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Consumers perceptions of food packaging: an exploratory investigation in Potchefstroom, South Africa
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)Studies linking diet and health and consumers' demand for health information, has led to an increasing awareness of the role of nutrition in health and disease. Interest in soy foods and an awareness of its health benefits ... -
Consumers' beliefs on indigenous and traditional foods and acceptance of products made with cow pea leaves
(Academic journals, 2012)The study was conducted to obtain background information on consumers’ beliefs on Indigenous and Traditional Foods (ITF) and to assess consumers’ acceptance of, preference for and intended consumption of products made with ... -
Consumers' knowledge of textile label information: an exploratory investigation
(Wiley, 2014)Textile label information facilitates consumers' pre- and post-purchase decisions. Because consumers' knowledge regarding this information is relatively unexplored in a South African context, it was the focus of this ... -
Consumers' preferences for private and national brand food products
(Wiley, 2012)Consumers’ choice of private brands reflects distinct differences in terms of product categories, and indications are that demographic and psychographic factors are also influential in terms of the sales of private vs. ... -
Consumers’ expectations of furniture labels during their pre-purchase information search: an explication of proposed furniture labelling specifications
(Wiley, 2012)This study aimed to investigate consumers' expectations of furniture labels during the pre-purchase information search, in order to propose furniture labels that would serve as a more relevant source of external information ... -
Consumers’ experiences of cold chain food packaging: a qualitative study among women in South Africa
(Wiley, 2013)Food packaging defines a product’s uniqueness and strengthens consumers’ relationship with a brand, in this way offering functional and experiential benefits. Although cold chain food is predicted to become even more ... -
Consumers’ knowledge of food label information: an exploratory investigation in Potchefstroom, South Africa
(Cambridge University Press, 2012)Objective To determine the ability of consumers to: locate and manipulate food label information; assess the accuracy of nutrient content claims and which health/nutrient claims are allowed; and identify symbols on food ... -
The contribution of the C–824T tyrosine hydroxylase polymorphism to the prevalence of hypertension in a South African cohort: the SABPA study
(Informa Healthcare, 2013)The C-824T single nucleotide polymorphism in the promoter region of the tyrosine hydroxylase gene has been associated with hypertension. It is well documented that African South Africans exhibit a higher prevalence of ... -
Conventional and behavioral risk factors explain differences in sub-clinical vascular disease between black and Caucasian South Africans: the SABPA study
(Elsevier, 2011)Conventional and behavioral risk factors explain differences in sub-clinical vascular disease between black and Caucasian South Africans: The SABPA study Objectives: There is an emerging burden of cardiovascular disease ... -
Coping and metabolic syndrome indicators in urban black South African men: the SABPA study
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Coping self-efficacy as mediator in the dynamics of psychological well-being in various contexts
(Elliott & Fitzpatrick, 2011)The aim of this study was to explore whether coping self-efficacy mediates between various distress related variables on the one hand (symptoms of stress and depression), and the degree of psycho-social well-being as ... -
Coping with drought: Indigenous knowledge application in rural South Africa
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Coping with HIV-related stigma in five African countries
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Coping with HIV/AIDS stigma by women who lost their partners to AIDS in the North West Province
(Zhengzhou University, 2011)The aim of this article is to explore and describe how women who lost their partners to the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in the North West Province, cope with the stigma of the disease. A phenomenological ... -
Coping with urbanization: a cardiometabolic risk? The THUSA study
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Cornell product relates to albuminuria in hypertensive black adults independently of blood pressure: the SABPA study
(Elsevier Science Inc, 2015)Evidence of the relationship between left ventricular hypertrophy and urinary albumin excretion is contradictory and limited in black adults in whom hypertensive heart disease is common. We aimed to investigate the ... -
Cortico-striatal cyclic AMP-phosphodiesterase-4 signalling and stereotypy in the deer mouse: attenuation after chronic fluoxetine treatment
(Elsevier, 2009)Motor stereotypies, described as repetitive, topographically invariant and seemingly purposeless behaviours, are common to several developmental and neuropsychiatric disorders. While drug induced stereotypy has been ... -
Cortico-striatal cyclic AMP-phosphodiesterase-4 signalling and stereotypy in the deer mouse: Attenuation after chronic fluoxetine treatment
(ELSEVIER, 2009)Motor stereotypies, described as repetitive, topographically invariant and seemingly purposeless behaviours, are common to several developmental and neuropsychiatric disorders. While drug induced stereotypy has been ... -
Cortico-striatal oxidative status, dopamine turnover and relation with stereotypy in the deer mouse
(Elsevier, 2011)The deer mouse presents with spontaneous stereotypic movements that resemble the repetitive behaviours of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), and demonstrates a selective response to serotonin reuptake inhibitors. OCD has ... -
Corticolimbic changes in acetylcholine and cyclic guanosine monophosphate in the Flinders Sensitive Line rat: a genetic model of depression
(Cambridge University Press, 2012)Objective: Depression is suggested to involve disturbances in cholinergic as well as glutamatergic pathways, particularly the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor-mediated release of nitric oxide (NO) and cyclic guanosine ...
