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Incidence and phenotypes of childhood-onset genetic epilepsies: a prospective population-based national cohort by Symonds, Joseph D, Zuberi, Sameer M, Stewart, Kirsty, McLellan, Ailsa, O'Regan, Mary, MacLeod, Stewart, Jollands, Alice, Joss, Shelagh, Kirkpatrick, Martin, Brunklaus, Andreas, Pilz, Daniela T, Shetty, Jay, Dorris, Liam, Abu-Arafeh, Ishaq, Andrew, Jamie, Brink, Philip, Callaghan, Mary, Cruden, Jamie, Diver, Louise A, Findlay, Christine, Gardiner, Sarah, Grattan, Rosemary, Lang, Bethan, MacDonnell, Jane, McKnight, Jean, Morrison, Calum A, Nairn, Lesley, Slean, Meghan M, Stephen, Elma, Webb, Alan, Vincent, Angela, Wilson, Margaret

“…Epilepsy is common in early childhood. In this age group it is associated with high rates of therapy-resistance, and with cognitive, motor, and behavioural…”
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Productivity-Target Difficulty, Target-Based Pay, and Outside-the-Box Thinking by Webb, R. Alan, Williamson, Michael G., Zhang, Yue (May)

“…In an environment where individual productivity can be increased through efforts directed at a conventional task approach and more efficient task approaches…”
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The Project Manager's Guide to Handling Risk by Webb, Alan

“…Risk is a key issue for every project manager. How the various risks are handled can often define the final outcome of a project; it can determine its overall…”
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Role of IL-35 in sublingual allergen immunotherapy by Shamji, Mohamed H., Layhadi, Janice A., Achkova, Daniela, Kouser, Lubna, Perera-Webb, Alan, Couto-Francisco, Natália C., Parkin, Rebecca V., Matsuoka, Tomokazu, Scadding, Guy, Ashton-Rickardt, Philip G., Durham, Stephen R.

“…Grass pollen–specific immunotherapy involves immunomodulation of allergen-specific TH2 responses and induction of IL-10+ and/or TGF-β+CD4+CD25+ regulatory…”
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The Balanced Scorecard: The Effects of Assurance and Process Accountability on Managerial Judgment by Libby, Theresa, Salterio, Steven E., Webb, Alan

“…The balanced scorecard is one of the major developments in management accounting in the past decade (Ittner and Larcker 2001). Lipe and Salterio (2000) find…”
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Using Earned Value: A Project Manager's Guide by Webb, Alan

“…The concept of 'earned value' as a project management tool has been around since the 1960s; although recognized as an important technique and widely used on US…”
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A Phenomenological Study of Early Career School Counselor Clinical Supervision Experiences by Bledsoe, Kenya G., Burnham, Joy J., Cook, Ryan M., Clark, Madeline, Webb, Alan L.

“…Researchers conducted a qualitative, phenomenological investigation of the clinical supervision experiences of nine early career school counselors using…”
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The Effects of Tangible Rewards versus Cash Rewards in Consecutive Sales Tournaments: A Field Experiment by Kelly, Khim, Presslee, Adam, Webb, R. Alan

“…We investigate the effects of tangible versus cash rewards in a repeated tournament setting. Firms frequently use tangible rewards to motivate employees, but…”
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Managers' Commitment to the Goals Contained in a Strategic Performance Measurement System by WEBB, R. ALAN

“…A strategic performance measurement system (SPMS) is a set of causally linked nonfinancial and financial objectives, performance measures, and goals designed…”
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Introduction by Webb, Alan

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Introduction by Webb, Alan

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The Effects of Reward Type on Employee Goal Setting, Goal Commitment, and Performance by Presslee, Adam, Vance, Thomas W., Webb, R. Alan

“…The use of tangible rewards in the form of non-cash incentives with a monetary value has become increasingly common in many organizations (Peltier et al…”
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Safety of Outpatient Kidney Biopsy: One Center'S Experience With 178 Native Kidney Biopsies by Bairy, Manohar, MRCP, Beleed, Khalid, MRCP, Webb, Alan T., MD, FRCP, Bhandari, Sunil, FRCP, PhD

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The Influence Theory: Factors That Influence the Transfer Advising Process by Webb, Alan L., Dantzler, John A., Hardy, David E.

“…The transfer rate from community college to four-year institutions has been dropping for the past 70 years. In the most recent statistics, the national rate of…”
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Using Earned Value: A Project Manager's Guide by Webb, Alan

“…Alan Webb's concise guide to the process of earned value provides practising project managers with everything they need to: ¢ assess the appropriateness and…”
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A methodology to establish a database to study gene environment interactions for childhood asthma by Turner, Stephen W, Ayres, Jon G, Macfarlane, Tatiana V, Mehta, Anil, Mehta, Gita, Palmer, Colin N, Cunningham, Steve, Adams, Tim, Aniruddhan, Krishnan, Bell, Claire, Corrigan, Donna, Cunningham, Jason, Duncan, Andrew, Hunt, Gerard, Leece, Richard, MacFadyen, Una, McCormick, Jonathan, McLeish, Sally, Mitra, Andrew, Miller, Deborah, Waxman, Elizabeth, Webb, Alan, Wojcik, Slawomir, Mukhopadhyay, Somnath, Macgregor, Donald

“…Gene-environment interactions are likely to explain some of the heterogeneity in childhood asthma. Here, we describe the methodology and experiences in…”
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Behavioral implications of using an online slot machine game to motivate employees: A cautionary tale by Kelly, Khim, Valtchanov, Deltcho, Webb, Alan

“…Our study examines whether implementing a novel approach for incentivizing employees to engage in behavior desired by the company is associated with changes in…”
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Export-led growth and structural change: evidence from Malaysia by Khalafalla, Khalid Yousif, Webb, Alan J.

“…Many studies have tried to establish the causal link between export expansion and economic growth. This contribution is to recognize that structural changes…”
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Small sample field study:The effects of team-based recognition on employee engagement and effort by Presslee, Adam, Richins, Greg, Saiy, Sasan, Webb, Alan

“…Firms have long used recognition programs to engage and motivate employees. However, minimal research has examined the effectiveness of these programs in…”
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