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Anthropometry for Children's Clothing: Difficulties and Limitations (open access)

Anthropometry for Children's Clothing: Difficulties and Limitations

Presented at the 2017 World Textile Conference. This paper reports the difficulties and limitations experienced during data collection of the anthropometric study and the adjustments that were needed.
Date: May 2017
Creator: Bezerra, G.; Carvalho, M. A.; Rocha, M. A. V. & Xu, Bugao
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sizing for the apparel industry using statistical analysis - a Brazilian case study (open access)

Sizing for the apparel industry using statistical analysis - a Brazilian case study

Presented at the 2017 World Textile Conference. This paper presents results from a study of the body measurements of Brazilian women using the Kinect Body Imaging system for 3D body scanning to understand the need for accurate measurements in the apparel industry.
Date: May 2017
Creator: Capelassi, C. H.; Carvalho, M. A.; Kattel, C. El & Xu, Bugao
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
"Why Should I Buy Sustainable Apparel?" Impact of User-Centric Advertisements on Consumers’ Affective Responses and Sustainable Apparel Purchase Intentions (open access)

"Why Should I Buy Sustainable Apparel?" Impact of User-Centric Advertisements on Consumers’ Affective Responses and Sustainable Apparel Purchase Intentions

Article identifies some of the most important consumer concerns from the literature that influences consumers’ sustainable apparel purchase intentions. The authors propose a conceptual model grounded in the Elaboration Likelihood Model to test the efficacy of user-centric advertisements in encouraging purchase intentions for sustainable apparel, and conducted a between-subject experiment with female millennials in the U.S.
Date: September 15, 2022
Creator: Chakraborty, Swagata & Sadachar, Amrut
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Food Rule Assignment] (open access)

[Food Rule Assignment]

Guidelines for a "written statement" assignment as part of the UNT class Principles of Nutrition (HMGT 1450). It includes instructions about how students should complete the assignment and how it will be scored.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Connors, Priscilla L.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

I Really Should Change My Mind About These Vegetables - A Signature Assignment with Social Responsibility in Mind

This poster describes an exercise in an undergraduate nutrition class that meets Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) social responsibility objectives and is assessed using a rubric adapted from the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU) VALUES rubrics. It was presented at the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior 51st Annual Conference held in Minneapolis, Minnesota from July 21-24, 2018.
Date: July 2018
Creator: Connors, Priscilla L.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Signature Assignment Puts Vegetables on the Line (open access)

A Signature Assignment Puts Vegetables on the Line

This is an unpublished manuscript that delves into the use of Signature Assignments (SAs) which are real-world applications that embed curriculum learning objectives in routine classwork and facilitate assessment of outcomes across classes and disciplines. SAs tied to key learning objectives demonstrate student growth and reveal areas where instructional improvement might be needed. Additionally, SAs tied to curriculum objectives contribute to program and university understanding of teaching strategies that promote student success.
Date: April 19, 2020
Creator: Connors, Priscilla L.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Student Food Rules on the Digital Library Contribute to Learning

Poster presented at the Society of Nutrition Education and Behavior Conference. This poster describes an exercise in training students in scientific writing to compose their own food rules, and share these rules through the UNT Digital Library
Date: July 31, 2016
Creator: Connors, Priscilla L.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Organic Consumer Body Image Communities Sustainable Farming

Dataset contains responses and analysis from a survey of 688 students at a Southwest U.S. university regarding health conscious consumerism and sustainable food practices.
Date: 2015
Creator: Connors, Priscilla L.; StrĂĽbel, Jessica & Strzelecka, Marianna
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effectiveness of Nature Conservation - A Case of Natura 2000 Sites in Poland (open access)

Effectiveness of Nature Conservation - A Case of Natura 2000 Sites in Poland

This book chapter examines problems emerging due to the designation of protected areas as well as implementation and management of the Natura 2000 in Poland.
Date: August 8, 2012
Creator: Grodzińska-Jurczak, Małgorzata; Strzelecka, Marianna; Kamal, Sristi & Gutowska, Justyna
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Convolutional Neural Network for Extracting 3D Point Clouds of Fibrous Web From Multi-Focus Images (open access)

