Existing research and widespread commercial usage suggest that appeals urging consumers to imagine the product experience have powerful effects on product preferences. Three studies examined the mediating role of imagery accessibility and demonstrated that the difficulty of imagery generation can reverse the generally observed positive effects of imagery appeals. When participants were low in i...

Product configuration systems are an emerging software technology that supports companies in deploying mass customization strategies. In this paper, we describe a CLP-based reasoning engine that we developed for a commercial configuration system. We first illustrate the advantages of the CLP approach to product configuration over other ones. Then, we describe the actual encoding of the consider...

Background While over the counter weight loss products have grown into one the largest categories of nutritional supplements, most advertising claims for these products are limited to proven effects of individual ingredients and generally demonstrated in fit, active college aged males. Few commercial weight loss products have been properly examined in finished commercial form and seldom have be...

Background The prevalence of overweight and obesity worldwide has resulted in the growth of over the counter weight loss products into one the largest categories of nutritional supplements. However, few commercial products have been properly examined in finished commercial form and seldom have been studied in comparison with individual active ingredients. The purpose of this study was to invest...

Even with commercial options now available, the North Carolina State University (NCSU) Libraries has chosen to continue developing a homegrown electronic resource management (ERM) system, E-Matrix. This contributor provides a brief description of E-Matrix and outlines the reasons NCSU chose not to go with a commercial product. He also discusses changes to technical services workflows and presen...

COMMERCIAL VISION SYSTEMS In the last few years thermal imaging has found its way into many more commercial applications. Most of these applications require a low cost product with an uncooled detector. These sensors image in the LWIR, or longwave infrared band (7 14 μm). Different types of uncooled detectors are available on the market. Since the infrared detector is the heart of any thermal i...

OBJECTIVES To describe the characteristics of randomised controlled trials supported by the main non-commercial sources of funding in the United Kingdom between 1980 and 2002. DESIGN Descriptive survey. SETTING Randomised controlled trials funded by the Medical Research Council, NHS research and development programme, Department of Health, Chief Scientist Office in Scotland, and medical res...

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This paper examines some questions concerning commercial computer security integrity policies. We give an example of a dynamic separation of duty policy which cannot be implemented by TCSEC based mechanisms alone, yet occurs in the real commercial world, and can be implemented efficiently in practice. We examine and describe a commercial computer security product in wide use for ensuring the in...

We present an evaluation of the economic feasibility of demand-side commercial PV systems in the United States. The product of this investigation is a map of commercial PV feasibility quantified in terms of Breakeven Turnkey Cost (BTC). Results are presented for several PV array configurations, including 2-axis tracking, tilted southfacing, horizontal, west and south-vertical orientations. The ...