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Huang, Kai, Zhong Feng Zhang, Zhen Ping Tao, and Huan Liu. "Study on Key Technologies of the Green Furniture Design." Applied Mechanics and Materials 224 (November 2012): 208–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.224.208.
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The furniture manufacturing industry brings human rich material civilization, but also leads to the ecological crisis at the cost of the resource exhaustion and environmental degradation. By introducing the necessity and urgency of studying on the key technologies of green furniture design, it analyzed the rich contents of green furniture design. And then it discussed the key technologies of green furniture design in detail from the four aspects of choosing furniture materials, structural design, process design, and design for recycling. Finally, it pointed out that the breakthroughs in key tech-nologies of green furniture design have great practical significance to our country, which would make our country create a powerful transformation from the furniture high-carbon consumption and man-ufacturing power to the green consumption and creative power.
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Gandhi, Sanjeev, and Steven M. Spivak. "A Survey of Upholstered Furniture Fabrics and Implications for Furniture Flammability." Journal of Fire Sciences 12, no. 3 (May 1994): 284–312. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/073490419401200305.
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Upholstery fabric and padding material play an important role in upholstered furniture flammability. As market preferences for upholstery fibers and fabrics change, there are significant implications for fire safety. Fiber consumption data and fabric surveys show an increasing usage of cotton fibers in upholstery, leading to higher ignition propensity. Of particular impor tance are the cotton fiber's alkali metal ion content, and heavier weight fabric constructions, in determining the susceptibility for smoldering ignition due to smoking materials. To realize the goal of fire-resistant upholstered furniture, while still satisfying consumer preferences for fiber, style and design, the criti cal trends and controlling factors in upholstery flammability are emphasized. A review of regulatory approaches to redress the problem is also included, in view of recent petitions by the fire marshals (NASFM) calling for mandatory Federal standards.
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Крысанов, V. Krysanov, Данилов, Aleksandr Danilov, Афоничев, Dmitriy Afonichev, Руцков, and A. Rutskov. "Forecasted planning of electricity consumption by energy intensive industry wood processing industry using neuro-fuzzy networks." Forestry Engineering Journal 4, no. 3 (December 8, 2014): 290–302. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/6309.
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The structure of the planning of electricity con-sumption used in the largest Russian furniture Holding Company "Furniture Chernozemye", with further transfer of data to the territorial organization of the network. A mathematical model is made. The advantages and disadvan-tages of this approach are analyzed. The appli-cation of neuro-fuzzy networks to increase the accuracy of forward-looking planning is justified. The model and algorithm of the system functioning of forecast planning of electricity consumption of HC «Furniture Chernozemye» on the basis of fuzzy neurocontroller.
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Kazemifar, Mohammad Hadi, and Yassaman Khodadadeh. "Factors Influencing Furniture Sales in High-Income Segments of Society." Key Engineering Materials 572 (September 2013): 143–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.572.143.
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With the increasing technological advances, people need more goods and services especially in consumerist societies. This increase in consumption along with technological advances leads to increase in the variety of peoples taste. Therefore, furniture companies try to design their products based on their customers needs. This study examines the factors that affect the furniture sales in high-income segments of the society. 42 students including 23 women and 19 men between 20 to 38 years, attending Kish International Campus at Tehran University, fill out questionnaires related to the beauty, comfort, color, quality, durability, price and brand of their preferred furniture. All data were collected and analyzed using statistical methods. Furniture with symmetric shapes are more desirable (p<0.0001) than asymmetric furniture. Wooden furniture has the highest demand (36%) while metallic furniture has the least demand (8%). These results showed users preferences and factors that affect the furniture sale in high-income families. Such studies can help adapting furniture design based on costumers need and may lead to improve companies furniture sales.
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M.Coşgel, Metin. "Audience Effects In Consumption." Economics and Philosophy 10, no. 1 (April 1994): 19–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266267100001693.
