基于消费者感知的面料材质感官意象研究

以消费者为中心的设计是一种确保设计符合目标消费者的期望的方法。设计越来越注重消费者的感官体验,通过消费者感官意象的研究,创造出一种吸引消费者感官特性的设计方式,已成为现在设计的主要核心。本研究以面料材质为研究对象,选取代表性的材质样本,调查消费者的感官意象,确立感官意象的材质特性。研究中使用多种方法整合进行面料材质的消费者感官意象研究,使用多维尺度分析法构建消费者认知图,发现五种材质族群;通过因素分析法汲取消费者材质意象主因素,获得四种主因素;通过回归分析法获得材质族群对应的意象特征。研究结果为以消费者为中心的设计方法提供有价值的设计参考。     

Asians’ Facial Responsiveness to Basic Tastes by Automated Facial Expression Analysis System

Growing evidence shows that consumer choices in real life are mostly driven by unconscious mechanisms rather than conscious. The unconscious process could be measured by behavioral measurements. This study aims to apply automatic facial expression analysis technique for consumers’ emotion representation, and explore the relationships between sensory perception and facial responses. Basic taste solutions (sourness, sweetness, bitterness, umami, and saltiness) with 6 levels plus water were used, which could cover most of the tastes found in food and drink. The other contribution of this study is to analyze the characteristics of facial expressions and correlation between facial expressions and perceptive hedonic liking for Asian consumers. Up until now, the facial expression application researches only reported for western consumers, while few related researches investigated the facial responses during food consuming for Asian consumers. Experimental results indicated that facial expressions could identify different stimuli with various concentrations and different hedonic levels. The perceived liking increased at lower concentrations and decreased at higher concentrations, while samples with medium concentrations were perceived as the most pleasant except sweetness and bitterness. High correlations were founded between perceived intensities of bitterness, umami, saltiness, and facial reactions of disgust and fear. Facial expression disgust and anger could characterize emotion “dislike,” and happiness could characterize emotion “like,” while neutral could represent “neither like nor dislike.” The identified facial expressions agree with the perceived sensory emotions elicited by basic taste solutions. The correlation analysis between hedonic levels and facial expression intensities obtained in this study are in accordance with that discussed for western consumers.     

应用需求侧管理系统实现大客户技术节能个性化服务

为大客户提供科学、合理用电方法并取得最大效益的技术服务,是供电部门开展优质服务工作的重点。结合中山供电局的实际情况,研发了需求侧管理分析与决策系统,以实现大客户技术节能个性化服务功能的应用,从技术上为客户节能降耗创造条件。     

居民峰谷分时电价研究

研究了推广居民峰谷电价与负荷削峰填谷的关系。介绍了国内外居民峰谷电价情况,从对居民的消费心理及生活用电情况分析,提出了电网峰谷电价的设计方案。通过对不同电价设计方案的分析,推荐了居民峰谷分时电价的方案。     

Environmental and economic feasibility of palm oil biodiesel in the Mexican transportation sector

This study analyses the environmental and economic feasibility of producing palm oil-based biodiesel in Mexico in order to substitute of diesel fuel consumption using B5 until 2015 and B10 from 2016 to 2031 in the transportation sector. Two scenarios were created by projecting demand and costs for biodiesel as well as greenhouse gases emissions reduction over the next 26 years. In the environmental section, avoided emissions of Particulate matter, Total Hydrocarbons, Carbon Monoxide, Sulphur Dioxide, and Carbon Dioxide as well as the increase in Nitrous Oxide emissions were estimated for each scenario. In the economic section, a cost–benefit analysis of biodiesel substitution was implemented, and mitigation costs of Carbon Dioxide were estimated. Our results show that the feasibility of palm oil biodiesel use is directly related to the implementation of fiscal incentives, such as the exemption from tax (Special Tax on Production and Services).     

