Estimating discount functions with consumption choices over the lifecycle by Tobacman, J, Laibson, D, Repetto, A

“…Our quantitative results are sensitive to assumptions about the return on illiquid assets and the coefficient of relative risk aversion. When we jointly estimate the coefficient of relative risk aversion and the discount function, the short-term discount rate is 15% and the long-term discount rate is 3.8%.…”

Estimating Discount Functions with Consumption Choices over the Lifecycle. by Tobacman, J, Laibson, D, Repetto, A

“…Our quantitative results are sensitive to assumptions about the return on illiquid assets and the coe¢cient of relative risk aversion. When we jointly estimate the coe¢cient of relative risk aversion and the discount function, the short-term discount rate is 15% and the long-term discount rate is 3.8%.…”

Mechanistic models versus machine learning, a fight worth fighting for the biological community? by Baker, R, Pena, JM, Jayamohan, J, Jerusalem, A

“…Said otherwise, why should we try to understand the mechanisms of disease progression when we can use machine learning tools to directly predict disease outcome?…”

Symmetries as a guide to the structure of physical quantities by Jacobs, C

“…The problematic underdetermination of symmetry-related models arises when we attribute too much structure to the fundamental quantities.…”

Motivation to do well enhances responses to errors and self-monitoring. by Bengtsson, S, Lau, H, Passingham, R

“…For example, we are more motivated to do well on a task when we are told that our abilities are being evaluated. …”

Voluntariness, consent, and justification by Kiener, M

“…<p>When we consent to something (e.g. a medical procedure, sex, a tattoo), we permit people to act in ways that would otherwise be legally or morally impermissible. …”

The binding of religious heroes in Andreas and the Hêliand by Cavell, M

“…The suggestion that the Hêliand's preoccupation with the binding of Christ stems directly from the experience of those Saxons subjugated by the Franks is, therefore, problematised when we take into account the formulaic nature of binding terminology in the closely related language of Old English. …”

Ethnic differences in early school-leaving by Jonsson, J, Kilpi-Jakonen, E, Rudolphi, F

“…Most differences disappear when we compare those with similar social origins, however, and once we also control for educational performance (grades, or test results) a substantially important disadvantage remains for only one minority group out of the 42 we study. …”

Mutational neighbourhood and mutation supply rate constrain adaptation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. by Hall, A, Griffiths, V, Maclean, C, Colegrave, N

“…We then use sequence data to show that the beneficial mutations associated with fitness recovery were specific to particular genetic backgrounds, suggesting that genotypes had access to different sets of beneficial mutations. When we manipulated the supply rate of beneficial mutations, by altering effective population size during evolution, we found that it constrained adaptation in some selection lines by restricting access to rare beneficial mutations, but that the effect varied among the genotypes in our experiment. …”

Our cosmic insignificance by Kahane, G

“…The universe that surrounds us is vast, and we are so very small. When we reflect on the vastness of the universe, our humdrum cosmic location, and the inevitable future demise of humanity, our lives can seem utterly insignificant. …”

Connectivity for random graphs from a weighted bridge-addable class by McDiarmid, C

“…For example, we see that the expected number of vertices left when we remove a largest component is less than 2. …”

Estimating quadratic variation using realised volatility. by Barndorff-Nielsen, O, Shephard, N

“…The position dramatically changes when we work with a rather general SV model - which is a special case of the semimartingale model. …”

Islam as a challenge to the ideology of religious studies: Failures of religious studies in the Middle East by Henley, A

“…This article aims to move beyond a lens of underdevelopment to think about the significance of Muslim opposition to the discipline. When we suppose that studying religion and religions is an obvious thing to do, we risk casting those who deliberately avoid it as somehow irrationally refusing to see what is in front of them. …”

Fakes and forgeries in the brain scanner by Parker, A

“…When we go to an art gallery, there are usually details about the artworks written on labels on the walls. …”

Mediation analysis for associations of categorical variables: the role of education in social class mobility in Britain by Kuha, J, Bukodi, E, Goldthorpe, J

“…We propose for this purpose a method which quantifies associations between categorical variables when we compare groups which differ only in the distribution of a mediating variable such as education. …”

Mapping Global e-Research: Scientometrics and Webometrics by Meyer, E, Park, H, Schroeder, R

“…Apart from this expected result, there are a number of surprising findings when we examine the global rank order of countries but also the relative prominence of publications as against online presence. …”

Allocating risk mitigation across time by Cotton-Barratt, O

“…This is because we are uncertain about when we will have to face different risks, because we expect diminishing returns of extra work, and because we expect that more people will work on these risks in the future.…”

Do natural resource revenues hinder financial development? The role of political institutions by Bhattacharyya, S, Hodler, R

“…Our main results hold when we control country fixed effects, time varying common shocks, income and various additional covariates. …”

Autonomised harming by Eggert, L

“…By illuminating what happens when we extend normative theory beyond its traditional boundaries, this discussion offers a starting point for assessing the moral permissibility of delegating consequential decisions to non-human, artificial agents.…”

Cytolytically active murine T-cell hybrids. by Nabholz, M, Cianfriglia, M, Acuto, O, Conzelmann, A, Haas, W, von Boehmer, H, McDonald, H, Pohlit, H, Johnson, J

“…We have fused an established, T-cell growth factor (TCGF)-dependent murine cytolytic T-lymphocyte (CTL) line with a mouse thymoma line and have obtained hybrids with cytolytic activity when we selected the hybrids in TCGF-containing medium, while hybrids isolated in the absence of growth factor showed no detectable cytolytic potential.…”