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Scarcity Polarizes Preferences: The Impact on Choice Among Multiple Items in a Product Class by ZHU, MENG, RATNER, REBECCA K.

“…This research examines how the salience of scarcity influences choices of individual items from a product class. The authors propose that overall perception of…”
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Cas9-mediated targeting of viral RNA in eukaryotic cells by Price, Aryn A., Sampson, Timothy R., Ratner, Hannah K., Grakoui, Arash, Weiss, David S.

“…Significance The clustered, regularly interspaced, short palindromic repeats associated endonuclease, Cas9, has quickly become a revolutionary tool in genome…”
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Memories as assets: Strategic memory protection in choice over time by Zauberman, Gal, Ratner, Rebecca K, Kim, B. Kyu

“…We present five studies supporting ourstrategic memory protectiontheory. When people make decisions about experiences to consume over time, they treat their…”
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Catalytically Active Cas9 Mediates Transcriptional Interference to Facilitate Bacterial Virulence by Ratner, Hannah K., Escalera-Maurer, Andrés, Le Rhun, Anaïs, Jaggavarapu, Siddharth, Wozniak, Jessie E., Crispell, Emily K., Charpentier, Emmanuelle, Weiss, David S.

“…In addition to defense against foreign DNA, the CRISPR-Cas9 system of Francisella novicida represses expression of an endogenous immunostimulatory lipoprotein…”
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Communicating science-based recommendations with memorable and actionable guidelines by Ratner, Rebecca K., Riis, Jason

“…For many domains of basic and applied science, a key set of scientific facts is well established and there is a need for public action in light of those facts…”
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The Impact of Private versus Public Consumption on Variety‐Seeking Behavior by Ratner, Rebecca K., Kahn, Barbara E.

“…Three experiments demonstrate that people incorporate more variety into their consumption decisions when their behavior is subject to public scrutiny. Studies…”
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CRISPR-Cas system enhances envelope integrity mediating antibiotic resistance and inflammasome evasion by Sampson, Timothy R., Napier, Brooke A., Schroeder, Max R., Louwen, Rogier, Zhao, Jinshi, Chin, Chui-Yoke, Ratner, Hannah K., Llewellyn, Anna C., Jones, Crystal L., Laroui, Hamed, Merlin, Didier, Zhou, Pei, Endtz, Hubert P., Weiss, David S.

“…Clustered, regularly interspaced, short palindromic repeats–CRISPR associated (CRISPR-Cas) systems defend bacteria against foreign nucleic acids, such as…”
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The Disparity Between the Actual and Assumed Power of Self-Interest by Miller, Dale T, Ratner, Rebecca K

“…Five studies examined the hypothesis that people overestimate the influence of self-interest on attitudes and behaviors. The results strongly supported the…”
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The Norm of Self-Interest and Its Effects on Social Action by Ratner, Rebecca K, Miller, Dale T

“…Four studies investigated whether people feel inhibited from engaging in social action incongruent with their apparent self-interest. Participants in Study 1…”
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How Subjective Grouping of Options Influences Choice and Allocation: Diversification Bias and the Phenomenon of Partition Dependence by Fox, Craig R, Ratner, Rebecca K, Lieb, Daniel S

“…The authors argue that people's tendency to diversify their allocations of money and consumption choices over alternatives gives rise to decisions that vary…”
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Choosing Less‐Preferred Experiences For the Sake of Variety by Ratner, Rebecca K., Kahn, Barbara E., Kahneman, Daniel

“…Data from several experiments show that, contrary to traditional models of variety seeking, individuals choose to switch to less‐preferred options even though…”
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The Time Course and Impact of Consumers' Erroneous Beliefs about Hedonic Contrast Effects by Novemsky, Nathan, Ratner, Rebecca K.

“…Results from four experiments indicate that people expect to enjoy an experience more when it will follow a worse experience. We find that consumers expect…”
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Response of photosynthetic parameters of sweet pepper leaves to light quality manipulation by photoselective shade nets by Kong, Y, Avraham, L, Ratner, K, Shahak, Y

“…Photoselective nets provide a new tool for light-quality manipulation in protected horticulture. We have studied the photosynthetic activity and leaf…”
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Enhanced specialized transduction using recombineering in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Tufariello, JoAnn M, Malek, Adel A, Vilchèze, Catherine, Cole, Laura E, Ratner, Hannah K, González, Pablo A, Jain, Paras, Hatfull, Graham F, Larsen, Michelle H, Jacobs, Jr, William R

“…G: enetic engineering has contributed greatly to our understanding of Mycobacterium tuberculosis biology and has facilitated antimycobacterial and vaccine…”
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When good decisions have bad outcomes: The impact of affect on switching behavior by Ratner, Rebecca K., Herbst, Kenneth C.

“…Four experiments test the hypothesis that an unfavorable outcome of a good decision leads individuals to switch away from that decision due to negative…”
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Photoselective anti-hail netting for improved citrus productivity and quality by Wachsmann, Y, Zur, N, Shahak, Y, Ratner, K, Giler, Y, Schlizerman, L, Sadka, A, Cohen, S, Garbinshikof, V, Giladi, B, Faintzak, M

“…Nets are commonly used to protect agricultural crops from excessive solar radiation, environmental hazards and pests. The netting approach was further…”
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Inhibited from Bowling Alone by RATNER, REBECCA K., HAMILTON, REBECCA W.

“…The present research demonstrates that consumers often feel inhibited from engaging in hedonic activities alone, especially when these activities are…”
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Francisella novicida CRISPR-Cas Systems Can Functionally Complement Each Other in DNA Defense while Providing Target Flexibility by Ratner, Hannah K, Weiss, David S

“…CRISPR-Cas systems are prokaryotic adaptive immune systems that facilitate protection of bacteria and archaea against infection by external mobile genetic…”
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Navigating Shared Consumption Experiences: Clarity About a Partner’s Interests Increases Enjoyment by Wu, Yuechen, Hamilton, Rebecca W., Kim, Nicole You Jeung, Ratner, Rebecca K.

“…Consumers frequently engage in activities with others, such as visiting an art gallery with a friend or going to a sports match with a family member, and they…”
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The Dynamic Impact of Variety among Means on Motivation by Etkin, Jordan, Ratner, Rebecca K.

“…Consumers often have a variety of products that they may use to help them pursue their goals. These products constitute a set of means toward consumers’ goal…”
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