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Reciprocal fairness and gift exchange practices in the labor [PDF]

open access: yes
We aim at investigating to what extent reciprocal considerations, exhibited by employers and employees, should lead to stable gift exchange practices in the labor contract, giving rise to non- compensating wage differentials among industries.
Stephane Mahuteau
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The 2016 Planned Giving Study: Building Lasting Legacies: New Insights from Data on Planned Gifts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This study represents a first attempt to map the almost unexplored territory of legacy societies in planned giving. Existing literature has not examined planned gifts through the lens of legacy societies.

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Electroactive Metal–Organic Frameworks for Electrocatalysis

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Electrocatalysis is crucial in sustainable energy conversion as it enables efficient chemical transformations. The review discusses how metal–organic frameworks can revolutionize this field by offering tailorable structures and active site tunability, enabling efficient and selective electrocatalytic processes.
Irena Senkovska   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Megan Adamson Sijapati, Associate Professor of Religious Studies

open access: yes, 2013
In this new Next Page offering, Associate Professor of Religious Studies Megan Adamson Sijapati divulges her old school methods of keeping track of what to read next, as well as which book recently replaced Steinbeck\u27s East of Eden as her go-to book ...
Musselman Library,   +1 more
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Tablet and E-Book Reader Ownership Nearly Double Over the Holiday Gift-Giving Period [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Based on survey findings, compares trends in ownership of tablet computers and of e-book readers between mid-December 2011 and early January 2012 by gender, race/ethnicity, age, education, and income.

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Biomimetic Iridescent Skin: Robust Prototissues Spontaneously Assembled from Photonic Protocells

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Uniform nanoparticles are induced to form arrays (photonic crystals) in the cores of biopolymer capsules, endowing these ‘protocells’ with structural color. These protocells are then assembled into large self‐standing objects, i.e., prototissues, with robust mechanical properties as well as iridescent optical properties.
Medha Rath   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

US “contracted surrogates”. Between gift-giving and help narratives

open access: yesAnuac
In this paper, I present findings from two ethnographic research conducted on US surrogacy within two different fertility clinics based in Southern California (2014-2016; 2017-2020).
Corinna Sabrina Guerzoni
doaj   +1 more source

Alumni Giving of Business Executives to the Alma Mater: Panel Data Evidence at a Large Metropolitan Research University [PDF]

open access: yes
Charitable giving to public and private institutions of higher learning in the US is a growing major source of financing academic and support programs.
Okunade, Albert A.   +1 more
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Smart, Bio‐Inspired Polymers and Bio‐Based Molecules Modified by Zwitterionic Motifs to Design Next‐Generation Materials for Medical Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Bio‐based and (semi‐)synthetic zwitterion‐modified novel materials and fully synthetic next‐generation alternatives show the importance of material design for different biomedical applications. The zwitterionic character affects the physiochemical behavior of the material and deepens the understanding of chemical interaction mechanisms within the ...
Theresa M. Lutz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Economics of the Gift [PDF]

open access: yes
gift-giving;reciprocity;adequacy;social approval.
Ven, J. van de
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