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Contents VOLUME 29, NUMBER 1, JANUARY 2005 Editorial Consumer transactions with SMEs: implications for consumer scholars Sue McGregor Development of a macroscopic model on recent fashion trends on the basis of consumer emotion Hyun-Seung Cho and Joohyeon Lee The effect of sunlight and drying methods on the strength of Ghanaian Real Wax printed fabrics Docea A.G. Fianu, RichardA . Sallah and Augusta Ayertey Reliability and validity of a short credit card attitude scale in British and American subjects Bijou Yang, Simon James and David Lester Meat labels: consumer attitude and meat consumption pattern Arbindra Rimal Exploring convenience orientation as a food motivation for college students living in residence halls Marie Marquis Infant as a consumer: what to consume? Hena Yasmin Nutrient composition of selected fresh and processed fish species from lake Malawi: a nutritional possibility for people living with HIV/AIDS Peter P. Mumba and McDonald Jose Appetizing learning in Swedish comprehensive schools: an attempt to employ food and tasting in a new form of experimental education /nger M. Jonsson, Marianne P. Ekstrém and Inga-Britt Gustafsson Consumer empowerment: public policy and insurance regulation Elizabeth B. Goldsmith Book review VOLUME 29, NUMBER 2, MARCH 2005 Editorial Consumer participation in sustainable technology development Eva Heiskanen, Pirkko Kasanen and Péivi Timonen Consumer involvement and acceptance of biotechnology in the European Union: a specific focus on Spain and the UK Marta Vilella-Vila, Joan Costa-Font and Elias Mossialos lime price differentials in the rent-to-own industry: implications for empowering vulnerable consumers Jane Kolodinsky, Meaghan Murphy, Amos Baehr and Seth Lesser The impact of cognitive age on Internet use of the elderly: an introduction to the public policy implications Jacqueline K. Eastman and Rajesh lyer Young and homeless: an evaluation of a resettlement service on Merseyside Claire Hennessy, Diane Grant, Tan Cook and Mark Meadows An investigation into the compatibility of consultation and performance comparison in the UK’s policy of Best Value Paul Higgins, Philip James and lan Roper Support Networks: assessment of need for consumer information and advice service Fang Wang nnan on Galloway and Alan Hughes VOLUME 29, NUMBER 3, MAY 2005 Editorii rammm es and human well-being Swe McGregor s and concerns in online auctions: an exploratory study Dylan D. Cameron and tional knowledge of 11- to 12-year olds in Merseyside and Northern Ireland tJepson and Sheila M.i Maxwell nalysis of consumer preferences for roasted peanut products in Haiti Robert G. Nelson, aret J. Hinds, Yanick Donis and Emmanuel Prophet emand system in Jordan: an almost ideal demand system Amer S. Jabarin ehaviour: does generation matter? Annika Carlsson-Kanyama, Anna-Lisa Lindén and of strategies used by French Canadian mothers living in Montreal to pressure their 10-year-old at Marie Marquis and Domin lique Claveau Looking to the future: a new career education programme /kuko Ogawa and Mivuki Okada I) re-p; rotessiuomn als’ percept ions of home economics in Finland Kaija Turkki \ lewpoint n ternational trade: policy considerations vs. economic reasoning consumption in the North and sustainable communities in the South ka Carlsson-Kanvama Gender differences in consumers’ acceptance of genetically modified foods Hester Moerbeek and Gerda Casimir \ gender perspective on the use of supplemental healthcare plans Tahira K. Hira and Cazilia Loibl The morality of spending in Finnish youth consumer culture Minna Autio Lesson practice and teachers’ views on citizenship and gender: focusing on home economics and civics in Japan Noriko Arai and Tomoko Ohta Creative teachers and creative teaching strategies Jeou-Shyvan Horne, Jon-Chao Hong, Lih-Juan ChanLin, Shih-Hui Chang and Hui-Chuan Chu Good practice in multicultural integration work in Finland: collaborative learning in culturally sensitive projects Hille janhonen-Abruquah and Piéivi Palojoki \bstracts from papers to be presented at the 2°" International Institute of Consumer Sciences incorporating Home Economics, Research Conference: Consumption, Culture and Community. School of The Outdoors, Leisure and Food, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool Book reviews VOLUME 29, NUMBER 5, SEPTEMBER 2005 Editorial Consumer fraud and Latino immigrant consumers in the United States Julia Marlaondw Jeorg e H. Atiles Educating and empowering consumers to avoid bankruptcy Jean M. Lown The evolving interpretations of customers in higher education: empowering the elusive Peter Redding The case for educated UK consumers: the National Consumer Council’s consultation on consumer education Martin Coppack and Carol Brennan Towards sustainable consumption: an examination of environmental knowledge amoung Malaysians Sharifah A. Haron, Laily Paim and Nurizan Yahaya Sustainable consumer empowerment through critical consumer education: a typology of consumer education approaches Sue McGregor leaching beliefs of non-formal consumer educators: a perspective of teaching in home improvement retail stores in the United States Edward W. Taylor No easy solutions: lessons learned from an intervention to reduce clinic non-attendance rates in a Scottish hospital Hazel Scott and Phil Lyon Assessing the needs of assisted reproductive technology users of an online bulletin board Susan Wingert, Carol D.H. Harvey, Karen A. Duncan and Ruth E. Berry 479 The Research Institute for Consumer Affairs, UK Brian Groombridge VOLUMI »9 NUMBER 6. NOVEMBER 2005 i] situation on the consumption of ready meals Mia K. Ahilgren, Inga-Britt Gustafsson and s’ attitudes towards money Ozlen Ozgen and Ayse Sezen Bayoglu ym iat and food preference Robert Hurling and Karen J. Martin 1 ol food pac ‘kaging in Trinidad, West Indies and its related impact on food choices Veela 1t brand consciousness and product placements: awareness, liking and perceived effects on self and Ellis McLeod