This paper looks at the reduction in the focus on countertrade in academic literature and the media and finds that the causes of countertrade continue to exist. It considers alternative activities that appear to have replaced countertrade such as international outsourcing and conclude that these...

Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published in International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, published by and copyright Emerald.

Purpose: This study was designed to evaluate the relative efficacy of various brands of ivermectin injection available for use in clinical veterinary practice in Nigeria. Method: Ivermectin injections were evaluated by a larval development assay (LDVA), using the larvae of Strongyles...

OBJECTIVE: To compare the clinical efficacy of three brands of warfarin. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Thirty-six patients (mean age 51.8±12.7 years, 12 males, 24 females) with different indications for anticoagulant therapy were randomly placed in 3 groups. Each group started with one of the three...

Objective: To conduct the economic analysis of drug expenditure in the Government Medical College Hospital, Nagpur and to identify the categories of drugs needing stringent management control.Material and Methods: A matrix based on the coupling of cost (ABC) analysis and...

Purpose: The aim of the present study is to investigate the physicochemical equivalence of eight brands of tablets containing sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (antimalarial drug combination) sourced from different retail Pharmacy outlets in the Nigerian market. Method: The quality and physicochemical...

Injury and illness associated with drugs are major problems in Australia and around the world, despite significant developments in the area of adverse drug reaction (ADR) decision support technology. The aims of this thesis are: to investigate the ADR decision domain; to determine factors that...

The use of a patient's genetic data to aid clinical diagnosis and drug treatment represents a major milestone in the contribution of genomic research to healthcare practices. Initial implementation of a personalized medicine system is currently possible, uniting the areas of medicine, genomics,...

The Government Services Information Infrastructure (GSII) is that portion of the NII used to link Government and its services, enables virtual agency concepts, protects privacy, and supports emergency preparedness needs. The GSII is comprised of the supporting telecommunications technologies,...

The United States has aggressively embarked on the challenging task of building a National Information Infrastructure (NII). This infrastructure will have many levels, extending from the building block capital stock that composes the telecommunications system to the multitude of higher tier...