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Consider how your consumption would change if you were stranded on a deserted island. Isolation would eliminate all social influences on your consumption decisions, even for the same choice set. You might decide not to consume cosmetics, curtains, or neckties, and pay less attention to the style or color of your clothes, car, or furniture. These choices might not matter as much to you anymore, for you would not have to consider the reactions of other individuals to your consumption. Similarly, isolation would also eliminate social influences on your speech. Absent an audience, your choice of words would not be subject to the judgments of others.
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Goga, Suryani, Lillyani M. Orisu, and Marcus R. Maspaitella. "Analisis Faktor-Faktor Yang Mempengaruhi Permintaan Listrik Kabupaten Manokwari (Studi Kasus Kelurahan Amban)." JFRES: Journal of Fiscal and Regional Economy Studies 3, no. 2 (September 30, 2020): 18–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.36883/jfres.v3i2.43.
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Purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of the number of electronic furniture, the number of lamps, the number of family dependents, income and electrical power on the electricity demand by households in Amban Village, Manokwari Regency. The data obtained comes from the results of interviews and literature review that supports this research. The analytical tool used in this research is multiple linear regression. The results showed that the number of electrical furniture, the number of lamps and the number of dependents did not affect household electricity consumption, while income and electrical power did not affect household electricity consumption demand.
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Namsawat, Ornwiriya, and Yanin Rugwongwan. "Tendency and Behaviour of Furniture Usage of Consumers in Thailand for Business Strategy Formation for Sustainable Environment." Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal 2, no. 6 (November 6, 2017): 27. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v2i6.952.
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According to the problems of excessive consumption of natural resources and the increasing trend of manufacturing across the globe at present, the need for transformation to sustainable consumption and sustainable production has been put on centre stage. One of the solutions to these problems is conducting business operations with the responsibility to the environment to reduce environmental impacts by changing consumption patterns relative to the consumers. This will lead to the business strategy in Product-Service Systems for furniture business under the concept of the Green Business Model to meet the consumers' needs. This research is, thus, a study of the behavioural trends of furniture usage, an analysis on environmental awareness of consumers in Thailand, and a search for the methods to provide services that will be accepted by the consumers to incentivize them in having sustainable consumption behaviours.
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Merous, Noor Hazmira, Rohana Abd Rahman, Nor Azila Mohamed, Ismariah Ahmad, Lim Hin Hui, and Mohd Shahwahid Othman. "Factor Determinants on Availability and Consumption of Rubberwood in Peninsular Malaysia." Journal of Tropical Resources and Sustainable Science (JTRSS) 3, no. 1 (July 18, 2021): 191–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.47253/jtrss.v3i1.556.
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Rubberwood sawntimber has become one of the major contributors to the Malaysian furniture export and economic growth in the past two decades as its demand from wooden furniture manufacturing has increased tremendously. Factors affecting availability and consumption of rubberwood sawntimber are identified through the multiple regression models. The results of the regression analyses have been statistically diagnosed and modified to generate the best models. Availability of rubberwood sawntimber is influenced by replanted area, price of rubberwood log, latex price and previous production of rubberwood sawntimber. Consumption of rubberwood sawntimber is influenced by national income and prices of other light hardwood species that are mainly consumed by sawmills, i.e. Dark Red Meranti and Red Meranti. The findings could be used as a guideline for the policy maker to develop strategies for further strengthens the wood based industry as a whole.
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Deliiski, N., N. Trichkov, Z. Gochev, and D. Angelski. "Modeling of the Energy Consumption for Warming up of Furniture Elements during their Unilateral Convective Heating before Lacquering." Information Technologies and Control 14, no. 4 (December 1, 2016): 11–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/itc-2017-0012.
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Abstract A mathematical model and a numerical approach for the computation of the specific energy consumption, which is needed for warming up of flat furniture elements before their lacquering, have been suggested. The approach is based on the integration of the solutions of a non-linear model for the calculation of the nonstationary 1D temperature distribution along the thickness of subjected to unilateral convective heating furniture elements. With the help of a self-prepared software program, computations have been carried out for the determination of the change in the specific energy, which is consumed by oak furniture elements with an initial temperature of 20 °C, moisture content of 8 %, thickness of 16 mm, and length of 0.6 m, 1.2 m, and 1.8 m, during their 10 min unilateral convective heating by hot air with temperature of 100 °C and velocity of 5 m·s−1.
