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Halal Cosmetics Adoption Among Young Muslim Consumers in Malaysia: Religiosity Concern [PDF]

open access: yesGlobal Journal Al-Thaqafah, 2016
The global increase in Muslim populations and purchasing power has created a new demand for halal cosmetic product development.While the introduction of new product may facilitate companies in gaining competitive advantage, the failure rates of ...
Mohezar, S.   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Establishing an Apheresis Medicine Program in a Resource‐Constrained Setting: A 5‐Year Experience From Lagos, Nigeria

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Establishing a comprehensive apheresis medicine program in a resource‐constrained setting presents significant structural, financial, and logistical challenges. Despite the growing clinical importance of apheresis services globally, published experience from sub‐Saharan Africa remains sparse.
Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Older Adult Consumers' Attitudes and Perceptions of Risk, Control, and Responsibility for Food Safety in the Domestic Kitchen.

open access: yesJournal of Food Protection, 2019
Although vast amounts of consumer food safety knowledge and self-reported data exist, attitudinal data detailing perceptions of risk, control, and responsibility are lacking.
E. Evans, E. Redmond
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Communicating with illiterate consumers

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Business Management, 1986
Communicating effectively with consumers is a major problem facing marketers world-wide. In South Africa a substantial proportion of adult consumers are illiterate.
P. J. Du Plessis, Truida Prekel
doaj   +1 more source

The role of social support and self-control in tobacco consumption: a cross-sectional study among tobacco consumers and non-consumers

open access: yesBMC Psychology, 2023
Introduction Tobacco use is recognized as one of the most important causes of preventable death due to non-communicable diseases and disability worldwide.
Atefeh Homayuni, Zahra Hosseini
doaj   +1 more source

The (Glg)ABCs of cyanobacteria: modelling of glycogen synthesis and functional divergence of glycogen synthases in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We reconstituted Synechocystis glycogen synthesis in vitro from purified enzymes and showed that two GlgA isoenzymes produce glycogen with different architectures: GlgA1 yields denser, highly branched glycogen, whereas GlgA2 synthesizes longer, less‐branched chains.
Kenric Lee   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transferrin receptor 1‐mediated iron uptake supports thermogenic activation in human cervical‐derived adipocytes

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
In this study, we found that human cervical‐derived adipocytes maintain intracellular iron level by regulating the expression of iron transport‐related proteins during adrenergic stimulation. Melanotransferrin is predicted to interact with transferrin receptor 1 based on in silico analysis.
Rahaf Alrifai   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determination, source analysis and preliminary risk assessment of benzoic acid in rice wine

open access: yesZhongguo shipin weisheng zazhi, 2020
Objective To analyze the concentration and source of benzoic acid in rice wine and evaluate the health risk of dietary benzoic acid intake from rice wine among adult consumers in China.
Xiao XIAO   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
wiley   +1 more source

Segmentation of Young Adult Consumers in China: A Global-local Cultural Identity Perspective

open access: yesInternational journal for marketing studies, 2019
This study explores the segmentation of young adult consumers in the growing market of China by adopting the cultural identity theory about global-local identity beliefs (global citizenship through global brands, nationalism, and consumer ethnocentrism).
Chunling Yu, Lily C. Dong
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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