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Psychological and cultural insights into consumption of luxury western brands in India
No full textIndia has always had wealthy elites such as the maharajas, upper class and royalty that consume luxury products throughout its consumption history. The relatively recent economic rise of the middle class with an increase in disposable income is leading to consumption of luxury en mass. This qualitative study examines why consumers buy luxury, what they believe luxury is and how their perception of luxury impacts buying behaviour in the context of India. The present study explores luxury constructs drawn from the literature and provides some explanation for luxury consumption behaviour in India. The findings reveal that psychological and cultural factors in Indian society play a major part in shaping luxury consumption. While the findings suggest little support for homogenous luxury preference, Indian consumers share cultural characteristics of lavish consumption of luxury and display of wealth in social functions. Luxury reflects conspicuous consumption and status, and signals wealth for individuals, and conveys social identity and status in Indian society
Robust outlier detection in high-density surface electromyographic signals
No full textConf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2010;2010:4850-3. PubMed PMID: 2109664
Oral Interview with Eng Peng
No full text26 min.Interview with Eng Peng on his experience coming to America, and how he attained the American Dream of hard work and being a homeowner
Session 2: Mutational discordance: the big challenge in personalized treatments - any solutions?
No full textThe great challenge for oncologists treating patients who are developing or progressing with metastatic disease is to be able to offer a truly personalized and targeted therapy that can have an early and meaningful effect on the course of the disease. At present the known molecular markers are limited in their frequency and reliability in determining the use of newer chemotherapies. Professor Eng discusses the challenges faced in ensuring timely and effective treatments based on the molecular profile of the tumour and the potential role of real-time analysis of mutational changes in the tumour when progression occurs
Effective integration of mechatronics into the mechanical engineering curriculum: A cooperative, project-based learning model with seamless lab-lecture implementation
No full textIn today's competitive markets, engineers face ongoing challenges to produce complex engineering systems with a high level of performance, reliability, value and price. This requires the integration of a number of technologies, which may be accomplished through mechatronics. This paper presents a model for integrating mechatronics education into the Mechanical Engineering curriculum at the American University of Beirut (AUB). A strong component of the model is collaborative, project-based, learning-by-doing experience in which students realize mechatronics devices, possibly of their own choosing, using various laboratory tools including microcontroller technologies. The implementation strategy involves minimal lecturing, a seamless labllecture interface, and just-in-time learning. An example of a typical student's project is presented and course assessment is briefly discussed. © 2005 TEMPUS Publications.Al-Habaibeh A, 2003, INT J ENG EDUC, V19, P615; Auslander DM, 1996, IEEE-ASME T MECH, V1, P5, DOI 10.1109-3516.491404; BERGH CT, P 1999 IEEE ASME INT; CARRYER JE, 1995, MECHATRONICS, V5, P787, DOI 10.1016-0957-4158(95)00046-8; Carryer JE, 2003, INT J ENG EDUC, V19, P581; Djordjevich A, 2003, INT J ENG EDUC, V19, P610; Djordjevich A, 2003, INT J ENG EDUC, V19, P544; DURFEE WK, 1995, MECHATRONICS, V5, P775, DOI 10.1016-0957-4158(95)00044-6; *ENG ACCR COMM ACC, 1997, ENG CRIT 2000 CRIT A; Friedman T., 1999, LEXUS OLIVE TREE; Geddam A, 2003, INT J ENG EDUC, V19, P575; Grimheden M, 2003, INT J ENG EDUC, V19, P569; GUPTA SK, 2003, INT J ENG EDUC, V19, P537; Kyura N, 1996, IEEE-ASME T MECH, V1, P10, DOI 10.1109-3516.491405; LEIFER L, 1997, SUITE 210 MODEL GLOB; Meek S, 2003, MECHATRONICS, V13, P1, DOI 10.1016-S0957-4158(01)00058-7; Murray W. R., 1997, J ENG EDUC, V86, P285; Petric J, 2003, INT J ENG EDUC, V19, P597; Ramasubramanian MK, 2003, INT J ENG EDUC, V19, P519; Ressler K, 2003, INT J ENG EDUC, V19, P603; Rogers GG, 2003, INT J ENG EDUC, V19, P515; Salami MJE, 2003, INT J ENG EDUC, V19, P537; Scheidl R, 2003, INT J ENG EDUC, V19, P532; Shooter S., 2002, J ENG EDUC, V91, P339; WALD M, 2003, INT J ENG ED, V19; Xu WL, 2003, INT J ENG EDUC, V19, P550; 2001, ME MAGAZINE JAN, P4474
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Interview with Mary Eng, 1988.
No full textUniversity of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio., San Antonio, Texas
Louisiana native Mary Eng came to San Antonio as the bride of a West Side grocer in 1940 and became a community leader. While manning the Chinese food booth at the 1988 Texas Folklife Festival, she shares her observations about Chinese San Antonians, many of whose families began in the grocery business
Interview with James "Jim" Eng, 1997.
No full text3643 Running Springs Road, San Antonio, Texas
Born in China, Jim Eng came to San Antonio at age seven and spent the rest of his life in the close social and cultural setting of the Chinese-American community. The son of a Chinese grocer, Eng was a career civil service employee who worked at Kelly Air Force Base and at U.S. Military installations overseas
The Role of Relationally Embedded Network Ties in Resource Acquisition of British Nonprofit Organizations
No full textAs nonprofit and charity organizations face increasing competition, there have been growing interests in how nonprofit organizations conduct commercial activities to raise funds as well as grow their business. However, there is lack of prior research about market-oriented and/or commercial activities in the context of nonprofit business. This study examines the process of how nonprofit organizations use relationally embedded network ties to acquire financial, human, and human capital resources to fulfill their social mission and achieve business growth. The study investigates commercial activity of three U.K.-based nonprofit organizations using the case study method. The findings contribute to insights into components of network ties for acquiring three different network resources of financial, human, and human capital. Nonprofit organizations leverage social mission to improve their ability to acquire network resources. The findings also suggest the charity and social mission of nonprofit business enhance trustworthiness in relationally embedded network ties for resource acquisition
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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