Participants tasted two cups of coffee, decided which they preferred, and then rated each coffee. They were told (in lure) that one of the cups contained "eco-friendly" coffee while the other did not, although the two cups contained identical coffee. In Experiments 1 and 3, but not in Experiment 2, the participants were also told which cup contained which type of coffee before they tasted. The ...

This paper acknowledges the contemporary neoliberal mode of operation Smart Cities. The pitfalls Cities concerning its propensity towards techno-centric and efficiency-focused governance are identified, with diminutive emphasis on social equity human-centric urban growth. Thus, elaborates upon an alternative person-environment-interaction based approach placemaking: Empathic implies embracing a...

This paper examines the transformation of classical Islamic theology so that it has relevance to situation and condition mankind, especially Muslims today. The research method used in this is descriptive exploratory method, aims describe or clearly problems studied. While a serves deepen intellectual treasures get new ideas research. One transformations was carried out by Hassan Hanafi. Hanafi ...

Recently it has been reported that a cathepsin B inhibitor, CA-074Me, attenuates ecotropic murine leukemia virus (Eco-MLV) infection in NIH3T3 cells, suggesting that cathepsin B is required for the Eco-MLV infection. However, cathepsin B activity was negative or extremely low in NIH3T3 cells. How did CA-074Me attenuate the Eco-MLV infection? The CA-074Me treatment of NIH3T3 cells inhibited cath...

In recent decades, several eco-lodges have been established in biodiversity areas of Ethiopia. For example, plenty of eco-lodges are found in Amhara, Oromia and Southern Nation, Nationalities and People’s National Regional States. Most of the times, as eco-lodges are established from environmentally friendly, economically feasible and socially acceptable local materials, we argue that eco-lodge...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To identify determinants of patient satisfaction with emergency house calls and to assess the properties of a satisfaction measurement questionnaire. DESIGN Patient survey, combined with routinely collected information on the circumstances of the house call. SETTING Emergency house calls provided by an independent emergency care organization (ECO) in Geneva, Switzerland. ...

Public servants are expected to be good stewards of resources, including the energy and environmental resources consumed in a public organization’s day-to-day operations. Many government organizations have enacted policies to mitigate the environmental impact of their operations. Even in the absence of formal policies, however, individual public employees might engage in a number of discretiona...