Citation: Ünlü A (2016) Adjusting Potentially Confounded Scoring Protocols for Motivation Aggregation in Organismic Integration Theory: An Exemplification with the Relative Autonomy or Self-Determination Index. Front. Psychol. 7:272. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00272 Adjusting Potentially Confounded Scoring Protocols for Motivation Aggregation in Organismic Integration Theory: An Exemplification wi...

1 Using self-determination theory to understand motivation for walking: Instrument development and model testing using Bayesian structural equation modeling Manuscript accepted 17.11.15 Psychology of Sport and Exercise Niven, A.G., & Markland, D. (2016). Using self-determination theory to understand motivation for walking: Instrument development and model testing using Bayesian structural equat...

This paper examines the use of incentive pay schemes within the financial services sector in London. Various theories of wage determination are reviewed with particular attention placed on the principal-agent literature as a framework for analysing the use of incentive pay. This is combined with case study interviews and a number of hypotheses regarding the use of bonuses. Quantitative analysis...

In a model of majority voting with common values and costly but voluntary participation, we show that in the vicinity of equilibrium, it is always Pareto-improving for more agents, on the average, to vote. This demonstrates that the negative voting externality identified by Borgers(2001) in the context of private values is always dominated by a positive informational externality. In addition, w...

We show that information sharing among banks may serve as a collusive device. An informational sharing agreement is an a-priori commitment to reduce informational asymmetry between banks in future lending. Hence, information sharing agreements tend to increase the intensity of competition in future periods and, thus, reduce the value of informational rents in current competition. We contribute ...

An asylum applicant begins with a formal application to the Attorney General for protection.[1] They must show in an interview with an asylum officer that they are a refugee, that they have been persecuted in the country of their nationality, and that they have a well founded fear of future persecution, on account of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or...

The mass of the bottom quark can be determined with high precision from moments of the pair-production cross section σ(e+e− → bb̄) near threshold. We present the first complete NNNLO determination from non-relativistic sum rules, obtaining a bottom-quark mass of mPS b (2GeV) = 4.532 +0.013 −0.039 GeV in the potential-subtracted scheme. For the mass in the MS scheme we find mMS b (m MS b ) = 4.20...

We propose a local linear functional coefficient estimator that admits a mix of discrete and continuous data for stationary time series. Under weak conditions our estimator is asymptotically normally distributed. A small set of simulation studies is carried out to illustrate the finite sample performance of our estimator. As an application, we estimate a wage determination function that explici...

Cellular life relies on a collection of linear polymers (among them DNA, RNA, proteins) to perform the functions necessary to its survival. It seems likely that catalytic and informational polymers played essential roles in the emergence of the first living entities, precursors of contemporary cells. Thus, their detection on other planetary bodies might hint at either emerging, or extant, or pa...

7814.pdf. For example, a hospital system with member hospitals in several markets can negotiate from strength as a system without having excessive concentration in any individual market. A number of different plan levels would be offered within the exchange. While all would cover the same services, they would vary in the cost-sharing required of enrollees. Lower-income individuals and families ...