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The ‘other’ in patterns of drinking: A qualitative study of attitudes towards alcohol use among professional, managerial and clerical workers

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2012
Background Recent evidence shows that workers in white collar roles consume more alcohol than other groups within the workforce, yet little is known about their views of drinking.
Ling Jonathan   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

FOCUS GROUPS AS A USEFUL APPROACH TO AGRIBUSINESS RESEARCH [PDF]

open access: yes
As the agricultural economics profession increasingly strives to find relevant and useful approaches for addressing a broad array of research questions, particularly in terms of agribusiness research, there will be a growing need to adopt a wide set of ...
Ricks, Donald J., Sterns, James A.
core   +1 more source

Chicago's Stepping Up Focus Groups: A Report on the Career Advancement Opportunities and Needs of Supportive Housing Residents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
In an effort to obtain resident input on issues around employment advancement, the Corporation for Supportive Housing contracted with the Mid-America Institute on Poverty to conduct focus groups.
Amy Rynell
core  

Simulated jury decision making in online focus groups

open access: yes, 2013
Purpose – A significant issue in jury research has been the use of individual jurors to analyse jury decision-making. This paper aimed to examine the applicability of computer-mediated communication to a mock jury deliberation study.Design ...
Klettke, Bianca   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Spatiotemporal and quantitative analyses of phosphoinositides – fluorescent probe—and mass spectrometry‐based approaches

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Fluorescent probes allow dynamic visualization of phosphoinositides in living cells (left), whereas mass spectrometry provides high‐sensitivity, isomer‐resolved quantitation (right). Their synergistic use captures complementary aspects of lipid signaling. This review illustrates how these approaches reveal the spatiotemporal regulation and quantitative
Hiroaki Kajiho   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Consumer Willingness-to-Pay for Green Energy: Results from Focus Groups [PDF]

open access: yes
To find out if consumers are willing to pay a surcharge for "green energy," the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries hosted consumer focus groups at four locations in Alabama.
Bransby, David   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Public understanding of regimes of risk regulation: Focus groups with citizens and consumers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This report investigates the nature of public understanding of risk and regulation. Issues of risk and regulation are both significant for the public and recognised as such by them.
Livingstone, S, Lunt, P, Malik, S
core  

By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
Devons Mo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mass Media and Memory: The Communist GDR in Today’s Communicative Memory

open access: yesMedijske Studije, 2014
Using the example of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) the present study asks how mass media shape collective memory. How do reports in German media on the GDR affect communicative memory?
Michael Meyen, Senta Pfaff-Rüdiger
doaj  

Using Message Boards to Conduct Online Focus Groups [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Geographic dispersion of research subjects can make traditional face-to-face focus groups difficult if not impractical to conduct. Online focus groups have many advantages such as enabling researchers to save costs, allowing for more efficient collection
Deggs, David   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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