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Liu, Yuan. "A Study on the Shape Design of the Folding Table." Advanced Materials Research 933 (May 2014): 619–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.933.619.
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As one of the forms and shapes of modern furniture design, folding furniture is a reflection of increasing aestheticism and daily life, being the inevitable trend of the variety of furniture design. Folding dining table is mainly for the young in the city, displaying its fashion and novelty from its shape and interior structure; projecting its perfect combination of traditional material and modern craftmanship from selecting the proper material; presenting the concept of creating the need to boost consumption by studying the products aesthetic value and human value. This article is to predict the future trend of modern funiture design through the above-mentioned three aspects.
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Aras, Aylin, and İlkay Maşat Özdemir. "Consumption culture and furniture: An analysis of two Turkish housing spaces." Fashion, Style & Popular Culture 6, no. 2 (March 1, 2019): 261–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/fspc.6.2.261_1.
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Gurel, M. O. "Consumption of Modern Furniture as a Strategy of Distinction in Turkey." Journal of Design History 22, no. 1 (March 1, 2009): 47–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jdh/epn041.
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Leslie, Deborah, and Suzanne Reimer. "Gender, Modern Design, and Home Consumption." Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 21, no. 3 (June 2003): 293–316. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/d337.
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Beset by a range of internal inconsistencies and contradictions, modernism never has been able to expunge completely that which has been constructed as its ‘Other’. Often coded as feminine, notions of ornamentation, decoration, craft, and ephemerality have long been defined in opposition to the modernist project. In this paper we chart a return to the aesthetics of modernism in the retailing, marketing, and consumption of household furniture during the 1990s as a means of extending existing assessments of modernist discourses. Given past associations between modernism and masculinity, we critically evaluate contemporary shifts in home consumption in the context of the gendering of the modern.
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Wu, Xinghuan, Jiangang Zhu, and Xu Wang. "A review on carbon reduction analysis during the design and manufacture of solid wood furniture." BioResources 16, no. 3 (July 25, 2021): 6212–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.15376/biores.16.3.6212-6230.
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Reducing carbon emissions is the direction various industries will head in the future. Solid wood furniture products that occupy important market shares have high carbon reduction potential. This article briefly describes the carbon footprint of the solid wood furniture production process. In addition, it analyzes the feasible carbon reduction technologies applicable during the design and manufacturing process through the potential emission reduction-oriented approach, ranging from the upstream raw materials to overall power consumption. The primary carbon reduction potential points entail the high efficiency and reuse of primary materials, the reduction of auxiliary materials, and the optimization of solid wood processing based on spraying and dust removal. In this study, the carbon reduction design of solid wood furniture primarily covers the design methods, material selection, structural design, and packaging design. The carbon reduction manufacturing technology was analyzed from a process, equipment, and management aspect. It is hoped that this study can provide a reference for the future strategic design of solid wood furniture companies, which will promote low-carbon development in the wood furniture industry.
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Nowakowski, Przemysław. "Health and ecological aspects in shaping of furniture equipment." BUILDER 284, no. 3 (February 24, 2021): 52–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0014.7426.
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The choice of furniture does not only affect the comfort of one’s life or work space. Materials utilized in furniture production may contribute to the quality of chemical microclimate in rooms and have an influence on the users’ health. Plenty of substances used in the furniture industry have negative effects on human health. These effects are usually of low intensity. However, they occur over a long period of time and as a result they may even lead directly to permanent health problems. Consumer lifestyle boosts frequent changes in interior decoration. The changes include mainly replacing furniture and household appliances. The furniture industry offers a wide range of products to satisfy the growing needs of buyers. Mass production results in a significant increase in the exploitation of natural resources and (often) leads to degradation of the natural environment. The downsides of mass furniture production are usually considered only in terms of utilizing various resources. Producers, however, implement measures to reduce the consumption of materials and energy. Their aim is to cut the production costs and lower the final price of manufactured goods. Worn out furniture, produced from highly processed materials is not biodegradable. Such waste is a heavy burden on the natural environment. The paper describes „the life cycle” of furniture items and presents a critical analysis of raw materials and intermediate products used in the furniture industry in the context of sustainable development (the impact on human health and on the condition of the natural environment). It may serve as a means to promote pro-health and pro-environmental awareness. A thorough assessment of the furniture available on the market may facilitate in making conscious decisions which will also take into consideration additional technical criteria. The choice of furniture neutral for people as well as for the environment is not an easy task and often involves higher spending.
