Grooming Services Research Articles

One-Stop Flair Slot Booking Platform for All Needs

Pick Your Slot (PYS) is a versatile booking and scheduling web-based application that caters to a single platform for all your needs. PYS offers services ranging from sports such as football, cricket and badminton, personal grooming services like salons, fitness facilities such as gyms, entertainment options like a dance studio, rage room, and car wash services. The platform, built using React.js and React Native for web and mobile respectively, utilizes a SQL database backend supported by Java. It is an open-source application accessible to both customers and vendors. The app facilitates slot booking according to customers’ flexible time, PYS not only accommodates flexible scheduling but also utilizes geolocation API to detect customer locations. This feature enables the app to suggest nearby services tailored to the customer's requirements, leveraging real-time availability updates and offering on-demand services. Real-time availability in our app ensures instant slot booking, adapting to users' dynamic schedules for hassle-free planning. Users can quickly secure appointments, saving time and reducing frustration. Security is paramount, with authentication mechanisms for both vendors and customers. With its blend of intuitive design and advanced functionality, PYS offers a comprehensive solution for booking needs, making it a reliable choice for users seeking convenience and peace of mind. In a world where time is precious, our app offers swift slot bookings, recognizing the impatience of modern life. With just a few taps, users can secure their slots, bypassing unnecessary delays in the nearest location. Designed for speed and convenience, we ensure no one waits longer than necessary.

Pet Service Information System Using the Rational Unified Process Method

Pet ownership is prevalent in the present period, and Pet Shops are enterprises that have arisen in conjunction with this phenomenon. One of The Pet Shop in Bandung is a small to medium-sized firm that caters to pet aficionados by offering a wide range of pet goods, including food and grooming services. One of The Pet Shop in Bandung has faced various obstacles in its business operations, such as inadequate documentation of item availability and insufficient product information provided to clients. In order to tackle these difficulties, the researcher utilized the Rational Unified Process (RUP) methodology to construct a website for One of The Pet Shop in Bandung. The RUP technique is appropriate for this research because it incorporates user perspectives throughout every stage. The website underwent Usability Testing with five user responders utilizing the System Usability Scale questionnaire. The questionnaire assessment utilizing the Likert scale and Usability measurement yielded a score of 72%, signifying its appropriateness.

Machine learning techniques for supporting dog grooming services

In recent years, there has been a remarkable surge in the popularity of dog grooming, which has resulted in a growing interest in leveraging cutting-edge technologies to streamline the process and enhance the overall experience. Specifically, computer vision and machine learning techniques have been garnering increasing attention as a means to assist dog groomers in classifying dog breeds. This paper explores the use of machine learning techniques based on Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) for classifying dog breeds and estimating the time required for bathing and grooming each dog. The study involves collecting a large dataset of images and corresponding grooming information for a diverse set of dog breeds. The effectiveness of the proposed method is evaluated using a range of performance metrics, including accuracy, precision, recall, and F1 score. Our study suggests that proposed CNNs can be valuable in helping dog owners and groomers identify the correct breed of a dog and estimate the grooming time before receiving the service. The accuracy of classification obtained by the proposed method achieves a 19% increase compared with other recently developed techniques. Finally, this work contributes to the development of a user-friendly application that allows customers to book dog grooming services, providing predictions for dog breeds and estimated grooming time.

Pelatihan Teknik Cinematic sebagai Media Bantu Promosi Digital

In the world of beauty service business, the increasingly competitive competition encourages entrepreneurs to improve the quality of their services and products so they can compete in the market. Salon Bricela, a beauty salon specifically for women, offers various types of grooming services to attract consumers. However, with the emergence of many salons and spas in the city of Mataram, Bricela Salon needs to find a different way to promote its products and increase its presence. One of the solutions chosen is to make promotional videos that use cinematic techniques to attract consumer interest. The purpose of this thesis is to make a promotional video that introduces Salon Bricela's Spa care products that are not well known in the wider community. The result of this research is a promotional video using Cinematic Techniques as a Media for Digital Promotion which displays the types of treatments and beauty products used in the Bricela salon. It is hoped that by using this technique, the promotional video for Bricela Salon will become more attractive and easily understood by consumers, so it can increase the existence of Bricela Salon in the city of Mataram.

