SOME BONUS POINTS FOR HORMONE ‘TREATMENTS’

InPharma ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 263 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-7
Keyword(s):  
Bonus Points

Gamification in Educational Contexts

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Piasecki
Keyword(s):  
E Learning ◽  
Learning Platforms ◽  
Bonus Points

Gamification as a tool or procedure to add entertaining and motivating elements to usually non-entertaining environments such as schools or workplaces is becoming more and more popular. E-learning platforms like Moodle provide tools and sets of functions to add elements of gamification. An important factor, especially for education, is technology: individual achievements and progress can be recorded, measured, tracked and visualized and, therefore, identified and honored through bonus points, awards or rankings. This is where gamification can add some challenge and excitement to learning.

scholarly journals A Variance Gamma model for Rugby Union matches

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-75
Author(s):  
John Fry ◽  
Oliver Smart ◽  
Jean-Philippe Serbera ◽  
Bernhard Klar
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Rugby Union ◽  
Three Dimensional Model ◽  
Gamma Model ◽  
Variance Gamma ◽  
Poisson Models ◽  
History Of ◽  
Bonus Points ◽  
Variance Gamma Model ◽  
Special Case

Abstract Amid much recent interest we discuss a Variance Gamma model for Rugby Union matches (applications to other sports are possible). Our model emerges as a special case of the recently introduced Gamma Difference distribution though there is a rich history of applied work using the Variance Gamma distribution – particularly in finance. Restricting to this special case adds analytical tractability and computational ease. Our three-dimensional model extends classical two-dimensional Poisson models for soccer. Analytical results are obtained for match outcomes, total score and the awarding of bonus points. Model calibration is demonstrated using historical results, bookmakers’ data and tournament simulations.

Education, “Pointsification,” Empowerment?

2018 ◽  
pp. 635-660
Author(s):  
Stefan Piasecki
Keyword(s):  
E Learning ◽  
Learning Platforms ◽  
Bonus Points ◽  
The Relationship

Gamification as a tool or procedure to add entertaining and motivating elements to usually non-entertaining environments such as schools or workplaces is becoming more and more popular. E-learning platforms like Moodle provide tools and sets of functions to add elements of gamification. An important factor especially in education is technology: individual achievements and progress can be recorded, measured, tracked and visualized and therefore identified and rewarded through bonus points, awards or rankings. This is where gamification can add some challenge and excitement to the learning. But can entertainment and education be combined by technical means at all? What are the possibilities and limits? What implications have to be expected regarding the relationship between teachers, students and a technological – gamified – environment?

scholarly journals T222. IMPAIRED COST-BENEFIT COMPUTATION IN SOCIAL CONTEXT IN PATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S317-S317
Author(s):  
Chao Yan ◽  
Yu-xin Shao ◽  
Xuan Wang ◽  
Min-yi Chu ◽  
Qin-yu Lv ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Negative Symptoms ◽  
Social Withdrawal ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Clinical Intervention ◽  
Lower Percentage ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Significant Group ◽  
Job Interview ◽  
Bonus Points

Abstract Background Social withdrawal is one of core negative symptoms in schizophrenia, which dampens their social outcomes and prognosis. However, the underlying behavioral mechanisms of this symptom are poorly understood. In the present study, we aimed to explore the capacity of cost-benefit computation under social context in schizophrenia patients. Methods We recruited twenty-six patients, who met the criteria for diagnosis of schizophrenia, and thirty-one healthy controls matched for their age and gender ratio. All the participants were administrated to Effortful Job Interview Task, which is a novel behavioral paradigm where participants were asked to make an effort to get job offers. Before their taking effort, they were required to decide whether they would like to get involved in a less challenging job interview with no bonus point or a more challenging one with varied bonus points (i.e., 5, 15, 25 points, higher points indicate higher chance of getting a job offer). Results In healthy controls, there was a main effect of prize on the choice percentage of challenging job interview (F (2, 90) = 68.577, p <0.001), with higher percentage of picking challenging interview under large (25) and medium (15) bonus points than low bonus point (5). Schizophrenia patients, however, exhibited lower percentage of challenging interview choices under medium (p =.015) and large (p <.01) bonus points than healthy controls, as reflected by a significant Group x Prize interaction effect (F (2, 110) = 6.478, p <0.01). In addition, we observe significant negative correlations between percentage of challenging interview choices under large bonus and amotivation sub-score on the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (r = -0.49, p = 0.01). Interestingly, patients with schizophrenia displayed spared experience of pleasantness when they received a job offer as compared with healthy controls (p = .09). But, they showed blunted aversive experience towards the outcomes of failure as compared to healthy controls (p < .01). Discussion These findings suggest that impaired social cost-benefit computation may play a central role in the symptoms of social withdrawal in schizophrenia, which may facilitate the clinical intervention of negative symptoms.

Bonus Points Alliance Based on the Block Chain

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang Chen ◽  
Xingping Sun ◽  
Gehao Lu ◽  
Hongwei Kang ◽  
Yong Shen
Keyword(s):  
Block Chain ◽  
Bonus Points

scholarly journals Award bonus points to motivate reviewers

Nature ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 542 (7642) ◽  
pp. 414-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Gurwitz
Keyword(s):  
Bonus Points

scholarly journals Incorporating Kahoot! in core engineering courses: Student engagement and performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 486
Author(s):  
Victor Chernov ◽  
Sivan Klas ◽  
Yael Furman Shaharabani
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Final Test ◽  
Final Exam ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Continuous Feedback ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Bonus Points

Technology-enriched lessons can contribute to improving student engagement and learning in engineering courses. In this study we systematically incorporated Kahoot!, a game-based response system, in two mandatory content-intensive undergraduate engineering courses. In both courses, short quizzes were incorporated regularly at the beginning of the lesson. The questions were mostly about concepts, and students earned bonus points. At the end of the course, the students filled in an anonymous survey regarding their perceptions of the Kahoot! part of the lessons. In addition, the students’ grades in the final test were compared to their gains in the Kahoot! quizzes. We found that student satisfaction with the systematic incorporation of the Kahoot! quizzes was high in both courses. Most students were motivated to review the course content before class and about half were motivated to attend class. Most students perceived Kahoot! quizzes as contributing to their understanding of the course content. We also found a positive association between student success in the quizzes and their performance in the final exam in both courses. The frequent Kahoot! quizzes supplied continuous feedback to the students and lecturers, and the students became more engaged in the course content. Our findings indicate that technology-enriched strategies, specifically gamification techniques, contribute to increased student engagement, motivation, and performance in content-intensive engineering courses.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF LAND IN PROTECTED AREAS OF GAS PIPELINES OF DIFFERENT PRESSURE ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE FERGHANA REGION

2020 ◽  
pp. 311-314
Author(s):  
Abdullayev Ibrohim Numanovich ◽  
Marupov Azizxon Abbosxonovich ◽  
Tulqin Ahmedov
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Gas Transport ◽  
Gas Pipelines ◽  
Protection Zones ◽  
Pressure Indicator ◽  
Pressure Indicators ◽  
Bonus Points

Protection zones of underground and aboveground gas pipelines with different pressure indicators are of great importance not only for safety, also and for present and future land use. The use of these lands for domestic and agricultural needs, with the correct organization of cadastral relations, is relevant to this issue. At the same time, an example is provided of a gas transport pipeline section with a pressure indicator of 6 kgf/sm2. KEY WORDS: security zones, land plot, information about zones, zones with high pressure, gas lines, gas pipelines, bonus points, engineering networks, various buildings, construction of buildings and structures.

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