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Ciupan, Emilia, Cornel Ciupan, Emilia-Maria Câmpean, Lucia Stelea, Cecilia-Elena Policsek, Florin Lungu, and Daniela-Corina Jucan. "Opportunities of Sustainable Development of the Industry of Upholstered Furniture in Romania. A Case Study." Sustainability 10, no. 9 (September 19, 2018): 3356. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10093356.
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Wood is used as a raw material in various industries, including the production of furniture, which puts pressure on the exploitation of the forests and the continuous reduction of their surfaces, with undesirable effects on the environment. The paper provides a way of sustainably manufacturing furniture by replacing wood with composite materials based on natural fibers obtained from fast-growing renewable crops (hemp, willow, flax, etc.) and at the same time a method of assessing the forest areas which can be saved from cutting. The method’s algorithm is based on the estimation of forest area that ensures the annual consumption of wood for the production of furniture, both in the conventional production of furniture and in the unconventional one, where part of the products is made of composites. The agricultural areas required to be cultivated with technical plants to provide the natural fibers necessary for the wood replacement composite were also determined. The case study, based on the data of an upholstered furniture company, shows that replacing only part of the wood for the production of furniture can save about 3000 hectares of beech forests per year and the necessary plant fibers can be obtained from a surface area about 10 to 100 times smaller.
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Lin, Meng, Zhaojun Wang, Zongli Zhang, and Yukun Cao. "Research on Consumers' Attitudes in China about Using Online-to-Offline Mode for Purchasing Wooden Furniture." Forest Products Journal 69, no. 2 (January 1, 2019): 159–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.13073/fpj-d-18-00039.
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Abstract The online-to-offline (O2O) business mode, designed to attract online shoppers to participate in in-person retail consumption, is rapidly emerging in popularity in China, and having a significant impact on traditional manufacturing. Taking the wooden furniture industry as a case study, this research surveyed consumers' attitudes toward using the O2O mode for wooden furniture shopping. Respondents were asked to rate their online and in-store experiences and attitudes about wooden furniture shopping via the O2O mode. On the basis of data processing of questionnaires, this study established hypotheses and conducted hypothesis testing by one-way analysis of variance and regression analysis. Results of this research indicated that Chinese consumers' attitudes about using the O2O mode for wooden furniture shopping were significantly affected by the region/city tiers in which the respondents resided. Consumers' attitudes in all regions were affected by subjective perceptions, the reputation and security of the Internet platform, and the quality of enterprise services. Specifically, those who live in tier 1 cities (most economically developed cities, e.g., Beijing, Tianjin) are more concerned about their shopping environment, whereas those who live in tier 3 cities (less economically developed cities) are more concerned about the Internet platform's service and promotions. Tier 2 cities (large cities that may be provincial capitals) are more concerned about convenience of online shopping and environment of the offline store. The results of this study could help enable business managers to develop appropriate marketing strategies for O2O wooden furniture shopping and provide reference for the transformation of business mode of wooden furniture manufacturing enterprises.
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Vale, Brenda, and Robert Vale. "Into the closet: the spread of consumption and fitted furniture in the 1940s, with particular reference to the houses of Bernard Johns." Architectural History Aotearoa 5 (October 31, 2008): 83–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.26686/aha.v5i0.6768.
