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Publication date: 21 October 2024

Lea Kirsten, Rebecca Garvert and Ramona Teuber

With a growing world population and climate crises, edible insects are a promising alternative to conventional livestock. However, Western consumers are largely opposed to eating…

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Purpose

With a growing world population and climate crises, edible insects are a promising alternative to conventional livestock. However, Western consumers are largely opposed to eating insects. The aim of this study is to investigate the acceptance of insects in a German sample with a specific focus on risk–benefit perceptions and risk preferences.

Design/methodology/approach

Data were collected via an online survey (N = 569). Established scales for food neophobia (FN), risk perception, risk preference and acceptance were used. The statistical analyses included mean comparisons regarding acceptance and risk–benefit perceptions of unprocessed and processed insects. We further examined the role of perceived benefits and risks as well as risk preferences as determinants of acceptance via hierarchical multiple regressions.

Findings

Respondents indicated lower perceived risks, and higher perceived benefits and thus higher acceptance for processed insect products as compared to whole insects. Risk perception was the strongest predictor of acceptance of unprocessed as well as processed insect food. Respondents who reported to have already eaten insects before exhibited higher risk preferences than those who had not.

Originality/value

This study specifically considered the role of risk preferences, which has been so far largely overlooked in consumer research on insect foods. The findings indicate that acceptance of insect food is mainly driven by risk perception rather than individual risk preferences. However, risk preferences should not be totally overlooked as they seem to play a role especially for unprocessed insects and the decision to try insects for the first time.

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British Food Journal, vol. 126 no. 12
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0007-070X

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Publication date: 13 July 2015

Nina Holm Vohnsen

The purpose of this paper is to explore and problematizes one of the oft-cited reasons why the implementation of public policy and other development initiatives goes wrong �…

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The purpose of this paper is to explore and problematizes one of the oft-cited reasons why the implementation of public policy and other development initiatives goes wrong – namely that there is a mismatch or antagonistic relationship between street-level worker’s decisions and priorities on the one hand and on the other hand the policy-makers’ or administrators’ directives and priorities.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper builds on seven months of ethnographic fieldwork set in a Danish municipal unit which administered the sickness benefit legislation.

Findings

Through the reading of an ethnographic example of implementation of labour market policy this paper suggests that when policy invariably is distorted at the administrative level it is not necessarily due to lack of will among street-level workers to comply with legislation or centrally devised directives but rather because: in practice, planning and implementation are concurrent processes that continuously feed into each other; and that the concerns and the “local knowledge and practice” that guide planning-implementation do not belong to individual people but are dynamic perspectives that individual people might take up in certain situations.

Originality/value

This challenges conventional descriptions of street-level workers as a distinct group of people with distinctive concerns and attitudes to their work. The paper suggests instead the metaphor “vector of concern” to capture the way street-level workers’ changes of perspectives might cause interventions to disintegrate and evolve in potentially conflicting directions.

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Journal of Organizational Ethnography, vol. 4 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2046-6749

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Publication date: 1 April 1987

Christine Muir

M & T Chemicals have announced the appointment of Mr David Smith as Director of PCB Systems and as a member of the company's Board of Management. Mr Smith, who was formerly Sales…

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M & T Chemicals have announced the appointment of Mr David Smith as Director of PCB Systems and as a member of the company's Board of Management. Mr Smith, who was formerly Sales and Marketing Director of Lea Ronal (UK) Ltd, has had more than seventeen years experience in the printed circuit industry.

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Circuit World, vol. 14 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0305-6120

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Publication date: 1 February 2006

Mustafa F. Özbilgin

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Equal Opportunities International, vol. 25 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0261-0159

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Publication date: 29 March 2021

Azwindini Isaac Ramaano

Musina municipality is one of the driest regions in Limpopo Province, South Africa. It is, like many rural communities within the country, a low-income area. Nonetheless, being…

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Musina municipality is one of the driest regions in Limpopo Province, South Africa. It is, like many rural communities within the country, a low-income area. Nonetheless, being embedded within the tourism-orientated landscape of the Vhembe district in Limpopo, it possesses the potential for community-based tourism. This study aims to review the perception and application of tourism development policy in the Municipality using primary and secondary data. The study discovered poor enforcement of tourism development policy paired with a substandard knowledge of sustainable and responsible tourism principles. Consequently, the negative environmental impacts of tourism activities had exacerbated. The study recommends a need for improved policy implementation and strategies to advance local communities’ livelihoods while also managing natural resources.