光影诗篇——墨西哥建筑艺术中的地域智慧与启迪

强烈的光照作为墨西哥一个十分突出的地域特征,对墨西哥的气候、文化乃至民众的生活习惯都产生了巨大的影响。墨西哥建筑师敏锐地捕捉到这一特征,融入自己的理解和想象,在光影与空间的交织、变化中呈现出丰富的情感色彩,使得建筑与人之间建立起直触心灵的对话。随着时代的变迁和文化的发展,建筑所要实现的功能、表达的情感在不断改变,而建筑师们对于光影的处理手段也趋于多元化,从而产生了越来越多极具特色的建筑形式。通过对墨西哥不同历史时期建筑的分析,来研究墨西哥建筑师运用光影塑造不同情感空间的多种手法和传承关系。     

Behind the kitchen door: A novel mixed method approach for exploring the food provisioning practices of the older consumer

Social Practice Theory offers a theoretical approach to understanding habitual, mundane and tacitly enacted practices that are performed within the domestic environment. To support the practical adoption of this theory, this paper reports and reflects upon a methodological application of Social Practice Theory which was used to investigate the domestic kitchen-based practices of older adults (aged 60+) in order to understand the role of food safety within the everyday performance of these. Social Practice Theory requires a research design that situates data generation techniques into the ‘space’ in which the practices are performed and gives equal investigative consideration to the physical and social spheres of practices. We demonstrate that these methodological principles necessitate the use of mixed methods, and this case study presents a ‘tool-kit’ of data generation techniques that produced visual, verbal, textual, technical and scientific data. Through the presentation of results at the level of the individual household, the case study demonstrates how the different data streams acted as analytical lenses which facilitated data corroboration and comparison, and provided the basis for a grounded conceptual elaboration of domestically situated food provisioning and handling practices and the role of food safety within these.     

Occurrence and factors associated with the presence of aflatoxin M1 in breast milk samples of nursing mothers in central Mexico

Aflatoxin M₁ (AFM₁) is the main mycotoxin frequently found in milk and dairy products. Exposure of infants to AFM₁ is of great health public concern because of its toxic and carcinogenic properties. The aim of this study was to determine the occurrence, levels and factors associated with the presence of aflatoxin M₁ in breast milk samples of nursing mothers in central Mexico. A total of 112 samples were collected and analyzed by a competitive-ELISA assay during January–August 2014. A Semi-Quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire was used to determine weekly intake of food groups. Results showed that 89% of breast milk samples contained AFM₁ in a range of 3.01–34.24 ng/L. AFM₁ mean level was significantly higher (P < 0.05) in winter (12.78 ng/L) and spring (12.09 ng/L) than summer (7.91 ng/L). It was also detected that 7% of samples exceeded the European Community regulation (25 ng/L) for milk infant formula. The presence of aflatoxin M₁ was significantly associated (P < 0.05) to consumption of egg, cola drink and sunflower oil. The high occurrence and noticeable levels of AFM₁ detected, as well as the mean AFM₁ estimated daily intake (2.35 ng/kg b.w./day) suggested, for the first time, that breast-fed infants in the central region of Mexico, may be exposed to significant levels of this toxin through mother's breast milk.     

配电网中容量电费定价方法

在传统的配电网容量电费的电价中，只考虑了用户的容量大小，而没有考虑用户的功率因素、用户对供电的可靠性要求以及用户的具体位置等用户属性。通过对配电网用户属性的分析，提出了一种用模糊聚类的方法对配电网内不同性质的用户进行分类的方法，并依照此分类将配电网中的容量费用按一定的权重在不同类别的用户间进行分配。此全新的容量电费电价方法，较全面地考虑了用户容量大小、用户的具体位置、用户的功率因数、用户对供电的可靠性要求等因素，避免了将配电网内的投资费用仅按容量进行分摊的局限性，使配电网内的投资费用的分摊趋于合理。实例研究表明，该容量电费的定价方法能更合理地反映用户的属性。     

Mexican American middle school students' goal intentions in mathematics and science: A test of social cognitive career theory.

This study examined whether sociocontextual and sociocognitive variables explained the math/science goals of 409 Mexican American youth using a modified version of R. W. Lent, S. D. Brown, and G. Hackett's (1994) social cognitive career theory. Results from structural equation modeling indicated that the hypothesized model explained a significant amount of variance in math/science goals for both Mexican American girls and boys. Findings suggested that gender did not moderate relations among the variables in the hypothesized model. Results also suggested that most of the social cognitive career theory propositions tested were supported. Specifically, social class predicted math/science past performance accomplishments. Math/science past performance accomplishments and perceived parent support predicted math/science self-efficacy. Furthermore, math/science self-efficacy predicted math/science outcome expectations, and together with math/science interests, these sociocognitive variables predicted math/science interests and goals. Contrary to expectations, generation status, Anglo orientation, and Mexican orientation did not predict math/science past performance accomplishments, and past performance accomplishments did not predict math/science outcome expectations. Furthermore, Anglo orientation and perceived social support from parents, teachers, classmates, and a close friend did not predict math/science goals. Suggestions for future research and implications of the results are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)