No salon, no sanctuary: beauty under ‘lockdown’ in Australia in 2020

Across the world lockdowns during the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis saw the forced closure of many hands-on services such as beauty salons, hairdressers, and barber shops. In Australia although hair services were allowed to stay open during the first National lockdown, subsequent state lockdowns mandated these grooming services shut to the public for extended periods. There has been much public debate about the necessity – or perceived lack thereof – of grooming services, especially given that hairdressers were permitted to stay open during the first lockdown when many other businesses shut. 2020 saw claims in Western media that the closure of these spaces was ‘liberatory’, particularly for women. This article interrogates this assumption, drawing on data from 383 Australian survey respondents collected between July and September 2020 to look at the impact of salon inaccessibility during the period. While some survey respondents relished the freedom of not having to ‘keep up appearances’, many also reported on the negative impacts of salon closures in terms of connection, self-esteem and identity. This article considers how the site of the salon is considered a transformative ‘sanctuary’ for some and untangles the deeper impact of the closure of these sites on individuals during a crisis.

PERANCANGAN SISTEM INFORMASI PENJUALAN PADA ZENIS PETSHOP BERBASIS WEB

Zenis Petshop is a business in the field of providing needs and services for pets. In its business, Zenis Petshop sells various pet needs ranging from cat food, dogs, hamsters, cages, etc. In addition to selling a variety of food and accessories, Zenis Petshop also offers grooming services or an animal salon specifically for cats, such as grooming, bathing, and cutting nails. The problems faced by Zenis Petshop include problems in processing goods data that are still not computerized, there is no evidence of transactions such as proof of sales. Another problem that exists at Zenis Petshop is that they often have difficulty checking stock of goods, there is no sales report and they only use a recap of notes for reports. To be able to overcome these problems, we need an information system that can help processing data items, sales and profit reports by combining components that have not been computerized into one system. with the creation of a web-based sales information system using the waterfall method so that later it can be used in its business processes to be more effective and fast.

Self-care, Household Cleaning and Disinfection During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study from Metropolitan Cities of India.

Hygiene has been noticed as one of the most effective procedures against COVID-19 cross-transmission, especially hand hygiene and covering the face with the mask. Therefore, this study tried to peek into the people movements and seeks to understand how people are handling their daily use items like fruits and vegetables, how people are managing unavoidable grooming services, how people are disinfecting themselves after coming from outside, and what all hygienic practices they are following during this pandemic. Furthermore, this study attempts to explore ways through which people are disinfecting their houses. At last, the study seeks to explore the knowledge/information people have about Coronavirus. The study collected primary data through a self-administered questionnaire. A quota sampling technique was used to collect the data. Bivariate analysis was carried out to reach the study findings. Based on the findings, it is the need of the hour to disseminate the information on the use of unhealthy disinfectants as they lack the knowledge about the safe use of various types of cleaners and disinfectants. It is also reiterated that there is an urgency to promote further information on risk factors of Coronavirus among people and compulsion to promote healthy hand hygiene and sanitation practices. There is a need to promote information through mass media and other modes of awareness, such as artwork and announcements.

Grooming-Related Concerns Among Companion Animals: Preliminary Data on an Overlooked Topic and Considerations for Animals' Access to Health-Related Services.

