Hair Research

Author : C.E. Orfanos
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642816509
Total Pages : 903 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Hair Research written by C.E. Orfanos and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 903 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several years ago a friendly looking young man walked into my office at the University Department of Dermatology in Cologne, introduced himself as a diplomate chemist, executive member of a family-owned, rather small German company manufacturing hair care products, and proposed to me straight forward to organize an international meeting on hair research. In view of the large number of new developments in the field something like this should be done after all, he said; he also promised to provide financial support. Such a meeting should be on the highest possible level, I said; and he agreed. I took the challenge and my visitor kept his promise. Three years later the First International Hair Congress was organized at the sophisticated new Congress Center in Hamburg, in which 630 participants from 36 countries were registered. After three and a half days of formal sessions, informal discussions, workshops and poster presentations our unanimous feeling was that this has been a most successful meeting. The young chemist was right. The idea was excellent. The growth and presence of hair and its distribution over the human body as a cosmetic attribute has become during the last two decades a matter of tremendous emotional significance. Hair can be rather easily formed according to one's sence of style, representing his personal image and his social feeling. If it becomes unacceptable or out of fashion, the hair style can be easily changed; the hair regrows as a biological requisite, without any additional cost.

Author : Joe F. Hair Jr.
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317508270
Total Pages : 507 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Essentials of Business Research Methods written by Joe F. Hair Jr. and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-14 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasingly, managers must make decisions based on almost unlimited information. How can they navigate and organize this vast amount of data? Essentials of Business Research Methods provides research techniques for people who aren't data analysts. The authors offer a straightforward, hands-on approach to the vital managerial process of gathering and using data to make clear business decisions. They include critical topics, such as the increasing role of online research, ethical issues, data mining, customer relationship management, and how to conduct information-gathering activities more effectively in a rapidly changing business environment. This is the only text that includes a chapter on qualitative data analysis, and the coverage of quantitative data analysis is more extensive, and much easier to understand than in other texts. The book features a realistic continuing case throughout that enables students to see how business research information is used in the real world. It includes applied research examples in all chapters, as well as ethical dilemma mini cases, and exercises.

Author : Elizabeth Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317065077
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Resistance and Empowerment in Black Women's Hair Styling written by Elizabeth Johnson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elizabeth Johnson's Resistance and Empowerment in Black Women's Hair Styling develops the argument that one way Black women define themselves and each other, is by the way they style/groom their hair via endorsement by the media through advertisement, idealized identification of Black female celebrities, and encouragement by professional celebrity hair stylists who serve as change agents. As a result, hair becomes a physical manifestation of their self-identity, revealing a private and personal mindset. Her research answers the following questions: What is the relationship between Black females' choice of hairstyles/grooming and transmitted messages of aesthetics by the dominant culture through culturally specific magazines?; What role do the natural hair blogs/vlogs play as a change agent in encouraging or discouraging consumers grooming their hair in its natural state?; What impact does a globalized consumer market of Black hair care products have on Hispanic/Latinas and Bi-Racial women?; Are Black female Generation Y members more likely to receive backlash for failure to conform their hair to dominant standards in their hair adornment in the workplace? Johnson thus demonstrates that the major concern from messages sent to Black women about their hair is its impact on Black identity. Thus, the goal of Black women should be to break with hegemonic modes of seeing, thinking, and being for full liberation. This critical and deep consciousness will debunk the messages told to Black women that their kinky, frizzy, thick hair is undesirable, bad, unmanageable, and shackling.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309142393
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-07-29 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scores of talented and dedicated people serve the forensic science community, performing vitally important work. However, they are often constrained by lack of adequate resources, sound policies, and national support. It is clear that change and advancements, both systematic and scientific, are needed in a number of forensic science disciplines to ensure the reliability of work, establish enforceable standards, and promote best practices with consistent application. Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward provides a detailed plan for addressing these needs and suggests the creation of a new government entity, the National Institute of Forensic Science, to establish and enforce standards within the forensic science community. The benefits of improving and regulating the forensic science disciplines are clear: assisting law enforcement officials, enhancing homeland security, and reducing the risk of wrongful conviction and exoneration. Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States gives a full account of what is needed to advance the forensic science disciplines, including upgrading of systems and organizational structures, better training, widespread adoption of uniform and enforceable best practices, and mandatory certification and accreditation programs. While this book provides an essential call-to-action for congress and policy makers, it also serves as a vital tool for law enforcement agencies, criminal prosecutors and attorneys, and forensic science educators.

Author : Valerie A. Randall
Publisher : Elsevier Science & Technology
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Hair Research for the Next Millenium written by Valerie A. Randall and published by Elsevier Science & Technology. This book was released on 1996 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume covers aspects of hair research and provides an understanding for research in the future which will lead to the development of better treatments for hair disorders.

