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Crime, Education and Peer Pressure [PDF]
We present a dynamic two-period model of individual behaviour with heterogeneous agents in which individuals decide how to allocate their disposable time between education, crime and work in the legal sector.
Paolo Buonanno
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Developing Environmental Agency and Engagement Through Young People’s Fiction. [PDF]
, 2010 This article explores the extent to which stories for young people encourage environmental engagement and a sense of agency. Our discussion is informed by the work of Paul Ricoeur (on hermeneutics and narrative), John Dewey (on primacy of experience ...
Bigger, Stephen, Webb, Jean
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Aldehyde dehydrogenase 1A1 (ALDH1A1) is a cancer stem cell marker in several malignancies. We established a novel epithelial cell line from rectal adenocarcinoma with unique overexpression of this enzyme. Genetic attenuation of ALDH1A1 led to increased invasive capacity and metastatic potential, the inhibition of proliferation activity, and ultimately ...
Martina Poturnajova +25 more
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Salud Pública de México, 2006 OBJETIVO: Identificar aquellos factores económicos y sociodemográficos que influyen en la decisión de los jóvenes de fumar o consumir bebidas alcohólicas en zonas urbanas marginadas de México; probar la hipótesis de que ambas decisiones se relacionan de ...
José Edmundo Urquieta +2 more
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Clean Evidence on Peer Pressure [PDF]
While confounding factors typically jeopardize the possibility of using observational data to measure peer effects, field experiments over the potential for obtaining clean evidence. In this paper we measure the output of subjects who were asked to stuff
Andrea Ichino, Armin Falk
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Effectiveness of a new one-hour blood pressure monitoring method to diagnose hypertension: a diagnostic accuracy clinical trial protocol [PDF]
, 2019 Introduction 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is the gold standard diagnostic method for hypertension, but has some shortcomings in clinical practice while clinical settings often lack sufficient devices to accommodate all patients ...
Alvira Balada, Maria del Carme +3 more
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Tumors contain diverse cellular states whose behavior is shaped by context‐dependent gene coordination. By comparing gene–gene relationships across biological contexts, we identify adaptive transcriptional modules that reorganize into distinct vulnerability axes.
Brian Nelson +9 more
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SocietiesPsychoactive substance abuse has become a pandemic in most parts of the globe. This study sought to assess the contributory factors and impacts of psychoactive substance abuse among the youth in Makokoba—a high-density residential area in Zimbabwe’s ...
Ishmael Mugari, Rejoyce Bushu
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Peer Pressure, Incentives, and Gender: an Experimental Analysis of Motivation in the Workplace [PDF]
We present results from a real-effort experiment, simulating actual work-place conditions, comparing the productivity of workers under fixed wages and piece rates.
Bruce Shearer +2 more
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RIPK4 function interferes with melanoma cell adhesion and metastasis
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.RIPK4 promotes melanoma growth and spread. RIPK4 levels increase as skin lesions progress to melanoma. CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated deletion of RIPK4 causes melanoma cells to form less compact spheroids, reduces their migratory and invasive abilities and limits tumour growth and dissemination in mouse models.
Norbert Wronski +9 more
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