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  • Mechanical engineering design across cultures : a method of designing for cultures

    Creator:
    Van Bossuyt, Douglas L.
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    Mechanical design is often based on formal methodologies such as Quality Function Deployment. Techniques to quantitatively account for attractability, sensory perception, and affective design have been successfully incorporated into these methods and are receiving growing acceptance across many industries. Although the adoption of these methods marks a large improvement for...
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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 4.2.2 Criticisms of Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions . . . . . . . . . 35 4.3 The GLOBE Study

  • Cross-cultural sweetness preferences for a sports drink

    Creator:
    Chung, Seo-Jin
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    Asian countries have become one of the largest export markets for US food developers during the past decade. Understanding consumer expectations and needs in a cross-cultural framework has gained importance for new products to succeed in the international markets. A sports-drink, which is a functional drink for athletes, has been...
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    objective of this study was to investigate cross-cultural consumer acceptance and fundamental factors

  • Middle Eastern mothers' perspectives of U.S. early childhood schools

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    Badiee, Shahrnaz
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    I determined the perspectives of Middle Eastern mothers concerning U.S. early childhood schools using qualitative methodologies. The ecological perspective model presented by Bronfenbrenner was the ideal framework for investigating the Middle Eastern children's experiences in this study that considered the importance of the sociocultural contexts of children and their families....
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    ' and teachers' perceptions in relation to cultural awareness in U.S. schools. This study also

  • A comparative study of apparel shopping orientations between Asian Americans and Caucasian Americans

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    Ho, Shan-hsin Angie
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    Very little empirical research has been conducted on Asian Americans as a whole in relation to their consumer behavior, specifically their clothing behavior. A review of literature demonstrated that Asian Americans have been studied from different psychographic and sociological aspects. However, the apparel shopping behavior of this market has received...
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    system. In a cross-cultural study comparing Korean and American fashion leaders, Schrank, Sugawara and

  • Cultural and historical transformation of judo in the United States and Japan : is sport dependent on the dominant culture?

    Creator:
    Fushimi, Katsutoshi
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    Among sport sociologists, the dependency relationship between sport and the dominant culture has become an important area of concern. Examination of the cultural and historical transformations of specific sports may be expected to provide significant insights into the nature of this relationship. The purpose of this study was to develop...
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    physical activities. Similarly, Sipes (1979) conducted a cross-cultural study examination of the

  • Does the relationship with the baby's father predict breastfeeding for low-income mothers?

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    Schiedel, Esther R.
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    The study hypotheses, based on sociobiology, were that the more committed and positive the parental relationship, the greater the likelihood of breastfeeding and of later weaning. Data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study was used; sample size was 3635, and over half were African- 2merican. In a logistic...
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  • A simulation tool for evaluating sensory data analysis methods

    Creator:
    Naini, Shuo
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    In cross-cultural studies, respondents from specific cultures may have different product preferences and scale usage. Combining data from different cultures will result in departures from the basic assumptions of analysis of variance (ANOVA) and loss of power in testing capability of finding product and culture differences. However, the result of...
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    evaluate the robustness and testing power of ANOVA under different cross-cultural situations. The study

  • Designers from United States, Taiwan and South Korea develop hanbok inspired apparel: a cultural comparison of design elements

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    Song, Sarah S.
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    The purpose of this study was to determine differences in the way a designer designs because of his or her cultural background. For example, would a designer from the US design with the same components of design in mind as someone from another country? The objective was not to explore...
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    . A cross cultural study was conducted of undergraduate, advanced apparel design students from

  • Korean American mothers of children with disabilities : adaptation process and positive transformation

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    You, Hyun-Kyung
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    This study examined the experiences of five Korean American mothers in Oregon and California who have children with disabilities using qualitative research analysis. The mothers' adaptation processes were individually analyzed, and these mothers' overarching experiences were discussed with three major themes: (a) caring for family cohesiveness, (b) needs for social...
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    ethnographic study by Holroyd (2003) showed a slightly different phenomenon of Chinese cultural influence on