The European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM) has recently been established. The Centre will co-ordinate at Community level the validation of alternative test methods, maintain a database and act as a focal point for the exchange of information on alternative procedure, and carry out research and training. ECVAM aims to promote dialogue between legislators, industries, b...

1. Is it possible that, by using Ronidazole (E-759) in the feedingstuffs for turkeys, according to the conditions set up by Council Directive 70/524/EEC (1) (See background), residues with the intact nitroimidazole structures may still be present, beyond the six-day pre slaughter withdrawal period? 2. In view of (1) above, may the consumer be exposed to these residues ? and would these residues...

1 of 11 26/09/2007 1:19 PM The wireless economy is expanding internationally, led by the popularity in mobile phones. We view the wireless economy as growing in three distinct, but inter–related areas: consumer transactions (mCommerce), enterprise solutions (mEnterprise); and, other ser vices to individuals and organisations (mServices). This paper surveys the wireless landscape, specifically f...

President Nixon’s enactment of the 90-day “wage and price freeze” in 1971 appears to have met with mixed reaction from business circles. This would not seem surprising in view of the fact that the President’s announcement climaxed a year of relatively ineffective inflationary curbs, declining corporate profits, and business uncertainties of massive proportions. Throughout most of 1970 and the i...

This study aims to study the effect of elimination of government intervention and liberalizationin meat market in rural area in Iran on consumer welfare with time series data for 1981-2007.An alternative partial equilibrium model was developed to examine the welfare effect of meattrade liberalization. Result show that on producer side, government budget (subsidy onproduction), foreign exchange ...

Is the impact of sales promotion on consumer perception mediated by its hedonic and utilitarian benefits in the context of Indian consumers?  Is gender having a moderating impact on the relationship between the benefits of sales promotion and consumer perception?  Authors examined both questions using a partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). Findings revealed that hedonic ...

Our primary goal of this paper is to contribute to a theoretical understanding of why we blog by suggesting a general view on the explosive popularity of blogging through the analysis of the behavior of bloggers and the consumption of blogs from a perspective of the active consumer theory. A further goal is to provide a review of competing theories and previous work that could explain the aspec...

The present study was focused on supply chain analysis of fresh guava in order to evaluate existing marketing supply chains (SC1: Producer - Consumer, SC2: Producer - Retailer - Consumer, SC3: Producer - Commission agent - Retailer - Consumer, SC4: Producer - Commission agent - Wholesaler - Retailer - Consumer) for two variety (allahabad safeda and apple guava) of guava. The gross marketing pri...

In recent years, a synergy has emerged between the social and biological sciences, in efforts to gain a deeper understanding of human cognition and behavior. A longtime common view among social scientists had been that social and behavioral processes could be studied in relative isolation from the brain (and, more generally, the body), and consequently from the evolution or genetics that forged...