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Fixed Pay for Output or Time? Implications for Work Speed and Quality
ABSTRACT This paper explores the influence of two fixed payment arrangements—time‐based and output‐based wages—on worker behavior and performance in a multidimensional task setting. We examine how these wages affect the time workers spend on individual units of a task and their work quality.
CAROLYN DELLER, SANTIAGO GALLINO
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ABSTRACT This article examines transformations in contemporary global migration governance, with a particular focus on the effectiveness, robustness and democratic credentials of the UN Global Compacts on Migration and on Refugees. We examine valuable innovations, such as the workings of regularly organised platforms, which adopt a ‘whole of society ...
Felix Peerboom +2 more
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Rise of the south: How Arab‐led maritime trade transformed China, 671–1371 CE
Abstract China's center of socioeconomic activities was in the North prior to the Tang dynasty but is in the South today. We demonstrate that Arab and Persian Muslim traders triggered that transition when they came to China in the late seventh century, by lifting maritime trade along the South Coast and re‐creating the South.
Zhiwu Chen, Zhan Lin, Kaixiang Peng
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ABSTRACT Background Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is the most common genetic cause of male infertility and is associated with nonobstructive azoospermia. Advances in surgical sperm retrieval techniques have enabled biological fatherhood in a subset of men with KS.
Cecilie N. Larsen +5 more
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Associations Between Sperm DNA Fragmentation and Lifestyle Factors
ABSTRACT Background Sperm DNA fragmentation index (DFI) has been proposed as a supplementary biomarker to traditional semen parameters in the evaluation of male infertility. However, its determinants and clinical relevance remain unclear, particularly regarding modifiable lifestyle factors.
Lana Haval Mairof Adams +7 more
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Imagination Will Not Be Automized: On AI Image Generators and Epistemic Oppression
Constellations, EarlyView.
Sarah Abel
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ABSTRACT Background Since the 1990s, declining sperm counts and increasing testicular cancer rates have raised worldwide concern about male reproductive health, including in Denmark. This prompted a prospective population‐based study with annual surveillance of semen quality.
Lærke Priskorn +13 more
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Abstract Background Exams are a common source of emotions in adolescence, requiring regulation for performance and well‐being. Psychological flexibility (PF), the ability to stay open to difficult thoughts and feelings while pursuing meaningful goals, and psychological inflexibility (PI), involving avoidance and self‐criticism, represent adaptive and ...
Maryam Zarra‐Nezhad +4 more
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Embodied attention shapes temporal cognition
Abstract Humans rely on spatial representations to process both temporal duration and mentally project themselves across time. Yet, it remains unclear whether this spatial–temporal mapping depends on embodied mechanisms or on abstract attentional codes. We investigated whether embodied cues (gaze direction) versus abstract cues optokinetic stimulation (
Angelo Pisani +3 more
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Abstract Opioids are prescribed widely for chronic pain despite well‐recognised risks and variable long‐term benefit, reflecting the lack of effective alternatives for many patients. Combination therapies offer a promising strategy to enhance efficacy whilst reducing side effects.
André Mouraux +26 more
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