Most and Least Preferred Colours Differ According to Object Context : New Insights from an Unrestricted Colour Range

Humans like some colours and dislike others, but which particular colours and why remains to be understood. Empirical studies on colour preferences generally targeted most preferred colours, but rarely least preferred (disliked) colours. In addition, findings are often based on general colour preferences leaving open the question whether results generalise to specific objects. Here, 88 participants selected the colours they preferred most and least for three context conditions (general, interior walls, t-shirt) using a high-precision colour picker. Participants also indicated whether they associated their colour choice to a valenced object or concept. The chosen colours varied widely between individuals and contexts and so did the reasons for their choices. Consistent patterns also emerged, as most preferred colours in general were more chromatic, while for walls they were lighter and for t-shirts they were darker and less chromatic compared to least preferred colours. This meant that general colour preferences could not explain object specific colour preferences. Measures of the selection process further revealed that, compared to most preferred colours, least preferred colours were chosen more quickly and were less often linked to valenced objects or concepts. The high intra- and inter-individual variability in this and previous reports furthers our understanding that colour preferences are determined by subjective experiences and that most and least preferred colours are not processed equally.

Getting Off the Water

Brock's Junior Varsity crew of '76 pictured looking appropriately worn out after practice. Their shirts read "Brock Crew '76: Up Y'Oars" Cox: Kari Syri, Stroke: Ed Cooling, Ralph Martens, Paul Kivell, Don Rickers, Sean Stackwood, Clark Wochis, Jack Pyke, Bow: Bruce Petrie, Coach (the leg on the boat): Tony Biernacki.

Sensitivity to differences between posed and genuine facial expressions : are children easily fooled? /

Adults and children can discriminate various emotional expressions, although there is limited research on sensitivity to the differences between posed and genuine expressions. Adults have shown implicit sensitivity to the difference between posed and genuine happy smiles in that they evaluate T-shirts paired with genuine smiles more favorably than T-shirts paired with posed smiles or neutral expressions (Peace, Miles, & Johnston, 2006). Adults also have shown some explicit sensitivity to posed versus genuine expressions; they are more likely to say that a model i?,feeling happy if the expression is genuine than posed. Nonetheless they are duped by posed expressions about 50% of the time (Miles, & Johnston, in press). There has been no published study to date in which researchers report whether children's evaluation of items varies with expression and there is little research investigating children's sensitivity to the veracity of facial expressions. In the present study the same face stimuli were used as in two previous studies (Miles & Johnston, in press; Peace et al., 2006). The first question to be addressed was whether adults and 7-year-olds have a cognitive understanding of the differences between posed and genuine happiness {scenario task). They evaluated the feelings of children who expressed gratitude for a present that they did or did not want. Results indicated that all participants had a fundamental understanding of the difference between real and posed happiness. The second question involved adults' and children's implicit sensitivity to the veracity of posed and genuine smiles. Participants rated and ranked beach balls paired with faces showing posed smiles, genuine smiles, and neutral expressions. Adults ranked.but did not rate beach balls paired with genuine smiles more favorably than beach balls paired with posed smiles. Children did not demonstrate implicit sensitivity as their ratings and rankings of beach balls did not vary with expressions; they did not even rank beach balls paired with genuine expressions higher than beach balls paired with neutral expressions. In the explicit (show/feel) task, faces were presented without the beach balls and participants were first asked whether each face was showing happy and then whether each face wasfeeling happy. There were also two matching trials that presented two faces at once; participants had to indicate which person was actuallyfeeling happy. In the show condition both adults and 7-year-olds were very accurate on genuine and neutral expressions but made some errors on posed smiles. Adults were fooled about 50% of the time by posed smiles in thefeel condition (i.e., they were likely to say that a model posing happy was really feeling happy) and children were even less accurate, although they showed weak sensitivity to posed versus genuine expressions. Future research should test an older age group of children to determine when explicit sensitivity to posed versus genuine facial expressions becomes adult-like and modify the ranking task to explore the influence of facial expressions on object evaluations.

