scholarly journals Socio-economic Characteristics and Perception of the Lettuce Consumer

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 501
Author(s):  
Janiquelle da S. Rabelo ◽  
Patrícia Verônica P. S. Lima ◽  
Marcelo de A. Guimarães ◽  
Jean Paulo de J. Tello ◽  
Ana Régia A. de A. Hendges ◽  
...  

Lettuce is the most consumed leaf vegetable in the world. Knowing the preferences and opinions of consumers of this important vegetable species can not only make the future availability of a better-quality product possible, but also redefine marketing methods and production in the field. The aim of this study was to evaluate the perception of lettuce consumers based on their socio-economic characteristics. Interviews with consumers were carried out to gather the information. The data found with the research showed that socio-economic characteristics such as gender, schooling, age and income do not significantly influence the perception of the lettuce consumer. The conclusion was therefore, that consumers make up a homogeneous group with similar behaviour patterns, characterising a market that is not very complex and is easily understood and accessed by producers, where there are no niches to be explored nor the need to differentiate the product to meet the needs of specific groups (men and women, young and old, people with more or less education or income).

2002 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 133-144
Author(s):  
Judith Middleton-Stewart

There were many ways in which the late medieval testator could acknowledge time. Behind each testator lay a lifetime of memories and experiences on which he or she drew, recalling the names of those ‘they had fared the better for’, those they wished to remember and by whom they wished to be remembered. Their present time was of limited duration, for at will making they had to assemble their thoughts and their intentions, make decisions and appoint stewards, as they prepared for their time ahead; but as they spent present time arranging the past, so they spent present time laying plans for the future. Some testators had more to bequeath, more time to spare: others had less to leave, less time to plan. Were they aware of time? How did they control the future? In an intriguing essay, A. G. Rigg asserts that ‘one of the greatest revolutions in man’s perception of the world around him was caused by the invention, sometime in the late thirteenth century, of the mechanical weight-driven clock.’ It is the intention of this paper to see how men’s (and women’s) perception of time in the late Middle Ages was reflected in their wills, the most personal papers left by ordinary men and women of the period.


2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 565-573
Author(s):  
Jennifer Wilson

Abstract This article is a profile of “the skoptsy,” a Christian sect that emerged in tsarist Russia whose followers, in an effort to divest themselves from the organs of sin, practiced castration as a form of religious piety. The skoptsy believed that before the fall of Adam and Eve, men and women did not have sexual organs; that its—they did not conceive of the original man and woman as being differentiated by their genitalia. The skoptsy were also millenarians, and as such they imagined the world would be transformed following an apocalyptic reckoning. In exploring how the temporal register of the skoptsy was depicted in the novels of Dostoevsky, the author proposes that the apocalyptic religious and political movements that were developing across imperial Russia can deepen contemporary discussions about queer temporality, in that they offer a counterpoint to arguments that the future is the realm of the normative reproducing subject.


