How Impurities Responsible for Recalls Emerge in Hand Sanitizers

The global pandemic has created an unprecedented demand for alcohol-based hand sanitizers. This stimulated the entry of many new producers of hand sanitizers, both to provide a new business during the general shutdowns, and to meet the needs of society. Similarly, this created a need for alcohol sources well beyond what had been produced for the consumer market. This has led to numerous recalls of formulations in both the United States and Canada for exceeding the limits of several key impurities, arising from oxidized forms of alcohols, that could risk consumers’ health. Some of these recalls likely arise from the use of substandard ingredients, but others are less easily explained. However, the inclusion of hydrogen peroxide, and the possibly introduction of metal salts from processing could explain the levels of oxidative impurities. This study investigates these questions experimentally using the standard WHO formula as the base formulation, and finds that these impurities do readily arise in the presence of metal salts.

Research on the Trust Mechanism of Individual Consumers in Rural Financial Markets Based on the Dynamic CGE Model

In order to obtain the complete equilibrium state of rural financial market and ensure the stable development of rural financial consumer market, this paper introduces CGE model and analyzes the dynamic trust mechanism of individual consumers in rural financial market. In this paper, the single variable evolutionary fuzzy clustering algorithm is used to analyze the orthogonal eigenvector solutions of individual consumers; the big data of individual consumers under the mode of perceived trust is automatically clustered, so as to obtain the fuzzy analogy function of individual consumers in the rural financial market; and finally the prediction value of consumer trust is obtained. The results show that trust, customer satisfaction, and service quality are positively correlated. Under the same sample expectation constraints, the dynamic CGE model is more robust, and the individual consumer trust mechanism of rural financial market in the study area has higher advantages.

Comparative analysis of the competitiveness of Beninese and Brazilian cotton exports in international trade from 2006 to 2018

This study aims to analyze the competitiveness and orientation of Brazilian and Beninese cotton exports in international trade from 2006 to 2018. The cotton category in this article refers to “neither carded nor combed” (HS: 5201). To measure competitiveness, we chose to calculate the Revealed Comparative Advantage Index (RCAI) and Symmetric Revealed Comparative Advantage Index (SRCAI), proposed by Balassa (1965) and Laursen (1998) respectively. The Regional Orientation Index (ROI), proposed by Yeats (1997), of cotton for Asia and EU-28 is used. The data were collected from the International Trade Center (ITC) /Trade Map and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The results found indicate that the Brazilian’s and Beninese’s cotton has been increasing values and above the unit showing its competitiveness in the international market. In addition, Benin was more competitive than Brazil because it has, on average, a higher SRCAI than Brazil (0.99 and 0.7 respectively). Concerning the ROI, it was found that Brazilian and Beninese cotton exports are strongly directed towards Asia, the main consumer market for Beninese and Brazilian cotton. As for the EU-28, both Benin and Brazil do not direct their cotton sales to this economic block.

Representation of the Phenomenon “Trust” in Medical Advertising Discourse

The problem of creating institutional trust in modern Russian society is considered on the example of advertising activities of companies that produce and promote drugs on the consumer market. In order to identify techniques that contribute to the effective impact on the recipient – the formation of a trusting attitude towards the advertised product, the commercials shown on Russian television from 2010 to 2020 were analyzed. Using the methods of content analysis, discourse and stylistic analysis, elements of component and distributive analysis, it has been established that professional participants in medical advertising discourse use such techniques as the use of toponyms, lexical units borrowed from military discourse, terms, words with positive or negative connotations, presentation of statistical data, construction of a first-person statement, rhetorical questions. It was found that the mention of the country of origin of the drug, which is authoritative for the Russian consumer, has a positive effect on the confidence of patients in this drug; military vocabulary evokes associations with speed, accuracy, direction, strength and testifies to the effectiveness of the drug; medical, chemical, biological terms, statistical data objectify the transmitted information; rhetorical questions, self-narrative and others contribute to the establishment of close contact with the consumer.

Adverse events related to unapproved stem cell products and other regenerative interventions: recommendations for more robust regulation of the direct-to-consumer marketplace

Tweetable abstract Adverse events continue to occur in the direct-to-consumer market for unapproved regenerative interventions and US FDA alone cannot adequately address the problem. Other public health strategies are needed to provide better patient protection.

