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Article: Longitudinal Relationships Among Internalization of the Media Ideal, Peer Social Comparison, and Body Dissatisfaction: Implications for the Tripartite Influence Model.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Sociocultural theory of body dissatisfaction posits that internalization of the media ideal and appearance comparison are predictors of body dissatisfaction, a key risk factor for eating disorders. However, no data exist regarding the longitudinal relationships between these variables. The aim of this study was to explore longitudinal relationships among internalization of the media-ideal, social appearance comparison, and body dissatisfaction. A sample of 277 Grade 7 school girls (M age = 12.77 years, SD = 0.44) completed measures of internalization of the media ideal, social appearance comparison, and body dissatisfaction at baseline, 8 months, and 14 months. Path analyses indicated that baseline internalization of the media ideal predicted social appearance comparison and body dissatisfaction at 8 months, and social appearance comparison at 8 months predicted body dissatisfaction at 14 months. A reciprocal effect emerged with body dissatisfaction at 8 months predicting internalization of the media ideal at 14 months. The findings inform sociocultural theory of body dissatisfaction, suggesting that internalization of the media ideal precedes and predicts appearance comparison and that body image interventions that target internalization of the media ideal, and social appearance comparison as well as body dissatisfaction are likely to be effective. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2015 APA, all rights reserved).Developmental Psychology 03/2015; DOI:10.1037/dev0000013 · 3.21 Impact Factor
Article: Exploring healthy eating among ethnic minority students using mobile technology: Feasibility and adherence.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Interventions aiming to help ethnically diverse emerging adults engage in healthy eating have had limited success. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of and adherence to an intervention capitalizing on mobile technology to improve healthy eating. Participants created an online photo food journal and received motivational text messages three times a day. Satisfaction with the intervention was assessed, as were control variables including depression and body dissatisfaction. In addition, weight and height were measured. Levels of adherence to the photo food journal were high with approximately two photos posted a day at baseline. However, adherence rates decreased over the course of the study. Body dissatisfaction positively predicted adherence, while body mass index negatively predicted study satisfaction. Mobile technology provides innovative avenues for healthy eating interventions. Such interventions appear acceptable and feasible for a short period; however, more work is required to evaluate their viability regarding long-term engagement. © The Author(s) 2015.
Article: Utilisation problématique d'Internet, temps passé en ligne et traits de personnalité [Problematic Internet use, time spent online and personality traits][Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Internet addiction or problematic Internet use is a recent and increasingly recognized disorder which has been consistently associated with many psychiatric disorders, adding to the documented negative consequences of problematic Internet use. However, very few studies have examined the relationship between problematic Internet use and personality traits and none in a French sample. Moreover, those which have evaluated this relationship have mainly been conducted on small samples. The main goal of our study was to explore the relationship between problematic Internet use, time spent online and personality traits in a French sample, taking into account the presence of depressive symptoms, and gender. A sample of 276 participants aged from 18 to 50 (M = 28 ; SD = 8.9) completed a questionnaire assessing problematic Internet use, time spent online, the presence of ten personality traits and depressive symptoms. Our results revealed significant differences between genders. Among men, problematic Internet use was associated with Personality Clusters A and B while in women, no Cluster or personality traits was associated with problematic Internet use. Time spent online was predicted by schizoid personality traits among men and avoidant personality traits among women. Our results indicate that Cluster A (schizoid and schizotypal) and Cluster B traits (borderline and antisocial) play a more important role in problematic Internet use than Cluster C traits among men. Differences between men and women regarding the relationships between personality traits, time online and problematic Internet use may be related to differences in the activities engaged in by men and women online. We observed that communication websites use was more prevalent among women while erotic, gambling and shopping websites use was more prevalent among men suggesting that the characteristics of problematic Internet use may vary according to gender. Few studies have examined the relationship between problematic Internet use, time spent online and personality traits, and none among a French sample. These results suggest the importance of assessing the impact of personality traits on Internet use, particularly on time spent online, by differentiating results in terms of gender and online activities.L Encéphale 01/2015; · 0.60 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: To date, tanning prevention programs have led to limited success. The aim of the present study was to investigate potential unexpected prevention effects of completing an online survey focused on tanning attitudes, behaviors, and knowledge among female college tanners.01/2015; 2:76-78. DOI:10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.01.002
Article: The impact of indicated prevention and early intervention on co-morbid eating disorder and depressive symptoms: a systematic review.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Depressive and eating disorder symptoms are highly comorbid. To date, however, little is known regarding the efficacy of existing programs in decreasing concurrent eating disorder and depressive symptoms. We conducted a systematic review of selective and indicated controlled prevention and early intervention programs that assessed both eating disorder and depressive symptoms. We identified a total of 26 studies. The large majority of identified interventions (92%) were successful in decreasing eating disorder symptoms. However fewer than half (42%) were successful in decreasing both eating disorder and depressive symptoms. Intervention and participant characteristics did not predict success in decreasing depressive symptoms. Indicated prevention and early intervention programs targeting eating disorder symptoms are limited in their success in decreasing concurrent depressive symptoms. Further efforts to develop more efficient interventions that are successful in decreasing both eating disorder and depressive symptoms are warranted.Journal of Eating Disorders 12/2014; 2(1):30. DOI:10.1186/s40337-014-0030-2
Article: The measurement of Internet addiction: A critical review of existing scales and their psychometric properties[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Internet addiction is a recently recognized disorder which has received increasing attention worldwide over the past two decades. This focus has led to the development of several screening tools measuring different aspects of Internet use, and more particularly Internet addiction. However, a synthesis of the information regarding the validity and usefulness of these different scales is lacking and would help inform researchers and clinicians in their choice of measures when assessing for Internet addiction. The main goal of this study was therefore to identify all the existing measures of Internet addiction and to review the psychometric properties of the most frequently used ones. Five electronic databases were searched using the key words: internet use disorder, internet addiction, problematic internet use, pathologic internet use, cyber dependence, and scale, test, questionnaire, tool, assessment and inventory. Forty-five tools assessing Internet addiction were identified, of which only seventeen had been evaluated more than once in terms of their psychometric properties. Most of the existing scales for Internet addiction require further validation work but some of them already demonstrate promising psychometric properties. Given the interest in this phenomenon, it seems important for the field to promote the use of validated and well-established measures.Computers in Human Behavior 12/2014; 41. DOI:10.1016/j.chb.2014.09.026 · 2.27 Impact Factor
