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The transfer of western management to China: Context, content and constraints [PDF]

, 1998
This paper examines the issue of transferring Western management knowhow to China, focusing on the context, content and constraints of the transfer. A model of the transfer of management knowhow is developed which contains five closely-related stages ...
Fan, Y
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Protonophore activity of short‐chain fatty acids induces their intracellular accumulation and acidification

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The protonated form of butyrate, as well as other short‐chain fatty acids (SCFAs), is membrane permeable. In acidic extracellular environments, this can lead to intracellular accumulation of SCFAs and cytosolic acidification. This phenomenon will be particularly relevant in acidic environments such as the large intestine or tumor microenvironments ...
Muwei Jiang, Frans Bianchi, Geert van den Bogaart   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cross-cultural adaptation and reliability testing of Polish adaptation of the European Heart Failure Self-care Behavior Scale (EHFScBS)

Patient Preference and Adherence, 2014
Izabella Uchmanowicz,1 Maria Łoboz-Rudnicka,2 Tiny Jaarsma,3 Krystyna Łoboz-Grudzień1,2 1Department of Clinical Nursing, Wrocław Medical University, Wrocław, Poland; 2Department of Cardiology, T Marciniak Memorial Hospital, Wrocław, Poland; 3Department ...
Uchmanowicz I, Łoboz-Rudnicka M, Jaarsma T, Łoboz-Grudzień K   +3 more
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Stay strong, stay healthy: exploring a predictive model of psychological adaptation among Macau students studying in Mainland China within the postcolonial context

Frontiers in Psychology
The prevailing research on adaptation primarily centers around the settlement of international students and immigrants in different cultural environments.
Haiyan Feng, Li Zhang
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Adaptation of a school-based mental health literacy curriculum: from Canadian to English classrooms

Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 2021
Background School-based mental health literacy (MHL) interventions are increasingly trialled outside of the country in which they were developed. However, there is a lack of published studies that qualitatively explore their cultural adaptation.
Rosie Mansfield, Neil Humphrey, Praveetha Patalay, Anna Moore, Emily Stapley   +4 more
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Adaptive Capacity as Cultural Practice [PDF]

Ecology and Society, 2012
Maru et al. (2012) provide an insightful synthesis about the poverty and rigidity traps. They note how these states can be quite resilient and undesirable for indigenous cultures. We support their approach and add three additional considerations. (1) Maru et al. (2012) tend to interchange adaptive capacity and resilience as concepts.
Benedict J. Colombi, Courtland L. Smith
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Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation, and Validation of the Malay Version of the System Usability Scale Questionnaire for the Assessment of Mobile Apps

JMIR Human Factors, 2018
Background A mobile app is a programmed system designed to be used by a target user on a mobile device. The usability of such a system refers not only to the extent to which product can be used to achieve the task that it was designed for, but also its ...
Muhamad Fadhil Mohamad Marzuki, N. Yaacob, N. M. Yaacob   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Exploration of audiovisual heritage using audio indexing technology [PDF]

, 2006
This paper discusses audio indexing tools that have been implemented for the disclosure of Dutch audiovisual cultural heritage collections. It explains the role of language models and their adaptation to historical settings and the adaptation of acoustic
Heeren, Willemijn, Jong, Franciska de, Ordelman, Roeland   +2 more
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B cell mechanobiology in health and disease: emerging techniques and insights into therapeutic responses

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
B cells sense external mechanical forces and convert them into biochemical signals through mechanotransduction. Understanding how malignant B cells respond to physical stimuli represents a groundbreaking area of research. This review examines the key mechano‐related molecules and pathways in B lymphocytes, highlights the most relevant techniques to ...
Marta Sampietro, Marco Cellani, Cristina Scielzo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Adjustment Process and Integration Path of Cultural Adaptation of Tourism-Driven Traditional Village Residents

Redai dili
Traditional village culture is an important part of rural culture as well as a precious heritage and historical memory of the Chinese nation, and its effective inheritance and sustainable development have attracted much attention.
Yi Yun, Li Bohua, Dou Yindi, Liu Peilin
doaj   +1 more source