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The houses of Bernard Johns are characterised by a delight in cupboards, from the very small and quirky to fully fitted kitchens and bedrooms. The increasing use of fitted cupboards and other furniture in the twentieth century produced an interior that was controlled by the architect. National economies after WWII were propped up by encouraging increased consumption of material goods, and this in turn produced a demand for more storage inside the home. This period saw the cupboard move from a separate piece of furniture or a simple storage space created to the side of the chimney breast to become part of the architecture of most houses. These themes will be explored with reference to the particular characteristics of cupboards in Johns" houses of the period contrasted with the use of fitted cupboards in the first (1949) house of the Group.
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Rawal, Rajan, Vishal Garg, Satish Kumar, and Bhargav Adhvaryu. "Evaluation of thermally activated furniture on thermal comfort and energy consumption: An experimental study." Energy and Buildings 223 (September 2020): 110154. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110154.
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Trošić, Anamarija. "Važnost ekološkog dizajna u kružnoj ekonomiji s naglaskom na eko namještaj." Oeconomica Jadertina 11, no. 1 (June 11, 2021): 91–113. http://dx.doi.org/10.15291/oec.3389.
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In order to decrease the environmental problems in recent years in the world, caused mainly by foreign trade, changes and the introduction of environmental approaches within the business of companies are necessary. Eco design is a powerful tool that pushes boundaries in design, and at the same time participates in raising awareness about environmental protection. At the same time, it reduces environmental pollution and costs, and increases the environmental efficiency and profitability of organizations. Cost reduction can be a particularly important factor in attracting companies to introduce and apply this discipline. It connects with the circular economy and sustainable development and proposes instructions to designers to reduce their negative impact on the environment, choosing environmentally friendly materials, processes and technology. In the world, but also in Croatia, it is necessary to give priority to the development of technology for designing green materials and design technology, design techniques for cleaning paints and compounds and design techniques for a clean environment. The purpose of the article is to provide the public with a deeper understanding of how and whether there is a need to use more green products and furniture. Businesses need to focus on marketing sustainable furniture to a greater extent in order to increase the purchase, but also the awareness of green furniture consumption. The furniture industry is one of those committed to improving its operations in the territory of environmental protection. Eco furniture is easily repaired, disassembled and recycled, and there is awareness in its design, production and end use. Era grupa d.o.o. is a company that deals with ecological furniture that was designed and manufactured in Croatia and has reached a level of high environmental and ethical awareness. The aim is to produce an impact on the qualitative improvement of products in the furniture industry, which is based on the use of ecodesign at all stages of production and reduction of emissions of harmful substances and respect for the health and safety of workers and end users. Also, their desire is to establish a Croatian eco-design that is recognizable and that will affect the competitiveness of Croatian products in the world.
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Nasır, Esra Bici. "Between mass-market conventions and everyday life: The domestication of dining furniture in urban Istanbul." International Journal of Food Design 6, no. 1 (April 1, 2021): 103–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/ijfd_00026_1.
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Although dining tables and chairs function as the main furniture stereotypes valued for hosting in traditional Turkish households, this practice has been subject to changes and challenges in contemporary urban life in Istanbul. This qualitative study of dining furniture brings insights into the design, production, purchase and use of furnishings from a broad review of literature and from semi-structured in-depth interviews undertaken in the homes of young urban professionals in Istanbul between the years 2013 and 2016. Prescribed as indispensable stereotypes in the furniture retail stores and considered as essential domestic units by the interviewees, dining tables and chairs are found out as not fulfilling their intended hosting functions efficiently or being often replaced by centre tables or coffee tables, because of an increase in casual rather than formal occasions. Domestication of the dining table as an open buffet was considered a practical way to help hold the food and drinks that were also on couches and coffee tables. In addition, the dining table was used for completely different functions unrelated to eating, as study desks or as surfaces for folding and ironing laundry, whereas dining chairs were used as places to drape coats or clothing. Interrogating the disconnect between the consumption and use context of the dining suites yields deeper discussion about the level of intellectual capital of Turkish furniture industry and the consumer culture which advices the enactment of norms. Insights in these complex, changing and sometimes contradictory patterns may influence the design of domestic furnishings in Turkey. Therefore, more user-based design research and a further examination of contemporary patterns of use in urban households are needed to activate this potential for the Turkish furniture design industry.
