This study investigates the factors influencing consumer acceptance of certain types of innovation in handicraft products.Another aim of the article is construct/scale development applicable to handicrafts because our study collected scale items from other studies and tried to develop constructs applicable to handicraft products.The descriptive ana
Determinants of foreign direct investment inflows to COMESA member countries: an integration of institutional and socio-economic factors
Abstract In developing economies, stable foreign direct investment inflow is used as a means of realization of private sector growth and sustainable development goals.However, there is variability in inflows to African region in general and its economic bloc groupings in particular overtime across countries.In this regard, numerous empirical studie
Illicit drug use while admitted to hospital: Patient and health care provider perspectives.
BACKGROUND:Across North America, the opioid overdose epidemic is leading to increasing hospitalizations of people who use drugs (PWUD).However, hospitals are ill-prepared to meet the needs of PWUD.We focus on illicit drug use while admitted to hospital and how PWUD and health care providers describe, respond, and attempt to manage its use.METHODS A
Assessment of the efficacy of an antimicrobial peptide in the context of cystic fibrosis airways
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) offer a promising alternative to control airway infections with multi-resistant bacteria, such as Replacement Windows methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which commonly infects patients with cystic fibrosis (CF).However, the behavior of AMPs in the CF context has yet to be fully elucidated.CF airways pr