Physical Sciences and Engineering

Role of marketing cues in affecting attitude towards organic & sustainable cosmetics: values as moderators

Sustainability is based on a simple procedure: Everything that we need for our survival and well being depends directly or indirectly on our natural environment. Being sustainable allows a business to choose what part of product contributes to the goal of sustainability- ingredients, the process of production, packaging, shipping and anything else that may fit in the 12 principles of green chemistry. Global organic and sustainable skin care market is poised to reach US $ 22 billion by 2024 and it’s the conscious consumer who is powering this staggering growth.

A recommended digital forensic readiness framework for Nigerian banks

With the coming of the internet manual method of doing businesses has change dramatically to a computerized way of doing operations, similarly it also possess a threat to information security. Consequently, organizations’ that fells to address or take serious security measures are likely to fall under cyber-attacks, therefore vital information will be damage. To minimize such occurrences in both public and private organization there is a need to have digital forensic framework that they will be used in other to protect sensitive information from being compromise.

Design for anti-brand counterfeit and brand protection through a study of semiotics and consumer vals (values and lifestyle)

Lifestyle is a person's pattern of life expressed by one's activities, interests, and opinions. This study focused on VALS study of luxury goods (luxury brands) consumption. Counterfeiting is the main problem for luxury products and brands. This study aimed to analyze brand recognition, brand categorization and purchase intention of respondents in buying smartphone and perfume products designed in the attribute of name and appearance with a semiotic approach.This study used experimental design. The data were obtained through online questionnaires distributed to 120 respondents.

Comparison between parameters of elderly with and without hypovitaminosis d

Objective: the objective of this study was to compare laboratory parameters of elderly individuals with and without hypovitaminosis D. Methods: this is an epidemiological, cross-sectional, analytical study, nested with a cohort of elderly residents in Aiquara-Bahia, Brazil. Of 231 elderly people, data were obtained: socioeconomic, health conditions, lifestyle, hematological, biochemical and hormonal exams. The data were analyzed in the SPSS, obtaining the frequencies and percentages of categorical variables and median blood parameters.

Research on teaching mode of engineering materials for undergraduate major of nondestructive testing

The advantages and disadvantages of several popular teaching modes are analyzed, and puts forward and designs interactive teaching modes for Engineering Material courses. A total of 108 students from 4 classes were selected as experiencers of the teaching mode. Specific teaching contents are selected for teaching practice according to various teaching modes. Questionnaire survey was designed after class. The questions mainly related to the teaching effect and students' satisfaction with the course, and the survey results were processed and analyzed.

Computer analysis of magnetic devices of information control systems automatics

In the paper the possibility of computer analysis of quite complex magnetic devices used in information control systems by one of the numerical methods, by the method of secondary sources, is considered. The proposed calculation algorithm allows the use a variety of computing systems and this can significantly reduce the complexity of the process and allow virtually less error. In this case, it is possible to effectively apply this method for wider range of various magnetic elements and devices of information control systems automatics.

Effects of exergames on the variability of the heart rate of university students

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effects of an EXG on the variability of the heart rate (HRV) in young people. The participants were divided into two groups: Exergame Group (GE) and Control Group (GC). Initially, anthropometric assessments were performed and to analyze the physical activity's level the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) short version was used. The HRV was recorded through the Polar V800® heart rate monitors in both groups in two moments, before and after 11 weeks and the data was transferred to the Kubios® software for analysis.

Statistical quantum mechanics with the group su (3), with antiperiodic boundary conditions depending on the creation and annihilation operators at t≠0

In this research we introduce creation and annihilation operators in relation with the pure homogenous gauge field) global) and impulse operators. Calculate massless quarks contributions to the time evolution for the ensemble average of the square of the global operator, and of the square of the impulse operator as well as the average of the global operator. Investigate the phase transition and the critical temperature as well as the duration of this transition.