Convolutional Neural Network for Extracting 3D Point Clouds of Fibrous Web From Multi-Focus Images

Article presents a new method for extracting 3D point clouds from multi-focus images of a fibrous web acquired on an optical microscope to analyze microscopic structures of a fibrous web.
Date: May 11, 2020
Creator: Hou, Jue; Ouyang, Wenbin; Xu, Bugao & Wang, Rongwu
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impacts of sustainable value and business stewardship on lifestyle practices in clothing consumption (open access)

Impacts of sustainable value and business stewardship on lifestyle practices in clothing consumption

This article tests the sustainable Values and Lifestyles Scale (VALS) framework by identifying the sustainable value and lifestyle practices, and examining the impacts of business stewardship on consumer sustainable practices.
Date: October 26, 2015
Creator: Hyun-Nam Lee, Stacy; Kim, Haejung & Yang, Kiseol
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sustainable and Innovative Packaging Solutions in the Fashion Industry: Global Report (open access)

Sustainable and Innovative Packaging Solutions in the Fashion Industry: Global Report

Article states it is the first global report on sustainable packaging innovation in the fashion sector using data-mining to gather a sample of 400 international fashion brands that advertise sustainable packaging solution across five continents. The report discusses the sustainability of the packaging of these fashion brands, testing the validity of their claims of sustainable packaging.
Date: October 19, 2022
Creator: Jestratijevic, Iva & Brodnjak-Vrabič, Urška
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Eatertainment: Utilitarian and hedonic motivations for patronizing fun experience restaurants (open access)

Eatertainment: Utilitarian and hedonic motivations for patronizing fun experience restaurants

This paper from the 5th Asia Euro Conference 2014 conference proceedings explores the hedonic and utilitarian motives for patrons dining in fun experience restaurants.
Date: September 2, 2014
Creator: Josiam, Bharath M. & Henry, Wendy
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
“Namastey London”: Bollywood Movies and Their Impact on how Indians Perceive European Destinations (open access)

“Namastey London”: Bollywood Movies and Their Impact on how Indians Perceive European Destinations

This article analyzes the perception of European destinations through the eyes of Indian Bollywood film viewers to determine how perception is influenced by what is viewed in films. Results indicate differences in destination preference among Bollywood viewers and worldwide tourist trends. Findings indicate that prominently featuring a landscape within Bollywood films can significantly impact Indians’ perception on the destinations’ image.
Date: June 2014
Creator: Josiam, Bharath M.; Spears, Daniel L.; Dutta, Kirti; Pookulangara, Sanjukta & Kinley, Tammy
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Country Differences in Determinants of Behavioral Intention towards Sustainable Apparel Products (open access)

Country Differences in Determinants of Behavioral Intention towards Sustainable Apparel Products

This article explores determinants of behavioral intention toward sustainable apparel products (SAP). It examines both consumer characteristics (shopping values, consciousness of sustainability, perceived consumer effectiveness, and environmental knowledge) and marketing perspective (evaluation criteria of SAP) determinants for encouraging sustainable apparel consumption behaviors. Significant country differences emerge and validate that differentiated marketing strategies are required when targeting global consumers.
Date: January 8, 2021
Creator: Jung, Hye Jung; Oh, Kyung Wa & Kim, Haejung
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Increasing Students Access to Educational and Experiential Learning Opportunities in Agritourism (open access)

Increasing Students Access to Educational and Experiential Learning Opportunities in Agritourism

Data management plan for the grant, "Increasing students access to educational and experiential learning opportunities in agritourism." The project aims to develop an online course on agritourism within the sustainability framework, to be offered by the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM) at the University of North Texas (UNT).
Date: 2022-09-01/2026-08-31
Creator: KC, Birendra
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Segmenting Wildlife Value Orientations to Mitigate Human–Wildlife Conflict for Ecotourism Development in Protected Areas (open access)

