This paper examines how members sort across community-based microfinance groups, specifically Village Savings and Loan Associations in rural Malawi. Our central question is to ask whether such groups allow savers (especially commitment savers) to match with potential borrowers, thereby promoting financial intermediation. We analyse novel data in the form of a census of all 3,800 members of 150 ...

God does not play dice. He flips coins instead.” And though for some reason He has denied us quantum bit commitment. And though for some reason he has even denied us strong coin flipping. He has, in His infinite mercy, granted us quantum weak coin flipping so that we too may flip coins. Instructions for the flipping of coins are contained herein. But be warned! Only those who have mastered Kita...

Household waste management has become essential in industrialized countries. For the recycling programs to be a success, all citizens must comply with the developed residential procedures. Governmental bodies are thus dependent on as many people as possible adhering to the sorting systems they develop. Since the 1970s oil crisis, governments have called upon social psychologists to help develop...

Ricardo Loura, Álvaro J. Almeida, Paulo S. André, Armando N. Pinto, Paulo Mateus and Nikola Paunković1,2,∗ SQIG – Instituto de Telecomunicações, IST-TU Lisbon, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal Department of Mathematics, IST, Technical University of Lisbon, 1049-001, Lisbon, Portugal Department of Physics, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal Instituto de Telecomunicações, University of Avei...

We show how to produce short proofs of theorems such that a distrusting Verifier can be convinced that the theorem is true yet obtains no information about the proof itself. The proofs are non-interactive provided that the quadratic residuosity bit commitment scheme is available to the Prover and Verifier. For typical applications, the proofs are short enough to fit on a floppy disk.

This article describes an unconditionally secure quantum bit commitment protocol, QBC3, based on entanglement destruction via forced measurements. Some comments on the current status of the field are also made.

To investigate the link between the impostor phenomenon (IP), career self-management (CSM) factors, and work-relevant outcomes, we looked at the IP's impact on career optimism, career adaptability, and knowledge of the job market, as well as on employee- and organizationally-relevant outcomes. We analyzed data from 238 working professionals (57% female) using parallel multiple mediation analyse...

background: organizational climate is one of the effective factors in organizational commitment. organizational climate affects organizational staff behaviors. the aim of current study was to assess the relation between organizational climate components with organizational commitment components among nurses in selected hospitals of tums in 2011.   methods: this study was cross - sectional surve...