BACKGROUND Poor motor skills have been associated with peer relationship difficulties, with lower peer preference and greater likelihood of suffering from withdrawal and low self-worth. Most research into these relationships has focused upon children with motor problems and on activities involving physical skills (play/sport). The current study examined the link between motor performance and pe...

Despite the explosive growth of peer-to-peer lending in China, information asymmetry remains a critical issue and is likely to be amplified such an evolving credit market compared traditional market. This paper studies how investors screen nonstandard often unverifiable disclosed voluntarily by borrowers make their investment decisions. Using data from Renrendai, one leading P2P platforms we fi...

Research papers are usually evaluated via peer review. However, peer review has limitations in evaluating research papers. In this paper, Scienstein and the new idea of ‘collaborative document evaluation’ are presented. Scienstein is a project to evaluate scientific papers collaboratively based on ratings, links, annotations and classifications by the scientific community using the internet. In...

This paper aims to identify the predominant determinants of sovereign credit ratings in Indonesia and its peer countries from 2004 2019 by considering GDP per capita, official reserve, government debt, Current Account Balance, Credit Default Swap (CDS), Sovereign Rating used three major rating agencies. CDS is considered a newly proposed variable with predicting capacity as measure default. rat...

Peer-ratings have become increasingly important sources of product information, particularly in markets for ”information goods.” However, in spite of the increasing prevalence of this information, there are relatively few academic studies that analyze the impact of peer-ratings on consumers transacting in ”real world” marketplaces. In this paper, we partner with a major cable company to analyze...

Peer ratings have become increasingly important sources of product information, particularly in markets for information goods. However, in spite of the increasing prevalence of this information, there are relatively few academic studies that analyze the impact of peer ratings on consumers transacting in real-world marketplaces. In this paper, we partner with a major telecommunications company t...

BACKGROUND A core difficulty for individuals with autism is making friends and successfully engaging and interacting with peers. The majority of measures to assess peer interactions are observations in a school setting or self-report. The present study examined the convergent validity of using a teacher rating scale, the Penn Interactive Peer Play Scale (PIPPS), for collecting information about...

background: the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of peer education among university students for reproductive health promotion based on researchers' experiences. methods: this interventional study was conducted in qazvin university of medical science during 2002 to 2004 through stakeholders' partnership and selection of 24 volunteer students according to their knowledge, ...