OBJECTIVE This study explored relationships regarding perceived stress, energy drink consumption, and academic performance among college students. PARTICIPANTS Participants included 136 undergraduates attending a large southern plains university. METHODS Participants completed surveys including items from the Perceived Stress Scale(1) and items to describe energy drink consumption, academic...

The relationship between demand and customer returns represents an important input to inventory planning models. While poor estimates of this relationship can dramatically increase inventory management costs (de Brito and van der Laan, 2002), there is surprisingly little research on the topic. In this paper we investigate the relationship between demand and returns by comparing how customers’ r...

ntroduction: Oral/dental care  is  necessary  for  the  health  of mother  and  her  fetus  during  pregnancy.  Recent  research  has  indicated  a  relationship  between periodontal  diseases  and  adverse  pregnancy outcomes  such  as  premature  delivery,  low birth weight, and  neonatal  admission in  intensive care  units.  The present study aimed to examine the effects of education on ora...

Aim: it was aimed to examine the correlation between fear of COVID-19 and perceived risk compliance with standard precautions nurses working in pandemic clinics. Materials Methods: The study conducted a cross-sectional research design. sample consists 194 participants who worked clinics November 2020 - January 2021 an Education Research Hospital Ankara, met inclusion criteria. Data collection f...

background: community pharmacies are considered as ideal settings to provide cardiovascular risk screening (crs). however, little is known about pharmacists’ views on providing such services in developing countries including iran. in the present study, we evaluated the pharmacists’ attitudes and perceived barriers to providing crs services. methods: in a cross-sectional study, a questionnaire i...

Recent perspectives on a capabilities view of the firm often recognize the need for firms to develop an external organization. Within the IMP tradition, it is recognized that the external organization may include economic and non-economic exchange relationships. However, greater emphasis is given to the former. The relevance of relationships for firms and for industries can be linked to their r...

Land degradation is one of the most serious problems facing resource-poor tropical hillside farmers. Studies examining determinants of farmers’ decisions to invest in land improvement technologies have focused on economic and financial factors, neglecting individuals’ perceptions and awareness of the problems and how they affect land use and behavioral change that enhance environmental sustaina...

PURPOSE A new strain of the H1N1 subtype of influenza A virus resulted in a pandemic outbreak. In South Korea, cases of pandemic influenza have increased. Therefore, we explored perception or preventive behaviors for this virus in hospital employees and outpatients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data was collected from hospital employees and outpatients at three university hospitals located in Daegu,...