OBJECTIVE To assess the extent and content of newspaper and magazine coverage of research on passive smoking. DESIGN Content analysis of newspaper and magazine articles. SUBJECTS Articles reporting on passive smoking research published in newspapers (n = 180) or magazines (n = 92) between January 1981 and December 1994. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Numbers of articles, conclusions of articles, s...

The article examines the widespread belief that indigenous entrepreneurship is less well represented in African countries than in other parts of the developing world. The evidence shows no dearth of ability among Africans to identify business opportunities and to act upon them-the two quintessential characteristics of entrepreneurship. But the management problems these businesses have sometimes...

BACKGROUND In the UK, transnational tobacco companies (TTCs) have been arguing that levels of illicit trade are high and increasing and will rise further if standardised packaging is implemented. This paper examines trends in and accuracy of media reporting of, and industry data on, illicit tobacco in the UK. METHODS Quantification of the volume, nature and quality of press articles citing in...

Review of Women in the Irish Film Industry, by Susan Liddy (ed.) (Cork: Cork University Press, 2020), 258 pp., ISBN: 9781782053736, $39 (Hardback)

This study compared the nutritional value of canola (B. napa) and mustard (B. hirta) press cakes obtained from the biodiesel industry as ingredients for use in diets fed to broiler chickens. A total of 210, one-day old, male broiler chicks were randomly assigned to one of seven dietary treatments. The control diet was based on wheat and soybean meal and contained 15% canola meal. For the experi...

oil is a strategic product in our country, iran. the amount of importing this product is considerable, and therefore, any attempt to produce crude oil in our country in a way that competes with the foreign counterparts, with regard to both quality and production cost is considered important. this study addresses the effect of oil seeds preparation step on quality of crude oil, which is extracte...

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