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Gift and Danger

open access: yesCivilistica.com, 2016
The intensity of the law’s interaction with gift giving suggests that examining their relationship might produce interesting insights about both gift giving and the law.
Richard Hyland
doaj  

Consumption narratives of extended possessions and the extended self [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper investigates the nature of the boundaries between the extended self and possessions (including potentially extended possessions) in the context of gift giving for Hong Kong Chinese consumers.
Hogg, Margaret   +2 more
core   +1 more source

EDNRB‐dependent endothelin signaling reduces proliferation and promotes proneural‐to‐mesenchymal transition in gliomas

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Glioma cells mainly express the endothelin receptor EDNRB, while EDNRA is restricted to a perivascular tumor subpopulation. Endothelin signaling reduces glioma cell proliferation while promoting migration and a proneural‐to‐mesenchymal transition associated with poor prognosis. This pathway activates Ca2+, K+, ERK, and STAT3 signalings and is regulated
Donovan Pineau   +36 more
wiley   +1 more source

Charitable bequests a specific case of gift giving [PDF]

open access: yes, 1995
Over the last 5 years, charities have acknowledged that bequests are a source of income with the potential for enormous growth. As the population ages the number of possible bequest donors will increase.
Barnard, Chris
core   +1 more source

Engineered extracellular vesicles enriched with the miR‐214/199a cluster enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy in ovarian cancer

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Loss of the miR‐214/199a cluster is associated with recurrence in ovarian cancer. Engineered small extracellular vesicles (m214‐sEVs) elevate miR‐214‐3p/miR‐199a‐5p in tumor cells, suppress β‐catenin, TLR4, and YKT6 signaling, reprogram tumor‐derived sEV cargo, reduce chemoresistance and migration, and enhance carboplatin efficacy and survival in ...
Weida Wang   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fenomena Pergeseran Budaya Pemberian Hadiah (贈答文化(ぞうとうぶんか)) dalam Tradisi Masyarakat Jepang

open access: yesHumaniora, 2014
In Japan there is a culture of gift-giving, known as zōtōbunka. This culture is done every year in summer and winter to honor superiors or to maintain relationships between relatives. With the development of times and the incidence of financial crisis in
Roberto Masami Prabowo
doaj   +3 more sources

Altruism and sacrifice : mafia free gift giving in south Italy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
As a social phenomenon that torments modern states, mafia receives considerable political and legal attention. The term mafia itself is often directly related to criminality and violence.
Baldessarro G.   +29 more
core   +1 more source

Interrogating the immune landscape of microsatellite stable RAS‐mutated colon cancer

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
COLOSSUS project RAS‐mutated MSS colon cancer study explored transcriptomics and immune cell density by immunohistochemistry (IHC), Immunoscore (IS), ISIC/TuLIS scores, mutation counts, and detected different prevalences but similar microenvironment composition across immune markers with clinical relevance for future immunotherapy combination ...
Rodrigo Dienstmann   +61 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gift-giving, Quasi-Credit and Reciprocity [PDF]

open access: yes
The fluctuations in incomes inherent in rural communities can be attenuated by reciprocal assistance. A model of reciprocal assistance based upon rational action and voluntary participation is presented.
Jonathan P. Thomas, Tim Worrall
core  

Chinese Gift-Giving, Anti-Corruption Law, and the Rule of Law and Virtue [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This Article addresses the question of whether virtuous giftgiving in China can be used in the fight against corruption. Giftgiving, ubiquitous in Chinese familial, business, and official practices, has been under fire by both laws outside and within ...
Szto, Mary
core   +2 more sources

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