Grooming is an essential health maintenance activity that is fundamental to the welfare of many companion animals. Despite the potentially serious consequences of inadequate grooming for pets and their caregivers, few studies have examined the role of access to pet grooming services and supplies in promoting and maintaining companion animal health and welfare. The goal of this paper was 2-fold: (1) To provide preliminary findings demonstrating the scope of grooming and matting concerns among animals served by a large, non-profit animal welfare organization and (2) to provide a call for research to guide effective prevention of and responses to grooming-related omissions of care. We retrospectively extracted data from five American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) programs serving the New York City area: ASPCA Animal Hospital (AAH), Community Medicine (CM), One ASPCA Fund, ASPCA-NYPD (New York City Police Department) Partnership, and the Community Engagement (CE) Program. The prevalence of grooming–related concerns was relatively consistent across all three veterinary service programs (AAH: 6%; CM: 4%; One ASPCA Fund: 6%). Thirteen percent of the ASPCA-NYPD Partnership's cruelty cases involved general hair matting concerns and/or strangulating hair mat wounds (93% were long-haired dog breed types). Five percent of CE cases received grooming-related supplies to support pet caregivers' in-home grooming capabilities. Our findings underscore the need to understand the scope of grooming-related concerns among animals served by veterinarians and other community programs to improve animals' access to health-related services.

Experimental evidence for reciprocity in allogrooming among wild-type Norway rats

If individuals help more those who have previously helped them, stable cooperation may ensue through alternation of roles between donors and recipients. Allogrooming, which is costly to donors and beneficial to recipients, is often exchanged between social partners. Arguably, allogrooming and allopreening are the most frequently exchanged social services and have been used as a standard model of reciprocal cooperation. However, evidence for the application of reciprocity rules among social partners allogrooming each other hitherto is merely correlational. Here, we tested whether female Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) apply the decision rule characterising direct reciprocity: help someone who has helped you before, by experimentally manipulating both the need for allogrooming and the behavioural response. Furthermore, we checked whether trading of grooming services is influenced by the rank of the social partner. We show that rats groom social partners reciprocally and prefer to do so up the hierarchy, i.e. they groom dominant partners more often than subordinates, while reciprocating with both. This provides experimental evidence that animals render a costly social service by applying reciprocity decision rules when showing a natural hygienic behaviour. The fact that allogrooming is more readily shown up the hierarchy may suggest an appeasing function.

Localization and Customer Retention for Franchise Service Systems

ABSTRACTThis is one of the first studies to explore customer retention in reference to the franchisee–customer relationship. A subsequent objective was to examine localization and standardization from a franchise unit and system-level perspective. Data was collected using a self-administered survey based on customers of pet grooming services in Australia. Findings suggest that the addition of a customer retention perspective reveals a greater depth to the franchisee–customer relationship. Importantly, this implies that there are additional factors likely to influence franchisee–customer retention within franchise outlets. We suggest that individual franchise units, in cooperation with local customers, should co-create local marketing initiatives.

Alternative Locales for the Health Promotion of African American Men: A Survey of African American Men in Chicago Barbershops.

African American men (AA) carry unequal burdens of several conditions including cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and HIV. Engagement of diverse populations including AA men in research and health promotion practice is vital to examining the health disparities that continue to plague many racially and ethnically diverse communities. To date, there is little research on best practices that indicate locations, community areas and settings to engage AA men in research and health promotion. Traditionally, the AA church has been a key area to engage AA men and women. However, changing tides in attendance of AA parishioners require additional information to identify areas where AAs, particularly, AA men congregate. The AA barbershop has been identified as a place of social cohesion, cultural immersion and solidarity for AA men but specific sub-populations of AA men may be underrepresented. To further investigate additional locales where AA men congregate, this study engaged AA barbers and clients in several urban community barbershops in Chicago, Illinois. 127 AA men over age 18y/o receiving grooming services in 25 Chicago area barbershops across 14 predominantly AA communities were consented and recruited for a quantitative survey study. The self-administered surveys were completed in ~15min and $10 compensation was provided to men. Descriptive statistics were reported for demographic variables and for frequency of responses for locations to find AA men of specific age ranges for health promotion and screening activities. Outside of the traditionally used churches or barbershops, the top recommended recruitment sites by age were: 18-29y/o- city park or a recreational center; 30-39y/o- gym, bars or the street; 40-49y/o- various stores, especially home improvement stores, and the mall; and 50y/o+- fast food restaurants in the mornings, such as McDonalds, and individual's homes. The study participants also reported that locations where AA men congregate vary by age. Findings from this study illustrate that AA barbers and barbershops remain a key stakeholder in health promotion among AA men. The findings also demonstrate the need for additional research to examine best practices for identifying locations where diverse groups of AA men that vary by age and sexual orientation may congregate in order to support increased health promotion among AA men.