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Dong, Weihang, Xiaolei Guo, Yong Hu, Jinxin Wang, and Guangjun Tian. "Discrete wavelet transformation and genetic algorithm – back propagation neural network applied in monitoring woodworking tool wear conditions in the milling operation spindle power signals." BioResources 16, no. 2 (February 5, 2021): 2369–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.15376/biores.16.2.2369-2384.
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Tool wear conditions monitoring is an important mechanical processing system that can improve the processing quality of wood plastic composite furniture and reduce industrial energy consumption. An appropriate signal, feature extraction method, and model establishment method can effectively improve the accuracy of tool wear monitoring. In this work, an effective method based on discrete wavelet transformation (DWT) and genetic algorithm (GA) – back propagation (BP) neural network was proposed to monitor the tool wear conditions. The spindle power signals under different spindle speeds, depths of milling, and tool wear conditions were collected by power sensors connected to the machine tool control box. Based on the feature extraction method, the approximate coefficients of spindle power signal were extracted by DWT. Then, the extracted approximate coefficients, spindle speeds, depths of milling, and tool wear conditions were taken as samples to train the monitoring model. Threshold and weight of BP neural network were optimized by GA, and the accuracy of monitoring model established by the GA – BP neural network can reach 100%. Thus, the proposed monitoring method can accurately monitor tool wear conditions with different milling parameters, which can achieve the purpose of improving the processing quality of wood plastic composite furniture and reducing energy consumption.
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Ali, M. Shaukat. "Household Consumption and Saving Behaviour in Pakistan: An Application of the Extended Linear Expenditure System." Pakistan Development Review 24, no. 1 (March 1, 1985): 23–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.30541/v24i1pp.23-37.
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The paper aims at developing a complete set of income and price elasticities of household consumption and saving for Pakistan by applying the Extended Linear Expenditure System (ELES) to the data of the 1979 Household Income and Expenditure Survey. Items like Rent on Housing, Furniture & Fixture, Education, Recreation, and Traveling & Transportation were found to be income-elastic as well as fairly sensitive to changes in (own) prices. As regards the cross-price effects, food prices turned out to be the most important determinant of demand for all other commodities and also of total expenditure (hence of saving). Expenditure on education is particularly affected by the rising cost of food.
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Wijaya, Yehezkiel Nugraha Ivan, Maureen Nuradhi, and Melania Rahadiyanti. "PERANCANGAN PRODUK FURNITUR INTERIOR DAN BOOTH DENGAN PENDEKATAN PRINSIP MINIMALIS OLEH NIW." AKSEN 5, no. 1 (October 30, 2020): 56–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.37715/aksen.v5i1.1583.
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The pace of the economy in Indonesia faces an era of shifting where many new businesses take advantageof this opportunity. The rapid growth of the Indonesian economy brings opportunities to various aspects ofpeople’s lives, both from the pattern of the use of money to the opportunity to open a business. One of thecontributors to Indonesia’s economic growth is the creative economy. Indonesia’s creative economy hasbecome a promising new business opportunity, which is now also being cultivated by the community. Theproduct and furniture industry is one of the 16 sectors of Indonesia’s creative economy. NIW an online ore-commerce based company has a share of the mass market where the company provides various needsfor home furniture and interior accessories. The company carries a minimalist concept where the minimalistphilosophy reflects an awareness of maximizing the consumption of goods by minimizing various componentsthat are not needed. A minimalist visual form is expected to change the perspective and lifestyle of its users inbetween the complexities that often distract human thoughts and feelings in everyday life. Before the productis released to the market, the company makes a market reset so that the goods made can be accepted bythe public. In addition to designing furniture, to support business activities a booth is needed as a mediacampaign. The booth on the NIW company is useful as a medium for exhibiting product results and is alsoa media space where prospective customers can feel, see, and feel directly for each product in order tounderstand and adjust the user’s tastes. The company collaborates with other creative industry personalitiesin various fields and several non competitor brands.
Keywords: Collaboration, E-Commerce, Furniture, Minimalist, Product Design.
