This paper questions some aspects of attribute acceptance sampling in light of the original concepts of hypothesis testing from Neyman and Pearson (NP). Attribute acceptance sampling in industry, as developed by Dodge and Romig (DR), generally follows the international standards of ISO 2859, and similarly the Brazilian standards NBR 5425 to NBR 5427 and the United States Standards ANSI/ASQC Z1....

Mobile commerce (m-commerce) is an increasingly important component of the consumer and business marketplace which, according to ABI Research, is expected to grow to $119 billion in 2015. With the large number of users and the prevalence of smart phones, m-commerce presents an opportunity for businesses to expand their market (and the potential threat to lose market share if they do not partici...

Egypt is currently one of the leading nations especially in the Middle East region with a well-established e-commerce environment and advanced IT infrastructure, but rapid growth of e-commerce will soon occur in other nations with similar consumption patterns. This study tests a model of antecedents (consumer experience, propensity to trust, reputation, perceived website size, ease of use, perc...

Citation: Unmack JL, Bud Jenkins VC and Shammas MA (2017) Redefining Board Certified Toxicologist by Consumer Products Safety Commission May Increase Potential Risk of Exposure to Carcinogens among Consumers in United States of America. Front. Public Health 5:29. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00029 Redefining Board Certified Toxicologist by Consumer products Safety Commission May increase potential R...

Citation: Ahmad GR, Kumar S, Ahmad D and Shammas MA (2017) Risk Assessment to Evaluate if Crayons Complying with the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 for Lead, Also Comply with California Proposition 65. Front. Public Health 5:130. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00130 Risk Assessment to Evaluate if Crayons Complying with the Consumer product Safety improvement Act of 2008 for Lead, Also...

Improvements in communications technology enable consumers to receive information through diverse channels. In the case of avian influenza, information repeated by the mass media socially amplifies the consumer awareness of risks. Facing indeterminate risks, consumers may feel anxious and increase their risk perception. When consumers trust the information published by the media, their uncertai...

This research analyzes consumer privacy issues pertaining to the newly developing wireless marketing context, specifically, wireless advertising messaging (WAM). We develop a conceptual framework named as DIGs to assess the efficacy of industry self-regulation, government legislation, and technological solutions in ensuring consumer privacy in WAM. In addition to enhancing our theoretical under...

In 2009, the French Health Ministry requested the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) to assess the risks for consumers regarding exposure to suspected endocrine disruptors (EDs) and/or reproductive toxicants (R2s). For the purpose of the study consumer products containing the selected EDs were identified from a national sector survey among manufacture...