2017 ◽  
Vol 163 ◽  
pp. 289-300
Author(s):  
Elżbieta Tyszkowska-Kasprzak

Old people in novels of Yuri Mamleyev The End of the CenturyThe purpose of the article is an examination of the images of old men and women in The End of the Century — aseries of short stories by Yuri Mamleyev. Elderly characters in the series are almost always presented in the context of the end of their lives and are apretext to present the author’s philosophical views on the nature of existence, death and immortality. Images of reality in The End of the Century are combined with the mystique, the belief in the immortal soul and its journey. Mamleyev’s philosophical views are based on Vedanta and Advaita Vedanta. Hence, his considerations do not fit into the mainstream of the Russian religious-philosophical tradition. Old people in The End of the Century combine the world of the living with the world of the dead, they are capable of crossing the border — death — in both directions. The characters are often accompanied by acat — which in different beliefs is associated with the ability to communicate with other worlds — and achild, abeing close to the border separating the mortal world from the amorphous underworld, arecurring symbol of rebirth. Старики в рассказах Юрия Мамлеевацикл Конец векаВ статье анализируются образы пожилых людей в цикле рассказов Юрия Мамлеева Конец века. Старые люди почти всегда представлены здесь в контексте конца жизни, ивта­кой контекст вводятся философские рассуждения писателя о природе бытия, смерти ибес­смертия. При этом изображение реальности сочетается с мистикой, верой в бессмертие души и ее переселение. Поскольку свои философские взгляды писатель основал на учениях веданты и адвайта-веданты, то они не вписываются в русло русской религиозно-философ­ской традиции.Старики/старухи в произведениях Мамлеева объединяют мир живых и мир мертвых, они способны пересекать границу, которой является смерть, в обоих направлениях. Ча­сто этих персонажей сопровождают кошки, которым в разных верованиях приписывают способность общаться с другими мирами, а также дети, находящиеся близко к границе, разделяющей мир смертных и аморфную преисподнюю, и являющиеся символом повторя­ющегося возрождения.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-112
Author(s):  
BUDOOR MOHAMMED THABIT ALKUBATI ◽  
HANISA HASSAN

Kostum tradisional telah menduduki tempat yang terkenal di dunia, merentasi kawasan geografi dan keadaan iklim, sejak zaman purba. Walau bagaimanapun, terdapat kebimbangan dari pertindihan pakaian moden yang membawa kepada kepupusan pakaian tradisional. Di Yemen, banyak pakaian tradisional sudah hilang. Ini adalah penyataan masalah dalam kajian ini kerana kurangnya kajian dalam bidang pakaian tradisional dan perang di Yaman. Pemeliharaan, kebangkitan semula, dan kajian pakaian tradisional adalah perlu untuk memberikan panduan kepada ketukangan yang baik di Yaman. Kajian ini direka bentuk untuk merawat kostum tradisional di banyak tempat di Yemen. Kajian ini mengambil pendekatan kualitatif dengan pergi ke lapangan, membuat wawancara dan menghubungi orang lama untuk mengumpulkan maklumat mengenai pakaian tradisional dalam bentuk gambar di banyak tempat di Yemen dan menyusun koleksi foto ini menjadi inspirasi untuk generasi dan pereka fesyen masa depan.   Traditional costumes have occupied a prominent place in the world, across geographic regions and climatic conditions, since ancient times. However, there is concern from the overlapping of modern clothing that lead to the disappearance of traditional clothing. In Yemen, a lot of traditional costumes already disappeared. This is the statement of problem in this study due to the lack of studies in the area of Yemeni traditional clothing and war in Yemen. The preservation, revival, and study of traditional clothing are necessary to provide a guide to good craftsmanship in Yemen and shaping the future of this industry. The study was designed on the sustenance of traditional costumes in many localities in Yemen. This study conducted through a qualitative approach by going to the field, conduct interviews and contacting old people in order to collect information regarding traditional costumes in form of photograph pictures in many localities in Yemen and sorted these photographs to become the inspiration for future generations and designers


Author(s):  
Candida G. Brush

Despite the proliferation of research, the population of women entrepreneurs is vastly understudied. This is surprising considering women are one of the fastest rising populations of entrepreneurs, and contribute significantly to innovation, job creation, and economies around the world. Why are women entrepreneurs comparatively understudied? What have we learned about women entrepreneurs in the past few decades? What are the future research directions? This article addresses these questions. It begins with a brief overview on the extent of research on women's entrepreneurship and considers reasons why they are under-studied. The article also explores empirical findings in terms of similarities and differences between men and women entrepreneurs, then it concludes with suggestions for future research.


1976 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-26 ◽  
Author(s):  

My contribution to the crusade for the perpetuation of all life on Earth, indeed for the very tools for survival if the situation becomes more critical, has been the opportunity to put the case for conservation of Nature and natural resources over to the public in general, and also to present it to the great decision-makers of our time—the men and women who have such mighty power for good or evil, and on whose vision and actions the future of Man depends. I have been able to do this because of the dedicated support I have received from my colleagues in the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), and from our sister organization and scientific adviser, the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), all working in close partnership.