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Sozanskyy, L. Yo. "A Comparative Assessment of Cross-Sectoral Links in the Ukrainian Timber Industry." Statistics of Ukraine 86, no. 3 (December 5, 2019): 47–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.31767/su.3(86)2019.03.05.
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The timber industry is an important intersectoral segment and an element of many production chains. The products of this industry are the raw material base for operation of many units of manufacturing and other economic activities.
The purpose of the article is to conduct a comparative assessment of the cross-sectoral links of the Ukrainian timber industry, and to draw relevant analytical conclusions.
The main need for assessing the cross-industry relationships of the timber industry is to determine the match and the reciprocal impact of supply and demand on woodworking products. For this purpose, the structure of output and costs (intermediate consumption) of the woodworking industry of Ukraine, Poland, Germany and other EU countries were compared. The information base of the study was the cost-release tables.
An empirical study performed by the author reveals that the structure of consumption of timber products with industrial purposes in Ukraine essentially differs from the analogous structure in Poland and Germany by relatively small shares of construction and furniture industry. The revealed structural differences in cross-sectoral links of the timber industry are a core reason explaining why the consumption of timber products by the Ukrainian economy is six times lower than the Polish economy and more than twenty times lower than the German one. As a result, the supply of domestic furniture enterprises and construction sector with input resources is still an empty niche for the domestic timber industry, although a promising one.
According to the analysis of the cost structure and dynamics in timber industry of Ukraine, it was found that the cost level of domestic woodworking is the highest among EU countries. This is largely explained by the significant differences in the cost structures (intermediate consumption) of the timber industry of Ukraine and the EU. The latter is dominated by the share of timber products, while in Ukraine it tends to decrease. Also, during 2014–2017, the share of agricultural and forestry products increased in the structure of expenditures of the domestic timber industry, while the share of products and services of retail chains decreased. As a result, there was a decrease in the degree of processing of timber raw materials and deterioration in the manufacturability of production.
Hence the need to transform the structure of output in timber industry in a way to increase the output of products for the construction and furniture industries, as well as creating organizational, economic and institutional legal conditions that would contribute to the growth of demand for such products in the domestic and foreign markets.
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Bedoya, Mónica, Federico Rivera, María Rico, David Vélez, Andrés Urrego, and Sebastián Hernandez. "Sustainable Concrete Application in the Manufacture of University Urban Furniture." MATEC Web of Conferences 303 (2019): 05001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201930305001.
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It is clear that construction and demolition wastes (CDW) are constantly increasing throughout the world and these wastes can be used effectively to minimize the consumption of natural resources in the manufacture of more sustainable concrete. The CDW occupy an important segment of world waste production and its generation reached approximately 3 billion tons in 2012 in 40 countries [1]. Although this topic has been studied in the world, it is still valid for the reuse of waste that is constantly increasing, and although in many countries there are already examples of its use this type of concrete in Colombia and in the Medellìn city lacks applications. This project proposes the application of a sustainable concrete made with CDW and coal ash in the Medellín city for its implementation in the construction of urban furniture. A university community diagnosis of the needs in terms of furnishing was made. With the design reached, a modular chair was proposed to enable spaces within the university. The mechanical characteristics of the concrete and the design of the chair are evaluated and a simulation is done through finite elements to evaluate the viability of the proposed concrete, finding that with these properties is possible to manufacture durable and sustainable furniture that serves as an example for the application of sustainable materials
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Kant, Shashi, J. C. Nautiyal, and Wafa Ai-Ameen. "The Canadian forest product sector: a sectoral econometric model." Canadian Journal of Forest Research 26, no. 7 (July 1, 1996): 1122–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/x26-125.
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A sectoral model of the forest product sector (FPS) comprising the wood, furniture, and pulp and paper industries has been developed and estimated from 31 (1961–1991) years of data. The model consists of seven behavioral equations ((i) total output, (ii) domestic consumption, (iii) exports, (iv) imports, and prices of (v) consumption, (vi) exports, and (vii) imports) and one identity for each industry. Four additional identities complete the structure of the entire FPS model. The performance of this model is evaluated by sample period simulation. A forecast has been made for the next 5 years, and impact analysis has been done for changes in housing activity. The forecast indicates a slower annual growth in the FPS than in the total economy.
