The Rise of the E-Citizen: How People Use Government Agencies' Web Sites

Presents findings from surveys conducted from September 2001 through January 2002. Looks at the growth in the use of government Web sites for researching public policy issues, sending comments to public officials, and participating in lobbying campaigns

Digital Town Hall

Presents findings from a survey of 520 locally elected officials. Explores to what extent they have embraced the Internet as part of their official lives and the effect that communication with constituents via email has had on community affairs

Determinants of Apparel Export Performance in Developed Economics

The purpose of the study was to examine factors that can explain apparel export performance in developed countries

Defining Competitiveness in the Globalized World: Building on Competitive Advantage, Comparative Advantage and New Growth Theories

To clarify what national competitiveness means in the globalized world, a social science theory building process was used to analyze existing definitions of national competitiveness and formulate a comprehensive definition of the construct based on extant research and competitive advantage theory, comparative advantage theory, and new growth theory

Japanese Apparel Market for U.S. Apparel Exports: A Comparative Investigation of Major Competitors

The study objectives included: (a) overview of Japanese apparel imports; (b) examination of U.S. apparel export trends to the Japanese market; and (c) comparison of U.S. apparel export performance with major competitors

Effects of Information Sidedness on Young Consumer Attitudes and Subjective Norms toward Fashion Products Made of Fur, Leather, and Wool

This study examined how information about fashion products made of animal-based materials might influence consumer attitudes and subjective norms. Based on elaboration likelihood model and theory of reasoned action, eight hypotheses were proposed and tested effects of (a) one-sided positive information; (b) one-sided negative information; and (c) two-sided information about animal-based materials on consumer attitudes and subjective norms toward purchasing fashion products made of fur, leather, and wool. A control group that received information irrelevant to animal-based materials was also used. An experiment employing a between-subjects design was conducted. A randomized multi-group design with four levels of treatment was employed. One-way ANOVA tests and multiple regression analyses were conducted (N = 1,291). One-sided information influenced consumer attitudes and subjective norms in the direction intended, with the exception of attitudes for wool and subjective norms for fur products. Two-sided information had no impact on consumer attitudes and subjective norms, with the exception of wool products

Squeezing and entanglement of matter-wave gap solitons

We study quantum squeezing and entanglement of gap solitons in a Bose-Einstein condensate loaded into a one-dimensional optical lattice. By employing a linearized quantum theory we find that quantum noise squeezing of gap solitons, produced during their evolution, is enhanced compared with the atomic solitons in a lattice-free case due to intra-soliton structure of quantum correlations induced by the Bragg scattering in the periodic potential. We also show that nonlinear interaction of gap solitons in dynamically stable bound states can produce strong soliton entanglement.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure

Bolognini Competition 4th Annual Alumni Recital

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Examination of Two Decades in Used Clothing Trade: The Case of the United States and Selected Developed Economies

This research examined two decades of the U.S. used clothing exports to the world. All countries (209) were classified into four groups based on the level of economic development. Between 1996 and 2012, U.S. used clothing exports shifted away from low-income economies to high-income economies. For the first time, our research demonstrated that the majority of used clothing discarded by American consumers is exported to high-income economies instead of poorest nations of the world. Next, used clothing exports and imports by volume and value in seven high-income countries were analyzed. The high-income countries not only exported but also imported significant amount of used clothing, which indicates a growing demand for worn apparel in developed nations. The demand might be at least partially attributed to the popular vintage clothing trend and increasing consumer environmentalism. Implications regarding development and implementation of a new classification system of worn clothing and recommendations for future research are presented