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Tipping motivations and behavior in the US and Israel [PDF]

open access: yes
Tipping is a multi-billion dollar phenomenon and a major source of income for millions of workers. The results of a study conducted in the US and Israel suggest that people tip mainly to show gratitude, conform to the social norm, and because they know ...
Azar, Ofer H.
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A generalization of the weak amenability of some Banach algebra [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Let $A$ be a Banach algebra and $A^{**}$ be the second dual of it. We show that by some new conditions, $A$ is weakly amenable whenever $A^{**}$ is weakly amenable. We will study this problem under generalization, that is, if $(n+2)-th$ dual of $A$, $A^{(
Azar, Kazem Haghnejad
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ABCA12 Frameshift Deletion in Domestic Cats With Ichthyosis Fetalis

open access: yesVeterinary Dermatology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Ichthyosis fetalis (IF), also known as harlequin ichthyosis, is a rare and often fatal autosomal recessive congenital skin disorder. It is characterized by thickened, hard skin plaques and deep skin fissures that limit mobility and cause malformations of the eyes, lips and ears.
Jeanna M. Blake   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Paul Valéry y sus reflexiones biologicistas sobre la estructuración, fragilidad y contingencia de la vida

open access: yesEstudios de Filosofía, 2013
Este artículo analiza los argumentos biologicistas a través de los cuales Paul Valéry interpreta el fenómeno de la vida. Para ello, se empieza por mostrar el poder creativo que revela la naturaleza en virtud de las leyes de estructuración y orden que ...
John Fredy Ramírez Jaramillo
doaj  

Comparison of serum vitamin D levels in patients with and without posterior subcapsular cataract [PDF]

open access: yesمجله پزشکی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تبریز
Background. Cataract is one of the main preventable causes of the decline of vision worldwide, which is associated with environmental and nutritional factors.
Zahra Hosainpoor   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The History of Tipping - From Sixteenth-Century England to United States in the 1910s [PDF]

open access: yes
Tipping is a multi-billion-dollar phenomenon that challenges the traditional assumption of selfish economic agents who have no feelings and do not care about social norms.
Ofer H. Azar
core  

Evaluating Bayesian Morphological Clocks for Estimating a Dated Phylogeny in a Relict and Fossil‐Rich Family of Wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea)

open access: yesZoologica Scripta, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent years, a wide array of tools originally developed for molecular dating analyses has been adapted for use within a morphological clock perspective. This is of paramount relevance for taxonomic groups that cannot be sampled in forms suitable for DNA extraction.
Anderson Lepeco   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimal Monitoring with External Incentives: The Case of Tipping [PDF]

open access: yes
The article examines the optimal choice of monitoring intensity when workers face external incentives (incentives that are not provided by the firm), such as tips, satisfaction from working well, or the desire to build reputation in order to be more ...
Ofer H. Azar
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Impact of combined ginsenoside‐MC1 and irisin on mitochondrial apoptosis in diabetic rats with hepatic reperfusion injury: Role of AMPK/JNK signalling

open access: yesExperimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Hepatic ischaemia–reperfusion (IR) injury is a serious clinical issue, especially in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). As mitochondria play a critical role in the regulation of IR‐induced liver damage, mitochondria‐targeted treatment is of the utmost significance for improving outcomes.
Jie Lin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

What sustains social norms and how they evolve? The case of tipping [PDF]

open access: yes
The paper presents a model of the evolution of social norms. When a norm is costly to follow and people do not derive benefits from following it except for avoiding social disapproval, the norm erodes over time.
Ofer H. Azar
core  

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