Article: Étude exploratoire du vécu de la prise en charge des parents et de la fratrie de jeunes filles anorexiques[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Background Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a serious psychiatric disorder, which affects 0.3% of young people, with a high mortality rate. The impacts of AN on both the patient and their family are severe, as AN decreases the quality of life of the whole family, and increases dysfunctional family interactions. Providing families affected by AN with support to limit the impact of the disorder on the family is therefore critical. Importantly, the lack of consensus regarding treatments for AN is particularly painful for the patients and their relatives. This exploratory study focuses on the impact of treatments for AN on families in France. The main aim is to explore the experience of parents and siblings of individuals suffering from AN to gain a better understanding of the impact of the disorder and its treatment on the whole family. The second purpose is to identify directions for improving the support provided to patient and their relatives. Method Twelve relatives of girls suffering from anorexia (6 mothers, 3 fathers and 3 siblings) were recruited within an association dedicated to the support of parents of individuals suffering from AN. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and thematic analysis was used to extract the meaningful themes. Results The results highlight five distinct categories: long and ineffective treatments, family support (of lack thereof), involvement of the siblings, the need of guidance and the benefits of support groups. Treatments are stressful for family members who are negatively impacted by both the length of treatment and the slow rates of improvement. Relatives of individuals suffering from AN, particularly siblings, require greater support as they are generally excluded from the treatment process. Parents clearly express a need of guidance concerning the appropriate behavior to adopt with their daughters. Plus they highlight the benefits of talking with other parents. Conclusion Our exploration of the experience of the families of individuals suffering from AN provides targets for the improvement of the support provided to families. Findings highlight the need for information, guidance and sharing with other families. Relatives need to be provided with more information throughout the treatment process, from diagnosis to recovery. In addition, families were particularly interested in obtaining practical advice on the appropriate behaviors to adopt with their anorexic daughter or/and sister. Finally, our results stress the helpfulness of sharing the experience of caring for someone with AN with other families facing eating disorders, in order to decrease isolation and social stigma. This study contributes to the evidence of how AN deeply affects the entire family, with major consequences for parents and siblings. This study emphasizes the need to improve the support for relatives and their involvement in the care process, in order to limit the impact of AN on other family members and to promote recovery.Neuropsychiatrie de l Enfance et de l Adolescence 12/2014; 62:508-513. DOI:10.1016/j.neurenf.2013.12.005
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ABSTRACT: Adolescents and young adults use text messaging as their primary mode of communication, thus providing an opportunity to use this mode of communication for mobile health (mHealth) interventions. Youth with diabetes are an important group for these mHealth initiatives, as diabetes management requires an enormous amount of daily effort and this population has difficulty achieving optimal diabetes management. Goal setting and self-efficacy are 2 factors in the management of diabetes. We examined the feasibility of a healthy lifestyle text messaging program targeting self-efficacy and goal setting among adolescents and young adults with diabetes. Participants, ages 16-21, were assigned to either a text messaging group, which received daily motivational messages about nutrition and physical activity, or a control group, which received paper-based information about healthy lifestyle. Both groups set goals for nutrition and physical activity and completed a measure of self-efficacy. Participants' mean age was 18.7 ± 1.6 years old, with diabetes duration of 10.0 ± 4.6 years, and A1c of 8.7 ± 1.7%. The text messaging intervention was rated highly and proved to be acceptable to participants. Self-efficacy, glycemic control, and body mass index did not change over the course of the short, 1-month pilot study. Positive, daily, motivational text messages may be effective in increasing motivation for small goal changes in the areas of nutrition and physical activity. These interventions may be used in the future in youth with diabetes to improve diabetes care. Utilizing more targeted text messages is an area for future research.Journal of diabetes science and technology 09/2014; 8(5):1029-34. DOI:10.1177/1932296814540130
Article: Étude du profil des personnes victimes d'intimidation réelle et d'intimidation sur Internet[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Objectives Over the last decade, Internet use has exponentially grown among young people and 95% of adolescents are able to access the Internet. It is important to note that this expansion might lead to cyberbullying, an underestimated phenomenon that has been reported to be experienced by up to 20% of adolescents. Cyberbullying has been associated with poor psychological functioning such as increased depressive and anxiety symptoms. Therefore, the aim of the present study was firstly to explore relationships between different kinds of bullying (face to face, Internet, and Facebook) and depression, social and separation anxiety, submissive traits, and social support, among adolescents. We expected to find an association between the different forms of bullying and these variables. Secondly, the aim was to identify a typology of adolescents based on the type of bullying. We expected to obtain clusters that would differ in levels of psychological functioning including depressive and social phobia symptoms, perceived social support, separation anxiety and submissive traits. Methods The study data were obtained from high schools students in Toulouse, France. Participants were 151 adolescents (Mean age = 15.28 ± 0.6) who completed a self-report questionnaire assessing depression, social and separation anxiety, submissive traits, social support, bullying, and cyberbullying on the Internet and on Facebook. Results A correlation analysis revealed that cyberbullying was positively associated with bullying (r = .80, P < .05) and negatively associated with social support (r = –0.27, P < .05). Cluster analysis yielded 3 clearly distinct clusters with 92.7% of participants successfully classified (Wilks' λ = 0.10, P < .0001): the low bullied cluster (LBC) (n = 99.60% of the sample), the moderately bullied cluster (MBC) (n = 38.31% of the sample) and the highly bullied cluster (HBC) (n = 14.9% of the sample). The HBC cluster had significantly higher scores on depression, social anxiety and submissive traits and lower scores of social support than the LBC and the MBC clusters. Conclusion Firstly, our results suggest that victims of cyberbullying might suffer from increased psychological distress including higher depressive symptoms, social/separation anxiety symptoms, submissive traits and lower social support. Secondly, our results suggest the usefulness of taking traditional bullying into account when exploring cyberbullying. Indeed, existing face-to-face power relationships might be extended to Internet. A continuum between bullying in school and cyberbullying could lead to increased psychological distress and an increased suicide risk. This continuum might be associated with Internet use on mobile devices which could lead to a lack of separation between private and public domains. Further studies exploring cyberbullying via mobile devices as well as victim and assaulter profiles on the Internet are warranted.Neuropsychiatrie de l Enfance et de l Adolescence 08/2014; DOI:10.1016/j.neurenf.2014.07.007
Article: Maternal Negative Affect is Associated with Emotional Feeding Practices and Emotional Eating in Young Children.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Although mothers of young children frequently experience negative affect, little is known about the association between these symptoms and their children's eating behaviors. We aimed to test a model in which maternal negative affect would be related to maternal emotional eating which in turn would be associated with child emotional eating through maternal feeding practices (emotional and instrumental feeding) in a cross-sectional sample of mothers and their children.Appetite 05/2014; DOI:10.1016/j.appet.2014.05.022 · 2.52 Impact Factor
