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Public beliefs and corruption in a repeated psychological game [PDF]

This paper investigates the role of guilt aversion for corruption in public administration. Corruption is modeled as the outcome of a game played between a bureaucrat, a lobby, and the public.
Loukas Balafoutas
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Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine: Attitudes, Behaviors, and Beliefs of At-Risk Women [PDF]

, 2008
Cervical cancer is primarily caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) and is the second most common cause of cancer-related mortality among women. Female college students may be at risk for contracting HPV based on their sexual behavior.
Caron, Rosemary M, Kispert, Elisabeth, McGrath, Robert J.   +2 more
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Tumor‐stromal crosstalk and macrophage enrichment are associated with chemotherapy response in bladder cancer

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Chemoresistance in bladder cancer: Macrophage recruitment associated with CXCL1, CXCL5 and CXCL8 expression is characteristic of Gemcitabine/Cisplatin (Gem/Cis) Non‐Responder tumors (right side) while Responder tumors did not show substantial tumor‐stromal crosstalk (left side). All biological icons are attributed to Bioicons: carcinoma, cancerous‐cell‐
Sophie Leypold, Janik Riese, Lancelot Seillier, Mark Kühnel, Julia Pannhausen, Charlotte O. J. Fröhlich, Christian Martin, Peter Boor, Matthias Saar, Danny D. Jonigk, Nadine T. Gaisa, Michael Rose   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Paranormal Beliefs: Using Survey Trends From the USA to Suggest a New Area of Research in Asia

Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research, 2015
Americans continue to have beliefs in the paranormal, for example in UFOs, ghosts, haunted houses, and clairvoyance. Yet, to date there has not been a systematic gathering of data on popular beliefs about the paranormal, and the question of whether or ...
Jibum Kim, Cory Wang, Nick Nunez, Sori Kim, Tom W. Smith, Neha Sahgal   +5 more
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Accurate and inaccurate beliefs about cancer risk factors among Spanish-preferring adults in the United States

PEC Innovation
Objective: To characterize inaccurate and accurate beliefs about cancer risk factors held among Spanish-preferring adults in the United States.
Andy J. King, Benjamin A. Lyons, Yonaira M. Rivera, Marina Kogan, Leandra H. Hernandez, Yi Liao, Kimberly A. Kaphingst   +6 more
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Differential regulation of ZFAS1 splice variants by endoplasmic reticulum stress in hepatocyte cell lines

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
ZFAS1 is a lncRNA promoting cell proliferation and migration, exhibiting high expression in various cancers. It is conserved, widely expressed, and produces multiple splice variants with unclear roles. We identified several splice variants in hepatocyte models, and found that inhibiting or suppressing regulators of the unfolded protein response (PERK ...
Sébastien Soubeyrand, Paulina Lau, Ruth McPherson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“NOT ALWAYS THE LANGUAGE I SPEAK IS THE ONE THEY UNDERSTAND” – BELIEFS ABOUT ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING WITH PUBLIC SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS

Signum: Estudos da Linguagem, 2014
In this paper we analyze an English teacher’s beliefs in her first year of teaching adolescent students in a public school. The data were generated through a recorded interview which was transcribed for qualitative analysis.
Fernando Silvério de LIMA, Edcleia Aparecida BASSO   +1 more
doaj  

Public Choice and Altruism [PDF]

The public choice literature has paid little attention to altruism, and the few works that do deal with it usually focus on the tradeoff between selfish and unselfish preferences, assuming some shared set of unselfish preferences.
Karl Widerquist
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Re‐Awakening Public Attention to the Silent Pandemic of Cancer Among Older Adults in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As global populations age, cancer is increasingly becoming a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Despite accounting for the majority of new cancer cases and deaths, older individuals remain underrepresented in cancer research, clinical guidelines, and health ...
Ibrahim Bidemi Abdullateef, Sunkanmi Folorunsho, Abdulazeez Opeyemi Abdulganiyu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disappearing Private Reputations in Long-Run Relationships [PDF]

For games of public reputation with uncertainty over types and imperfect public monitoring, Cripps, Mailath, and Samuelson (2004) showed that an informed player facing short-lived uninformed opponents cannot maintain a permanent reputation for playing a ...
Larry Samuelson, Martin W. Cripps
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