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Showing 1 to 20 of 780 for “"BDM"”.
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Getting a monkey to do your bidding: Developing a Becker-DeGroot-Marschak (BDM) method for use in monkeys
The Becker-DeGroot-Marschak method (BDM) is an auction-like mechanism widely used in behavioural economics, marketing research, and, more recently, in neuroimaging studies of human decision making. The BDM has never been used with animal subjects before, yet its application in monkeys would allow …
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Bugs, Drugs and Data: Antibiotic Resistance, Prevalence and Prediction of Bug-Drug Mismatch using Electronic Health Records (EHR) Data
Bug-Drug Mismatch (BDM) occurrences are an important and modifiable category of inappropriate antibiotic therapy (IAAT) that increases adverse outcomes for patients and drives overall antibiotic resistance (AR). Surveillance of baseline AR, emerging trends in resistance among priority bacterial …
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Propuesta de un modelo conceptual para la representación de la multigranularidad espacio temporal en bases de datos multidimensionales
… soporten. Las bases de datos Multidimensionales BDM, son bases de datos que almacenan los datos de forma adecuada para analizarlos desde distintas perspectivas y con distintos niveles de detalle. La ausencia de estándares en modelos multidimensionales conceptuales para el diseño de estas BD, ha …
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Investigation of Long-Term Prestress Losses in Pretensioned High Performance Concrete Girders
… best-predictor of the measured strains. The PCI-BDM model was the most consistent model across all of the instrumented girders. Several methods for estimating prestress losses were also investigated. The methods correlated to high strength concrete, the PCI-BDM and NCHRP 496 methods, predicted …
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Age-Dependent Determinants of Blood-Derived Monocytes Influence Neuroinflammatory Milieu at the TBI Injury Site
… plasticity of blood-derived monocytes (BDMs), as well as prior studies relating age and BDM activity, place BDMs at the crossroads these two advantageous elements, making them a promising potential therapeutic option for TBI. In this thesis, we assess how juvenile and adult BDMs differ …
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Economic experiments on truth-telling, information aggregation, and income inequality
… institutional environments, either a market or a BDM (Becker-DeGroot-Marschak) mechanism. We find a difference between the two environments that seems to be driven by price-insensitive traders, who appear to be unable to learn from market prices. In the third chapter, my co-author and I provide a …
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Consumers' purchasing behaviour under risk and uncertainty: three essays on food authenticity
… using Becker-DeGroot-Marschak mechanism (BDM) and second price Vickrey auctions (SPVA). It investigates if deviations from theoretical predications can be ascribed to bidding behaviour that is inconsistent with standard theories of decision making (i.e. Expected Utility Theory and …
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PHYSIOCHEMICAL AND NUTRIENT PROPERTIES AND TRUE NUTRIENT SUPPLY OF WHOLE OAT GRAINS IN RUMINANT SYSTEMS: EFFECT OF OAT VARIETIES AND TYPES (FEED TYPE VS. MILLING TYPE)
… EE, CP, NPN, ADL, TDN, Kd of DM, starch and CP, BDM, EDDM, BST, EDST, TDDM, TDST, DVE, OEB and FMV between feed and milling type (P<0.05). Milling oats had higher non-fiber carbohydrate values, while feed oats had higher structure carbohydrate values and FMV comparing to milling oats. In …
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Creating a Space in the Medical Profession: Female Physicians, Maternalism, and Eugenics Work in Weimar and Nazi Germany
… Bund Deutscher Mädels (League of German Girls; BDM) and the Reichsmütterdienst (Reich Mothers' Service), as well as their efforts in the racial hygiene and anti-tobacco campaigns during the Third Reich (1933-1945). In this study, I ask how and why women occupied particular fields within the …
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Modeling the Adoption of Identification Standards Within the Healthcare Supply Chain
… In the first stage, the Bass Diffusion Model (BDM) of technology adoption is adapted to simulate the adoption of identification standards supporting technologies. The second stage uses most of the factors defined in the CLD to develop a simulation model. A sensitivity analysis identifies …
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Hypoxia-induced responses of porcine pulmonary veins.
… had no significant effect however TEA and BDM inhibited the hypoxic contraction. This suggested that TASK, KV1.5, BKCa and KATP do not play a role in the mechanism of hypoxic pulmonary venoconstriction however KV channels containing KV2.1 α subunits may modulate the response. Results with …
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Transformation towards a more sustainable agricultural system in Indonesia: Empirical essays on the role of information and endorsement
… auction based on the Becker-DeGroot-Marschak (BDM) approach to elicit consumers’ WTP. We further study the effect of income and a randomised information treatment about the benefits of organic food on respondents’ WTP. Estimates suggest that consumers are willing to pay a price premium for …
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Arrhythmia mechanisms in acute ischaemia and chronic infarction in rabbit heart
… (5µM). An alternative mechanical uncoupler, BDM, was found to be not suitable for the study of arrhythmic behaviour associated with ischaemia. After occlusion of the left coronary artery, a progressive reduction in action potential duration (APD), and slowing of upstroke was observed in an …
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Probing the chemical biology involved in the haem detoxification pathway of the human malaria parasite, plasmodium falciparum
… endocytosis inhibitor, 2,3-butanedione monoxime (BDM), a protease inhibitor, trans-epoxysuccinyl-L-leucylamido(4- guanidino)butane (E-64), and a haemozoin formation inhibitor, CQ, were chosen. These were then used to treat parasites over 24 hours at a fixed concentration to observe the trends over …
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Incentivizing Sustainable Agriculture in Indonesia: Empirical Essays on the Role of Social Norms and Information Provision
… auction based on the Becker- eGroot-Marschak (BDM) method, the study finds that farmers are willing to pay approximately 43% of the actual cost of soil tests, indicating strong demand for personalized soil fertility information. Furthermore, there is no significant difference in WTP between the …
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Desarrollo de la cucharita de Nucita por medio de empleo de bioplásticos
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Mejoramiento del proceso logístico y de abastecimiento en Shandong Kerui Petroleum Equipment Ltd. Colombia
Investigación sobre el proceso de Logístico y Abastecimiento para la empresa Shandong Kerui Petroleum Equipment Ltd. Colombia, análisis y propuesta de mejoramiento aplicando los conceptos y experiencia, así como la apropiación de los temas vistos en las especializaciones de las autoras.
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Plan de negocio para la creación de una empresa de consultorías actuariales en la optimización de la cobertura de los contratos de reaseguros
El objetivo de este documento es el de estudiar la viabilidad del establecimiento del plan de negocios para una empresa consultora actuarial especializada en temas de reaseguros utilizando diferentes técnicas y metodologías aprendidas en la Maestría en Administración de Negocios de la Universidad …
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Relación entre las prácticas de liderazgo y la atención humanizada en instituciones hospitalarias
Esta investigación busca describir las mejores prácticas de liderazgo organizacional, que en la literatura se relacionan con procesos de atención humanizada de calidad en los servicios de salud, para proponer aplicarlas en instituciones hospitalarias, a fin de facilitar en estas los procesos de …
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El desafío remoto: innovaciones para un teletrabajo mentalmente saludable en Colombia
La transición hacia el teletrabajo ha suscitado retos significativos en el ámbito laboral contemporáneo, especialmente en lo que concierne a la salud mental de los colaboradores. Este proyecto de grado titulado "El desafío remoto: innovaciones para un teletrabajo mentalmente saludable en Colombia" …
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