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Browsing by Subject "culture"
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A Dialogical Approach to Human Rights: Institutions, Culture and Legitimacy
(2009)In this study I address the moral and cultural disagreement and conflict regarding the interpretation of human rights norms that threatens the legitimacy of the human rights enterprise. Such disagreements present an opportunity ... -
An Honest Dissertation: Exploring the Roles of Culture and Character in Shaping Individual Dishonesty
(2015)The question of what leads an individual to act dishonestly interests researchers, policy-makers, and lay-people alike. While a growing body of research suggests that dishonest behavior is typically limited, and reflects ... -
Cross-Cultural Differences in Patient Perceptions of Dyskinesia in Parkinson's Disease.
(Mov Disord, 2023-01-20)BACKGROUND: The prevalence of levodopa-induced dyskinesia (LID) in Parkinson's disease (PD) varies among geographical regions. Cultural differences in patient-based perceptions of LID have not been studied. OBJECTIVE: We ... -
Cultural Concepts of Negative Emotion: A Mixed-Methods Study Among Nepali Adolescents
(2017)Background: Emotions are shaped through the internalization of culturally relevant values. Contextualized systems of meaning influence an individual’s experience of emotion, the consequences of a given response, and their ... -
Developing a Shared Environmental Responsibility Vision: Leveraging Organizational Culture and Internal Stakeholder Engagement
(2012-04-24)Environmentally responsible behavior by corporations has become more than just academic theory, altruistic practice or a public relations activity to protect brand image. It has become a critical consideration to maintain ... -
Influence of Acellular Natural Lung Matrix on Murine Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation and Tissue Formation
(2010)We report here the first attempt to produce and use whole acellular (AC) lung as a matrix to support development of engineered lung tissue from murine embryonic stem cells (mESCs). We compared the influence of AC lung, Gelfoam, ... -
Is Green the New Red?: The Role of Religion in Creating a Sustainable China
(Nature and Culture, 2013-01-01)The Chinese Daoist Association has embarked upon an ambitious agenda to promote Daoism as China's "green religion". This new construction of a "green Daoism" differs, however, from both traditional Chinese and modern Western ... -
Motivating children's cooperation to conserve forests.
(Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology, 2022-04-18)Forests are essential common-pool resources. Understanding children's and adolescents' motivations for conservation is critical to improving conservation education. In 2 experiments, we investigated 1086 school-aged children ... -
Qualities or Inequalities?: How Gender Shapes Value in the Market for Contemporary Art
(2021)How does gender inequality persist in the art world today? Or, more generally, what role do social characteristics like gender play in markets for cultural goods, such as art? That is the focus of this research. Using a ...