Article: Utilisation problématique d'Internet au sein d'un échantillon de femmes : Étude du lien avec les troubles du comportement alimentaire et les symptômes addictifs [Problematic Internet use in a sample of French women: The relationship with eating disorders and addictive symptoms][Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Summary. These last ten years, problematic Internet use has been steadily increasing and some studies have shown that the problematic Internet use was associated with other addictions (compulsive buying, alcohol and drugs dependences, pathological gambling or sex addiction). In France, few studies have investigated problematic Internet use and none have focused on the presence of associated disorders. The aim of the present study was to explore the relationship between problematic Internet use and addictive symptoms related to alcohol, illicit drugs, caffeine, nicotine, medication, shopping, work, sports, gambling, sex, auctions, and eating disorders in a sample of French women. Method. Three hundred and thirty women aged from 18 to 25 (M=21.28; SD=2.13) completed the Shorter PROMIS Questionnaire assessing 12 different addictive symptoms, the Internet Addiction Test measuring the presence of problematic Internet use and the Eating Attitudes Test used to identify women with eating disorders. The sample was mainly recruited on Internet. Results. One hundred and four women reported problematic Internet use (31.5 % of our sample). Problematic Internet use was associated with other addictive symptoms, including shopping, sport, caffeine, sex (p<.001), work, games, auctions, illicit drugs and medication (p<.05). Addictive symptoms related to alcohol and nicotine weren't significantly associated with problematic Internet use. Addictive symptoms related to shopping (OR : .07 ; 95% CI : .02-.19), caffeine (OR : .32 ; 95% CI : .14-.74) and sex (OR : .26 ; 95% CI : .12-.56) were predictive risk factors of problematic Internet use (p<.01). The combined presence of problematic Internet use and eating disorders significantly increased the risk of addictive symptoms to caffeine, medication (p<.001), shopping and sport (p<.05) compared to the unique presence of problematic use. Moreover, compared to the unique presence of eating disorders, participants also reporting problematic Internet use had an increased likelihood of addictive symptoms related to illicit drugs, shopping and sex (p<.05). Discussion. This study suggests that problematic Internet use might be associated with an important number of addictive symptoms. Internet use might increase the risk for the development of other addictive symptoms (shopping, auctions, work, gambling and sex). Eating disorders might play an important role in the presence of associated psychopathology could constitute an additional risk factor in the development of addictive disorders. Finally, we have no information on the direction or causality of the relationship between eating disorders and problematic Internet use. For this reason, it would be interesting to conduct longitudinal research examining this relationship, and the influence of eating disorders in the development of addictive disorders. Conclusion. The present study highlights the relationship between problematic Internet use and other addictive symptoms and suggests that eating disorders should be considered in studies of addictive disorders.L Encéphale 01/2014; · 0.60 Impact Factor
Article: Maternal negative affect is associated with emotional feeding practices and emotional eating in young children[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Background: Although mothers of young children frequently experience negative affect, little is known about the association between these symptoms and their children's eating behaviors. We aimed to test a model in which maternal negative affect would be related to maternal emotional eating which in turn would be associated with child emotional eating through maternal feeding practices (emotional and instrumental feeding) in a cross-sectional sample of mothers and their children. Methods: A sample of 306 mothers (mean age = 35.0 years, SD = 0.46) of 2-year-old children completed a survey assessing symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress, maternal emotional eating, maternal feeding practices, and child emotional eating. Results: Maternal symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress were correlated with maternal emotional eating (p < .001), and child emotional eating (p < .05). The initial model proposed was not a good fit to the data. Modification indices indicated that the model would be improved if a direct pathway was added between maternal and child emotional eating. As this model was theoretically plausible these changes were made. The resulting model proved a good fit to the data, χ2 = 17.36, p = .098, and explained 29% of the variance in child emotional eating. Conclusions: High levels of negative affect and associated emotional eating in mothers may contribute to the use of instrumental and emotional feeding practices. Our findings suggested that maternal negative affect has an indirect effect on children's emotional eating, primarily through mothers' own emotional eating and feeding her child to regulate the child's emotions.Appetite 01/2014; 80:242–247. · 2.52 Impact Factor
Article: The Importance of Campaign Saliency as a Predictor of Attitude and Behavior Change: A Pilot Evaluation of Social Marketing Campaign Fat Talk Free Week[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Fat Talk Free Week (FTFW), a social marketing campaign designed to decrease self-disparaging talk about body and weight, has not yet been evaluated. We conducted a theory-informed pilot evaluation of FTFW with two college samples using a pre- and posttest design. Aligned with the central tenets of the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM), we investigated the importance of FTFW saliency as a predictor of fat talk behavior change. Our analytic sample consisted of 118 female participants (83% of original sample). Approximately 76% of the sample was non-Hispanic White, 14% Asian, and 8% Hispanic. At baseline, more than 50% of respondents reported engaging in frequent self fat talk; at posttest, this number dropped to 34% of respondents. Multivariable regression models supported campaign saliency as the single strongest predictor of a decrease in self fat talk. Our results support the social diffusion of campaign messages among shared communities, as we found significant decreases in fat talk among campaign attenders and nonattenders. FTFW may be a promising short-term health communication campaign to reduce fat talk, as campaign messages are salient among university women and may encourage interpersonal communication.Health Communication 12/2013; 29(10). DOI:10.1080/10410236.2013.827613 · 0.97 Impact Factor
Article: A Biopsychosocial Model of Body Image Concerns and Disordered Eating in Early Adolescent Girls.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Body image and eating concerns are prevalent among early adolescent girls, and associated with biological, psychological and sociocultural risk factors. To date, explorations of biopsychosocial models of body image concerns and disordered eating in early adolescent girls are lacking. A sample of 488 early adolescent girls, mean age = 12.35 years (SD = 0.53), completed a questionnaire assessing depressive symptoms, self-esteem, body mass index (BMI), sociocultural appearance pressures, thin-ideal internalization, appearance comparison, body image concerns and disordered eating. Structural equation modelling was conducted to test a hypothetical model in which internalization and comparison were mediators of the effect of both negative affect and sociocultural influences on body image concerns and disordered eating. In addition, the model proposed that BMI would impact body image concerns. Although the initial model was a poor fit to the data, the fit was improved after the addition of a direct pathway between negative affect and bulimic symptoms. The final model explained a large to moderate proportion of the variance in body image and eating concerns. This study supports the role of negative affect in biopsychosocial models of the development of body image concerns and disordered eating in early adolescent girls. Interventions including strategies to address negative affect as well as sociocultural appearance pressures may help decrease the risk for body image concerns and disordered eating among this age group.Journal of Youth and Adolescence 09/2013; 43(5). DOI:10.1007/s10964-013-0013-7 · 2.72 Impact Factor
