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MEASURING CONSUMER PREFERENCES FOR ECOLABELED SEAFOOD: AN INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
An analysis of consumer preferences for seafood labeled with information about environmental production attributes is introduced into the food labeling literature. International seafood ecolabeling programs have proposed to create market-based incentives for fisheries managers to promote sustainable fisheries. We investigate differences in consumer preferences for ecolabeled seafood across the United States and Norway. Using a contingent-choice telephone survey of random households in each nation, a wide range of factors is found to influence consumers' likelihood of purchasing ecolabeled seafood. Consumer preferences differ by price premium, species, consumer group, and certifying agency. The effect of these factors often differs between the United States and Norway, suggesting heterogeneity in international reactions to seafood ecolabels.Consumer/Household Economics,
Characterizing videos, audience and advertising in Youtube channels for kids
Online video services, messaging systems, games and social media services are
tremendously popular among young people and children in many countries. Most of
the digital services offered on the internet are advertising funded, which
makes advertising ubiquitous in children's everyday life. To understand the
impact of advertising-based digital services on children, we study the
collective behavior of users of YouTube for kids channels and present the
demographics of a large number of users. We collected data from 12,848 videos
from 17 channels in US and UK and 24 channels in Brazil. The channels in
English have been viewed more than 37 billion times. We also collected more
than 14 million comments made by users. Based on a combination of text-analysis
and face recognition tools, we show the presence of racial and gender biases in
our large sample of users. We also identify children actively using YouTube,
although the minimum age for using the service is 13 years in most countries.
We provide comparisons of user behavior among the three countries, which
represent large user populations in the global North and the global South
In-situ acoustic-based analysis system for physical and chemical properties of the lower Martian atmosphere
The Environmental Acoustic Reconnaissance and Sounding experiment (EARS), is
composed of two parts: the Environmental Acoustic Reconnaissance (EAR)
instrument and the Environmental Acoustic Sounding Experiment (EASE). They are
distinct, but have the common objective of characterizing the acoustic
environment of Mars. The principal goal of the EAR instrument is "listening" to
Mars. This could be a most significant experiment if one thinks of everyday
life experience where hearing is possibly the most important sense after sight.
Not only will this contribute to opening up this important area of planetary
exploration, which has been essentially ignored up until now, but will also
bring the general public closer in contact with our most proximate planet. EASE
is directed at characterizing acoustic propagation parameters, specifically
sound velocity and absorption, and will provide information regarding important
physical and chemical parameters of the lower Martian atmosphere; in
particular, water vapor content, specific heat capacity, heat conductivity and
shear viscosity, which will provide specific constraints in determining its
composition. This would enable one to gain a deeper understanding of Mars and
its analogues on Earth. Furthermore, the knowledge of the physical and chemical
parameters of the Martian atmosphere, which influence its circulation, will
improve the comprehension of its climate now and in the past, so as to gain
insight on the possibility of the past presence of life on Mars. These aspect
are considered strategic in the contest of its exploration, as is clearly
indicated in NASA's four main objectives on "Long Term Mars Exploration
Program" (http://marsweb.jpl.nasa.gov/mer/science).Comment: 16 pages including figure
Characterization of bacterial communities associated with Brassica napus L. growing on a Zn-contaminated soil and their effects on root growth
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Towards Research Excellence for Development: The Research Quality plus (RQ+) Assessment Instrument
This document presents a framework and practical guidelines for assessing the quality of research for development. Referred to as the "RQ+"1 assessment instrument, it serves as a tool to guide the work of external evaluators hired by IDRC as part of the External Review process for prospectusbased programs."RQ+" is based on the premise that a credible, balanced and comprehensive assessment of the quality of research for development requires the consideration of elements beyond the research outputs only, or the use of conventional metrics. These additional elements include important aspects of the research process related to design, execution and the sharing of findings. For this reason, RQ+ indicates an approach that straddles output and research project assessment
Consumer Purchasing Behavior in Response to Media Coverage of Avian Influenza
Understanding consumer response to food safety information is important for quantifying consumer response to food safety events, predicting market impacts, and developing appropriate risk communication strategies. In this study, we present a methodology for analysis of consumer response to media coverage of avian influenza and an application using Italian data.Avian influenza, food safety, Italy, meat demand, media index, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety, Research Methods/ Statistical Methods, Q11, Q18,
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