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A Methodology for Agent-Oriented Analysis and Design
, 1999 This paper presents a methodology for agent-oriented analysis and design. The methodology is general, in that it is applicable to a wide range of multi-agent systems, and comprehensive, in that it deals with both the macro-level (societal) and the micro ...
Kinny, D. +8 more
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A Principal-agent Model of Corruption [PDF]
, 1996 One of the new avenues in the study of political corruption is that of neo-institutional economics, of which the principal-agent theory is a part. In this article a principal-agent model of corruption is presented, in which there are two principals (one ...
Groenendijk, Nico
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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.We describe detailed protocols for the purification and preparation of Marchantia polymorpha Auxin Response Factor 2 (MpARF2). This protein is fused to an MBP solubility tag and an mNG fluorescent tag and is purified from Escherichia coli. The presented procedures make it possible to study MpARF2 assemblies, which could arise from phase separation ...
Bas Janssen +5 more
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A Principal-Agent Model for Investigating Traceability Systems Incentives on Food Safety [PDF]
This article investigates the effects of contingent payments and a traceability system's expected traceback rate of success on the food safety effort exerted by raw material suppliers. This sheds light on when contingent payments and the reliability of a
Resende Filho, Moises de Andrade
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Protocol for quantifying miRNA trafficking across the endosomal membrane
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.An in vitro protocol measures miRNA uptake into endosomes isolated from mammalian cell extracts, which are free of subcellular contaminants. Performed at 37 °C in the presence of ATP, it ensures the import of single‐stranded miRNA into the endosomal lumen.
Syamantak Ghosh +2 more
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Setting Incentives for Scientists Who Engage in Research and Other Activities: An Application of Principal-Agent Theory [PDF]
The objective of this paper is to develop an optimal incentive system for multitaskingscientists in universities or professors under repeat contracting.
Wallace E. Huffman, Just, Richard E.
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Reducing the quality risk of elderly care services in government procurement from market-oriented private providers through ex ante policy design: lessons from the principal-agent theory analysis. [PDF]
BMC Health Serv Res, 2020 Song H, Yu S, Sun T.
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Cell surface CD11c as a neutrophil aging marker molecule
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Cell surface CD11chi neutrophils were more aged and had better phagocytic function than CD11c−/lo neutrophils. Transcriptomic analysis of CD11chi neutrophils and CD11c−/lo neutrophils in pediatric population showed that the most difference was seen in infants.
Sophia Koutsogiannaki +5 more
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The Principal-Agent Matching Market [PDF]
We propose a model based on competitive markets in order to analyse an economy with several principals and agents. We model the principal-agent economy as a two-sided matching game and characterise the set of stable outcomes of this principal-agent ...
Kaniska Dam
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International TheoryInternational organisations (IOs) hold important governance functions and power. Yet, they are several steps detached from the constituencies that have entrusted them with functions and resources to carry them out, even as accountability expectations ...
Liliana B. Andonova
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