Article: Callous-Unemotional Traits and Antisocial Behavior among Adolescents: the Role of Self-Serving Cognitions.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Self-serving cognitions and callous-unemotional traits play important roles in adolescent antisocial behavior. The objective of this study was to cross-sectionally explore the mediating role of self-serving cognitions in the relationship between callous-unemotional traits and antisocial behavior. A sample of 972 high-school students completed self-report questionnaires assessing callous-unemotional traits, self-serving cognitive distortions and antisocial behavior. Two competing models exploring indirect effects accounting for the relationships between self-serving cognitive distortions, callous-unemotional traits and antisocial behaviors were tested. Both models revealed significant indirect effects, suggesting both pathways are possible. Gender was found to moderate these models. These findings suggest the importance of targeting self-serving cognitions in therapeutic interventions and increase our understanding of the role of self-serving cognitions in antisocial behavior.Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 07/2013; DOI:10.1007/s10802-013-9779-z · 3.09 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: To date, effective body image interventions for preadolescent school girls are lacking. The present study sought to evaluate the effectiveness of Y's Girl, a published body image curriculum specifically tailored for preadolescent school girls. A sample of 60 Grade 6 girls with a mean age of 11.25 (range of 11-12) years were allocated either to an intervention or control group and completed baseline and posttest measures of body image, thin-ideal internalization, body comparison, self-esteem, peer factors, and disordered eating. Findings revealed that, compared to the control group, girls receiving the intervention reported improved body image, thin-ideal internalization, body comparisons, and self-esteem at posttest 1 week after the intervention ended. Furthermore, changes in body satisfaction were moderated by initial levels of risk-factors. These findings provide initial support for Y's Girl as an effective, affordable body image intervention for preadolescent girls which can be implemented by teachers.Body image 07/2013; 10(4). DOI:10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.06.009 · 2.19 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: This study tested the efficacy of an Internet-based health promotion program, BodiMojo, designed to promote positive body image in adolescents. Participants were 178 students (mean age 15.2 years, 67.6% ethnic minority) in three public high schools. Intervention groups used BodiMojo for four weekly health class periods, while controls participated in their usual health curriculum. Body image measures were given at baseline, post-intervention, and 3 months. Girls reported decreased body dissatisfaction (p<.05), decreased physical appearance comparison (p<.05), and increased appearance satisfaction (p<.05), relative to controls. Effects were not maintained at 3-month follow-up. No significant differences were found between the intervention and control groups with boys. Moderation analyses suggested positive effects for diverse adolescents as well as those who were overweight or indicated baseline high body dissatisfaction. BodiMojo appears to be modestly effective in decreasing body image concerns among adolescent girls in the short term.Body image 06/2013; 10(4). DOI:10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.04.008 · 2.19 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is believed to be frequent among adolescents. While several prospective studies have assessed the use of mental health services among adults who suffer from BPD, few studies have provided adolescent data. This paper presents findings from the first assessment point of the European Research Network on Borderline Personality Disorder (EURNET BPD) study. In this study, we describe lifetime treatment utilization for 85 adolescents with BPD (Mean age: 16.3 years old). In line with adult findings, adolescents with BPD reported greater mental healthcare service use (outpatient: 98%; inpatient: 79%) compared to controls. Phenothiazine, a sedative neuroleptic, was the most frequently prescribed treatment. 47% of patients had received psychotherapy; in one our of three cases this was psychodynamic therapy. Patients who had received psychotherapy did not differ on any psychopathological variables from those who did not receive psychotherapy; however, psychotherapy was more frequent among females.Journal of personality disorders 04/2013; 27(2):252-9. DOI:10.1521/pedi.2013.27.2.252 · 3.08 Impact Factor
Article: Do maternal body dissatisfaction and dietary restraint predict weight gain in young pre-school children? A one-year follow-up study.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: The relationships between maternal body image and eating concerns and increases in body mass index (BMI) in early childhood are poorly understood. Our aim was to test a model in which mothers' BMI, body dissatisfaction, dietary restraint and concerns about their child's weight were related to restrictive feeding practices and child BMIz change. METHODS: Mothers of 2-year-old children (n = 202, aged between 1.5 and 2.5 years) reported concerns regarding their own and their child's weight, their dietary restraint, and restrictive feeding practices. Height and weight were measured for children and reported by mothers at baseline and 1-year later. RESULTS: Thirty five percent of mothers and 29% of children were in overweight or obese categories at baseline. Using path analysis, after adding an additional pathway to the proposed model the final model provided a good fit to the data (χ(2) (8) = 5.593, p =.693, CFI = 1.000, RMSEA = .000), with maternal dietary restraint directly predicting change in child BMIz over the year. Concern about child's weight and, to a lesser extent, maternal dietary restraint mediated the relationship between maternal body dissatisfaction and the use of restrictive feeding practices. However, the pathway from restrictive feeding practices to change in child BMIz was not significant. CONCLUSIONS: Mothers' BMI and body dissatisfaction may contribute indirectly to weight change in their young children. Interventions targeting maternal body dissatisfaction and informing about effective feeding strategies may help prevent increases in child BMIz.Appetite 03/2013; DOI:10.1016/j.appet.2013.03.009 · 2.52 Impact Factor
Article: Maternal feeding practices predict weight gain and obesogenic eating behaviors in young children: a prospective study.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Maternal feeding practices have been proposed to play an important role in early child weight gain and obesogenic eating behaviors. However, to date longitudinal investigations in young children exploring these relationships have been lacking. The aim of the present study was to explore prospective relationships between maternal feeding practices, child weight gain and obesogenic eating behaviors in 2-year-old children. The competing hypothesis that child eating behaviors predict changes in maternal feeding practices was also examined. A sample of 323 mother (mean age = 35 years, ± 0.37) and child dyads (mean age = 2.03 years, ± 0.37 at recruitment) were participants. Mothers completed a questionnaire assessing parental feeding practices and child eating behaviors at baseline and again one year later. Child BMI (predominantly objectively measured) was obtained at both time points. Increases in child BMI z-scores over the follow-up period were predicted by maternal instrumental feeding practices. Furthermore, restriction, emotional feeding, encouragement to eat, weight-based restriction and fat restriction were associated prospectively with the development of obesogenic eating behaviors in children including emotional eating, tendency to overeat and food approach behaviors (such as enjoyment of food and good appetite). Maternal monitoring, however, predicted decreases in food approach eating behaviors. Partial support was also observed for child eating behaviors predicting maternal feeding practices. Maternal feeding practices play an important role in the development of weight gain and obesogenic eating behaviors in young children and are potential targets for effective prevention interventions aiming to decrease child obesity.International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 02/2013; 10:24. DOI:10.1186/1479-5868-10-24 · 3.68 Impact FactorThis article is viewable in ResearchGate's enriched formatRG Format enables you to read in context with side-by-side figures, citations, and feedback from experts in your field.
