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Oral History Interview with Brigitte Friedmann Altman, December 20, 1989
No full textInterview with Brigitte Friedmann Altman, a holocaust survivor from Memel (Klaipeda), Lithuania. Altman discusses growing up in the Jewish community of Memel, education, events in Germany before the war, the Soviet invasion, fleeing to Kaunas, the German invasion and relocation to the ghetto and life there, the separation of the able-bodied and the weak by the SS, evacuations of the ghetto, escaping to live with a non-Jewish family, working their farm, returning to Kaunas after the return of the Soviets, and reuniting with her father
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Oral History Interview with Brigitte Friedmann Altman, December 20, 1989
No full textInterview with Brigitte Friedmann Altman, a holocaust survivor from Memel (Klaipeda), Lithuania. Altman discusses growing up in the Jewish community of Memel, education, events in Germany before the war, the Soviet invasion, fleeing to Kaunas, the German invasion and relocation to the ghetto and life there, the separation of the able-bodied and the weak by the SS, evacuations of the ghetto, escaping to live with a non-Jewish family, working their farm, returning to Kaunas after the return of the Soviets, and reuniting with her father
Childhood socioeconomic position and objectively measured physical capability levels in adulthood: a systematic review and meta-analysis
No full text<p><b>Background:</b> Grip strength, walking speed, chair rising and standing balance time are objective measures of physical capability that characterise current health and predict survival in older populations. Socioeconomic position (SEP) in childhood may influence the peak level of physical capability achieved in early adulthood, thereby affecting levels in later adulthood. We have undertaken a systematic review with meta-analyses to test the hypothesis that adverse childhood SEP is associated with lower levels of objectively measured physical capability in adulthood.</p>
<p><b>Methods and Findings:</b> Relevant studies published by May 2010 were identified through literature searches using EMBASE and MEDLINE. Unpublished results were obtained from study investigators. Results were provided by all study investigators in a standard format and pooled using random-effects meta-analyses. 19 studies were included in the review. Total sample sizes in meta-analyses ranged from N = 17,215 for chair rise time to N = 1,061,855 for grip strength. Although heterogeneity was detected, there was consistent evidence in age adjusted models that lower childhood SEP was associated with modest reductions in physical capability levels in adulthood: comparing the lowest with the highest childhood SEP there was a reduction in grip strength of 0.13 standard deviations (95% CI: 0.06, 0.21), a reduction in mean walking speed of 0.07 m/s (0.05, 0.10), an increase in mean chair rise time of 6% (4%, 8%) and an odds ratio of an inability to balance for 5s of 1.26 (1.02, 1.55). Adjustment for the potential mediating factors, adult SEP and body size attenuated associations greatly. However, despite this attenuation, for walking speed and chair rise time, there was still evidence of moderate associations.</p>
<p><b>Conclusions:</b> Policies targeting socioeconomic inequalities in childhood may have additional benefits in promoting the maintenance of independence in later life.</p>
The antecedents and consequences of brand commitment towards luxury brand buying behaviour: A study of mainland China
No full textOver the last 30 years, China has moved to establish itself as a global economic superpower. This has contributed to the Chinese luxury market becoming one of the largest emerging markets on the world stage in the last two decades. However, the market is still at a formative stage and knowledge about the motivations behind the Chinese consumers’ buying behaviour and factors influencing commitment toward luxury brands is understandably limited. This study investigates consumers luxury consumption behaviour through the evaluation of the antecedents and consequence of brand commitment toward Western luxury brands in this environment.
Quantitative data has been gathered via a self-completed but research supported questionnaire that sought to capture the perception of 494 Chinese consumers located in Beijing within four shopping malls dealing in luxury brands. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling have been used to analyse this primary data.
The findings reveal that brand affect, brand trust and luxury customer value positively influence Chinese consumers’ brand commitment, with luxury customer value consistently acting as the most important predictor. Brand commitment afforded by consumers influences their willingness to pay more, but not their future purchase intentions. Brand affect, brand trust and luxury customer value also have a positive relationship with purchase intentions and willingness to pay more for the luxury brands. This study updates the luxury customer value structure, emotional value, social value and symbolic value in an emerging luxury market context, expanding upon previous studies through the dependent conceptualisation of luxury customer value. This study establishes a new research model which provides a greater insight into brand commitment, its antecedents and outcomes. This study affords a basis for future luxury brand consumption research in the Tier 2/3 cities in mainland China, as the market emerges from the Tier 1 context presented here
