W HERE A WILL CONTAINS A GIFT to the "children" of a named person, a question of construction arises with regard to the right of an adopted child to participate in the distribution.' Where recognized, this right has been upheld on either or both of two grounds: (a) that the testator intended that he share in the gift,2 or (b) that adoption legally vested him with the status of a natural child. ...

How does one decide on the perfect gift? We look at an important tradeoff between desirability and feasibility in gift giving using construal level theory as a framework. We propose that givers construe gifts abstractly, and therefore choose gifts high on desirability attributes over gifts high on feasibility attributes. Support for these propositions emerges in studies examining giver and rece...

ions’, Economy and Society 31(2): 234–49.244 Theory, Culture & Society 19(5/6)13 Slater (jr/t) 28/11/02 3:09 pm Page 244 © 2002 Theory, Culture & Society Ltd.. All rights reserved. Not for commercial use or unauthorized distribution.at PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV on April 14, 2008http://tcs.sagepub.comDownloaded from Strathern, M. (1990) The Gender of the Gift. Berkeley: Univers...

The impact of gifts on deposit balances and customer satisfaction was examined in a longitudinal field experiment conducted at a commercial bank. Gifts increased deposit balances, survey response rates, and customer satisfaction compared to the no-gift control. Several factors were manipulated within the gift treatment: gift type, the accompanying message, and the sequence of gift value, which ...

A five-wave experiment examined the influence of incentives on response in online panels. One group of panelists was sent an advance gift after registering with the panel; the other group did not receive a gift. For participating in the studies, half of the panelists were repeatedly offered redeemable loyalty points. The others were offered inclusion in cash lotteries. At the outset, the advanc...

Gift cards are a common form of restricted funds: The balance of a closed-loop (brand-specific) gift card can only be redeemed at the originating brand. We propose that this restriction compels the recipient of a gift card to consider how the funds can be spent, which leads to the formation of a brand-specific spending goal and corresponding mental account. Because purchases more representative...

Gift Giving is a complex and ubiquitous task that would benefit from the simpler and more user-centred style of interaction offered by the Personal Web vision. In this paper we begin by reviewing relevant literature on gift giving, and we identify key roles and requirements of gift giving. We examine current approaches to the support of group gift giving online and review some of their deficien...

In the face of distance between logic and emotion, it is a difficult process to examine happiness humankind, who in fight existence with these ideas feelings. Considering that ultimate goal pedagogy make people happy through education, will immediately be understood become even more investigate children's happiness. It was aimed causes unhappiness from eyes teacher child, research designed qual...

The Generalized Intelligent Framework for Tutoring (GIFT) is a domain-independent open-source intelligent tutoring framework. In the past new versions of GIFT were released every 6 months, and currently, officially tested versions of GIFT are released every 9 months. Each new version of GIFT includes additional capabilities and functionalities. In the current paper and presentation, the “Logic ...

3:00 p.m. with a pre-reception at 2:30 p.m. D’ Ambra Auditorium Established through the generosity of UAlbany Distinguished Professor Marlene Belfort and RPI Institute Professor Georges Belfort, the Life at the Interface of Science and Technology Endowed Lecture Series is designed to address fundamental questions that require the expertise of both Life Sciences and Engineering to answer. This c...