Letter to Mrs. Pilkington (sister of William) from William Nelles

Letter to Mrs. Pilkington (sister of William) from William Nelles. He says he has received his shirts, but not his coat. He would like her to send it. He has not heard from her and wishes that she would write, Nov. 9, 1814.

Agile Sprint planning, estimating and tracking progress with burndown charts.

These lecture slides cover agile sprint planning. I have included lightweight task estimation using agile techniques: story points, T- shirts and planning pokerthis is intended to help developers who are building their personal and team estimating capability

Plan de Negocio Tube Tees

Plan de negocio que demuestra el interés del equipo en incursionar en el sector textil con un producto innovador,camisetas estampadas personalizadas.

Plan exportador Ingenio Moda

El presente plan exportador se realizó para una microempresa del programa: Red de empresarios innovadores de la Alcaldía de Bogotá, en conjunto con Maloka. INGENIO MODA es una empresa de confecciones que lleva 5 años en el mercado. Actualmente se especializa en 3 líneas: 1. METALLIK: Ropa causal y formal para mujeres entre 15 y 30 años. Con facilidad de adaptación a cualquier ocasión de uso. 2. POP institucional: Uniformes institucionales, que tienen como objetivo resaltar la imagen corporativa de las empresas. 3. ASESORIA EN DISEÑO: Diseño externo para otras empresas y asesoría en presentación de colecciones. Para el presente trabajo se decidió trabajar sobre blusas de algodón de la línea METALLIK, con posición arancelaria: 611420. En la realización del plan exportador se trabajaron 5 fases: 1. INTELIGENCIA DE MERCADOS: Donde se analizaron los 5 países Latinoamericanos más factibles para introducirse en el mercado. Se analizaron varios aspectos económicos, culturales, facilidad de entrada, costo del país, competencia, entro otros dentro de la matriz de CIDEM (Universidad del Rosario), para escoger junto con el empresario los tres países mas convenientes para abarcar con el producto seleccionado. Para este plan exportador se escogieron: Costa Rica, Chile y México. 2. COSTOS INTERNOS: Esta fase tuvo como objetivo principal estudiar el costo de producción interna del producto seleccionado, para establecer políticas de ventas adecuadas y analizar la competitividad con las demás empresas con presencia en los países seleccionados. 3. PRECIO Y LOGISTICA INTERNACIONAL: Se trabajó sobre el precio del producto puesto en los países. Todos los aspectos necesarios a analizar para trasladar el producto al lugar escogido: Contratación de SIA, escogencia del seguro, del mejor modo de traslado (Naviero o Aire), condiciones de empaque para las condiciones del traslado y por ultimo, comparación de este precio final con los precios existentes en el mercado seleccionado. 4. ESTRATEGIAS COMERCIALES INTERNACIONALES: Después de haber analizado los aspectos técnicos de traslado y venta del producto, es necesario estudiar a los países escogidos en aspectos culturales, climáticos, geográficos, económicos, en fin, todos los aspectos relevantes para hacer al producto atractivo en el mercado a abarcar. De acuerdo con esto, se estructuraron las estrategias mas adecuadas para cada país, esto con el objetivo de garantizar la aceptación del producto. 5. PLAN EXPORTADOR: Por ultimo, teniendo en cuenta toda la información anterior, se realizó el plan exportador mas adecuado para Ingenio Moda. Que tiene como propósito ser una guía para que la empresa pueda abarcar el mercado exterior con éxito.

Análise antropotecnológica do desenvolvimento de novos produtos na produção artesanal : caso das rendeiras de bilro da Vila de Ponta Negra em Natal, RN

