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BMC Gastroenterology, 2005 Background Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is a highly invasive neoplasm. Epidermal growth factor (EGF) and its receptor are over expressed in pancreatic cancer, and expression correlates with invasion and metastasis.
Kuver Rahul, Shirk Andrew J
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Term limits alone do not cause legislators to shirk their duties—the actual results are far more complicated [PDF]
, 2013 A number of U.S. states currently impose some form of legislative term limits in order to ensure competition and accountability among elected officials. However, some argue that term limits actually make legislators less responsible to their constituents,
Clark, Jennifer Hayes +1 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a contested concept and has generally been conceptualised by inter‐related indicators such as staff qualifications, educational environment, policy or child‐to‐staff ratios. There has been a more limited emphasis on how young children might perceive and experience quality.
Nikki Fairchild, Éva Mikuska
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the emotional experiences and processes of stigmatisation encountered by families benefiting from the Shock Plan Against Segregation and for Inclusion, Equal Opportunities and Educational Success (SP), implemented in Barcelona.
Andrea Jover +3 more
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The invisible prevalence of citizen science in global research: migratory birds and climate change. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Citizen science is a research practice that relies on public contributions of data. The strong recognition of its educational value combined with the need for novel methods to handle subsequent large and complex data sets raises the question: Is citizen ...
Caren B Cooper +2 more
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Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Tool use research has long made the distinction between tool using that is considered learned and flexible, and that which appears to be instinctive and stereotyped. However, animals with an inherited tool use specialisation can exhibit flexibility, while tool use that is spontaneously innovated can be limited in its expression and facilitated
Jennifer A. D. Colbourne +1 more
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, 2018 In the financial crisis of 2008, losses on popular new securitized products far exceeded predictions. This paper studies this episode with a model of technology adoption: a principal tries to induce costly effort from a group of agents charged with vetting new technology.
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The shift towards sustainable food production is essential to address the urgent dual challenges of climate change and population growth, with agricultural cooperatives playing a vital role in this transformation. However, many cooperatives struggle to deliver the expected value to their members.
Ismail Badraoui +4 more
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Making care audible: Musical gifts and affective reciprocity in the clinic
Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract In clinical settings, music therapy is frequently received as a gift—a voluntary offering that invites but does not demand participation. Drawing on ethnographic research with music therapists and patients in Canadian and American hospitals, this article examines how clinical care is co‐constituted through practices of giving, receiving, and ...
Meredith Evans
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Pendekatan Semiotika Dalam Studi Islam (Telaah Makna Semiosis Syirik)
Jurnal Indo-Islamika, 2020 This paper will discuss the meaning of the word semiosis syirik in the hadith. This paper is a qualitative study using the Umberto Eco semiotic approach. Umberto Eco is a philosopher, essayist, semiotic expert, critic of literary works, and novelist. His
Hafis Khoerul Mahfudz
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