Pubic Hair Grooming Prevalence and Motivation Among Women in the United States

Pubic hair grooming is an increasingly prevalent trend. Several studies have sought to characterize its prevalence, associated demographics, and motivations. To characterize current pubic hair grooming practices in the United States. In this cross-sectional study, a nationally representative survey was conducted in January 2013 of noninstitutionalized adults aged 18 to 65 years residing in the United States via the GfK Group (formerly Knowledge Networks) panel members. Data analysis was performed from November to December 2015. A questionnaire examining pubic hair grooming habits. Demographic characteristics and motivations associated with pubic hair grooming. A total of 3372 women were surveyed. Fifty-six women did not answer the grooming question; consequently, 3316 women were included in the analysis. Of these women, 2778 (83.8%) reported pubic hair grooming and 538 (16.2%) reported never grooming. On multivariate regression, several factors associated with grooming were found. When compared with younger women (aged 18-24 years), women aged 45 through 55 years (odds ratio [OR], 0.05; 95% CI, 0.01-0.49; P = .01) and those older than 55 years (OR, 0.04; 95% CI, 0.00-0.34; P = .003) were significantly less likely to groom. Women with some college (OR, 3.36; 95% CI, 1.65-6.84; P = .001) or a bachelor's degree (OR, 2.39; 95% CI, 1.17-4.88; P = .02) were more likely to have groomed. Race was also significantly associated with grooming, with all groups reporting less grooming when compared with white women. No association was found between grooming and income, relationship status, or geographic location. This study provides a nationally representative assessment of contemporary female pubic hair grooming habits. Demographic differences in grooming were found, which may reflect cultural variations in preference related to pubic hair. Health care professionals and those who provide grooming services can use this information to better counsel patients and understand grooming practices.

A Prescription for Song

A Prescription for Song

Asymmetries in grooming interactions between juvenile and adult female wedge-capped capuchin monkeys

Abstract. Motivation for participation in social grooming differs for juvenile and adult primates in female-bonded social systems; juveniles attempt to develop social relationships as a means of integration into the group, whereas adults attempt to maintain relationships with other adults. Juveniles should therefore seek grooming relationships with adults but adults should be relatively uninterested. The local resource competition hypothesis predicts that grooming relationships between adults and juveniles should occur primarily within matrilines and should be negatively correlated with aggressive interactions. Alternatively, grooming relationships may depend on the ability of juveniles to provide additional services, such as assistance in aggressive interactions and allomaternal care. Grooming interactions of juvenile and adult female wedge-capped capuchin monkeys, Cebus olivaceus, were predictably asymmetric. Juveniles approached and groomed more than adults, whereas adults terminated grooming sessions more and often failed to reciprocate grooming. Juvenile-adult grooming was inconsistent with patterns predicted by the local resource competition model. Dyads of closely related females did not groom more than unrelated dyads and there was no relationship between rates of grooming and aggression. Frequency and duration of grooming was significantly correlated with frequency of allomaternal care given by juveniles. Frequency of grooming also correlated with rates of alliance formation by adults and juveniles. Juveniles provided agonistic support during alliances twice as often as adults supported juveniles. The structure of grooming indicated that juveniles were the primary beneficiaries of grooming relationships with adults. Juveniles provided grooming services to adults and provided additional benefits of allomaternal care and agonistic support during aggression. In return, juveniles were integrated into the adult social structure in the group.