scholarly journals Behavioral Experiments in Health Economics

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo M. Galizzi ◽  
Daniel Wiesen
Keyword(s):  
Health Economics ◽  
Behavioral Economics ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Behavioral Experiments ◽  
To Come ◽  
Further Development

The state-of-the-art literature at the interface between experimental and behavioral economics and health economics is reviewed by identifying and discussing 10 areas of potential debate about behavioral experiments in health. By doing so, the different streams and areas of application of the growing field of behavioral experiments in health are reviewed, by discussing which significant questions remain to be discussed, and by highlighting the rationale and the scope for the further development of behavioral experiments in health in the years to come.

scholarly journals A Sign of Things to Come: Predicting the Perception of Above-the-Fold Time in Web Browsing

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Hamed Z. Jahromi ◽  
Declan Delaney ◽  
Andrew Hines
Keyword(s):  
Web Application ◽  
Web Applications ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Influencing Factor ◽  
The State ◽  
Experimental Result ◽  
Web Page ◽  
To Come ◽  
Web Quality ◽  
The Web

Content is a key influencing factor in Web Quality of Experience (QoE) estimation. A web user’s satisfaction can be influenced by how long it takes to render and visualize the visible parts of the web page in the browser. This is referred to as the Above-the-fold (ATF) time. SpeedIndex (SI) has been widely used to estimate perceived web page loading speed of ATF content and a proxy metric for Web QoE estimation. Web application developers have been actively introducing innovative interactive features, such as animated and multimedia content, aiming to capture the users’ attention and improve the functionality and utility of the web applications. However, the literature shows that, for the websites with animated content, the estimated ATF time using the state-of-the-art metrics may not accurately match completed ATF time as perceived by users. This study introduces a new metric, Plausibly Complete Time (PCT), that estimates ATF time for a user’s perception of websites with and without animations. PCT can be integrated with SI and web QoE models. The accuracy of the proposed metric is evaluated based on two publicly available datasets. The proposed metric holds a high positive Spearman’s correlation (rs=0.89) with the Perceived ATF reported by the users for websites with and without animated content. This study demonstrates that using PCT as a KPI in QoE estimation models can improve the robustness of QoE estimation in comparison to using the state-of-the-art ATF time metric. Furthermore, experimental result showed that the estimation of SI using PCT improves the robustness of SI for websites with animated content. The PCT estimation allows web application designers to identify where poor design has significantly increased ATF time and refactor their implementation before it impacts end-user experience.

scholarly journals A Benchmark and Evaluation of Non-Rigid Structure from Motion

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Hoppe Nesgaard Jensen ◽  
Mads Emil Brix Doest ◽  
Henrik Aanæs ◽  
Alessio Del Bue
Keyword(s):  
Computer Vision ◽  
Structure From Motion ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Rigid Structure ◽  
Public Data ◽  
3D Information ◽  
Further Development

AbstractNon-rigid structure from motion (nrsfm), is a long standing and central problem in computer vision and its solution is necessary for obtaining 3D information from multiple images when the scene is dynamic. A main issue regarding the further development of this important computer vision topic, is the lack of high quality data sets. We here address this issue by presenting a data set created for this purpose, which is made publicly available, and considerably larger than the previous state of the art. To validate the applicability of this data set, and provide an investigation into the state of the art of nrsfm, including potential directions forward, we here present a benchmark and a scrupulous evaluation using this data set. This benchmark evaluates 18 different methods with available code that reasonably spans the state of the art in sparse nrsfm. This new public data set and evaluation protocol will provide benchmark tools for further development in this challenging field.

scholarly journals Novice Programming Environments

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Good
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Programming Environments ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Novice Programming ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Looking Glass

In 2011, the author published an article that looked at the state of the art in novice programming environments. At the time, there had been an increase in the number of programming environments that were freely available for use by novice programmers, particularly children and young people. What was interesting was that they offered a relatively sophisticated set of development and support features within motivating and engaging environments, where programming could be seen as a means to a creative end, rather than an end in itself. Furthermore, these environments incorporated support for the social and collaborative aspects of learning. The article considered five environments—Scratch, Alice, Looking Glass, Greenfoot, and Flip—examining their characteristics and investigating the opportunities they might offer to educators and learners alike. It also considered the broader implications of such environments for both teaching and research. In this chapter, the author revisits the same five environments, looking at how they have changed in the intervening years. She considers their evolution in relation to changes in the field more broadly (e.g., an increased focus on “programming for all”) and reflects on the implications for teaching, as well as research and further development.

