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Public Good Provision in Indian Rural Areas : The Returns to Collective Action by Microfinance Groups [PDF]
, 2015 Self-help groups (SHGs) are the most common form of microfinance in India. The authors provide evidence that SHGs, composed of women only, undertake collective actions for the provision of public goods within village communities.
Paolo Casini +5 more
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Ciências Sociais Unisinos, 2010 This paper focuses on the protagonism of the civil society by addressing the theme of the civil collective actions. Therefore, some conceptual presuppositions should be explained allowing that the subjects, and the character of these actions to be known ...
Maria da Glória Gohn
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.In this study, we found that human cervical‐derived adipocytes maintain intracellular iron level by regulating the expression of iron transport‐related proteins during adrenergic stimulation. Melanotransferrin is predicted to interact with transferrin receptor 1 based on in silico analysis.
Rahaf Alrifai +9 more
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Ciências Sociais Unisinos, 2016 This article presents an approach to rational choice theory, with special emphasis on the capacity of this theory in helping to understand social relations and problems.
Mauro Macedo Campos +2 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Plasma membranes contain dynamic nanoscale domains that organize lipids and receptors. Because viruses operate at similar scales, this architecture shapes early infection steps, including attachment, receptor engagement, and entry. Using influenza A virus and HIV‐1 as examples, we highlight how receptor nanoclusters, multivalent glycan interactions ...
Jan Schlegel, Christian Sieben
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Agricultural Economics, 2010 AbstractCollective‐action problems pervade all societies as well as ecological systems used by humans. Substantial evidence has accrued during the last several decades that human actors are able to solve some (but definitely not all) collective‐action problems on their own without external rules and enforcement imposed from the outside. In this article,
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Embryo‐like structures (stembryos) are an innovative tool, but they are hindered by experimental variability and limited developmental potential. DNA methylation is crucial for mammalian development, but its status in stembryo models is poorly characterized.
Sara Canil +4 more
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Imagined Networks. Media and the Organisation Metaphors of Collective Actions [PDF]
, 2017 Reti: molte organizzazioni della società civile e dei movimenti sociali usano questo termine per definirsi. Così spesso che questa metafora appare non solo il frame per definire l’azione collettiva ma anche una sua nuova, e oramai consolidata ...
BINOTTO, Marco, Ferraris, Federica
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Ascidian Ciona larvae initially show strong clockwise tail twisting, which is largely corrected during development. However, a small residual twist remains. This study shows that organized helical myofibrils in tail muscles mechanically stabilize this residual asymmetry, preventing complete restoration of bilateral symmetry and revealing how embryos ...
Yuki S. Kogure +3 more
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The Costs of Class Actions: Allocation and Collective Redress in the U.S. Experience [PDF]
Once a preserve of the American legal landscape, the class action device today transcends geographic boundaries. In the past decade, efforts have intensified to establish collective litigation instruments in diverse legal terrains outside the United ...
Calabresi, Guido, Schwartz, Kevin S.
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