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consumption. This strategy is well suited for harmful products though they may have utility in the economics of liquor, drugs … reliever or style. The consumption of tobacco products has negative side effects such as lung cancer and oral diseases. Thus …
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This article describes how the high energy consumption associated with glass factories has been responsible for high … cost of manufacturing of glass. However, there is a need for a systematic approach to assess energy consumption in the … consumption was developed. Energy study was conducted in a glass production plant in Ughelli, Nigeria to determine the energy …
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Potato, or as it is called the “bread of the poor”, is a traditional product and the fourth world's largest consumption … monthly consumption of potato per capita is 31.3 kg. A greater consumption per capita is in Europe with 87.8 kg … potatoes is increased, and with higher rates exceed fresh potato trade. It passes from fresh consumption to processed …
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decision making. Several techniques have been developed in the time past for credit risk evaluation and these techniques suffer …Credit risk evaluation techniques that aid effective decisions in credit lending are of great importance to the … financial and banking industries. Such techniques assist credit managers to minimize the risks often associated with wrong …
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Non-adherence to medical advice is a serious problem to patients, health policy and practitioners. This article outlines concepts of behavioral economics that might lead a patient to decide against the provider's recommendations and thus to be non-adherent. Especially the timing of pay-offs and...
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's decision to diet, when allowed to vary with behavioral measures, bears no unique significance on caloric intake. Our results …
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Standard economic theory based on the rationality assumption predicts optimal provisions for retirement by individuals … decision-making for retirement through a structured questionnaire. Responses were obtained from a sample of 87 employees from … failure to meet their own savings targets. The authors also observed a relatively small percent of the sample was seeking …
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high probability lead to unhealthy monetary savings decision further empowering already established poor health outcome … trajectories. The current theory emphasized the necessity for intensified focus on only a few health variables, as only a few … and realistic health outcomes of an individual's health behavior based on these variables, a monetary savings can be …
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The waiting room and the examination rooms are the two central locations patients spend time in a primary care environment. Patient health outcomes and satisfaction are significant contributing factors for reimbursement The Patient Practice And Education Satisfaction Survey (PPAESS) tool has...
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Empirical studies on the impact of micro level intervention strategies on poverty among poor women in Botswana are lacking, yet women are a valuable asset for the economy of the country. Continued marginalization and disempowerment of women has become a serious problem which merit urgent...
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