In 15% to 20% of self-poisoning cases, the pesticides used are purchased from shops just prior to ingestion. We explored how pesticide vendors interacted with customers at risk of self-poisoning to identify interventions to prevent such poisonings. Two strategies were specifically discussed: selling pesticides only to farmers bearing identity cards or customers bearing pesticide 'prescriptions'...

The growth phases of five cultures of antibiotic producing Streptomyces isolated from western region, Saudi Arabia were studied spe. cial reference to their potentiality to excrete antibiotics. It was found that these organisms grew exponentially during the first 4 to 7 days of incubation. The highest specific growth "rate was observed in the case of Streptomyces MY18 being 0.48 day-l (1.44 day...

There has been little research on how market disruptions affect customer–brand relationships and how firms can sustain brand loyalty when disruptions occur. Drawing from social identity theory and the brand loyalty literature, the authors propose a conceptual framework to examine these issues in a specific market disruption, namely, the introduction of a radically new brand.The framework focuse...

introduction: the quality of education sector is worth considering as this system has a significant effect on the economic growth of the country. this study aimed to determine the quality gap and rank the student’s expectation of educational services provided in shiraz university of medical sciences in 2013. method: this research included two cross-sectional phases. the sample size of both phas...

Izabella Lovas,1 Balázs Dóra,1 Eugene Demler,2 and Gergely Zaránd1 1MTA-BME Exotic Quantum Phases “Momentum” Research Group and Department of Theoretical Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 1111 Budapest, Hungary 2Physics Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA (Received 20 December 2016; revised manuscript received 3 March 2017; published 22 Ma...

Objective A great number of customers spend much more time than expected on shopping because of a lot of reasons like variety in products. Thus, they may feel confused and disappointed. Such confusion can influence purchasing procedure and determine purchasing behavior. Such customers fail to purchase wisely and may face difficulty choosing appropriate and reasonable products. However, if the ...

neural networks are applicable in identification systems from input-output data. in this report, we analyze thehammerstein-wiener models and identify them. thehammerstein-wiener systems are the simplest type of block orientednonlinear systems where the linear dynamic block issandwiched in between two static nonlinear blocks, whichappear in many engineering applications; the aim of nonlinearsyst...