Extant research suggests that consumers can become emotionally attached to consumption
objects, including brands. However, a scale to measure the strength of consumers’ …

This article explores recent advances in self-determination research to address why
consumers develop strong attachments to “human brands,” a term that refers to any well-known …

Cancer cells possess traits reminiscent of those ascribed to normal stem cells. It is unclear,
however, whether these phenotypic similarities reflect the activity of common molecular …

The Notch protein is one of the most mechanistically direct transmembrane receptors—the
intracellular domain contains a transcriptional regulator that is released from the membrane …

Reversible phosphorylation on serine, threonine and tyrosine is the most widely studied
posttranslational modification of proteins 1 , 2 . The number of phosphorylated sites on a protein …

AKARI, the first Japanese satellite dedicated to infrared astronomy, was launched on 2006
February 21, and started observations in May of the same year. AKARI has a 68.5 cm cooled …

In two studies employing fictitious and real brands, this paper shows that brand attachment
goes beyond attitude and fit in determining consumers' behavioral reactions to brand …

This article extends theory around consumer-brand relationship quality by exploring
conditions under which such relationships may be transformed into exceptionally negative …

Cell fate decisions are fundamental for development, but we do not know how transcriptional
networks reorganize during the transition from a pluripotent to a differentiated cell state. …

The Far-Infrared Surveyor (FIS) is one of two focal-plane instruments on the AKARI satellite.
FIS has four photometric bands at 65, 90, 140, and 160 $\mu \rm m$ , and uses two kinds of …