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Představy o mužském/chlapeckém vzhledu ve školních třídách [PDF]

open access: yesGender a Výzkum, 2013
The article is focuses on the adolescent concept of male/boy appearance and its impact on the social position of boys in a classroom structure. Boys can reach a better social position if their appearance corresponds to group norms.
Irena Smetáčková   +3 more
doaj  

Monopolistic Group Design with Peer Effects [PDF]

open access: yes
In a range of settings, private firms manage peer effects by sorting agents into different groups, be they schools, neighbourhoods or teams. This paper considers such a firm, which controls group entry by setting a series of anonymous prices.
Simon Board
core  

Cell wall target fragment discovery using a low‐cost, minimal fragment library

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
LoCoFrag100 is a fragment library made up of 100 different compounds. Similarity between the fragments is minimized and 10 different fragments are mixed into a single cocktail, which is soaked to protein crystals. These crystals are analysed by X‐ray crystallography, revealing the binding modes of the bound fragment ligands.
Kaizhou Yan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

PEER GROUP EFFECTS AND OPTIMAL EDUCATION SYSTEM [PDF]

open access: yes
The belief that peers' characteristics influence the behavior and outcomes of students in school has been important in shaping public policy. How peers affect individuals depends on the educational system prevailing.
Marisa Hidalgo
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Peer effects on risk behaviour: the importance of group identity

open access: yesExperimental Economics, 2016
This paper investigates whether and to what extent group identity plays a role in peer effects on risk behaviour. We run a laboratory experiment in which different levels of group identity are induced through different matching protocols (random or based
Francesca Gioia
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Inhibiting stearoyl‐CoA desaturase suppresses bone metastatic prostate cancer by modulating cellular stress, mTOR signaling, and DNA damage response

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Bone metastasis in prostate cancer (PCa) patients is a clinical hurdle due to the poor understanding of the supportive bone microenvironment. Here, we identify stearoyl‐CoA desaturase (SCD) as a tumor‐promoting enzyme and potential therapeutic target in bone metastatic PCa.
Alexis Wilson   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leadership in Peer Group Mentoring

open access: yesInternational Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring
In traditional one-to-one mentoring relationships, the mentor is typically perceived as the leader and the mentee serves as a follower. In peer group mentoring experiences, traditional notions of top-down leadership and hierarchical decision-making are ...
Jonathan Kroll, Regina M. O’Neill
doaj   +1 more source

Peer Group Effects, Sorting, and Fiscal Federalism [PDF]

open access: yes
Suppose that, other things equal, an individual's utility increases with the fraction of residents in his community who are rich. Suppose further that the rich are more willing to pay for a local public than are the poor Then the rich may over-provide a ...
Amihai Glazer, Sam Bucovetsky
core  

What do peer support workers do? A job description. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
BackgroundThe extant literature suggests that poorly defined job roles make it difficult for peer support workers to be successful, and hinder their integration into multi-disciplinary workplace teams.
Dewa, Carolyn S   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

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