This study assesses the fashion blogging content and what type(s) of content categories attract SNS users’ attention on Chinese social networking sites via content analysis and eye-tracking methods. Fashion bloggers need to optimize their content strategies to remain outstanding in competitive online environments. Based on literature review, we generated five content codes social fashion blogging posts, and examine the effect of the posts based on fixation count, the duration, and time to first fixation. Study one categorised posts themes into the codes. Then examine and analysis the frequently used content, how these influence on audience attention through includes total fixation duration (TFD), fixation count (FC) and time to first fixation (TFF). The findings could provide guides for fashion bloggers to generate more effective and engagement content to audiences.

The resale market of used items selled about U$ 16 billions in 2015 in the US. We interviewed twelve consumers to better understand this phenomenon, Our results showed that consumers choose SHP due to economic reasons, and sustainability is marginally considered. Contamination is the main barrier to consume used products.

Unlike slow fashion that takes workers, consumers and environmental welfare into consideration, fast fashion is criticized for neglecting these. This study investigates attitudes and adoption intention of the slow fashion concept among young adults in South Africa, a highly socio-economically unequal emerging market. An extended information adoption model will be adapted and tested through a self-administered survey of 300 respondents. The results will provide marketing professionals, environmental and consumer interest groups and policy makers with valuable insight into barriers and motivators of slow fashion idea adoption among young adults who are a large, influential and profitable consumer segment.

The current study investigates how retailers deal with sustainability issues in different market fields with a specific focus on fashion industry. This work examines the last ten years of the scientific literature on sustainable retailing (SR), through a systematic literature review. 215 papers selected from the EBSCO database are analyzed, in order to develop an overview on the state of the art of research on SR. A comprehensive framework for a holistic definition of SR and for retailers’ practices related to sustainability is outlined. Future research directions on SR are provided.

This research has adopted Word-of-Mouth (WOM) and social support theory along with a social media (SM) perspective to investigate why consumers enjoy using SM and interacting with luxury brand. Focusing on fundamental human needs, this study aims to examine fulfilment of which type of needs enhances interactivity on SM, encouraging in turn WOM adoption and brand-self connection. Our results have shown that consumers’ cognitive and integrative needs drive social interactivity and lead to WOM adoption and brand-self connection. However, no relationship is found between social needs and interactivity. Such relationship can only be strengthened with the presence of emotional support as perceived from the company and its brand.

This research investigates the effect of digital advertising on the customer-brand relationship, looking at the mediating role of privacy risk perceptions on consumers’ purchase intentions. Through an online experiment, authors show how the source of the customized promotion via e-mail (known source vs. unknown source) has implications on privacy risk perceptions which in turn influence purchase intentions. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed.

The carboxylated multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs–COOH) were used as adsorbent for the separation of flavonoids (naringin and rutin) from bitter orange peel. The influence of the parameters such as, pH values, contact time, and desorption conditions was investigated. The samples were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, derivative thermogravimetric, scanning electron microscopy, UV–Vis spectroscopy, and high-performance liquid chromatography. After separation and desorption process, the eluent was injected for chromatography analysis. Under the optimal conditions, experimental results showed that the extraction efficiency of rutin was higher than naringin and other compounds. Moreover, the desorption percentage of flavonoids was calculated 83.6% after four cycles. This research confirmed that this method for separation of flavonoids is simple and less cost. In addition, the separated flavonoids can be used as antioxidant for the future applications.

Highly active, stable and low-cost noble metal-free electrocatalysts are essential for production of hydrogen. However, preparation of such catalysts is still highly challenging so far. In this work, the Mo2C– carbon nanomaterials have been prepared by controlled thermal technique. By controlling concentration of the reactants in the experimental condition, the Mo2C– carbon nanomaterials have been fabricated, which leads to decreases in contact resistance b/w Mo2C– carbon nanomaterials and graphitic carbon atoms. As a result, the Mo2C– carbon nanomaterial electrode shows remarkable activity for hydrogen evolution reactions with a small onset overpotential of 95 mV, a Tafel slope of 62 mV dec−1, an high exchange current density of 0.32 mA cm−2, good stability during long-term 1000 cycles and exhibits long-term durability for several days. This study opens a new method for the preparation of highly active non-noble electrode for production of hydrogen from water splitting.

