The Effects of Clothing Consumption Value on Usefulness, Ease of Use and New Product Acceptance Intention of Premium Linen Apparel

Hyeon-seon Cho;  Kim Chanho

doi:10.30751/kfcda.2018.20.2.17

556 The Use of a Concentrated Surfactant Based Gel to Promote Burn Wound Healing

Journal of Burn Care & Research ◽

10.1093/jbcr/irab032.206 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 42 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. S126-S127

Author(s):

Rebecca Coffey ◽

Rachel Penny

Keyword(s):

Wound Healing ◽

New Product ◽

Ease Of Use ◽

Burn Injuries ◽

Full Thickness ◽

Burn Wound ◽

Burn Wounds ◽

Burn Care ◽

Product Trial ◽

Burn Wound Healing

Abstract Introduction Strategies to remove necrotic tissue from burn wounds include excisional and non-excisional debridement. Alternative treatments could promote burn wound healing while minimizing patient discomfort and the need for surgery. We evaluated the usage of a concentrated surfactant gel (CSG) to promote burn wound healing in those with indeterminate depth and full thickness burn injuries. Methods An IRB approved retrospective study was conducted during a 10-patient new product trial period with enrollment between September and October 2019. Patients included in this study had indeterminate or full thickness burn wounds and were treated with a concentrated surfactant-based gel. Patients with non-burn diagnoses were excluded. Data collected included demographic information, injury descriptors, and additional burn wound characteristics. Results A total of 10 patients were included in this study as part of a new product trial. The subjects were 80% male with an average TBSA of 7.5%. 40% had indeterminate and 60% had full thickness burn wounds. Prior to initiation of the CSG, the burn wounds had been open for an average of 41 days. There were no infections or complications with usage of the CSG. 90% of patients reported less pain than the standard of care topical agents for burns. Average duration of treatment with the CSG until healing was 28 days. After usage of the CSG, no patients required surgery. Conclusions Our findings support the usage of a concentrated surfactant-based gel in patients with burn wounds. Patients reported decreased pain during dressing changes and ease of use compared to the standard topical agent in burn care. It also prevented surgical debridement in those with indeterminate and full thickness burn injuries.

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FACTORS AFFECTING ORGANISATIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF FORMAL NPD PROCESSES

International Journal of Innovation Management ◽

10.1142/s1363919617500116 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 21 (02) ◽

pp. 1750011 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

KAI HOLZWEISSIG ◽

JONAS RUNDQUIST

Keyword(s):

New Media ◽

New Product Development ◽

New Product ◽

Ease Of Use ◽

Perceived Ease Of Use ◽

Commercial Vehicles ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Process Implementation ◽

Organisational Structures ◽

And Performance

Formal new product development (NPD) processes have become an important tool in NPD management. However, our understanding of what makes formal NPD process implementation successful in terms of acceptance and performance is still limited. This paper contributes to an improved understanding of factors affecting the acceptance and use of formal NPD processes. Our results show that acceptance of formal NPD processes is determined by several factors, such as ease of use, transparency of discourse, continuous improvement, involvement of NPD actors, and the ability to bridge differences in thinking. Furthermore, that acceptance of formal NPD processes affects NPD performance positively. These results draw on data from a survey posted to employees working for nine large manufacturers of commercial vehicles worldwide. The results should encourage managers to consider and enhance the factors affecting acceptance. This could be done through using new media for publication to increase transparency and perceived ease of use of the NPD process. Further acceptance of the formal NPD process is increased if it mirrors an operative reality and if organisational structures for improvement of the process are implemented and inclusive to employees involved in NPD.

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Morphogenetic machines revealed: Microscopy of living cells in the embryo of the frog, Xenopus laevis

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100146709 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 51 ◽

pp. 172-173

Author(s):

Ray Keller

Keyword(s):

Image Processing ◽

Fluorescent Dyes ◽

Cell Movement ◽

Living Cells ◽

Ease Of Use ◽

Low Light ◽

Amphibian Embryo ◽

Large Populations ◽

Light Fluorescence ◽

Video Image Processing

The amphibian embryo offers advantages of size, availability, and ease of use with both microsurgical and molecular methods in the analysis of fundamental developmental and cell biological problems. However, conventional wisdom holds that the opacity of this embryo limits the use of methods in optical microscopy to resolve the cell motility underlying the major shape-generating processes in early development.These difficulties have been circumvented by refining and adapting several methods. First, methods of explanting and culturing tissues were developed that expose the deep, nonepithelial cells, as well as the superficial epithelial cells, to the view of the microscope. Second, low angle epi-illumination with video image processing and recording was used to follow patterns of cell movement in large populations of cells. Lastly, cells were labeled with vital, fluorescent dyes, and their behavior recorded, using low-light, fluorescence microscopy and image processing. Using these methods, the details of the cellular protrusive activity that drives the powerful convergence (narrowing)

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