Farmers' Choice of Using Sustainable Agricultural Practices: A Social Capital Approach [PDF]
This paper explores, in the context of social capital theory, why farmers choose to use sustainable agricultural practices. The hypothesis tested is that farmers who exhibit higher levels of social capital will adopt such practices more often than those ...
Jordan, Jeffrey L.
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Creating Excellence in Dementia Care: A Research Review for Ireland's National Dementia Strategy [PDF]
, 2012 Examines the prevalence and economic and social costs of dementia; policies, practices, and data on health and social care services in community-based, acute care, and long-term residential settings; and proposed elements for a new ...
Eamon O'Shea +2 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.In this study, we found that human cervical‐derived adipocytes maintain intracellular iron level by regulating the expression of iron transport‐related proteins during adrenergic stimulation. Melanotransferrin is predicted to interact with transferrin receptor 1 based on in silico analysis.
Rahaf Alrifai +9 more
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Re-reading, Revaluing Residential Streets: Exploring Neighbourhoods in Beirut’s Suburbs
In_BoStreets are enduring public spaces, which epitomise a city’s culture and identity. While lively streets are often located in central urban areas, the street’s vibrant quality could fade away in marginalised residential neighbourhoods.
Christine Mady, Elie Hawi
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Impact of lean service, workplace environment, and social practices on the operational performance of India post service industry. [PDF]
Ann Oper Res, 2022 Vadivel SM +3 more
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Casting And Recasting Gender: Children Constituting Social Identities Through Literacy Practices [PDF]
, 2002 Considers how gender, identity and literacy are entangled and mutually constitutive. Concludes that social experience, desire, proximate others, and the ways in which children can draw upon these in the classroom are aspects of the situated condition ...
Anderson, Diane Downer
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Tau acetylation at K331 has limited impact on tau pathology in vivo
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.We mapped tau post‐translational modifications in humanized MAPT knock‐in mice and in amyloid‐bearing double knock‐in mice. Acetylation within the repeat domain, particularly around K331, showed modest increases under amyloid pathology. To test functional relevance, we generated MAPTK331Q knock‐in mice.
Shoko Hashimoto +3 more
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Freedom as Social Practice: Reconstructing Religious Freedom in Everyday Life
ReligionsThis article examines how religious freedom is enacted and redefined through everyday practices in pluralistic urban settings. Moving beyond the classical notion of negative liberty as non-interference, it explores the social conditions that enable or ...
Michele Garau, Giacomo Bazzani
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Global collaboration and social practices to mitigate impacts of COVID-19 in the world: a lived experience of infecting. [PDF]
Qual Soc Work, 2021 Moshtagh M, Mirlashari J, Amiri R.
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Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
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