본 연구의 목적은 농가의 사회·경제적 특성을 조사하여 대상 지역 쌀 생산의 기술적 효율성 수준을 분석하는 것이다. 또한 이 연구에서는 캄보디아의 쌀 생산성 수준에 영향을 미치는 요인들을 확인하고자 하였다. 이 연구에 사용된 정보는 2016년에 캄보디아 남부에 위치 하는 다케오주의 트람꺽군과 키리웡군에서 무작위로 선택된 80개의 농가를 면접 조사한 자료이다. 농가의 사회·경제적 특성을 조사하기 위하여 기술 관련 통계 자료가 활용되었다. 또한 inputorientation data envelopment analysis는 기술적 효율성 점수를 추정하는데 사용되었다. 더불어 Tobit regression은 쌀 생산의 효율성 수준에 영향을 미치는 요인을 확인하는데 사용되었다. 연구 결과에 따르면 연구 결과에 따르면 연구 분야 농가의 평균 기술 효율은 0.67인 반면, 쌀 생산업자들은 같은 생산 수준을 유지하면서도 투입 비용을 33% 절감할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 다케오주의 뜨람꺽군 및 키리웡군의 쌀 생산의 효율성 수준에 영향을 미치는 네 가지 요인이 발견되었다. 토빗 회귀분석 결과, 가장의 성별, 가장의 주요 직업, 쌀의 재배 횟수를 포함한 요인들이 기술적 효율성에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 반면 심어진 종자와 품종은 기술적 효율성에 부정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 추정되었다. 쌀 생산 규모의 효율성은 0.80로 분석되었으며, 이는 농민들이 적정 규모에 가깝게 운영 하고 있음을 나타낸다. 이는 생산관련 비효율의 원인이 투입 자원의 잘못된 배분이나 부적절한 사용으로 인한 것임을 의미 한다.

This study aimed to test a convolutional neural network (CNN) in two different settings of training and testing data. Panoramic radiographs were selected from 1170 female dental patients (mean age 49.19 ± 21.91 yr). The cortical bone of the mandible inferior border was evaluated for osteoporosis or normal condition on the panoramic radiographs. Among them, 586 patients (mean age 27.46 ± 6.73 yr) had normal condition, and osteoporosis was interpreted on 584 patients (mean age 71.00 ± 7.64 yr). Among them, one data set of 569 normal patients (mean age 26.61 ± 4.60 yr) and 502 osteoporosis patients (mean age 72.37 ± 7.10 yr) was used for training CNN, and the other data set of 17 normal patients (mean age 55.94 ± 4.0 yr) and 82 osteoporosis patients (mean age 62.60 ± 5.00 yr) for testing CNN in the first experiment, while the latter was used for training CNN and the former for testing CNN in the second experiment. The error rate was 15.15% in the first experiment and 5.14% in the second experiment. This study suggests that age-matched training data make more accurate testing results.

It is generally believed that teachers are important both to student learning and achievement. Apart from teacher qualification and experience, some studies have shown that teacher gender may relate significantly to student achievement. The purpose of the study was to find out the following- (a) Does teacher gender significantly influence student academic achievement in English Language Arts at the junior secondary school level? (b). Does teacher gender significantly influence student academic achievement in Mathematics at the junior secondary school level? (c) Does teacher gender significantly influence student academic achievement in Biology at the junior secondary school level? Data was obtained from 570 students in seven junior secondary school students in South-East area of Nigeria. An analysis of data showed the following- In the English Language Arts area, and at the junior secondary school level, female students performed significantly higher than male students under a female teacher and male students performed better (but not statistically significant) under male teachers. In the area of Mathematics, female students performed significantly higher under male teachers. Based on the findings, recommendations were made on improving the teaching of English Language Arts, Mathematics and Integrated Science in Nigerian junior secondary schools.