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Using the Mass Media
(Sage Publications, 1980)
Patterns of media use in an urban setting are related to media gratification processes, but the relationship of media use to the needs of the media users is a complex one. Television, newspapers, and books are perceived ...
Anticipatory and post hoc cushioning strategies: Optimism and defensive pessimism in “risky” situations
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1986-06)
The concept of cognitive strategies is proposed as a model for the process by which individuals cushion themselves against threats to self-esteem in “risky” situations. Two strategies are discussed. The first is defensive ...
Incentive Contracting with Asymmetry of Precontractual Beliefs
(1981-11)
The interaction between a risk-neutral principal and agent is explored in which the agent's information is better than that of the principal both before and after a contract is agreed upon. It is shown that, in contrast ...
Ritual coordination of medical pluralism in highland Nepal: Implications for policy
(Elsevier, 1988)
In highland Nepal, just as in many other regions of South Asia, multiple indigenous healing traditions and a variety of traditional curing specialists co-exist in a pluralistic cultural environment. It is argued that the ...
On the dynamic order of structured Escherichia coli growth models
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1987-04-20)
Reliable dynamic descriptions of cellular growth are important for many practical applications including bioreactor design and control. A chemically structured growth model of Escherichia coli has been formulated and ...
African Religious Groups and Beliefs: Papers in Honor of William R. Bascom. SIMON OTTENBERG, ed
(Blackwell Publishing LtdWiley Periodicals, Inc., 1984-08)
Legal Problems of International Economic Relations : Cases Materials and Text on the National and International Regulation of Transnational Economic Relations
(1986)
The paper is a summary of the 2nd edition of the authors' textbook which is concerned with international economic regulation. The objective of the book is to look at the legal principles and processes as they affect ...