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What is the best way to treat tinea cruris?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2006)
comparison data are insufficient to stratify the 2 groups of topical antifungals. Determining which group to use depends on patient compliance, medication accessibility, and cost. The fungicidal allylamines (naftifine and terbinafine) and butenafine...
What is appropriate fetal surveillance for women with diet-controlled gestational diabetes?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2006)
No evidence clearly supports the practice of increased fetal surveillance in the pregnancies of women with well-controlled (ie, fasting blood sugar <105 mg/dL) class A1 gestational diabetes (strength of recommendation [SOR]: B, consistent...
What is the best way to manage GERD symptoms in the elderly?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2006)
than histamine H2 receptor antagonists (H2RAs) (strength of recommendation [SOR]: B, extrapolation from randomized controlled trials [RCTs]). Treating elderly patients with pantoprazole (Protonix) after resolution of acute esophagitis results in fewer...
How should patients with Barrett's esophagus be monitored?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2006)
Some patients who have been diagnosed with Barrett's esophagus will develop dysplasia and, in some cases, esophageal carcinoma (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A, based on consistent cohort studies). Endoscopic surveillance ...
Employment status and financial resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023)
the association between unemployment and household financial resilience as well as their overall financial wellbeing. Cross-sectional data cannot establish a causal relationship. Findings using U.S. data may not be generalized to other countries. Practical...
Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Biotech Foods in China : A Contingent Valuation Approach
(AgBioForum, 2006)
Based on a large-scale survey, this study employs the contingent valuation method to estimate consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) for biotech foods in China and to account for the effects of respondents' characteristics ...
Do market returns influence risk tolerance? : Evidence from panel data
(2011)
This study used the 1992-2006 waves of the Health and Retirement Study to investigate changes in risk tolerance levels over time in response to stock market returns. Findings indicate that risk tolerance tends to increase when market returns...
The status of artists in Kansas City : February 2008 draft report
(KCResearch, 2008-02)
have the opportunity to raise families, buy houses and participate as fully-invested members of the community to a degree that they may not be be able to elsewhere....
An exploratory study of Chinese Americans' debt holding
(2011)
Postprint. Research concerning the financial well-being of Chinese American households is extremely limited. This article examines factors that affect the probability that Chinese American households will hold debt. Analysis ...
Mental disorders associated with COVID-19 related unemployment
(2021)
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, restrictions on economic activities have resulted in a sharp rise of unemployment. The purpose of this research is to explore mental disorders associated with COVID-19 related unemployment ...
Correlates of credit card adoption in urban China
(2012)
Analysis of data from the 2008 Survey of Chinese Consumer Finance and Investor Education indicated that 30.0 % of the sample households held at least one credit card. Significant factors associated with the probability ...
Source of information and projected household investment portfolio performance
(2016)
Using modern information economics as the conceptual framework and data from the 2013 Survey of Consumer Finances, this study adopts a decomposition technique to explore the relationship between the primary information ...
Bales and Balance : A Review of the Methods Used to Assess the Economic Impact of Bt Cotton on Farmers in Developing Economies
(AgBioForum, 2006)
We assess 47 peer-reviewed articles that have applied stated economics methods to measure the farm-level impacts of Bt cotton in developing agriculture from 1996. We focus on methods, although findings are also contrasted ...
Education for library service to youth in five countries
(Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship, 2006)
Youth services instructors from five countries (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States) were surveyed as to the content of youth-oriented courses they had taught between 2000 and 2003. A ...
Factors Affecting Italian Consumer Attitudes Toward Functional Foods
(AgBioForum, 2011)
Healthier food products have entered the global markets with force in the past few years and have rapidly gained market shares. The food industry has reacted to this trend by developing a growing variety of new products ...
Partnering with the health professions to promote prevention of an alcohol-exposed pregnancy: Lessons learned from an Academic–organizational collaborative
(MDPI AG, 2019)
multi-level strategies created as part of the developmental phase of this project in order to report successes and challenges. We applied the three principles of reflection, sense-making, and reciprocal learning, as identified in the practice change...
Self-perceived age and attitudes toward marketing of older consumers in China
(2010)
Understanding consumer psychological characteristics and their impact on consumer behavior is an important foundation for business marketing strategies. Self-perceived age has a great impact on older consumers' behavior. ...
Changes in farms' environmental sustainability in Poland -- progress, or regress?
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2018)
that there is still a need to support farms in order to stimulate their environmental organization and desirable agricultural practice implementation....
Assessing the Performance of GM Maize Amongst Smallholders in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(AgBioForum, 2009)
This study uses data for the 2006/07 maize production season, for the Hlabisa, Dumbe, and Simdlangentsha districts in Kwa- Zulu-Natal, South Africa, to investigate the relative efficiencies of conventional, insect-resistant (Bt), and herbicide...
A structural equation model of cooperative member satisfaction and long-term commitment
(Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2019)
The organizational growth of farmer cooperatives is tied to increased heterogeneity in member attitudes and perceptions. To inform possible solutions, a better understanding of the complex interrelationships of member ...