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Shrewsbury Montessori School One school, two campuses Shrewsbury campus serves children age three through grade six.
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Our goal is to develop the personality of the whole child and to encourage such concepts as creativity, self-discipline, initiative, independence, self-confidence, and a sense of personal and communal responsibility.
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In short, Vonage helped shape the broadband and related information services market we enjoy today. A consumer was able, for example, to ditch a $70/month bill for a PSTN line in exchange for $20 DSL and $15 phone service. They saved 50% and got broadband as a bonus.
Fast forward just over ten years and many of the same people who brought you the incredibly disruptive Vonage phone service are back and they're ready to take on a new market with an equally disruptive model. YipTV.
The primary idea behind the YipTV service to be formally launched soon is how $15 per month will give you access to a wealth of television channels produced initially for markets outside the US.
You can check out the leadership team for yourself, but for now I'll focus on Michael Tribolet the Chairman, CoFounder & CEO of the company. You may recall, Mike was recently honored at ITEXPO for 20 years of innovation in VoIP. Now he is on to something else which may one day be as big. I asked him half-jokingly if he would be getting a similar award for disrupting television in 20 years.
The premise of the company is simple – content providers are finally stepping away from cable and satellite providers to provide programming directly to consumers. Until now, there hasn't been a central interface to access all this content. It really makes no sense for a user to have individual apps per channel they watch. In my opinion, this is the wrong way to go about accessing video content on every device ranging from set top box to laptop to mobile. That's where YipTV comes in with its goal of offering consumers personalized choices of programs they want to watch on an OTT basis for $15 per month.
YipTV aims to do one thing well – it will provide lots of live and eventually on-demand content to users through mobile apps as well as HTML5 support for web browsers.
Currently in beta, there are 35 live channels with another 136 coming soon. YipTV plans to have many more after that.
I asked Mike about Chromecast and what a great enabler it is for his platform and he agreed, adding that Apple TV is as well. Really, any connection between a phone or computer and TV will benefit the company.
In terms of differentiation, they have built a very scalable infrastructure to deal with billions of minutes and millions of viewers. It is for this and other reasons that they have been able to get some of the largest content providers to be part of their package at launch. By the way, they use perhaps the most robust CDN network around to deal with the routing of traffic – something many VoIP providers have chosen to do through the years. This also gets around any peering issues and net neutrality concerns as the peering agreements already in place will get content delivered to users.
Moreover QoS is further addressed through variable bit rate video delivery, which varies from 300K to 1.5 Mbps depending on the connection speed.
VoIP services like Vonage and others took off because they were cheap. Consider today if people want to access channels from their home country of Argentina, for example, they might have to pay more than $100 to buy a bundle of channels and then add on a package for a specific country. The average cable bill is $140 or so meaning that YipTV will cost about a tenth of the competition. Moreover, it will allow the content to be displayed on any device. Your cable provider sort of does this as well but it is a challenge and most of the content can't be viewed out of the house. You can buy a Slingbox but that introduces another layer, another cost and another hassle.
In addition, many of the customers of a service such as YipTV are prepaid when it comes to their phone bills – they buy their credits at a local bodega. YipTV plans to be available in the same retail locations. Moreover, they think they will appeal to cord cutters as well as people who could never watch cable. Parents who want to share their local children's programming with their kids in the US can now access YipTV to do exactly that.
In short, YipTV brings the same disruptive ideas to video delivery that Vonage did to telecom. I wrote in 2010 that TV disruption will happen more slowly than you think because of the $32 billion per year of affiliate fees.
While this is still the case, the market is changing as content providers have decided they can have their cake and eat it, too. Consumers too are willing to pay more to access the content they want on the go. Finally, YipTV will have such a low price-point that it will be a no-brainer for anyone who is interested in getting access to a massive amount of content at a low cost.]]>
Sometime back I wrote about connecting Waze to fitness apps to allow drivers to know if a bicycle rider was around the next blind corner. I mentioned this to Buczowski who told me the DOT in the US is working to get vehicles to communicate more effectively and the V2X initiative is designed to allow better vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications.
Moreover he discussed 802.11p as a dedicated short-range technology with low latency but small payloads very useful in vehicle to vehicle communications.
Every financial analyst around will tell you car companies are facing a threat from the sharing economy where drivers eschew car ownership for shared rides. Buczowski said the company is conducting ride-sharing experiments in places like India where a community shares a single vehicle. They are working on building services around such use cases such as scheduling applications/services.
I asked the obvious question – how do you compete in the sharing economy with the Ubers of the world? He said he doesn't see a threat to family driving but perhaps younger, single people will choose ride-sharing over ownership. He then made the case that vehicle ownership equates to freedom.
While he has a solid point – most cars spend most of their time idle. What if ride sharing takes up 20% of the slack? Does this mean a commensurate drop in sales?
I asked about the competition from Silicon Valley – the Googles and Teslas of the world and he instead explained some of these companies are logical partners for their vehicles. I countered that cars are becoming more of a tech play and as they do, the Valley will be more competitive. He dismissed the idea explaining cars have always had a lot of technology and they will also have other components such as vehicle dynamics, a suspension and a body.
He went on to say the company sees opportunity for technology to improve in the battery, motor and drivetrain of vehicles.
We then discussed the company's decision to grow its Palo Alto research group to 125 people where they will focus on smart mobility, autonomous driving, data analytics, human machine interface and deep learning. He likened what they are doing in-part to extending Google Now.
When I first heard the news of this new center, I was a bit surprised because Michigan is where the company is headquartered and the state has been making a massive push to get more tech companies to relocate there. In this case, a local company decided to invest in California. It seems the reasons have to do with not only the ease of hiring the right people in the Bay area but perhaps more importantly learning how Silicon Valley works and applying the lessons learned back to Dearborn.
Ford in other words is learning to better compete with the new entrants in the space by mimicking the cultural dynamics inherent in the startup culture of northern California.
In short, Ford seems to have thought through how to make better connected ecosystems. On the one hand though they seem to not be concerned about new entrants from the Valley but on the other, they seem to realize it is a big enough of a threat that they need to emulate best business practices from the area. Sure, they probably don't want to go on the record saying they are afraid that an Apple iCar will destroy them but every auto company has to be looking at what happened to Motorola in the cellphone space shortly after their failed Apple partnership.
