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Avoiding Randomization Failure in Program Evaluation, with Application to the Medicare Health Support Program
(Mary Ann Liebert, 2011)We highlight common problems in the application of random treatment assignment in large-scale program evaluation. Random assignment is the defining feature of modern experimental design, yet errors in design, implementation, ... -
Awake, Offline Processing during Associative Learning
(Public Library of Science, 2016)Offline processing has been shown to strengthen memory traces and enhance learning in the absence of conscious rehearsal or awareness. Here we evaluate whether a brief, two-minute offline processing period can boost ... -
An Axiomatic Characterization of Continuous-Outcome Market Makers
(Springer Verlag, 2010)Most existing market maker mechanisms for prediction markets are designed for events with a finite number of outcomes. All known attempts on designing market makers for forecasting continuous-outcome events resulted in ... -
An axiomatic characterization of wagering mechanisms
(Elsevier BV, 2015)We construct a budget-balanced wagering mechanism that flexibly extracts information about event probabilities, as well as the mean, median, and other statistics from a group of individuals whose beliefs are immutable to ... -
Axiomatic Foundations of Multiplier Preferences
(The Econometric Society, 2011)This paper axiomatizes the robust control criterion of multiplier preferences introduced by Hansen and Sargent (2001). The axiomatization relates multiplier preferences to other classes of preferences studied in decision ... -
Axiomatization and Measurement of Quasi-Hyperbolic Discounting
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2014)This article provides an axiomatic characterization of quasi-hyperbolic discounting and a more general class of semi-hyperbolic preferences. We impose consistency restrictions directly on the intertemporal trade-offs by ... -
Axion experiments to algebraic geometry — Testing quantum gravity via the Weak Gravity Conjecture
(World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt, 2016)Common features of known quantum gravity theories may hint at the general nature of quantum gravity. The absence of continuous global symmetries is one such feature. This inspired the Weak Gravity Conjecture, which bounds ... -
Axion experiments to algebraic geometry: Testing quantum gravity via the Weak Gravity Conjecture
(World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt, 2016)Common features of known quantum gravity theories may hint at the general nature of quantum gravity. The absence of continuous global symmetries is one such feature. This inspired the Weak Gravity Conjecture, which bounds ... -
Axionic Black Holes and an Aharonov-Bohm Effect for Strings
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The Axis of Progression of Disease
(Libertas Academica, 2014)Starting with genetic or environmental perturbations, disease progression can involve a linear sequence of changes within individual cells. More often, however, a labyrinth of branching consequences emanates from the initial ... -
AXIS: Generating Explanations at Scale with Learnersourcing and Machine Learning
(2016)While explanations may help people learn by providing information about why an answer is correct, many problems on online platforms lack high-quality explanations. This paper presents AXIS (Adaptive eXplanation Improvement ... -
Azuchi Castle: Architectural Innovation and Political Legitimacy in Sixteenth-Century Japan
(2016-05-10)This study seeks to clarify the limits of knowledge regarding Azuchi Castle (Azuchi-jō) and, in turn, offers a multifaceted interpretation of its crowning glory―the six-story, lavishly decorated, timber-framed tower known ... -
B cell homeostasis and follicle confines are governed by fibroblastic reticular cells
(2014)Fibroblastic reticular cells (FRCs) are known to inhabit T cell-rich areas of lymphoid organs where they function to coordinate T cell and dendritic cell interactions. However, in vivo manipulation of FRCs has been limited ... -
B-MYB and FOXM1 drive cell division through cooperative regulation of cell cycle genes.
(2024-03-12)Transcription facilitates cell cycle division and progression as it orchestrates the timely expression of genes crucial for each cell cycle phase. Two waves of gene expression prime the cell for replication: the first wave ... -
Baby Universes and String Theory
(American Physical Society, 2006)The description of 4D BPS black holes in terms of branes wrapped on various cycles in a Calabi-Yau space gives us the opportunity to study various issues in quantum gravity in a definite way by means of the worldvolume ... -
Bacillus spores as building blocks for stimuli-responsive materials and nanogenerators
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Back to the Drawing Board: Ed Ruscha 1956 – 68
(2015-05-15)This dissertation considers Ed Ruscha’s work through the theoretical lens of tacit knowledge, thereby making the argument that the commercial artist’s drawing board, and the world that it embodies, constitutes the material ... -
Back to the future
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Background ozone over the United States in summer: Origin, trend, and contribution to pollution episodes
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2002)Observations indicate that ozone (O3) concentrations in surface air over the United States in summer contain a 20–45 ppbv background contribution, presumably reflecting transport from outside the North American boundary ... -
Backward Raising
(Wiley Blackwell (Blackwell Publishing), 2012)This paper documents and analyzes an instance of covert A-movement, specifically covert subject-to-subject raising, in the Northwest Caucasian language Adyghe. We argue that Adyghe has a subject-to-subject raising ...