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INFORMATION GATHERING, DELEGATED CONTRACTING AND CORPORATE HIERARCHIES [PDF]

In a typical corporate hierarchy, the manager is delegated the authority to make strategic decisions, and to contract with other employees. We study when such delegation can be optimal.
Chongwoo Choe, In-Uck Park
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Rulers on the road: Itinerant rule in the Holy Roman Empire, AD 919–1519

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Itinerant rule, rule exercised through traveling, was a common yet insufficiently researched, premodern form of governance. Studying the determinants of ruler itineraries in the Holy Roman Empire, AD 919–1519, we argue that rulers' visits targeted “marginal” elites.
Carl Müller‐Crepon, Clara Neupert‐Wentz, Andrej Kokkonen, Jørgen Møller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Crushing and Cutting: Shape Variation and Morphological Integration Between the Claws of Two Swimming Crab Species (Brachyura: Portunidae)

Acta Zoologica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigated shape variations and morphological integration between the components of crusher and cutter claws in two species of swimming crabs, Callinectes danae and Callinectes ornatus. The propodi and dactyli of the claws were analysed in males and females of both species, using geometric morphometric techniques to identify ...
Julia Tadiotto, Alexandre Ribeiro da Silva, Julia Fernandes Perroca, Rogerio Caetano Costa, Caio Santos Nogueira   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Study of Hadiths About Riya' in the Book of Hidayatus Salikin Perspective of Abdul Samad Al-Falimbani

Suhuf
The Qur'an and hadith are the main guides for Muslims, but the temptation of lust sometimes leads humans to riya' behavior, which is doing good only for the praise of humans, not the pleasure of Allah.
Mufidatun Nur Aini, Nuruddin Ghilman Halim, M Muhid, Isnaini Luluatim Muthoharoh   +3 more
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CRISPR/Cas9 mediated knockout of the abdominal-A homeotic gene in fall armyworm moth (Spodoptera frugiperda).

PLoS ONE, 2018
The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith), is an important pest of maize in the Americas and has recently been introduced into Africa. Fall armyworm populations have developed resistance to control strategies that depend on insecticides
Ke Wu, Paul D Shirk, Caitlin E Taylor, Richard B Furlong, Bryce D Shirk, Daniele H Pinheiro, Blair D Siegfried   +6 more
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Wahdah Islamiyyah Palu: on Contemporary Islamic Legal Issues In The Internet

Hunafa: Jurnal Studia Islamika, 2017
This paper deals with one of the Islamic organizations in Palu, Wahdah Islamiyah (Islamic Unity), in terms of theological and contemporary Islamic legal issues. The source of analysis is the website that Wahdah Islamiyah runs online.
Rusli Rusli
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The Evolution of Strong Reciprocity [PDF]

A number of outstanding puzzles in economics may be resolved by recognizing that where members of a group benefit from mutual adherence to a social norm, agents may obey the norm and punish its violators, even when this behavior cannot be motivated by ...
Herbert Gintis, Samuel Bowles
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Insights for conservation from the Ecological Knowledge Games project

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Environmental conservation research requires robust methods for collecting large‐scale behavioral data and engaging diverse stakeholders in decision‐making processes. We (Y.P., A.B.D., and N.B.) created EcoKnowGames (Ecological Knowledge Games), a transdisciplinary project that develops knowledge games for conservation science and data ...
Yuan Pan, A. Bradley Duthie, Isabel Jones, Daksha Patel, Nils Bunnefeld   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Culture and Development: An Analytical Framework [PDF]

This paper develops a framework which analyzes how a population's culture affects the decisions of rational profit maximizing firms, while simultaneously exploring how the actions of these firms in turn affect the population's culture.By endogenizing ...
Francois, P., Zabojnik, J.
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Producing the Past With the Digital: Virtual Reality as Remediation in History Museum's Presentation Practice

Curator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines contemporary museum practices in light of media and history theory, and understandings of representation. Through a content analysis of in‐depth interviews with museum and IT professionals involved in creating a virtual reality (VR) exhibition piece, we demonstrate how theoretical concepts addressing the mediated nature of ...
Ilkka Lähteenmäki, Marjaana Puurtinen
wiley   +1 more source