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Motivations for local climate adaptation in Dutch municipalities: climate change impacts and the role of local-level government [PDF]

, 2009
The local government level is considered to be crucial in preparing society for climate change impact. Yet little is known about why local authorities do or do not take action to adapt their community for climate change impacts.
Berg, Maya M. van den
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Developing evidence‐based, cost‐effective P4 cancer medicine for driving innovation in prevention, therapeutics, patient care and reducing healthcare inequalities

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, Joachim von Braun, Julio Celis, Anton Berns, Michael Baumann, Tit Albreht, Nancy Abou‐Zeid, Vanderlei Bagnato, Christian Brandts, Chien‐Jen Chen, Massimiliano di Pietro, Manjit Dosanjh, Thomas Dubois, Alexander Eggermont, Angelika Eggert, Ingemar Ernberg, Sara Faithfull, Johannes Förner, Stefan Fröhling, Manuel Heitor, Leroy Hood, Wei Jiang, Bengt Jönsson, Ravi Kannan, Maria Leptin, Su Li, Peter Lindgren, Douglas Lowy, Jun Ma, Alex Markham, Péter Nagy, Simon Oberst, M. Iqbal Parker, Danielle Rodin, Kevin Ryan, Joachim Schüz, Richard Sullivan, Josep Tabernero, Peter Turkson, Oliver Várhelyi, Harold Varmus, Chijie Wang, Elisabete Weiderpass, Nils Wilking   +43 more
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Modeling students’ intentions to learn data science: Using an extended theory of planned behavior

Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal
Academic and practitioner interest in data science has increased considerably. Yet scholarly understanding of what motivates students to learn data science is still limited.
Ram B. Basnet, David J. Lemay, Paul Bazelais   +2 more
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Why Build Green? [PDF]

, 2003
Discusses motivations for nonprofit organizations considering green building.

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Combining antibody conjugates with cytotoxic and immune‐stimulating payloads maximizes anti‐cancer activity

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Methods to improve antibody–drug conjugate (ADC) treatment durability in cancer therapy are needed. We utilized ADCs and immune‐stimulating antibody conjugates (ISACs), which are made from two non‐competitive antibodies, to enhance the entry of toxic payloads into cancer cells and deliver immunostimulatory agents into immune cells.
Tiexin Wang, Dong Jun Koo, Peter M. Tessier, Greg M. Thurber   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Explaining the non-economic behaviour of farm foresters: The effect of productivist and lifestyle motivations [PDF]

, 2012
working paperCurrently rates of planting lag far behind levels that would be expected from a comparison of the returns from farm forestry with competing agricultural alternatives.
Howley, Peter, Hynes, Stephen, O'Donoghue, Cathal   +2 more
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What personal and environmental factors determine frequency of urban greenspace use? [PDF]

, 2014
For many people, urban greenspaces are the only places where they encounter the natural world. This is concerning as there is growing evidence demonstrating that human well-being is enhanced by exposure to nature.
Altman, Bibby, Fuller, Godbey, Irvine, Kaplan, Katherine Irvine, Kevin Gaston, Lorraine Maltby, Martin Dallimer, Paul Armsworth, Philip Warren, Rodriquez, Venables, Zoe Davies   +14 more
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Cotargeting TREM2 and IL2 pathways triggers multipronged anticancer immunity

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Von Locquenghien et al. report that MiTE‐144, a triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) blocking antibody fused to interleukin‐2 (IL2) variant with tumour microenvironment restricted activation, demonstrates superior anticancer efficiency in a preclinical setting.
Isaure Vanmeerbeek, Jenny Sprooten, Abhishek D. Garg   +2 more
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Do Motivations for Using Facebook Moderate the Association Between Facebook Use and Psychological Well-Being?

Frontiers in Psychology, 2015
Previous investigations of the relationship between Facebook use and psychological well-being have most commonly considered variables relating to the quantity (e.g. time spent online) and underlying motivations (e.g.
James eRae, Susan D Lonborg
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Attitudes and motivations of Economics students: Some recent evidence [PDF]

, 2007
There is disagreement amongst economists regarding whether economics students are more self-interested than other students in economic and non-economic contexts.
Dietrich, M., Rowen, D.
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