in cultural semiotics as posed by tartu-moscow circle the concepts of cultural sphere, border, and the (non)cultural other and the dialogue between this cultural self and that other on the borders are very critical. the mechanism of intercultural translation and the processes of inclusion and exclusion govern this intercultural dialogue. such communication between cultures, in order to be reali...

Like many girls in America, I started taking dancing lessons at an early age and continued with them for most of my childhood. In my early tvventies, after completing one bachelor's degree, I decided to change directions and study American modern dance full time, entering the dance program at the University of Minnesota. Choosing to study dancing at a university meant that I also began to study...

PURPOSE To investigate the role of N-cadherin and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) in the invasion of collagen type I by human retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. METHODS RPE sheets from eight human eyes were used for characterization through Western blot analysis of the expression of cadherin in total lysates or after immunoprecipitation with anti beta-catenin antibody. First-passage prima...

Chicken egg yolk antibodies (IgY) against camel immunoglobulins were generated and their specificity was shown by double immunodiffusion, immunoelectrophoresis, and Western blotting. Anti camel antibodies specifically react to camel antibodies in immunodiffusion and immunoelectrophoresis were demonstrated. Western blotting revealed that IgY antibodies recognize the heavy chain in a number of ma...

This paper concerns the different ways in which hesitation, and hesitation related phenomena like uncertainty, doubt and other phenomena where lack of knowledge is involved are expressed in different cultures. The paper focuses especially on shoulder shrugging as a signal of hesitation or uncertainty, and starts from the observation that shoulder shrugging has different interpretations dependin...

It is frequently argued that Talent Management (TM) has been derived from Western, and there are gaps between spread westernized TM format contexts of non-western countries when adopted practiced in a business daily basis. The cultural institutional to adopt analyzed this paper through comparing the differences practices foreign owned subsidiaries local firms South Korea using an theory lens. A...

Current research on moral identity shows that moral identity predicts moral action in Western cultures but not in non-Western cultures. The present paper argues that this may be due to the fact that the concept of moral identity is culturally biased. In order to remedy this situation, we argue that researchers should broaden their scopes of inquiry by adding a cultural lens to their studies of ...

High-affinity excitatory amino acid transporters (EAATs) are essential to terminate glutamatergic neurotransmission and to prevent excitotoxicity. To date, five distinct EAATs have been cloned from animal and human tissues: GLAST (EAAT1), GLT-1 (EAAT2), EAAC1 (EAAT3), EAAT4, and EAAT5. EAAT1 and EAAT2 are commonly known as glial glutamate transporters, whereas EAAT3, EAAT4, and EAAT5 are neuron...