From this perspective, Ford seems to be covering its bases… Partnering where needed and learning how to be more entrepreneurial and disruptive at the same time.]]>
I couldn't help but think of this as I met with Acision yesterday. Some years back I was in their corporate offices in Texas where they told me the threat from advertising based tech models to SMS was unsustainable. Basically their argument was that a carrier wouldn't be able to replace the subscription revenue with ads as the advertising market wasn't big enough to replace the dollars that came in from sending texts.
This was before app stores – there was no iMessage, WhatsApp, etc. At the time, they had a point.
The app store indeed changed everything and this company relying on SMSC and MMSC sales was facing a situation where their customers were seeing the revenue to fund these purchases eroding.
In response, the company replaced the management team and came up with a dynamic plan to capitalize on their strengths and enter new markets to ensure they respond intelligently to creative destruction brought on by Silicon Valley.
By integrating flexibility to the SMSCs they produce, carriers can now add on modules to their Message Controller or MCO. These modules can help carriers reduce revenue leakage through things like grey root detection which is lost revenue from intercarrier agreements designed to undercut direct carrier billing relationships. They also have spam and fraud fighting solutions which are selling well. Moreover they are helping carriers migrate to an IP world via SMS over IP based SMSCs.
Another area of growth for the company is consumer services – in one case in Mexico, 8.5 billion messages per month are stuck in the system due to lack of credit. By allowing a carrier to turn on collect SMS, the acceptance rate can be between 32-40%...In one case resulting in a quarter of a billion dollars in found revenue. Acision also facilitates SMS gifting as well as SMS-based loans for their carrier customers.
Value added services is a great way to keep carriers sticky while generating more revenue. Carriers can turn on white and black lists and allow the auto forwarding of messages. Another service which is in trials is the blocking of data to phones when a user is driving. Only when the car is stopped and not at a traffic light does the system release the messages. Currently there is a joint pilot of this program between the second largest carrier in the US and an insurance company I am told.
If you have been following TMC's WebRTC Expo or WebRTC World products, you know the company has become a big player in WebRTC as well. This is part of the company's Rich Enterprise Services initiative. This initiative also includes the ability to send premium message, secure encrypted texts from point-to-point to ensure the contents aren't tampered with or monitored.
The company's purchase of Crocodile is how they got into WebRTC in fact and now the company holds hackathons… The most recent winner of their contest was an app called Yoroshiku which is what J.F. Sullivan CMO & EVP of Products refers to as Tinder meets Rosetta Stone – a service which allows you to connect visually with other people who speak a language you want to learn.
Finally, the company's fuseMe app allows carriers to take on WhatsApp and others through an solution which is part news delivery service and part collaboration and social tool. It allows multiple people to be on a video calkl but I am told over WiFi, 14 is as many as you want to connect with to keep the quality acceptable.
Operators for their part can get involved with the app/service in exchange for a revenue share agreement on things like in-app and in-game purchases.
Enterprise customers have jumped on the fuseMe app bandwagon as well using it for things like video banking between tellers and customers. It is infinitely flexible based on what I am told.
In short, creative destruction of markets have turned Acision into an innovation machine of sorts, evolving in its core markets and expanding into rapidly growing ones where they can use the technology which competes with them as a Trojan horse to sell more services.]]>
Next week at the 29th ITEXPO, I get the pleasure of moderating a panel with some super heavy hitters in the world of communications.
Craig Walker is the man behind Dialpad Communications – the dotcom sensation as well as GrandCentral Communications and UberConference. Basically, he was responsible for the communications systems Yahoo and Google provide us today and more.
Jeff Pulver is famous for lots of things such as being the founder of Vonage, launching the super-successful VON tradeshows – as ITEXPO was a competitor – I can tell you, he and his team built a super-strong brand. He further was involved in helping the FCC decide to not regulate certain types of IP communications. Finally, he is an advocate of net neutrality and serial entrepreneur and investor.
Alon Cohen is responsible for developing the first commercial VoIP software at VocalTec. He is a humble man who brought inexpensive communications to more people than Alexander Graham Bell. He is still actively involved in VoIP working for Phone.com.
Andy Abramson launched one of the first blogs on the IP communications market… He watched it all happen and was never afraid to give his candid opinion on where the tech was heading. In addition, Andy has a successful agency Comunicano – providing advisory services in public relations, reputation management and more. He was also an integral part of KenRadio – the first online tech radio show.
Mike Tribolet was the VP of Operations at DialPad, the President of Vonage and the Chief Business Officer at magicJack VocalTec. Currently he is the Chairman of YipTV providing OTT programming to the masses.
Andy Voss and his company Nuera Communications were both leaders in the voice over frame relay space – before VoIP ever existed. Today, his company Sansay is a market leader in SBCs – keeping VoIP systems safe and secure for carriers worldwide.
Danny Windham was the President of Adtran for 17 years and is the current CEO of Digium – the company behind the open-source communications platform known as Asterisk. In the same way VoIP has allowed the transport of communications at extremely low cost, Digium has been responsible for bringing essentially free communications systems to the masses.
You can't do justice to a panel like this with words – these people truly changed the world of not only communications but technology. SIP trunking is saving companies billions of dollars because IP communications was developed. Free video on your phone and computer are thanks to the developments made in this industry. The flexible systems which allow phone calls to follow us around today are also thanks to many of the accomplishments of the people on this list and others.
The last 20 years have been incredibly disruptive and I have a strong hunch these people will have a strong sense of what the future will bring.
Be sure to come to ITEXPO next week in Miami and see this panel at 10:00-10:45 am on Wednesday, January 28th, 2015.]]>
Skype has finally decided to bring its VoIP and video platform to the web in an effort to better compete with a new wave of companies leveraging browser-based WebRTC technology. Today, they announced Skype for Web (Beta) which works with Chrome, Firefox and IE 10 or above. Recently, I mentioned how Microsoft has really been making some smart moves lately which make the company more relevant and ORTC/WebRTC support is certainly one of the most important areas in the communications space. My colleague Doug Mohney agrees when he says this isn't your father's Microsoft.
The simple reality about this move is it may make it tougher to compete with Skype as a pure WebRTC video or audio play as Skype obviously has a bigger name and bundles its solution with other Microsoft products.
The positive way of looking at this move is it will help make users more comfortable with browser-based communications and frankly, this is good for the entire web-based RTC space.
One has to wonder what sorts of new innovations we will see in the space – how will people bundle solutions leveraging WebRTC into their applications? Moreover, how big will mobile adoption be? Who will be the next-gen providers of RTC solutions which compete with Skype?
There are lots of fascinating questions to be asked and if you're curious, be sure to logon to your Skype account on the web and look for an invite to try it out. By the way, I didn't see the invite when I logged in so it may take some time for you to see it as well.
