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Oikos, EarlyView.Animal breeding phenology in temperate and high latitude regions is often predicted by weather variables, such as temperature. Much work on this topic has focused on taxonomic groups that employ adaptive plastic responses to annual variation in an environmental cue, with analytical approaches developed to determine when weather has an effect and the ...
Kirsty H. Macphie +6 more
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Human variability, task complexity and motivation contribution in manufacturing [PDF]
, 2013 This paper is a preliminary study of the human contribution to variability in manufacturing industry and how motivation and learning play a key role in this contribution.
Case, Keith +3 more
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Contesting Regulatory Capacity: Exploring Doctrines in the Regulatory State
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The contemporary literature on regulation and development has emphasised the importance of low discretion devices for achieving desired policy objectives. At the same time, there has been a growing recognition that state capacity in general, and regulatory capacity more specifically, are essential for achieving development goals in a world of ...
Bruno Queiroz Cunha, Martin Lodge
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Forecasts of relative performance in tournaments: evidence from the field [PDF]
This paper uses a field experiment to investigate the quality of individuals' forecasts of relative performance in tournaments. We ask players in luck-based (poker) and skill-based (chess) tournaments to make point forecasts of rank.
Park, Young-Joon, Santos-Pinto, Luís
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Pediatric Investigation, EarlyView.The Chinese version of the Children's Inventory of Anger demonstrates strong reliability, validity, and a stable four‐factor structure. It effectively distinguishes anger levels in depressed versus healthy adolescents, highlighting its clinical utility for assessing anger‐related challenges in Chinese youth.
Xinyue Zhang +7 more
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Decision Making: A Computer-Science and Information-Technology Viewpoint [PDF]
We address the phenomenon of decision making from the viewpoint of computer science and information technology. The basic question from this viewpoint is: what can the computer offer to decision makers and how it can support their work?
Marko Bohanec
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Generalization in chess thinking [PDF]
, 2015 In this work we deal with generalization in chess thinking. Generalization is a complex process based on information people acquired during previous experiences.
D’Eredità, Giuliano, Mario, Ferro
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Development and Validation of the Prosocial Behavior in School Scale
Psychology in the Schools, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study reports on the development, factor structure, and validity indicators of the Prosocial Behavior in School Scale (PBSS) among 4264 sixth‐ to eighth‐grade students in the United States. The final PBSS is a 12‐item self‐report measure of students' prosocial behavior in a specific classroom.
Christi Bergin +5 more
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Strategic Behavior across Gender: A Comparison of Female and Male Expert Chess Players [PDF]
This paper aims to measure differences in risk behavior among expert chess players. The study employs a panel data set on international chess with 1.4 million games recorded over a period of 11 years.
Gerdes, Christer, Gränsmark, Patrik
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Proteome‐Wide Analysis of Human Deletions
Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Protein deletions are frequent among both natural and pathogenic variations. Many of them are misclassified in variation databases and the literature. Nonsense‐mediated decay prevents the expression of many nucleotide deletions. Many variants classified as protein deletions are not expressed at all.
Haoyang Zhang +2 more
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