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Tourism Critiques: Practice and Theory, vol. 2 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2633-1225

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Publication date: 30 April 2018

Judith Marquand and Peter Scott

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Democrats, Authoritarians and the Bologna Process
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78743-466-0

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Publication date: 1 October 1902

Certain daily papers have recently made a discovery of such importance that they have been compelled to deal with it in leading and special articles. From a report of the Local…

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Certain daily papers have recently made a discovery of such importance that they have been compelled to deal with it in leading and special articles. From a report of the Local Government Board they appear to have just learned that the milk supply of the Metropolis is more adulterated than that of the provinces, and that the cost to the consumer—of water sold as milk in London alone—amounts to at least £30,000 sterling annually.

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British Food Journal, vol. 4 no. 10
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0007-070X

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Publication date: 1 March 1990

J.G. Davy

This paper discusses some basic ideas about process development and control in Part I and applies them to soldering in Part II. Because it is possible to understand how design…

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This paper discusses some basic ideas about process development and control in Part I and applies them to soldering in Part II. Because it is possible to understand how design, materials and process affect the product, it is unnecessary and inappropriate to resort to the statistical‐correlation methods that are applied to complex processes. A process qualifies for the label ‘closed loop’ only if the design and materials going into.it are controlled. The types, degree and sophistication of control needed for a process are to be judged by consistency of the product. For soldered assemblies, the product is evaluated by visual inspection, and the adequacy of process development and control depends on the adequacy of inspection. Inspection can be improved if it is regarded as a process. It can also be improved if inspectors understand which features are important and which can be ignored safely, i.e., by understanding their causes and associated risks. Much of the criticism of visual inspection, and perception of need for automated inspection, derive from a failure to distinguish clearly enough between material and process variables, between the two types of inspection (product‐oriented and materials/process‐oriented) and between appearance and risk. Properly controlled visual inspection is well suited for evaluating the soldering process. The most important visual attribute to look for in solder inspection is the contour of the fillet, because this is what reveals the quality of wetting, and wetting is the most important physical attribute of the connection in determining its strength and reliability. Wetting depends on just two basic requirements, heat transfer and solderability, and these are discussed in some detail. Causes of non‐ideal texture and lustre of the solder are given, but these attributes do not affect reliability, nor is measuring solder purity important. Additional factors which do affect reliability relate more to design and materials than to process. Failure to deal with these factors can result in solder defects that are undetectable by any inspection technique. The answer to this problem is therefore not automated inspection to find more kinds of defects than visual inspection can, but control of design and materials, as well as process, to prevent them entirely.

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Soldering & Surface Mount Technology, vol. 2 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0954-0911

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Publication date: 17 December 2024

João Varela da Costa, Daniel Filipe Dongo and Miguel Mira da Silva

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the applicability of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) through a systematic approach using M-Macbeth to present alternatives for…

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Purpose

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the applicability of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) through a systematic approach using M-Macbeth to present alternatives for mitigating high-impact instances of disinformation in a community and measure the attractiveness of the options.

Design/methodology/approach

The recent advent of Fake News (FN) and disinformation poses a significant threat to a community, organisation or individual, contributing to the erosion of public trust in institutions and democracy. This is aggravated should the authors consider the multiplicity of FN and, thus, the multitude of risk and their impact on the community. This research proposes tackling FN as a digital risk by applying an MCDA to select the appropriate countermeasures for Law Enforcement Agencies to tackle disinformation and FN crimes.

Findings

Results indicate that to mitigate risk effectively, prioritising risk using adequate strategies and appropriate courses of action is crucial.

Originality/value

Nevertheless, the contributions of this research work allowed us to comprehend the best option to mitigate the risk of FN and provide a realistic approach to support Law Enforcement in decision analysis.

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Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, vol. 23 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1477-996X

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Publication date: 1 September 2006

Gina Costello, Christopher Cox, Alice L. Daugherty, Connie Haley, Millie Jackson, S.G. Ranti Junus and Fu Zhuo

To highlight content of interest to this journal’s readership that promotes current thinking and activities in Information Technology.

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To highlight content of interest to this journal’s readership that promotes current thinking and activities in Information Technology.

Design/methodology/approach

Selective conference report of the annual meeting of the American Library Association and pre‐conference.

Findings

The largest conference of librarians, the variety of programs, activities, exhibit halls, creates one of the best professional development opportunities for librarians. Attracting librarians from all sectors and work environments from around the globe, this conference is hard to describe in a brief way except to say it is an experience. The article documents relevant programs about information technology was the goal of this contribution.

Originaligy/value

Contains information of particular interest to readers who did not attend these sessions. Introducers them to presenters and important hot topics. Provides an alternative to not being present while gaining some information and coverage.

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Library Hi Tech News, vol. 23 no. 8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0741-9058

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