To learn more about the wild world of WebRTC, be at WebRTC Expo V next week in San Jose.]]>
In order for CurrentC to have become a major player, they would have had to launch one-year or more earlier. The technology they use has been around for many years so obviously, this wasn't the issue. Moreover, to encourage use, they would have had to give consumers back something. For example, a 2.5% savings on all sales for one-year might have cemented their position as a solid credit card alternative.
In fact, helping retailers avoid the 2-3% credit card fee is exactly the reason this company is gaining traction. But while retailers would love to take the credit card companies out of the purchasing equation, plastic offers many benefits such as favorable dispute resolution which consumers love. Then there is the matter of cash back, miles and points which consumers are already used to accumulating when they shop using cards.
In other words, now that alternatives exist, and they are getting easier, it is too late to get consumers to accept a QR-based system that takes credit cards out of the equation. If CurrentC evolves and takes my cash-back idea, things may get more competitive. For now though, Apple Pay and to a lesser extent, Google Wallet will be the major players in the space and retailers will likely have to buckle to consumer pressure to support these systems
If you're looking for more good information on the topic of Apple Pay and why it will be successful, check out this Seeking Alpha article. Gary Kim also has some solid thoughts on the matter as well.
If I knew however that the people I was forwarding to already had the email I was about to send, I would have one less job to do and they would have one less email to check. Amplify this concept and you can see how if we effectively had an email reduction system in place where a person could know who else received the same email, we could cut down the size of inboxes and sent folders.
A simple solution would be to display the "Send To" address in a different color if the person in question already had the document. At that point, if you weren't going to send a special note with the message, there is no need to send it at all and moreover, you may remember to not forward that newsletter again because the person in question, already gets it.
We've heard that other technologies such as social were going to kill email but personally, email alerts me to messages in my various social accounts, not the other way around.
Social techniques however could help email a great deal. Imagine if you could like an email and everyone in my company could see which messages were marked or perhaps more importantly, which emails were trending, were disliked, etc. Tagging would be another great feature – if a few users tagged an e-mail with the word #WebRTC, #iPad or #Verizon, it would be helpful to other potential readers.
Currently, many mailboxes let you rank your messages with a VIP list of senders but this is not a great solution when an urgent news item or other piece of actionable intelligence comes from a source you never considered adding to the VIP list. What if you could just extend the VIP idea slightly by marking messages as VIP if a person on the VIP lists marks it as important?
A simple way to achieve many of these goals would be to establish a domain of users and then have the mail server provide options in the email client for users such as a selection of tags - and/or a like button.
What is shocking is that email vendors haven't done these things. Imagine the lock-in potential available to Microsoft if they had such technology in place in Outlook. Instantly, Gmail would have a high hurdle to overcome and the iPad mail client would be inferior.
Microsoft should have done this years ago and integrated the same functions into Hotmail for the double-lock-in.
Frankly though, these systems would work better if they worked across mail systems – something which is probably unlikely.
E-mail is here to stay but it sucks and needs to be fixed. Smarter email systems should help us by reducing our sending and receiving workloads and cluing us in to important emails before they are even opened.]]>
You see, my thought process is as follows. Amazon needs to expand its empire but the phone market is too saturated.
Microsoft had two versions of the Surface – both of which were likely bought exclusively by the families of Microsoft Personnel. They stunk. I wouldn't use one for free. They remind me a lot of the Fire Phone which I think is technically robust but the market is giving a "Microsoft Surface" like reception.
Why did Microsoft fail? They were trying to take the iPad head-on with products which weren't nearly as good. This was made even more difficult by the fact that Android tablets were cheaper and ran a ton more apps. There seemed to be few good reasons to buy a Surface 2.
What did Microsoft do in response? They came out with Surface Pro 3 which is a laptop replacement and tablet in one. After using it for many months, I am impressed with its ability to be a strong laptop replacement. Personally, I haven't used it as a tablet much but it is nice to know I can if I need to. In fact, credit goes to this device for almost doubling Microsoft's QoQ Surface sales.
And laptop success isn't unique to the SP3. Chromebook sales are on fire as of late as well. How so? Try 67% increase QoQ!
Even Apple is having even better success selling Macs recently.
In short, the laptop market has huge potential if you come out with a differentiated product. This means Amazon, a company that wants to tie you into their ecosystem more completely should kill the phone and seriously consider this market.
The ecommerce leader has already lowered the price of the Fire phone by $199 to $0.99 and yesterday they started to throw in a $129 tablet value if you purchase the phone. Why so aggressive you ask? Well, this was the same day they announced they are taking an $83 million charge for unsold Fire Phones.
There really isn't much more the company can do to make a smartphone people will buy. I feel especially confident making this claim as they don't seem to be able to pay you to use their current product. Consider – it has Dynamic Perspective, giving 3D effects, Firefly which helps you buy things more quickly, Mayday to answer your questions, unlimited photo storage and lots more. What we knew before this phone was released is people don't want another phone vendor. Blackberry and Nokia couldn't keep their users and at one point they had enormous brand loyalty. It takes supreme self-confidence to think you could do what they couldn't. What we know is, consumers seem to be happy with Apple and Samsung and in Asia they also like Xiaomi and to a lesser extent Huawei, ZTE and a few others.
But there has been a lot of success in the laptop market from companies who have to some degree reinvented the market. Microsoft gave us a laptop/Ultrabook/tablet hybrid which is good at a lot of things but perhaps not great at any. Apple gives us amazing designs, light weight, great battery life and pricing which is getting better; starting under $1,000. Chromebooks give us a minimalist device with expanded functionality and more reliance on the cloud than typical PCs.
Amazon can mix-and-match some of these ideas, throw in cloud services, Prime and other value-adds. I get the sense this is the better angle to take if you are looking to expand your ecosystem value.
The company is very late to the smartphone game. Had they launched Fire two years ago and made it the size of a Galaxy Note 4 or an iPhone 6 Plus, it would have had a much greater chance for success. Now though, it is undifferentiated by hardware and the software bundles just isn't compelling enough to get customers to budge.
Let's just hope Bezos and company realize this and offer us a new Amazon FireTop in the near future. After all, if they continue unsuccessfully pushing a smartphone into a saturated market, the financial analysts are going to think they're on something.]]>
Will the combination of the ARM processor coupled with 14 nm FinFET process thanks to Samsung change the dynamics of the mobile processor market? That is certainly the logic being put forward by Mark Hibben at Seeking Alpha.
As he explains:
The term FinFET stands for Fin Field Effect Transistor because one of its structural features is a vertical silicon fin. FinFETs have a power efficiency advantage over previous generation transistors that goes beyond process node size. Processors built with FinFETs run faster while allowing for increased battery life.
