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Parties and Patronage: A Comparative Analysis of the Indian Case [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
What political factors influence the allocation of economic patronage in democracies? Answering this question is vital to improving our knowledge of how states and markets interact.
Hankla, Charles Robert
core  

Patronage, politics and the court in the reign of William III and Mary II, 1689-1702 [PDF]

open access: yes
This is a political study of William and Mary’s use of patronage rights, analyzing how that use influenced the court’s relations with the elite. A new regime’s integration into the society which it governs rarely occurs without friction.
Parks, Stuart
core   +1 more source

Addressing emotional aggression in Thai adolescents: evaluating the P-positive program using EQ metric

open access: yesInternational Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health
This study investigates the effectiveness of the P-Positive program in addressing emotional aggression among junior high school students in Lopburi Province, Thailand.
Junsomang Sujinun   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Building customer patronage in app-based sharing economy firms: insights from Indian consumers

open access: yesCogent Business & Management
This study adapts retail patronage theory to app-based sharing economy (SE) platforms. It develops a framework explaining customer patronage behavior in digitally mediated service contexts. While prior research has examined individual drivers of platform
Shivan Sanjay Patel   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diakonos and prostatis: Women’s patronage in Early Christianity

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2005
In spite of numerous studies on the patronage system in Mediterranean antiquity, little attention has been paid to either how the patronage of women was part of the system or how it differed. In fact, there is substantial evidence for women’s exercise of
Carolyn Osiek
doaj   +1 more source

Liver organoids: modelling complexity in homeostasis and disease

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Studying liver in vitro has been challenging because simple 2D cell cultures fail to capture liver's cellular and architectural complexity. To bridge this gap, scientists increasingly use organoids, 3D liver models which better mimic liver composition and function. This review examines recent advances in liver organoid complexity and realism, discusses
Anna M. Dowbaj, Meritxell Huch
wiley   +1 more source

'Patronage and Pragmatism: The Art of Compromise in the English Regional Context'

open access: yes
In these uncertain times regional producing theatres, historically subordinate to the metropolitan elite institutions, face particular challenges as state patronage is eroded, philanthropic largess is scarce, or non-existent and managements struggle to ...
Cochrane, Claire
core   +6 more sources

Epigenetic reprogramming of lineage switching in cancer

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Cancer cells rarely commit to a single identity. Epigenetic mechanisms and tumor microenvironment cues push epithelial cells toward flexible, hybrid states that can shift into mesenchymal, neuroendocrine, or stem‐like fates, driving metastasis, drug resistance, and tumor heterogeneity. Targeting the epigenetic regulators behind these transitions, using
Ezgi Boyvatlı   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patronage Appointments in Brazil, 2011–2019

open access: yes, 2022
Brazil is widely regarded in the comparative politics literature as a country in which the tensions between bureaucrats and politicians illustrate the dilemmas of building coalitions, managing state-owned enterprises, and providing basic public services (
Fernanda Odilla   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Golgi enzymes are retrieved from the plasma membrane to the trans‐Golgi network

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Golgi enzymes are traditionally considered resident proteins retained within the Golgi apparatus. Here, we demonstrate that a subset transiently reaches the cell surface and is subsequently retrieved to the trans‐Golgi network via retrograde transport. Using a nanobody‐based toolkit, we uncover a dynamic trafficking cycle of several Golgi enzymes.
Dominik P. Buser, Tina Junne
wiley   +1 more source

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