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Intertemporal accounting of climate change - Harmonizing economic efficiency and climate stewardship

open access: yes, 1999
Continuing a discussion on the intertemporal accounting of climate-change damages initiated by Nordhaus, Heal and Brown in response to the recent demonstration of Hasselmann et al.
Hasselmann, K.
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Epistemic Injustice and Epistemic Redlining [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The practice of Emergency Management in Michigan raises anew the question of whose knowledge matters to whom and for what reasons, against the background of what projects, challenges, and systemic imperatives. In this paper, I offer a historical overview
Doan, Michael D.
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Adaptive Autonomy in Microrobot Motion Control via Deep Reinforcement Learning and Path Planning Synergy

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This study introduces a data‐driven framework that combines deep reinforcement learning with classical path planning to achieve adaptive microrobot navigation. By training a surrogate neural network to emulate microrobot dynamics, the approach improves learning efficiency, reduces training time, and enables robust real‐time obstacle avoidance in ...
Amar Salehi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of empathy in choosing rewards from another’s perspective

open access: yesFrontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2013
As social animals, we regularly act in the interest of others by making decisions on their behalf. These decisions can take the form of choices between smaller short-term rewards and larger long-term rewards, and can be effectively indexed by temporal ...
Garret eO'Connell   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Heterogeneity in Intra-Monthly Consumption Patterns, Self-Control, and Savings at Retirement [PDF]

open access: yes
Using data from the Continuing Survey of Food Intake by Individuals, this paper describes the shape of consumption profiles over the month for Social Security benefit recipients.
Giovanni Mastrobuoni, Matthew Weinberg
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No evidence for inhibitory deficits or altered reward processing in ADHD: data from a new integrated incentive delay go/no-go task [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Objective: Cognitive and motivational factors differentially affect individuals with mental health problems such as ADHD. Here we introduce a new task to disentangle the relative contribution of inhibitory control and reward anticipation on task ...
Barke, Edmund   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Lost ground, lost value: Investigating the relationship between soil erosion and agricultural land value

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the impact of soil erosion on agricultural land values in the United States (US) Midwest. Based on a novel county‐level panel data set with information on soil erosion levels and agricultural land values covering five census years (1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017), we separately investigate the direct effect of two types ...
Le Chen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Private and social time preference for health outcomes: A general population survey in Iran.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2019
Despite the recent increase in economic evaluations of health care programs in low and middle income countries, there is still a surprising gap in evidence on the appropriate discount rate and the discounting of health outcomes such as quality adjusted ...
Alireza Mahboub-Ahari   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘I Don't Babysit’: Stay‐at‐Home Dads' Perspectives and Experiences Within Australian Society

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Stay‐at‐home‐dads are an emerging group in Australia, impacted by societal assumptions and expectations. However, there is a scarcity of research on the perspectives and experiences of fathers assuming stay‐at‐home dad roles within Australian society.
Elyse Manie   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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