tarekegn Erekalo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

SUBJECTIVITY OF ANIMALS AND THEIR MORAL STATUS – HISTORICAL ASPECT

open access: yesHumanities and Social Sciences, 2018
A man as a conscious and rational being tries to define his place in the universe, himself in relation to the cosmos, absolute, logos and nature. Nowadays, the issue of our relations with animals is becoming particularly important.
Justyna Stecko
doaj   +1 more source

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