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Values and visibility: How CEO activism influences private and public consumer choices
Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary Firms' and executives' stances on controversial issues affect consumer behavior. This “political consumerism” might be motivated by ideology and a desire to signal to peers, and thus vary for private and public purchases. We conduct an experiment with 1198 consumers to study how purchase visibility affects responses to CEO ...
Young Hou, Christopher Poliquin
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Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental EngineeringResponse Surface Methodology and Box-Behnken Design have been applied to optimize microwave-assisted roasting of refractory gold ore. The roasting is used as a pretreatment for refractory gold ore to increase gold recovery during leaching.
Abdul Hapid +8 more
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A Bird's Eye View of English Grammar: Connecting the Dots in Two Dimensions
TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Over the past few decades, discussions on grammar instruction have primarily focused on teaching methodologies, such as whether grammar should be taught explicitly or implicitly, and whether the focus should be on form or forms. This paper, however, shifts the focus to grammar itself, aiming to provide a “shape” for pedagogical grammar.
Akira Tajino, Yoshitaka Kato
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The Impact of Environmental Pollution and Climate Change on Allergic Rhinitis and Lung Diseases
World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Environmental pollution and climate change seriously affect human health, leading to the onset and exacerbation of chronic respiratory diseases, such as allergic rhinitis and lung diseases. Over the past several decades, increasing air pollution and environmental exposure owing to global urbanization, industrialization, and rapid economic ...
Xin‐Yan Liu +4 more
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US Consumer Appetite for Climate Claims on Beef Products: Does Country‐of‐Origin Matter?
Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Beef cattle producers have been receiving pressure to reduce methane emissions from production. Beef products with varying climate claims have recently been introduced to the retail sector, stemming from various countries‐of‐origin. Using data from a US consumer survey, we find a subset of US consumers is willing to pay a premium for Lower ...
Jaime R. Luke, Glynn T. Tonsor
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The Oxidative state of LDL is the major determinant of anti/prooxidant effect of coffee on Cu2+ catalysed peroxidation [PDF]
, 2011 Antioxidants exert contrasting effect on low density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation catalysed by metals, acting as pro-oxidants under select in vitro conditions.
Carru, Ciriaco +9 more
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Classic anthropological accounts of miniature objects have focused on their spatial and aesthetic dimensions, with more recent work addressing their communicative potential, connections with play, and role in protecting threatened cultural knowledge. This article analyses responses to a miniature landscape model of yhyakh, a festival celebrated in the ...
Alison K. Brown
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, 2009 Contemporary Italian playwright Dario Fo wrote a satirical play entitled Johan Padan and the Discovery of the Americas which purported to be the account of one Johan Padan, a contemporary of Columbus, who journeyed to the New World, was shipwrecked, and ...
Rothera, Evan C.
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