Author(s):  
Raimunda Silva D'Alencar ◽  
Juliana Britto Campos

Resumo: Apesar das mudanças, as características do mercado de trabalho brasileiro permitem, de um lado, a ocupação precoce de crianças e jovens no mundo do trabalho e, de outro lado, o reaproveitamento de um contingente situado no outro extremo da escala etária produtiva, os da chamada terceira idade, legalmente jubilados desse mesmo mercado. A ocupação informal vem garantindo sobrevivência para parcela relevante da população, inclusive do idoso, ainda que já aposentado. Este texto propõe conhecer um pouco dessa realidade do trabalhador idoso na ocupação informal, o grau de satisfação e impacto da renda na sobrevivência da família. O trabalho foi desenvolvido em um centro comercial do município de Itabuna, sul da Bahia, com a utilização da entrevista semi-estruturada, junto a dezesseis idosos, homens e mulheres. Apesar de se constituir como uma necessidade fundamental para a sobrevivência da família, e apesar de ser um trabalho desenvolvido sob precárias condições, os idosos têm no trabalho um elemento de satisfação com a vida, de prazer e alegria de viver. Palavras-chave: Velhice. Trabalho Informal. Economia Informal. Abstract: In spite of the changes occurred in the Brazilian labor market, it, due its features, in a fi rst hand, allows precocious participation of children and youngsters in the world of labor, and, in the other hand, allows the reutilization of a great amount of people situated in the other extreme side of the age scale, the ones so-called as third age, legally excluded from the formal labor market. As a matter of fact, informal occupation guarantees subsistence to a relevant part of the population, including old people, even if they are retired. This text proposes to understand this kind of reality experienced by old workers in their informal occupation, their satisfaction with it, and its impact, in terms of income, to their family subsistence. The research was carried out with a group of sixteen old people, men and women, in a commercial center, in the county of Itabuna, South of Bahia, using as methodological strategy a semi-structured interview. In spite of the fact that the job is a fundamental need to subsistence of the old people and to their families, and, that it is carried out in precarious conditions, they consider it as an element of self satisfaction, of pleasure, and of cheerfulness to their lives. Keywords: Old Age. Informal Job. Informal Economy.


1995 ◽  
Vol 76 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1167-1170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Schill ◽  
Michelle Sharp

55 men and 55 women were given Schill's Self-defeating Personality Scale, a measure of Beck's cognitive triad, and a measure of the personality dimensions of sociotropy and autonomy. The more characteristics of self-defeating personality endorsed, the more negative were subjects' cognitions about themselves, the world, and the future. Self-defeating men and women scored higher on sociotropy (social dependence), suggesting threats to relationships may be an important source of depression for them. Self-defeating women also scored higher on the autonomy subscales, suggesting threats to their independence may be a source of depression as well. Implications for treatment were discussed.


2017 ◽  
Vol 225 (4) ◽  
pp. 324-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitrios Barkas ◽  
Xenia Chryssochoou

Abstract. This research took place just after the end of the protests following the killing of a 16-year-old boy by a policeman in Greece in December 2008. Participants (N = 224) were 16-year-olds in different schools in Attiki. Informed by the Politicized Collective Identity Model ( Simon & Klandermans, 2001 ), a questionnaire measuring grievances, adversarial attributions, emotions, vulnerability, identifications with students and activists, and questions about justice and Greek society in the future, as well as about youngsters’ participation in different actions, was completed. Four profiles of the participants emerged from a cluster analysis using representations of the conflict, emotions, and identifications with activists and students. These profiles differed on beliefs about the future of Greece, participants’ economic vulnerability, and forms of participation. Importantly, the clusters corresponded to students from schools of different socioeconomic areas. The results indicate that the way young people interpret the events and the context, their levels of identification, and the way they represent society are important factors of their political socialization that impacts on their forms of participation. Political socialization seems to be related to youngsters’ position in society which probably constitutes an important anchoring point of their interpretation of the world.


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