We demonstrate that offering material rewards to referees tends to decrease the quality and efficiency of the reviewing process.
Al Manar was in the news last week when an Israeli advocacy group threatened to sue Twitter for offering material support to a terrorist group if it did not immediately shut down the @almanarnews feed.
The US National Defence Authorisation Act criminalises speech it sees as offering "material support" to terror groups, without defining what that might be.
Sudan denies both charges, but it is indeed probably offering material support to some of Chad's rebels: a recent ambush by Sudanese-backed fighters killed the Chadian army's second-in-command.
In "Howard Hughes: The Secret Life" (1993), for instance, his assertions that Hughes had a romance with Cary Grant, was centrally involved in Watergate, offering material assistance to some of the conspirators, and quite possibly died of AIDS all raised eyebrows in the news media.
Over the next 12 years, Mo becomes recognized as benevolent and peaceful, offering material incentives to converts.
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This campaign was designed to address HIV, malaria, and diarrheal disease, to overcome possible resistance to VCT by offering material goods (nets and filters) that offer an additional health incentive for participation, and reduce potential stigma associated with HIV testing.
Even artful proselytization obtained by offering material benefits is offensive to universal spirituality.
In addition to facilitating linkages with external service providers and offering material assistance directly, home visits are purported to offer culturally appropriate mental health support including basic counseling (PEPFAR, 2012).
