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Motivating Altruism: A Field Study [PDF]
This paper analyzes the effects of a legislative provision that grants a one-day paid leave of absence to blood donors who are employees in Italy. The analysis is based on a unique dataset with the complete donation histories of the blood donors in an ...
Lacetera, Nicola, Macis, Mario
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Blood donor notification: Boon for the community, bane for blood donors, and blood centers?
Global Journal of Transfusion Medicine, 2018 Altruism, warm glove, kinship and a sense of duty are the primary driving forces behind blood donation. The concept of donor cycle starts with donor recruitment and ends with donor retention and recall or with notification of sero-reactive donors. Donor Selection criteria vary from country to country and from region to region. Blood donor counseling is
Ambuja Kantharaj, Shivaram Chandrashekar
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Loss of proton‐sensing GPR4 reduces tumor progression in mouse models of colon cancer
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.G protein‐coupled receptor 4 (GPR4) is a pH‐sensing receptor activated by acidic pH. GPR4 expression is increased in patients with inflammatory bowel disease who are at high risk of developing colorectal cancer. In mouse models, loss of GPR4 attenuated tumor progression. This correlated with increased IL2 and natural killer cell activity.
Leonie Perren +16 more
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Not All Incentives Wash Out the Warm Glow: The Case of Blood Donation Revisited [PDF]
The issue of the nature of the altruism inherent in blood donation and the perverse effects of financial rewards for blood and/or organ donation has been recently revisited in the economic literature with limited consensus.
Joan Costa-i-Font +2 more
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Monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis in healthy blood donors: an unexpectedly common finding.
Blood, 2014 Circulating monoclonal B cells may be detected in healthy adults, a condition called monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis (MBL). MBL has also been identified in donated blood, but no systematic study of blood donors has been reported.
Youn K. Shim +12 more
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PSYCHOSOCIAL VARIABLES OF HIGHLY MOTIVATED VOLUNTARY BLOOD DONORS AT BLOOD BANK OF A MEDICAL COLLEGE
National Journal of Medical Research, 2012 Background: The adequacy of blood depends on blood donation rates and numbers of blood donors. To prepare adequate blood supplies, it is essential to investigate the factors that motivate individuals from donating.
Jignasa N1 Bhalodia +2 more
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Systematic profiling of cancer‐fibroblast interactions reveals drug combinations in ovarian cancer
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Fibroblasts, cells in the tumor environment, support ovarian cancer cell growth and alter morphology and drug response. We used fibroblast and cancer cell co‐culture models to test 528 drugs and discovered new drugs for combination treatment. We showed that adding Vorinostat or Birinapant to standard chemotherapy may improve drug response, suggesting ...
Greta Gudoityte +10 more
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Intraoperative changes in blood coagulation and thrombelastographic monitoring in liver transplantation [PDF]
, 1985 The blood coagulation system of 66 consecutive patients undergoing consecutive liver transplantations was monitored by thrombelastograph and analytic coagulation profile.
Bontempo, FA +7 more
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The evolution of immunohematology in South Asian countries
Asian Journal of Transfusion Science, 2009 Many factors have resulted in the slow development of transfusion services in some South Asian countries. Despite difficulties, there have been some excellent developments and the outlook for the future is very positive.
Woodfield Graeme
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.The COMBAT classification system, developed through multi‐omics integration, stratifies adult patients with B‐cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia(B‐ALL) into three molecular subtypes with distinct surface antigen patterns, immune landscape, methylation patterns, biological pathways and prognosis.
Yang Song +11 more
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