Author : Pascal Kintz
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128017104
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Hair Analysis in Clinical and Forensic Toxicology written by Pascal Kintz and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hair Analysis in Clinical and Forensic Toxicology is an essential reference for toxicologists working with, and researching, hair analysis. The text presents a review of the most up-to-date analytical methods in toxicological hair analysis, along with state-of-the-art developments in the areas of hair physiology, sampling, and pre-treatments, as well as discussions of fundamental issues, applications, and results interpretation. Topics addressed include the diagnosis of chronic excessive alcohol drinking by means of ethyl glucuronide (EtG) and fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEE), the early detection of new psychoactive substances, including designer drugs, the development of novel approaches to screening tests based on mass spectrometry, and the detection of prenatal exposure to psychoactive substances from the analysis of newborn hair. Unites an international team of leading experts to provide an update on the cutting-edge advances in the toxicological analysis of hair Demonstrates toxicological techniques relating to a variety of scenarios and exposure types Ideal resource for the further study of the psychoactive substances, drug-facilitated crimes, ecotoxicology, analytical toxicology, occupational toxicology, toxicity testing, and forensic toxicology Includes detailed instructions for the collection, preparation, and handling of hair, and how to best interpret results

Author : Clarence R. Robbins
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642256112
Total Pages : 746 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Chemical and Physical Behavior of Human Hair written by Clarence R. Robbins and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-02-23 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human hair is the subject of a remarkably wide range of scientific investigations. Its chemical and physical properties are of importance to the cosmetics industry, forensic scientists and to biomedical researchers. The fifth edition of this book confirms its position as the definitive monograph on the subject. Previous editions were recognized as “concise and thorough” (Journal of the American Chemical Society), “an invaluable resource” (Canadian Forensic Science Society Journal), and “highly recommended” (Textile Research Journal). Chemical and Physical Behavior of Human Hair is a teaching guide and reference volume for cosmetic chemists and other scientists in the hair products industry, academic researchers studying hair and hair growth, textile scientists and forensic specialists. Features of the Fifth Edition: Recent advances in the classification and characterization of the different proteins and genes in IF and keratin associated proteins in human hair are described. The mechanism and incidence of hair growth and loss and hair density vs. age of males & females are described for Asians, Caucasians and Africans in different scalp regions. Details of hair surface lipids and cuticle membranes provide a better understanding of the surface and organization of the CMC and its involvement in stress strain is presented. Recent evidence demonstrates a more bilateral structure in curly hair and a more concentric arrangement of different cortical proteins in straighter hair. SNPs involved in hair form (curl and coarseness) and pigmentation and genes in alopecia and hair abnormalities are described. The latest biosynthetic scheme for hair pigments and structures for these and the different response of red versus brown-black pigments to photodegradation is described. A new method for curvature on 2,400 persons from different countries and groups is used to assign curvature throughout this book. Additional data for age and effects on diameter, ellipticity, elastic modulus, break stress and other parameters are presented with much larger data sets featuring statistical analyses. Hair conditioning, strength, breakage, split ends, flyaway, shine, combing ease, body, style retention, manageability and feel parameters are defined and described. A new section of different life stages by age groups considering collective and individual changes in hair fiber properties with age and how these affect assembly properties.

Author : Joseph F. Hair, Jr.
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education Australia
ISBN 13 : 1743073739
Total Pages : 601 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book eBook Marketing Research written by Joseph F. Hair, Jr. and published by McGraw-Hill Education Australia. This book was released on 2014-07-16 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marketing Research provides a contemporary and managerially relevant discussion of the key principles in the dynamic field of marketing research. The authors take an application-oriented approach, providing students with the tools and skills necessary to solve business challenges and exploit business opportunities. It strikes the right balance between quantitative and qualitative data discussions encouraging an understanding of best practice in data collection and analysis, supported by strong theoretical discussion and relevant case studies. The fourth edition has a new industry voice with insights from Ken Roberts, founder and president of Forethought Research. Ken's industry cases, Food for Thought, tie theory to real world business practice using experiences from clients in ANZ, Asia and the US. This fourth edition has been revised and updated with streamlined chapters, increased coverage of social media, and all new end of chapter material. Students and instructors have access to a thorough digital package offering quizzes, exercises, and SSPS data sets.

Author : Dominique van Neste
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401178739
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Trends in Human Hair Growth and Alopecia Research written by Dominique van Neste and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is now thirty years since William Montagna and Richard Ellis edited 'The Biology of Hair Growth". In his introduction, Stephen Rothman, of the University of Chicago, USA and one of the driving forces behind research on skin at the time, wrote: 'The pilary system is a perfect micr9cosmic structure. In this microcos mos we find birth, development, ageing and death, activity and rest, color for mation and decolorification, greasiness and dryness, infection and sterilization, hypertrophy and atrophy, Qenign tumours and malignant ones." He foresaw the human pilary system as a model for the study of a multitude of human diseases including ageing and cancer. It was not, how ever, until the seventies that the development of micro-biochemical tech niques indeed allowed the use of the human hair follicle as a convenient biopsy tissue for Biomedical Research in general. Measurement of enzyme activities, and important co-factors, and culturing of cells from single follicles all became possible. In the eighties dermal papilla cells were grown in cul ture and this opened the way to study hair differentiation in vitro. Studying hair differentiation is, in fact, studying growth regulation and it is this aspect that by far transcends the importance of studying hair growth itself. Let us not forget that metastatic prostate cancer is treated with the same drug -cyproterone acetate -that is used for the treatment of alopecia and hirsutism in women.

Author : Joseph F. Hair
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780470034040
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Research Methods for Business written by Joseph F. Hair and published by . This book was released on 2007-01 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business Research is a truth-seeking function that gathers, analyses, interprets and reports information so that business decision makers become more effective. Research Methods for Business is a new European business research methods book. The authors present a balance between quantitative and qualitative methods in an easy-to-read style, with plenty of relevant real world examples.Features:A new focus on qualitative methods with the inclusion of four new chaptersEuropean examples Practical illustrations of business research techniques with examples from EuropeNew cases at the end of each chapter based on business problems in EuropeThe addition of a new co-author, Professor Mike Page, Dean of Rotterdam School of Management. Professor Page adds a Northern European perspective