Exerting self-control for persistence

The Effect of Exerting Adequate Persistence in Collision Avoidance Protocols

Many medium-access control (MAC) protocols based on a collision-avoidance handshake between the sender and the receiver have been proposed for wireless networks. To date, however, the analysis of these protocols has assumed non-persistent strategies in sending control packets for collision avoidance. The persistent strategies discussed in the past for CSMA and CSMA/CD provide performance improv...

Exerting Control Over Allegedly Automatic Associative Processes

Exerting control over the acyloin reaction.

A synthetic method for conducting the acyloin reaction using electron transfer in solution is reported. By linking two esters via their oxygen atoms, it was possible to perform crossed acyloin reactions between two different ester functionalities and display a high degree of preference for an intramolecular coupling process.

The Common Neural Basis of Exerting Self-Control in Multiple Domains

People regularly exert control over impulsive thoughts and behaviors in order to make appropriate decisions and take appropriate actions even when they are more di! cult or less pleasant than alternative choices. A common theme in mental illnesses characterized by impulsivity, such as ADHD and substance abuse, is an impaired self-control mechanism. " erefore, understanding the mechanisms underl...

Self-conrming ination persistence

In this paper we simulate a central bank subject to the misperception that prices are indexed to past in‡ation in periods when …rms are unable to re-optimise. It thinks, in other words, that in‡ation is intrinsically persistent. The central bank sets monetary policy optimally subject to this belief. The central bank updates its beliefs about indexation using a constant gain learning scheme. The...