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Modeling COVID-19 Infections and Recoveries New research by TSYS School computer scientist Linqiang Ge and his colleagues Yuexin Li, Yang Zhou and Jingyi Zheng of Auburn University, and Xuan Cao of the University of Cincinnati mathematically describes the dynamic of the COVID-19 pandemic, taking immunity, reinfection, and vaccination into account in a way that not only predicts the number of cases, but also monitors the trajectories of changing parameters, such as transmission rate, recovery rate, and the basic reproduction number.   Their study, which appears in a 2021 issue of Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence , finds a significant decrease in the transmission rate in the U.S. after authorities announced a series of orders aiming to prevent the spread of the virus, such as closing non-essential businesses and lockdown restrictions.   Later, as restrictions were gradually lifted, their analysis detects a new surge of infection as transmission rates show increasing trends in some

Which Type of Compensation works Best?   In their 2022 article appearing in Compensation & Benefits Review , Turner College associate professors Edward O’Donnell (marketing) and Laurence Marsh (management) provide an extensive review and critique of the academic literature on salesperson compensation.  This project was undertaken, according to Marsh, to “gain insights into the impact that compensation has on salesperson perceptions and behaviors.”  Their examination of the sales compensation literature dating back to 1985 reveals that much of this body of research has focused on incentive-based, than salary-based, compensation.  As O’Donnell explained to Turner Business , “the sales compensation literature strongly suggests that incentive compensation negatively impacts salesforce perceptions and behaviors. In fact, sales compensation researchers appear to conclude that incentive-based compensation should be avoided if the goal is to develop and maintain customer relationships.