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'There is many a thing that can be done with money': women, barter and autonomy in a Scottish fishing community in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Representations of Shetland womanhood have a place in our understanding of gender relations in this island community but not the place one might expect.
Abrams, L.
core   +1 more source

How Social Networks May Influence Cancer Patients' Situated Identity and Illness-Related Behaviors

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2018
Little research is currently available that captures variation in the degree to which individuals who have, or had cancer in the past (but are in remission) integrate their cancer experience into their sense of self or their cancer-associated identity ...
Eric C. Jones   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Awareness of cultural orientations in culturally responsive education for Korean American students

open access: yes, 2007
It is important for teachers to be aware of the cultural backgrounds of students and their family in order to provide culturally responsive instruction and counseling.
Lee, Mi-Soon
core   +1 more source

Culture and rapport promotion in service encounters: protecting the ties that bind [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
The present study aimed at investigating possible cultural effects on the perceived importance of interactional concerns in service encounters. Individual values were examined to establish an explanatory framework for any effects that might emerge.
Bond, Michael Harris   +3 more
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The semiotic significance of monetary design in historical context

open access: yesClío
This article analyses the evolution of currency design as a means of communication through semiotic, cultural, and historical approaches. Case studies from China, the US, Japan, and Singapore reveal how design reflects national identity, historical ...
Yue Xiang Lin
doaj   +1 more source

Racial and economic factors in attitudes to immigration [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In this paper we distinguish between three channels that determine attitudes to further immigration: labour market concerns, welfare concerns, and racial or cultural concerns. Our analysis is based on the British Social Attitudes Survey. A unique feature
Christian Dustmann   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Types of Comparative Studies in Cross-Cultural Psychology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
From a methodological perspective cross-cultural studies in psychology differ in three dimensions. First, cross-cultural psychological studies can be exploratory or test specific hypotheses. Second, some cross-cultural studies compare countries or ethnic
van de Vijver, Fons J. R.
core   +3 more sources

Utility of Computed Tomography Surveillance of Asymptomatic Infection in Children and Young Adults Before Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Asymptomatic infection poses a significant risk for children undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Pre‐transplant surveillance computed tomography (CT) is commonly used to identify occult infection, though its diagnostic yield remains uncertain.
Tyler Obermark   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CULTURAL COMPETENCE

open access: yesScientific Bulletin of Uzhhorod University. Series: «Pedagogy. Social Work», 2021
Cultural competence is an integral quality of personality, which is manifested in the general ability and willingness of man to various creative activities, socially orients higher education to independent and successful life. The aim of the article is to analyze the formation of cultural competence of higher education seekers as a dynamic process of ...
Varnavska , Inna, Cheremisin, Oleksandr
openaire   +3 more sources

Positive Psychology Within a Cultural Context [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
As our capacity for communication with nations across the globe increases through the advances of technology, our interactions with others with different worldviews also become more frequent. This exposure to diversity on so many levels requires a better
Edwards, Lisa M.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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