title: Separation of variables and contractions on two-dimensional hyperboloid

authors: Kalnins, Ernie G.

abstract: In this paper analytic contractions have been established in the R → ∞ con- traction limit for exactly solvable basis functions of the Helmholtz equation on the two- dimensional two-sheeted hyperboloid. As a consequence we present some new asymptotic formulae.

text: Separation of variables and contractions on two-dimensional hyperboloid In this paper analytic contractions have been established in the R → ∞ con- traction limit for exactly solvable basis functions of the Helmholtz equation on the two- dimensional two-sheeted hyperboloid. As a consequence we present some new asymptotic formulae.

year: 2012

title: Consumers WTP for wine with certified origin: preliminary results from latent classes based on attitudinal responses

authors: Scarpa, Riccardo

subjects: latent class attitudinal model

abstract: This article investigates preference heterogeneity of wine consumers by using latent class models based on attitudinal questions. Such responses turn out to be an important source of additional information when the goal is to identify different groups of people with a similar wine preference structure. We assume that preferences are latent and the responses to attitudinal questions are the visible effect of this latent heterogeneity. In this study evidence is found of four different classes of respondents with similar response patterns. We focus on preferences for a well-known wine, the Prosecco, and use a sample of the population in the area of production. For each preference-class we estimate a class-specific WTP (willingness to pay) equation for this wine, so as to estimate the class responsiveness of WTP to various determinants. Estimates for a four-class model are discussed in detail to illustrate the potential of this approach in characterizing the preferences of local consumers for the two most common certifications of origin.

text: Consumers WTP for wine with certified origin: preliminary results from latent classes based on attitudinal responses This article investigates preference heterogeneity of wine consumers by using latent class models based on attitudinal questions. Such responses turn out to be an important source of additional information when the goal is to identify different groups of people with a similar wine preference structure. We assume that preferences are latent and the responses to attitudinal questions are the visible effect of this latent heterogeneity. In this study evidence is found of four different classes of respondents with similar response patterns. We focus on preferences for a well-known wine, the Prosecco, and use a sample of the population in the area of production. For each preference-class we estimate a class-specific WTP (willingness to pay) equation for this wine, so as to estimate the class responsiveness of WTP to various determinants. Estimates for a four-class model are discussed in detail to illustrate the potential of this approach in characterizing the preferences of local consumers for the two most common certifications of origin.

year: 2009

title: Cultural Conversations in a Counselling Context

authors: Harkness, Jane

subjects: counselling

abstract: This research project focuses on counselling practice with Māori women who have engaged in counselling in relation to overcoming the effects of both historic and recent sexual abuse. The researcher / counsellor is pakeha. The counsellor / researcher, researches her practice and its possible effects through research interviews with three women. The project offers a reflection on her practice ethics and on what she learns from the women. In particular, she explores the intentions and effects of an orientation to counselling that includes offering and taking up conversations about aspects of cultural identity. She explores the effect of the counselling conversations where aspects of ethno-cultural identity have been included on the women‟s sense of identity. She explores what she draws on as a Pakeha counsellor when offering and taking up conversations about aspects of cultural identity. She also explores the effects of offering and taking up conversations about aspects of cultural identity for the work of counselling. The project shows the researcher‟s responses to the research meetings and the learning she takes to her ongoing counselling practice.

text: Cultural Conversations in a Counselling Context This research project focuses on counselling practice with Māori women who have engaged in counselling in relation to overcoming the effects of both historic and recent sexual abuse. The researcher / counsellor is pakeha. The counsellor / researcher, researches her practice and its possible effects through research interviews with three women. The project offers a reflection on her practice ethics and on what she learns from the women. In particular, she explores the intentions and effects of an orientation to counselling that includes offering and taking up conversations about aspects of cultural identity. She explores the effect of the counselling conversations where aspects of ethno-cultural identity have been included on the women‟s sense of identity. She explores what she draws on as a Pakeha counsellor when offering and taking up conversations about aspects of cultural identity. She also explores the effects of offering and taking up conversations about aspects of cultural identity for the work of counselling. The project shows the researcher‟s responses to the research meetings and the learning she takes to her ongoing counselling practice.

year: 2008