Cultural interaction between Việt Nam and Southeast Asian nations in the 15th-16th centuries: An overview of pottery items from ancient shipwrecks on display at the Museum of History in Hồ Chí Minh City | Giao lưu văn hóa giữa Việt Nam và các quốc gia Đông Nam Á: Tổng quan về loại hình gốm tàu đắm niên đại thế kỷ 15-16 đang được lưu giữ tại Bảo tàng Lịch sử Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh

This article systematizes the typical covered box ceramics after the excavation of the shipwrecks in Cham Islands, Hội An currently on display at the Museum of History in Hồ Chí Minh City. Comparisons lead to the assumption that such products can only satisfy the needs of the consumer market based on the iconographic interpretation accounting on traditional literature in Việt Nam and some Southeast Asian nations, such as Java, Malay, the Philippines. This article also assumes that it is a product ordered by foreign traders, or the creation of Vietnamese ceramic artists, because animals/other images that are shaped and decorated on pottery have so far not been fully accounted and researched in Vietnamese folk beliefs. Tiểu luận này hệ thống lại loại hình hộp gốm có nắp và hoa văn tiêu biểu của các loại di vật này trong sưu tập tàu đắm Hội An, hiện đang trưng bày tại Bảo tàng Lịch sử Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh. Các so sánh và diễn giải tiếu tượng học đưa đến nhận định rằng các sản phẩm gốm đó có thể chỉ đáp ứng nhu cầu của thị trường tiêu thụ dựa trên những tài liệu thành văn và truyện cổ giữa Việt Nam và truyền thống một số các quốc gia Đông Nam Á, như Java, Malay, Philippines. Bài viết này cũng giả thiết rằng đó là sản phẩm được các thương nhân nước ngoài đặt hàng, hoặc, là sự sáng tạo của nghệ nhân gốm Việt Nam, bởi các con vật/các đề tài khác được tạo hình và trang trí trên các di vật này cho đến nay vẫn chưa được ghi nhận đầy đủ và nghiên cứu sâu trong tín ngưỡng dân gian Việt Nam.

Analysis of the requirements for halal products when they are exported to Turkey and the UAE

The provisions of the halal standards in force in the Republic of Turkey and the United Arab Emirates are examined. The differences in the requirements for halal products established in the indicated countries are analyzed. Halal products are gaining popularity in the consumer market. According to the results of the report on the Islamic economy, the growth in popularity by 2020 will be 6.5%. At the same time, there is a constant trend o f growth in market volumes. There is a report from the Center for Development of Islamic Economy in Dubai that Muslims spent $ 2.2 trillion in 2018, while by 2020 this amount was $ 2.4 trillion. The global development of the halal food market and its frequent discrepancies in the concept, the lack of uniform rules for handling products leads to disunity of the rules for handling products. It should be remembered that the Republic of Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, being members of the Islamic Cooperation, are also the main suppliers of halal goods. Moreover, both states should have the same requirements for halal, which nevertheless differ. In the Republic of Turkey, halal food requirements and slaughter rules are set out in one standard TS OIC/SMIIC 1 General Guidelines for Halal Foods. In the UAE, the same requirements are set out in two standards: UAE.S GSO 993 Requirements for slaughtering animals in accordance with Islamic rules and UAE.S GSO 2055-1 Halal Food. Part 1. General Requirements. A study of the requirements for halal products and processes, set out in the standards of the two countries, showed that on fundamental issues they coincide. But there are also certain differences in the requirements that can become a problem when supplying the same products to Turkey and the UAE.

Research on Online Shopping Demand of Chinese Elderly under the Background of Aging

Firstly, this paper analyzes the main characteristics of China's elderly consumer market. Secondly, it analyzes the changes of the elderly consumer market from environmental and psychological factors. Thirdly, it analyzes the problems existing in China's online shopping market for the elderly. The study found that there are many problems in China's elderly market, including lack of pertinence of market products, complex operation, chaotic market order, many after-sales problems and so on. Finally, the following countermeasures and suggestions are put forward to promote the healthy development of the elderly consumer market: by expanding the development scope, creating the elderly model of online shopping platform, strengthening supervision and broadening sales channels, we can bring a more comfortable online shopping experience for the elderly group.

Virtual Retail

<p>Retail design has always been much more than selling products; it is a way for the brands to express them self. It is what they stand for through their brand essences. Turning their manifestation into physical forms to create space this physical space that interns offers the consumer an experiences. The interior architecture, bridges the gap between brand and consumers, as it evokes the essence of the brand while envisaging in an architectural form and tells one a story. However, since the birth of the e-consumer market, this gap that’s has differentiated the two apart has gotten widen, as 2D webpage can only offer so much. The interaction provided is minimal thus removing some of the experiential and service elements that traditionally a physical store would offer. This consequence lowers the brand engagement due to the limiting physical interaction of a webpage. Virtual Reality (VR) has become largely popular within many different sectors such as education, entertainment and military. This thesis proposes to explore how virtual reality can be used as an extending to the e-consumer market and articulate a hybrid integration for a shopping environment. The thesis will use precedents of brand identity, brand identity “is the manifestation of a brand that can be seen, heard and immediately experienced” this is the embodied of the brand in the physical form. Brand identity will be used to design the virtual environment.</p>