Innovation Diffusion and New Product Growth Models in Marketing

1979 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 55-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vijay Mahajan ◽  
Eitan Muller
Keyword(s):  
Innovation Diffusion ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Growth Models ◽  
New Product ◽  
Diffusion Models ◽  
The State ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Further Development

This paper assesses the state-of-the-art of the diffusion models of new product acceptance. A number of issues related to the further development and validation of these models are discussed.

Novice Programming Environments

2022 ◽  
pp. 94-126
Author(s):  
Judith Good
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Programming Environments ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Novice Programming ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Looking Glass

In 2011, the author published an article that looked at the state of the art in novice programming environments. At the time, there had been an increase in the number of programming environments that were freely available for use by novice programmers, particularly children and young people. What was interesting was that they offered a relatively sophisticated set of development and support features within motivating and engaging environments, where programming could be seen as a means to a creative end, rather than an end in itself. Furthermore, these environments incorporated support for the social and collaborative aspects of learning. The article considered five environments—Scratch, Alice, Looking Glass, Greenfoot, and Flip—examining their characteristics and investigating the opportunities they might offer to educators and learners alike. It also considered the broader implications of such environments for both teaching and research. In this chapter, the author revisits the same five environments, looking at how they have changed in the intervening years. She considers their evolution in relation to changes in the field more broadly (e.g., an increased focus on “programming for all”) and reflects on the implications for teaching, as well as research and further development.

Contemporary Perspectives on the Study of Medieval Seals in Western and Romanian Academia: A Comparative Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 321-336
Author(s):  
Alexandru Ștefan
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Academic Environments ◽  
To Come ◽  
Art Research

The present paper aims to examine the main directions the historical research of medieval seals has followed in the recent decades. Starting from several sigillography handbooks developed in both Western and Romanian academic environments, but also from the published inquiries of the most important contemporary scholars active in this field of study, the present article focuses on their most relevant contributions, their historiographical impact, as well as the concepts and ideas formulated and debated on these occasions. Therefore, the purpose of this approach is not only to make a brief review of the state-of-the-art research in Western sigillography, but also to point out the main directions the Romanian sigillographic research should pursue in the years to come.

scholarly journals State of the Art of Mobility as a Service (MaaS) Ecosystems and Architectures—An Overview of, and a Definition, Ecosystem and System Architecture for Electric Mobility as a Service (eMaaS)

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Roberto Reyes García ◽  
Gadi Lenz ◽  
Steven P. Haveman ◽  
Gerrit Maarten Bonnema
Keyword(s):  
System Architecture ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Electric Mobility ◽  
Passenger Transport ◽  
Shared Mobility ◽  
Complex Integration ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Common Architecture ◽  
Further Development

Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is a concept that aligns with both current and future mobility demands of users, namely intermodal, personalized, on-demand and seamless. Although the number of shared mobility, electric mobility and multimodal passenger transport users is rapidly growing, until now, the list of MaaS and electric Mobility as Service (eMaaS) providers is quite short. This could partly be explained by the lack of a common architecture that facilitates the complex integration of all actors involved in the (e)MaaS ecosystem. The goal of this publication is to give an overview of the state of the art regarding (e)MaaS’ ecosystems and architectures. Moreover, it aims to support the further development of eMaaS by proposing a definition and a novel system architecture for eMaaS. Firstly, the state of the art of the MaaS ecosystem is reviewed. Secondly, the eMaaS ecosystem that builds upon our definition of eMaaS is described and the MaaS system- and technical- architectures found in literature are reviewed. Finally, an eMaaS architecture that focuses on the integration of MaaS and electric mobility systems is presented. With the definition, ecosystem and system architecture presented in this work, the aim is to support the further development of the eMaaS concept.

Qualification of physical and engineering risks: Experience in the quantification of engineering risks

1981 ◽  
Vol 376 (1764) ◽  
pp. 103-119 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
Petroleum Products ◽  
Great Depth ◽  
Risk Identification ◽  
The State ◽  
Industrial Activities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Plant Chemical ◽  
Further Development

This paper concentrates mainly on the quantification of selected risks in industrial activities and with those events that might harm the public - possibly in large numbers - rather than those at work. The paper gives my opinion of the state of the art of risk identification and assessment, discusses techniques which are used and gives examples and references to assessments in nuclear plant, chemical plant and transport, the handling of liquefied petroleum products and others. Some assessments are exploratory, others carried out in great depth. The paper discusses the purpose of assessment, its uncertainties, its value, and pointers to further development.

Predicting Bellows Response by Numerical and Theoretical Methods

1986 ◽  
Vol 108 (3) ◽  
pp. 334-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Becht
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Theoretical Methods ◽  
Analysis Methods ◽  
History Of ◽  
Further Development

This paper provides a history of the development of bellows analysis methods from early work in the 1940s to the present. The state of the art is assessed, and directions requiring further development are discussed.

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