This paper reviews the literature concerning absconding in mental health. Absconding from mental health in patient units remains a concern and challenge to the therapeutic work conducted in the ward and can result in adverse events such as injury, suicide and even harm to others especially relatives. Careful assessment of absconding risk must occur upon admission and appropriate care interventi...

Since the late 1990s, online shopping has taken off as an increasing number of consumers purchase increasingly diversified products on the Internet. Given that how to attract and retain consumers is critical to the success of online retailers, research on the antecedents of consumer acceptance of online shopping has attracted widespread attention. There has yet to be a holistic view of online s...

The authors have been concentrating on developing a convenient 3D measurement method using consumer grade digital cameras, and software “3DiVision” has been designed to perform convenient 3D measurements under the key words; 3Dimension, Digital image and Visualization. “3DiVision” has shown the capability to compute both exterior and interior orientation parameters simultaneously without GCP on...

True success of Serious Games depends on consumers' realization of the inherent value of those products for various self-efficacy applications in life. Additionally, there exist numerous challenges for Serious Games developers from a market perspective including smaller consumer audiences, higher development cost, the need for embedded evaluation and assessment functionality, as well as insuffi...

Anti-consumption studies are gaining in popularity, but doubt remains as to whether they can add anything unique to consumer research and marketing that other similar topics cannot. This article attempts to explain the distinctive nature of anti-consumption and how it can contribute to the understanding of marketing beyond other related phenomena, such as ethical consumption, environmental cons...

In this paper, we focus on digital content markets (DCMs), which have typically been seen as an offspring of technological and business innovations. However, recent trends indicate that these two perspectives are not enough when attempting to understand how DCMs actually work. Technology is obviously a prerequisite for business innovations, which in turn provide new possibilities for consumers....

Some surgical innovations are no-brainers. No randomized clinical trial was needed when Ann Miller awoke from her puerperal sepsis after an ‘‘off-label’’ injection of penicillin. The Institutional Review Board did not complain when Harvey Cushing, after a bloody initial foray, successfully resected a hypervascular parietal tumor using William T. Bovie’s new electrodesiccator. When Reuben Setlif...

Journal of Texas Consumer Law onsumer Protection has its deep roots in the rich soil of Indian civilization, which dates back to 3200 B.C. In ancient India, human values were cherished and ethical practices were considered of great importance. However, the rulers felt that the welfare of their subjects was the primary area of concern. They showed keen interest in regulating not only the social ...