His point is that Samsung is on the record saying they will soon be producing Apple A9 chips using this fabrication process. This coupled ARM's architectural-efficiency advantages and Apple's chip-design know-how gives Cupertino a significant edge in the market.
Moreover, he argues Intel is losing about $1 billion per quarter subsidizing their mobile device business, hoping to eventually be profitable. While most ARM chips are fabricated on a 28 nm process which is one generation behind Intel.
Subsequently, when ARM chips are produced utilizing a 14 nm FinFET process, Intel will not have the advantage it has today – one which is helping it gain success in mobile but at a tremendous cost.
Hibben further argues ARM chips will eventually find their way into Macs – starting with the MacBook Air.
Without getting too deep into the weeds of disruptive technologies, ARM seems destined to own the desktop and eventually the server markets. It seems it's always the low-cost provider that moves upmarket and takes share from the market leader. We are used to seeing this happen. A simple example is how Toyota, once considered a poor manufacturer of cars competes head-to-head with Mercedes with its Lexus division and Hyundai is taking on the luxury segment today while a decade ago no one would consider saying the word premium and Hyundai in the same sentence.
Another simple fact is Samsung has to bet on other markets as the smartphone wars have become more challenging thanks to Xiaomi and others commoditizing the Android market.
In other words, the high margins in the smartphone space for companies other than Apple are likely coming to an end. Want proof? Well the iPhone 6 Plus can be approximated by an Android tablet from Amazon which sells for $115! Starting price for the iPhone 6 Plus? $749!
Apple has cash, tons of it to throw at designing the best processors and Samsung has no choice but to continue processor investment in order to keep the profits coming in as the Android smartphone market becomes even more commoditized.
As this happens, expect ARM chips to become more competitive than ever and eventually permeate servers, desktops and anything in-between.
It seems inevitable.
Looking for a counterpoint? Well, as I have written in the past, the Intel Atom Z3745 processor is an impressive product which shows Intel can produce low-power processors that are still powerful in environments which aren't choc-full of RAM.
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I had a chance to interview Katy at the Wearable Tech Expo conference where she explained how she got involved with this market and went on to talk about some important points regarding Glass and associated applications.
Just as the iPhone helped turn phones into application-centric devices, Google Glass looks like it will be the product that makes many of us want to wear smart glasses. Just like with any device, once the killer apps come along, we wonder how we ever lived without them.
Hackathons like this will no doubt spawn some new and exciting applications which will make smartglasses that much more more indispensable.]]>
While Google contends with lawsuits around the globe relating to autocomplete suggestions which are deemed libelous, one has to wonder if it isn't possible to easily set up a campaign to smear anyone or any company. Google argues that features like autocomplete can't be libelous because they utilize an algorithm which uses information from Google+ and user searches.
The obvious question which hasn't been addressed however is if one can get away with fraud in the advertising business, why not in the autocomplete business? In fact if you have networks at your disposal which are responsible for manually clicking on search results and ads, you can bring these same assets to bear when pulling off autocomplete fraud.
Moreover, automated botnets could be used to assist in such an endeavor.
The point here is whether the "algorithm defense" should be allowed if the data is at best imperfect.
This question will have to be sorted out by courts and if you are interested in learning more, check out this article about how the legal system in Germany, Italy and Hong Kong have addressed the Google autocomplete libel issue already.
I reached out to Reputation.com to get their take on this issue but couldn't immediately get a response from their PR department. It is vacations season after all. I then decided to reach out to Carrie Majewski (pictured) who heads up TMC's ContentBoost division to get her take. She has this to say, "When it comes to protecting your brand against an auto-complete smear campaign, your best line of defense is to have a fully-baked content marketing strategy. Compelling custom copy is your first weapon against negative brand chatter. If you inundate cyber space with insightful, thought leadership-worthy content pieces (i.e. blogs, videos, white papers), you increase your likelihood of positive phrases being associated with your brand in the auto-complete query."
What Carrie suggests makes a lot of sense but puts the onus on each of us – company, person, etc. to ensure we are pushing out lots of positive information about ourselves to minimize the chances that someone can target you through autocomplete fraud. Likewise for negative Yelp and other reviews of your establishment. Just as importantly, there is bound to be negative and positive information relating to everyone and every company. Very few people haven't done something at some point which they don't want shared publicly. Once again, pushing out the good is the best defense for now. Perhaps one day, it will become easier for people around the globe to delete data from Google's autocomplete database.]]>
The service is designed for workgroup communications and document preparation. Commenters on a document have their own color codes and users can quickly access the comments and the area of the document they correspond to.
Zocalo was designed to work smoothly with the Amazon WorkSpaces virtual desktop solution. Each WorkSpaces user has access to 50 GB of Zocalo storage, the Zocalo web application, the tablet apps, and document review at no additional charge. The Zocalo administrator can upgrade these users to 200 GB of storage for just $2 per user per month.
If you don't use Amazon WorkSpaces, Zocalo is priced at $5 per user per month, including 200 GB of storage for each user. Additional storage is billed on a per-GB, per-month basis using a tiered pricing model. See the Zocalo Pricing page for more info.
The competition here is SharePoint, Dropbox, Box, Huddle and a slew of other cloud vendors. Moreover, Amazon could be gearing up to take on Google and Microsoft in the office productivity solutions space. If this is the case and I believe it is, areas of strength in which Oracle and SAP play, won't be spared. It's too soon to say that Amazon will be successful selling productivity solutions to corporations but they do have a way of proving their detractors wrong in market after market. A limited preview is available now.
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Comments: White tiger at the aquarium in Houston. This is why I do not like seeing animals in zoos or cages. Wouldn't you be bored if you were a jungle animal and you were put in a cage like this? They are beautiful, but I would prefer they were free.
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such a beautiful animal – its a shame that we cage them all up just for our enjoyment…lets let them all loose!
Hi Heather! I agree…let's set them all free! These appeared to be in good health and the area they were in was very clean. I have certainly seen worse. I guess you could look at it another way in that we have the opportunity to see such beautiful animals. But that is not my belief. I don't even like my dog having to sit in a cage at the groomer!
Love these big cats, I want one for a pet!!, I've had the flu for the past month and this looks how i feel. I relate to this cat!. Gee, aren't they amazing!?.
How large was the enclosure, Charles, and was it all tiled? Seems strange to me to put a large animal in that environment.
Ooooooooooooooo. My mother loves tigers. I have to show this to her. Nice one. :)
i agree its a shame, but without adequate protection unfortunately most free tigers end up as dodgy medicine or floor rugs. which is an even bigger shame.
Sweet capture. Love the stare that the Tiger is giving
Beautiful. Great Shot.
Beautiful. Such a stunning shot.
Nice photo….nice shot of a rare beauty!


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