This paper proposed a novel nonparametric modelbased model predictive control approach for the regulation ofheart rate during treadmill exercise. As the model structureof human cardiovascular system is often hard to determine,nonparametric modelling is a more realistic manner to describecomplex...

Marketing communications utilizing a non-profit cause (i.e., the sponsorship of a nonprofit cause) have emerged as a mainstream practice as practitioners respond to rising consumer expectations of corporate social responsibility (CSRI. The increasing popularity of cause-related marketing...

In one of the most ambitious forms of environmental decision-making, representatives of interested parties - environmentalists, developers, farmers, loggers, miners, etc. - are charged with the responsibility of developing a set of public policies that is acceptable to all of them. Although this...

We implement a one-week partial sleep restriction protocol to investigate the effect of sleep deprivation on joint production in a standard voluntary contributions mechanism (VCM) experiment. Additionally, the effect of sleep restriction on an individual's likelihood of sending costly peer...