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Factory Farms in a Consumer Society [PDF]
, 2009 Originally developed to describe the industrialization of American agriculture, the term “factory farm” became an increasingly pervasive metaphor in American culture through the 20th Century.
Lavin, Chad
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.The cancer problem is increasing globally with projections up to the year 2050 showing unfavourable outcomes in terms of incidence and cancer‐related deaths. The main challenges are prevention, improved therapeutics resulting in increased cure rates and enhanced health‐related quality of life.
Ulrik Ringborg +43 more
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Pension in the national accounts and wealth surveys: how do they impact economic measures?
National Accounting ReviewIn the past, there have been several projects to include distributional aspects in the national accounts framework. Household distributional information will also be covered in the forthcoming version of the System of National Accounts as well as the G20
Ilja Kristian Kavonius
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Older People: A Counterweight to Consumer Hedonism in Society? Analysis of Consumption Preferences
STEPP: Socialinė Teorija, Empirija, Politika ir Praktika, 2022 The Lithuanian consumer society is evolving, but we know little about it. On the one hand, previous research shows that it is a survival society that prioritizes functional needs, on the other hand, there are indications that a segment of consumers ...
Gražina Rapolienė +1 more
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Correlation of the differential expression of PIK3R1 and its spliced variant, p55α, in pan‐cancer
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.PIK3R1 undergoes alternative splicing to generate the isoforms, p85α and p55α. By combining large patient datasets with laboratory experiments, we show that PIK3R1 spliced variants shape cancer behavior. While tumors lose the protective p85α isoform, p55α is overexpressed, changes linked to poorer survival and more pronounced in African American ...
Ishita Gupta +10 more
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Temptations of a socialist paradise: Reflections of a consumerist society in Yugoslavian films of the 1960s [PDF]
Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU, 2012 In a world divided by irreconcilable ideological differences into the capitalist West and the socialist East, Yugoslavia itself has, since the early fifties, faced a permanent choice between two options, on the borderline between those two opposing ...
Malešević Miroslava
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Tüketim Toplumunda Hiyerofanik Mekan Olarak AVM’ler
Hitit İlahiyat Dergisi, 2022 AVM’ler, Türkiye’nin hemen her şehrinde bulunan, bireylerin yoğun olarak tercih ettiği, içerisinde kalabalıkların oluştuğu, modern yaşamın önemli sosyal ve tüketim mekânları arasında yer almaktadır.
Fazlı Polat, Semanur Gürbüz Tepeler
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.To integrate multiple transcriptomics data with severe batch effects for identifying MB subtypes, we developed a novel and accurate computational method named RaMBat, which leveraged subtype‐specific gene expression ranking information instead of absolute gene expression levels to address batch effects of diverse data sources.
Mengtao Sun, Jieqiong Wang, Shibiao Wan
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A economia política do consumo e do crédito às famílias: Um contributo interdisciplinar
Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, 2013 This article offers a critical review of the literature on consumerism and household credit, with the aim of identifying the main contributions and disadvantages of disciplinary approaches for understanding the multiple factors that influence these ...
Ana Cordeiro Santos +2 more
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Where Will Consumers Find Privacy Protection From RFIDs?: A Case for Federal Legislation [PDF]
, 2007 With the birth of RFID technology, businesses gained the ability to tag products with practically invisible computer chips that relay information about consumer behavior to remote databases.
Stein, Serena G.
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