D5.2 - Data Management Plan (DMP)

The purpose of the DMP is to provide an analysis of the main elements of the data management policy that will be used by the applications with regard to all the datasets that will be generated by the project. The DMP should ensure that most important aspects regarding data management, like metadata generation, data preservation, and responsibilities, are identified in an early stage of the project. This ensures that data is well-managed during the project and also beyond the end of the project. Data which will be generated in the course of the project include output data of random number generators, PUF output data, measurement data, and source code. As the DMP is an incremental tool, it will be adapted in the course of the project

D2.1 - Report on Selected TRNG and PUF Principles

This report represents the final version of Deliverable 2.1 of the HECTOR work package WP2. It is a result of discussions and work on Task 2.1 of all HECTOR partners involved in WP2. The aim of the Deliverable 2.1 is to select principles of random number generators (RNGs) and physical unclonable functions (PUFs) that fulfill strict technology, design and security criteria. For example, the selected RNGs must be suitable for implementation in logic devices according to the German AIS20/31 standard. Correspondingly, the selected PUFs must be suitable for applying similar security approach. A standard PUF evaluation approach does not exist, yet, but it should be proposed in the framework of the project. Selected RNGs and PUFs should be then thoroughly evaluated from the point of view of security and the most suitable principles should be implemented in logic devices, such as Field Programmable Logic Arrays (FPGAs) and Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) during the next phases of the project

When job performance is all relative: how family motivation energizes effort and compensates for intrinsic motivation

Supporting one's family is a major reason why many people work, yet surprisingly little research has examined the implications of family motivation. Drawing on theories of prosocial motivation and action identification, we propose that family motivation increases job performance by enhancing energy and reducing stress, and it is especially important when intrinsic motivation is lacking. Survey and diary data collected across multiple time points in a Mexican maquiladora generally support our model. Specifically, we find that family motivation enhances job performance when intrinsic motivation is low—in part by providing energy, but not by reducing stress. We conclude that supporting a family provides a powerful source of motivation that can boost performance in the workplace, offering meaningful implications for research on motivation and the dynamics of work and family engagement

Pleasure and pressure based prosocial motivation: divergent relations to subjective well-being

We propose two fundamentally different motives for helping: gaining pleasure and fulfilling one’s duty (‘‘pressure’’). Using the newly developed pleasure and pressure based prosocial motivation scale, we demonstrated the distinctiveness of pleasure and pressure based prosocial motivation in three studies. Although the two motives exhibited different relations to a variety of personality characteristics, they were similarly related to trans-situational helping. Of particular interest, pleasure based prosocial motivation was positively related to self-actualization, self-esteem, life satisfaction, and positive affect and negatively related to negative affect. On the contrary, pressure based prosocial motivation was unrelated to self-actualization, self-esteem, life satisfaction, and positive affect but positively related to negative affect. These results qualify research showing that prosocial life goals generally increase subjective well-being

How reinforcement sensitivity theory relates to self-determination theory

Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory (RST) and Self-Determination Theory (SDT) are two well-known theoretical frameworks in the fields of personality and motivation. Despite their rich histories, they have not yet been studied together. Here we examine their empirical relationships with special emphasis on the behavioural approach system (BAS) of RST. Based on a community sample of 314 participants, our study examined relationships between: (1) RST-related personality factors of the RST-PQ and SPSRQ-20 questionnaires; and (2) the Aspiration Index for goal-orientation within SDT. Regression analyses revealed that BAS factors explained intrinsic and extrinsic goals, whereas the defensive behavioural inhibition system (BIS) and the fight-flight-freeze system (FFFS) did not. Furthermore, BAS scales differentially predicted intrinsic and extrinsic classes of goals, which suggests their unique effects should be considered when attempting to provide a theoretical account of human motivation within the RST framework

Chad: Discovery of a vertebrate fauna close to the Mio-Pliocene boundary

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Compassion as the Highest Ethic

Ethics are governing principles that help guide people or groups when making moral decisions, judgments, or when engaging in actions. We draw upon our ethical principles when attempting to address some of the most complicated decisions in our lives, for example in health care when dealing with difficult matters such as assisted suicide or with terminally ill patients. Indeed, many modern professions (e.g., doctors, psychologists) have ethical codes to ensure that members engage in behaviors, which are seen as being the human ideal that recognizes the integrity, dignity, and the justice of the individuals and the situation. In this chapter, we posit that compassion might be the foundation principal necessary in making ethically wise decisions. To support this premise, we will first define compassion, and how it can be understood in terms of evolutionary function, physiological processes, and brain functioning. We will then examine the benefits of compassion and how this links with ethics. Finally, we will discuss specific interventions that aim to cultivate compassion and how these might offer hope for individuals and society in making ethically wise decisions