DiCER: A distributed consumer experience research method for use in public spaces

Abstract

a b s t r a c tProstaglandin F2a (PGF) treatment is routinely used in the reproductive management of mares to induce luteolysis and allow a subsequent return to estrus. The objective of this retrospective study was to assess the effect of follicle size at the time of administration of cloprostenol on interval to subsequent ovulation. A secondary objective was to determine the incidence of hemorrhagic anovulatory follicle (HAF) formation after PGF administration. Reproductive records of 275 mares monitored over a total of 520 estrous cycles were evaluated. All mares received a single intramuscular dose of 250 mg of the synthetic PGF analog cloprostenol sodium between days 5 and 12 after ovulation. The average interval from PGF to ovulation was 8.4 AE 2.5 days. The interval from PGF administration to subsequent ovulation was inversely proportional to the diameter of the largest follicle at the time of treatment. Administration of cloprostenol to mares with a large (!35 mm in diameter) diestrous follicle resulted in one of three outcomesdovulation within 48 hours (13.4%) with variable uterine edema, ovulation after 48 hours usually accompanied by the presence of uterine edema (73.1%), or regression without ovulation followed by emergence and eventual ovulation of a new dominant follicle (13.4%). There was no effect of mare age or season on interval from PGF to ovulation. The overall incidence of HAF development after PGF administration in this study was low (2.5%).

The Bookstore-Café: Emergence of a New Lifestyle as a “Third Place” in Hangzhou, China

“…At the same time, observation was also used to find out about the regular occurrences, such as the most common activities, the noise level of the conversation, the frequent visitors, and so on. Observation has the potential to offer a very deep understanding of the consumer experience as it describes people in their own environment based on their actual behaviors (Gault, Masthoff, & Johnson, 2015). In the next stage, this foundational information was analyzed for some initial basic assumptions, which then became a firm basis for the second survey, using Oldenburg’s “third place” concept as a crucial theoretical framework to adjust the former questionnaire.…”