Abstract Drawing on international branding literature and stereotyping research, the current study seeks to answer the following research questions: (1) do consumers' perceptions of brand globalness/localness influence their stereotypical assessments of brands in terms of their warmth and competence, and (2) do these stereotypical dimensions impact consumer-brand identification and, through it, purchase intentions and brand ownership? The proposed conceptual model is tested using data from two countries (Austria: N = 243; Bosnia & Herzegovina: N = 95) and seven global brands from different product categories. The findings reveal that perceived brand globalness and localness indeed influence the content of brand stereotypes by impacting consumers' assessments of warmth and competence. Brand warmth is revealed to be the key driver of consumer-brand identification which, in turn, stimulates purchase intentions and brand ownership. Brand competence is not significantly related to consumer-brand identification (across both studies), indicating that not all dimensions of stereotype content are relevant for the consumer-brand relationship.

Abstract Contributing to the research on sustainable consumption, we propose a conceptual framework for examining the antecedents of two forms of sustainable consumption behavior of young adults—namely, pro-environmental and pro-social consumption behavior. The theory-driven conceptual framework presented and tested in this study is focused on consumer engagement. Determined by self-identity and consumer values, the pro-environmental and pro-social consumer engagement of young adults was expected to enhance their pro-environmental and pro-social consumption behavior. In addition, we investigated how young adults' emotional intelligence moderates the strength of the effect of engagement on behavior. Based on data obtained from two countries, analyzed through structural equation modeling, our results show that pro-environmental engagement and pro-social engagement are significant predictors of young adults' pro-environmental and pro-social consumption behavior. Emotional intelligence boosts the effect of engagement on pro-environmental and pro-social consumption behavior, and it has a significant direct effect on pro-environmental behavior.

In this paper, we consider the dynamics of a certain class of host-parasitoid models, where some hosts are completely free from parasitism either with or without a spatial refuge and the host population is governed by the Beverton–Holt equation. We assume that, in each generation, a constant portion of the host population may find a refuge and be safe from the attack by parasitoids. We derive some criteria for the Neimark–Sacker bifurcation. Then, we apply the developed theory to the three well-known cases: [Formula: see text] model, Hassel and Varley model, and parasitoid–parasitoid model. Intensive numerical calculations suggest that the last two models undergo a supercritical Neimark–Sacker bifurcation.

The objective of this paper is to develop the tool which aids the implementation of test specifications for web page layout testing. The tool combines the process of user interface mockup design and implementation of tests. Generated test specifications are verified using two mutation testing operators. Mutation testing was also performed on referent test specifications generated by Galen Framework from goal web page dump files. Tests should detect mutations with a visual change on a web page. Additional image comparison of web page screenshots was performed to determine if there was a visual change. Verification showed that mockup test specifications are less precise than referent test specifications. Nonetheless, they also show fewer false-positive results. It was concluded that generated tests have some limitations, but they can be used as a starting point for writing more precise layout tests.

This paper presents a novel algorithm for simultaneous position and interaction force control. In the classical algorithms, position and force control are executed concurrently by switching between two separate controllers: the position and force controller. Thus, one can consider the control system working in two modes, namely the position control and force control modes. Switching between these two modes often leads to oscillations in the controlled position and force. Therefore, the safe interaction between a controlled mechanical system and its environment is jeopardized. The above issues are tackled in this study by introducing a new control strategy. The proposed algorithm combines position and force control into a single controller, in which the transition between position and force control is smooth, removing the oscillations of classical methods. Therefore, the safe interaction between a mechanical system and its environment is enabled. In addition, using this method one can equip actuators with a control system capable of performing both position and force control. Thus, a step towards “smart actuators” is possible.

Lifting table has been designed and developed through the concept of Learning Factory (LF) at the University of Mostar. The idea for lifting table design has come from the local industry needs for a lifting platform that should lift a man and/or load at a certain height. For safety reasons, design is checked under the loading using a method of finite element analysis. The paper predicts and explains methodology for structural analysis used in presented case study. Results of FEM analysis are basis for making ways and guidelines to optimize current design in order to get optimal parameters for weight, stability, capacity, mobility and layout of the lifting table.

suitable institutional frameworks for climate change governance in forestry and nature conservation needs additional attention especially in the field of multilevel coordination between different actors and their activities, as well as the acknowledgment of potentially significant influence forestry sector might have in climate change governance.

This paper presents the analysis of the wind effect of four-side sunshade construction. The aim of the paper is to demonstrate the possibility of applying analogy in research, with examples from civil constructions, in order to simplify and reduce the analysis. The paper presents the analytical calculation of the pressure on the sides of the four-sided sunshade, analogously to the calculation of pressure on the four-sided roofs of civil construction objects.

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Analysis of planar or spatial mechanisms as segments of real complex systems and machines in the domain of kinematics, kinetostatic, dynamic, functional and other aspects of analysis can be done by analytical methods and by applying contemporary software applications. This paper shows some examples of complex mechanism analysis using SolidWorks software, which provides a special module for quick analysis with a visual representation of characteristic data mechanism for different members position as a diagrammatic representation of certain parameters throughout the observed motion cycle. Such representations are very useful in designing mechanisms in the manner of analysis or synthesis. Analysis of characteristic points of moving members of the mechanism with the presentation of its path during the motion cycle, the analysis of velocity and acceleration vectors of members’ moving points, forces on the members of the mechanism, definition of the moment or force on the drive member of the mechanism, the path of the executive member of the mechanism, the possibility of collision in the movement of the members of the mechanism, the geometry of the members of the mechanism based on the required path of the movement of the executive member of the mechanism, etc., are only some of the possible areas of analysis.

NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) is a human FAD‐dependent enzyme that plays a crucial role in the antioxidant defense system. A naturally occurring single‐nucleotide polymorphism (NQO1*2) in the NQO1 gene leads to an amino acid substitution (P187S), which severely compromises the activity and stability of the enzyme. The NQO1*2 genotype has been linked to a higher risk for several types of cancer and poor survival rate after anthracycline‐based chemotherapy. In this study, we show that a small molecular chaperone (N‐(2‐bromophenyl)pyrrolidine‐1‐sulfonamide) repopulates the native wild‐type conformation. As a consequence of the stabilizing effect, the enzymatic activity of the P187S variant protein is strongly improved in the presence of the molecular chaperone in vitro.