Purpose This study examines handmade clothing consumption as a means of self-expression by exploring the interrelationships between consumers' self-expression, brand love and word mouth. Design/methodology/approach Using descriptive research design, data were collected from 295 respondents in South Africa who posted about fashion on social media had bought 6 months prior to collection. Structur...

We present a theorem-proving experiment performed with a computer algebra system. It proves a conjecture about the general pattern of the generating functions counting rooted maps of given genus. These functions are characterized by a complex non-linear differential system between generating functions of multi-rooted maps. Establishing a pattern for these functions requires a sophisticated indu...

This paper examines how digital technology impacts on an individual’s practice in jewellery and medal design, creating a hybrid practice of Art, Design and Craft. Realisation of work, whether by 2D image manipulation software, by 3D modelling hardware or by hand is informed by knowledge of production techniques in jewellery, small-scale sculpture and photography. Within the practice, the ‘craft...

Sporotrichosis is the most common subcutaneous mycosis. It is caused by the dimorphic fungus Sporothrix schenckii, and the infection is usually acquired by traumatic inoculation. We describe a case of sporotrichosis in an uncommon location with an unusual mode of transmission. A 49-year-old female patient who lived in an urban area of Rio de Janeiro presented with involvement of the left ear. N...

The distribution of motifs in random hierarchical networks defined by nonsymmetric random block–hierarchical adjacency matrices, is constructed for the first time. According to the classification of U. Alon et al of network superfamilies [11] by their motifs distributions, our artificial directed random hierarchical networks falls into the superfamily of natural networks to which the class of n...

To produce hydrophobic handmade paper internal material rosin along with external additive (MCC suspension), internal additive(wax emulsion) and reinforcement were used. Optimum result was obtained when rosin along with alum was used as internal additive during pulp preparation and MCC in the form of suspension was applied as external additive. The hydrophobicity was increased by 92.46% due to ...

The paper presents an approach to tagging of Polish based on the combination of handmade reduction rules and selecting rules acquired by Induction of Decision Trees. The general open architecture of the tagger is presented, where the overall process of tagging is divided into subsequent steps and the overall problem is reduced to subproblems of ambiguity classes. A special language of constrain...

The most effective way to express the mathematical and physical research results is by using formulas. Our article contains formulas that were biggest contributors development of technical, physical, sciences. can be applied in different areas. In this article, we will show how calculate an orbit a miniature satellite based on Law Gravity. For calculations online recording results, are MATLAB s...