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Identifying roles in smoking cessation care for different types of healthcare providers: a qualitative study with people who smoke

Frontiers in Health Services
ObjectiveThis study aimed to explore how people who smoke, in particular those with a lower socioeconomic position, perceive the roles of different healthcare providers in smoking cessation care.MethodsThree semi-structured focus groups were held with a ...
Naomi A. van Westen-Lagerweij, Elisabeth G. Meeuwsen, Esther A. Croes, Niels H. Chavannes, Eline Meijer   +4 more
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Tourists’ perceptions and willingness to pay for the control of Opuntia stricta invasion in protected areas: A case study from South Africa

Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 2014
Invasive alien plants have a long history of establishment in the national parks of South Africa.In particular, Opuntia stricta (sour prickly pear) has invaded several protected areas in thecountry, threatening the biodiversity conservation mandate of ...
Natasha Nikodinoska, Llewellyn C. Foxcroft, Mathieu Rouget, Alessandro Paletto, Sandra Notaro   +4 more
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Developmental changes in achievement motivation and affect in physical education: Growth trajectories and demographic differences. [PDF]

, 2009
Objective: We examined changes in student achievement goals, perceptions of motivational climate and affective responses in secondary school physical education. Method: Greek junior high school students (N ¼ 394; 191 males and 203 females) responded to
Barkoukis, Vassilis, Ntoumanis, Nikos, Thøgersen-Ntoumani, Cecilie   +2 more
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TMC4 localizes to multiple taste cell types in the mouse taste papillae

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Transmembrane channel‐like 4 (TMC4), a voltage‐dependent chloride channel, plays a critical role in amiloride‐insensitive salty taste transduction. TMC4 is broadly expressed in all mature taste cell types, suggesting a possible involvement of multiple cell types in this pathway.
Momo Murata, Yoshikazu Saito, Yoichi Kasahara, Wataru Fujii, Takumi Misaka, Tomiko Asakura, Masataka Narukawa   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perceptions and Experiences of Nursing Students in Caring for People Living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa: A Qualitative Study

Nurse Media: Journal of Nursing
Background: Although previous studies focusing on nurses’ perceptions of caring for people living with HIV (PLHIV) have been conducted in numerous countries, little is known about first-year student nurses’ perceptions and experiences regarding their ...
Ruwadzano Dorcas Mabhiza, Varshika Bhana, Heather Sedibe   +2 more
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The implications of stakeholders' perceptions of land for sustainable land use management in NE Ghana [PDF]

, 2008
There are negative implications of changes in stakeholders traditional land perceptions for sustainable land use and management in north-east Ghana.
Bugri, John, Glaves, Peter, Ridgway, Robert Broughton   +2 more
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The Price is Unfair! A Conceptual Framework of Price Fairness Perceptions

, 2004
Recent news coverage on pricing portrays the importance of price fairness. This article conceptually integrates the theoretical foundations of fairness perceptions and summarizes empirical findings on price fairness.
L. Xia, K. B. Monroe, Jennifer L. Cox
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Data Sharing by Scientists: Practices and Perceptions

PLoS ONE, 2011
Background Scientific research in the 21st century is more data intensive and collaborative than in the past. It is important to study the data practices of researchers – data accessibility, discovery, re-use, preservation and, particularly, data sharing.
C. Tenopir, Suzie L. Allard, Kimberly Douglass, A. Aydinoğlu, Lei Wu, Eleanor J. Read, Maribeth Manoff, M. Frame   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evaluation of in vitro toxicity of common phytochemicals included in weight loss supplements using 1H NMR spectroscopy

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
We investigated the toxicity of 12 active compounds commonly found in herbal weight loss supplements (WLS) using human liver and colon cell models. Epigallocatechin‐3‐gallate was the only compound showing significant toxicity. Metabolic profiling revealed protein degradation, disrupted energy and lipid metabolism suggesting that the inclusion of EGCG ...
Emily C. Davies, Garth L. Maker, Ian F. Musgrave, Samantha Lodge   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

How perceptions of labor market opportunities predict happiness: evidence from natural field experiments

Frontiers in Sociology
IntroductionSubjective variables related to the labor market have long been recognized to be strongly associated with individuals' happiness. However, most existing research relied on correlational analyses, which have been insufficient in establishing ...
Roger Fernandez-Urbano
doaj   +1 more source