Segmenting Wildlife Value Orientations to Mitigate Human–Wildlife Conflict for Ecotourism Development in Protected Areas

This article investigates residents’ value orientation towards wildlife in the context of Bardia National Park (BNP), Nepal. Findings reveal challenges for ecotourism development.
Date: July 6, 2021
Creator: KC, Birendra; Min, Jihye Ellie & Serenari, Christopher
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bonding and Bridging Forms of Social Capital in Wildlife Tourism Microentrepreneurship: An Application of Social Network Analysis (open access)

Bonding and Bridging Forms of Social Capital in Wildlife Tourism Microentrepreneurship: An Application of Social Network Analysis

This article examines a network of wildlife tourism microentrepreneurs for bonding and bridging forms of social capital using a social network analysis approach.
Date: December 29, 2017
Creator: KC, Birendra; Morais, Duarte B.; Seekamp, Erin; Smith, Jordan W. & Peterson, M. Nils
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Ethnographic Study of Collaborative Fashion Consumption: The Case of Temporary Clothing Swapping (open access)

An Ethnographic Study of Collaborative Fashion Consumption: The Case of Temporary Clothing Swapping

This article is the first research that has examined temporary swapping, a form of collaborative fashion consumption, that involves clothing exchange between two people that does not require the transfer of product ownership or monetary compensation. In this ethnographic study the authors explored benefits, risks, and the meanings constructed by eight women before, during, and after exchanging parts of their wardrobes with a swap partner.
Date: December 26, 2021
Creator: Karpova, Elena E.; Jestratijevic, Iva; Lee, JuYoung & Wu, Juanjuan
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Shifting paradigms for fashion: from total to global to smart consumer experience (open access)

Shifting paradigms for fashion: from total to global to smart consumer experience

This review discusses how consumers, the retail industry, and business strategies contribute to the fashion paradigm shift from Total to Global (TCE) to Smart Consumer Experience (SCE) concepts,
Date: October 24, 2014
Creator: Kim, Haejung; Ahn, Soo-Kyoung & Forney, Judith C.
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
Creating Transformational Leaders in Sustainable Food and Fiber Systems (open access)

Creating Transformational Leaders in Sustainable Food and Fiber Systems

Data management plan for the grant, "Creating Transformational Leaders in Sustainable Food and Fiber Systems."
Date: 2023-09-01/2027-08-31
Creator: Kim, Jiyoung
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Sustainable Strategies in Merchandising: Experiential Learning in an Online Class

This poster discusses experiential learning in an online class. The course for which the projects are proposed is 'Sustainable Strategies in Merchandising' where students are provided with the knowledge to adapt and apply fundamental business tools for the pursuit of sustainable development to business operation.
Date: March 28, 2012
Creator: Kim, Jiyoung
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Generation Y consumers' value perceptions toward apparel mobile advertising: functions of modality and culture (open access)

Generation Y consumers' value perceptions toward apparel mobile advertising: functions of modality and culture

This article investigates Generation Y consumers' different value perceptions toward apprel mobile advertising according to cultures (i.e. The United States vs. South Korean) and modalities (short message service vs. multimedia messaging service).
Date: April 1, 2012
Creator: Koo, Wanmo; Knight, Dee K.; Yang, Kiseol & Zheng, Xiang
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Faith in Fat: A Multisite Examination of University Students’ Perceptions of Fat in the Diet (open access)

Faith in Fat: A Multisite Examination of University Students’ Perceptions of Fat in the Diet

Article examining college students’ perceptions of health among foods with no fat relative to foods with different types of fats (unsaturated and saturated). Findings suggest that college students lack knowledge regarding the vital role played by the type and amount of fats within a healthy diet.
Date: July 9, 2020
Creator: Landry, Matthew J.; Olvany, Jasmine M.; Mueller, Megan P.; Chen, Tiffany; Ikeda, Dana; Sinclair, Danielle et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library