Brazilian craft production plays an important role in the generation of employment and income for many families in every state across Brazil. In Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, among many types found, identifies itself with the production of bobbin-lace, still practiced in Ponta Negra Village for ancient craftswomens of city that try to preserve the art and tradition of bobbin-lace. This work presents the results of an analysis conducted based in concepts of anthropotechnology, on the effects of a design workshop held with bobbin-lace craftswomen in the village of Ponta Negra in July of 2006. The workshop was intended to propose a new concept of products and a new alternative for production in the activity of the craftswomen, on the premise that the laces could be used as a detail inserted into other industrial products such as shirts, bags, towels, etc. Evaluations after the workshop showed that none of the artisans continued to work, indicating that actions focused solely on products did not generate representative results in the production of bobbin-lace. Evaluations also indicated that knowledge about the artisan's personal and professional characteristics, organization, pace, workload, and cultural and historical issues that permeate the activity are essential to the success of technology transfer, particularly when the transfer affects the craft production as it relates to the inseparable aspects of the craftswomen's work and lifestyle

Aplicação da metodologia seis sigma em uma empresa de médio porte do setor têxtil

The Six Sigma methodology has received considerable attention in the last two decades. This is due to its great potencial to reduce processes variability, through the use of accurate data, facts and statistical techniques. The methodology seeks to improve the quality of products and services, maximizing the company s financial performance. Specifically, its implementation and results in medium-sized textile enterprises is unknow, although there are signs that the methodology can be applied with success. Considering this scenario, the goal of this research is to describe the application of the Six Sigma methodology in a médium-sized textile company specialized in the production of male shirts in the satate of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. First, we present a literature review, seeking to highlight the themes of quality, Six Sigma and its methodology for improvement. Then, we show the implementation of the project selected, depicting the steps and procedures that must be performed. The results confirm the efficiency of Six Sigma in providing significant gains to companies. It is observed substantial improvements in the speed of product development and the flexibility of the parts produced, reducing the process lead time from 12.5 to 6.2 days, which means a performance improvement of over 50%. This leads also to cultural and behaviour change, creating motivation for implementation of new projects and a continuous search for knowledge

Implicações do odor na percepção e escolha de parceiro

Why are we attracted to some people but not to other ones? How is this attraction established? Which signs are characteristic of a good partner? These and many other questions concerning how mate attraction and mate selection work out among humans have been intriguing behavioral scientists. It is well-known that beauty indicates something about a potential mate s health. The odor may indicate a similar assessment, if we can assess how pheromones are integrated into human sexual behavior. However, what is the relation between age preference and body scent evaluation? In order to investigate this question, this study´s objective was identifying evidences which show that olfactory cues might reveal the potential mate s age and that it coincides with the ideal mate s profile. To produce the stimuli, men and women had to wear cotton t-shirts for three nights in order to have their body odor impregnated. After that, opposite-sex individuals evaluated the intensity and attractivity of these odor impregnated tshirts according to two Likert scales (4 points scale for intensity; 7 points scale for attractivity). We found differences between men and women on body scent perception, that indicates a better scent discrimination for women when it concerns the perception of potential mate s age. Another finding was the negative correlation between intensity and attractiveness perception for both sexes. We also verified that mate selection strategies are plural, more than one tactic simultaneously fitting in the same strategy, but all of them are related to differential investment of each sex on their own reproductive success

O integralismo no sertão de São Paulo: um fascio de intelectuais

Pós-graduação em História - FCHS

Design e gênero: diretrizes metodológicas para validação do uso da linguagem visual na roupa infantil

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Notebook on logarithms, ca. 1714-1718, 1747

This notebook is missing at least one page, as it begins in the midst of a problem. It contains extensive notes on logarithms and various related examples, problems, and calculations. Prince made notes on the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of logarithms, as well as some notes on navigation. The last two pages of this notebook contain a draft of a letter from Prince to an unnamed gentleman in London, thanking him for his financial support. This is believed to have been written in June 1747, when Prince arrived in Portsmouth, England "without one six pence in [his] pocket & without Hat, Coat, Breeches, Shirts, Stockings or shoes fit to come up to London with." In the letter, he thanks this donor for his support and describes in detail his situation and the challenges facing him in leaving the Navy and beginning missionary work. He refers several times to Dr. Philip Bearcroft, the Secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, who was responsible for his approval as a Missionary to the Moskito tribe.

Studies of the effects of the $1 minimum wage. Wage structure.

Locality studies have also been made.

Studies of the effects of the $1 minimum wage. Wage structure.

Locality studies have also been made.