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The role of the pharmacist and pharmacy assistant as opinion leaders in the decision to purchase health and beauty aid products

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Business Management, 1988
The authors investigate opinion leadership at the retail pharmacy level with regard to the purchase of health and beauty aid products. The characteristics of opinion leaders are identified and both pharmacists and pharmacy assistants are assessed in ...
R. S.M. Suttner   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multi‐Timescale Drought Evolution in Greece (1960–2022) From Station‐Based SPI and SPEI

open access: yesInternational Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.
Using homogenized data from 67 HNMS stations in Greece (1960–2022), we calculated SPI and SPEI at 1–12‐month scales to characterize meteorological to hydrological drought. We quantified the network‐based spatial extent of drought, compared SPI and SPEI drought signals, and tested changes with autocorrelation‐robust Mann–Kendall trends and Pettitt ...
Michael Samouris   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sexual socialisation in Life Orientation manuals versus popular music: Responsibilisation versus pleasure, tension and complexity

open access: yesPerspectives in Education, 2015
This paper compares two forms of sexual socialisation to which learners are exposed: the sexuality education components of the Life Orientation (LO) manuals and the lyrical content and videos of popular songs.
Catriona Macleod   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Ultrasonographic Prevalence and Factors Predicting Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis: Is There a Correlation between the Grade of Diastolic Dysfunction and the Grade of Liver Disease?

open access: yesThe Scientific World Journal, 2012
Presence of cardiac dysfunction has been associated with an unfavorable prognosis in patients with liver cirrhosis. In the present study, 92 consecutive, newly-diagnosed patients with liver cirrhosis were prospectively evaluated. Liver disease was graded
Vasilios Papastergiou   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Investigation into the use of the Marketing Mix in the Food and Beverage Industry in Grahamstown, South Africa: An Exploratory Study [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Emerging Trends in Marketing and Management, 2020
Investigative research was conducted in the Grahamstown-West district’s food and beverage industry to investigate the use of the marketing mix by existing businesses in attracting customers.
Mark Maritz   +2 more
doaj  

Remembering Rhodes’ Detractors

open access: yesThe Round Table, 2016
The students leading the Rhodes Must Fall campaign are to be commended for reminding us of who Cecil John Rhodes was (the vast majority of those passing one of the many monuments to his memory would have no idea) and also for reminding us that untainted money is rare: most fortunes are amassed at someone else’s expense.
openaire   +2 more sources

Late Holocene environmental history of Dojran, Macedonia: Investigating the interplay of imperial dynamics and climatic change

open access: yesJournal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a high‐resolution, multi‐proxy reconstruction of environmental and land‐use change from Lake Dojran over historical times (last 2500 years), combining pollen, biomarkers, radiocarbon dating, Ottoman taxation records and other historical data.
Alessia Masi   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Capabilities perspective on education quality: Implications for foundation phase teacher education programme design

open access: yesPerspectives in Education, 2014
While governments and communities across the globe are faced with the challenge of providing their citizens with good-quality education, there is lack of consensus on how education quality should be defined.
Jean Baxen, Yvonne Nsubugu, Liz Botha
doaj   +3 more sources

Online Rebate Strategy for a Dual‐Channel Supply Chain

open access: yesNaval Research Logistics (NRL), EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As online shopping channels become ubiquitous, consumers are faced with a vast number of digital purchasing options. To attract more consumers, many e‐shops utilize cashback websites (CWs) to provide online rebates. This study examines a dual‐channel supply chain, in which the manufacturer sells products through both its own online store and a
Peng Xu, Xuan Zhao, Tiaojun Xiao
wiley   +1 more source

Business‐Like Narrative and Public Engagement: Evidence From TED Talks on Nonprofit Issues

open access: yesNonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While the trend of nonprofits adopting business‐like practices has been widely discussed, limited attention has been paid to how the broader public responds to this shift. One way to capture public reactions is by examining engagement with business‐like narratives in media.
Jun Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

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