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Annette Burnsed, Katherine, and Nancy J. Hodges. "Home furnishings consumption choices: a qualitative analysis." Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal 17, no. 1 (January 7, 2014): 24–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/qmr-11-2011-0022.
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Purpose – The purpose of this study was to analyze the role of consumer perceived value relative to home furnishing case good (i.e. furniture made of wood and not upholstered) consumption choices. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative approach to data collection and interpretation was used. A semi-structured depth-interview and focus group schedule was created based on an extant review of literature and consisted of open-ended questions about shopping for and purchasing home furnishings case goods. Findings – A thematic interpretation of interviews and focus groups led to the development of emergent themes: the key factors influencing participant's value perceptions were quality, comfort, and price; participants decorated first for themselves; a welcoming, attractive environment for family and friends/guests was important; and desires and wants were more salient than needs. Themes were then categorized according to Sheth, Newman, and Gross' five consumption value dimensions. Research limitations/implications – Limitations of the study include a focus on Southeastern US consumers and a focus on home furnishings case goods. Practical implications – Although the findings of this research are market specific, they have important implications for the home furnishings case goods industry. Overall, this study provides product developers, manufacturers, and marketers with a greater understanding of the home furnishings case goods consumer, which could allow sellers to create lead times and provide consumers with more tailored offerings/selections that would better suit their needs and desires. Originality/value – This paper offers insight into the role of consumer perceived value relative to home furnishing consumption choices to product developers, manufacturers, and marketers.
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Zhou, Dan, and Sung Won Lee. "Research on Chinese Children’s Furniture Consumption Preference and Design Trends under the Integration of Design and Demand." Korean Society of Science & Art 38, no. 4 (September 30, 2020): 401–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.17548/ksaf.2020.09.30.401.
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Barbaritano, Marica, and Elisabetta Savelli. "How Consumer Environmental Responsibility Affects the Purchasing Intention of Design Furniture Products." Sustainability 13, no. 11 (May 29, 2021): 6140. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13116140.
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Consumer environmental responsibility has been commonly considered as an antecedent to green consumption intention and eco-design purchases. However, little research has investigated how environmental concern affects the relationship between design attributes and purchasing intention, especially in the furniture setting, where companies are often involved in design-intensive processes and environmental problems. This study investigates (i) how consumers perceive the different dimensions of design and which attributes most affect their purchasing intention of furniture items; and (ii) the role of consumers’ environmental responsibility on the relationship between design attributes and purchasing intention. An online questionnaire survey was employed to collect data from 350 Italian consumers. The findings reveal that design can be intended as a three-dimensional construct, based on functional, aesthetic, and symbolic attributes. While functional and aesthetic features can be considered as relevant factors affecting the consumers’ perception of design, the purchasing intention is mainly influenced by the symbolic dimension of design. Moreover, environmental concern moderates the relationship between the symbolic dimension of design and purchasing intention, that is, when consumers are highly concerned about environmental issues, they tend to be more influenced by the symbolic dimension of design. Several theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
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Baležentis, Tomas, Algimantas Misiūnas, and Alvydas Baležentis. "EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY CHANGE ACROSS THE ECONOMIC SECTORS IN LITHUANIA (2000–2010): THE DEA–MULTIMOORA APPROACH." Technological and Economic Development of Economy 19, Supplement_1 (January 28, 2014): S191—S213. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/20294913.2013.881431.
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Reasonable strategic management requires the complex assessment of the regulated area. This study, thus, presents a multi-criteria framework for frontier assessment of efficiency and productivity across the Lithuanian economic sectors throughout 2000–2010. The data envelopment analysis was employed to estimate efficiency in terms of an output indicator (value added) and input indicators (intermediate consumption, capital consumption, and remunerations). Furthermore, the decomposition of the Malmquist productivity index enabled to describe the impact of frontier shifts and catch-up effect on the overall change in efficiency. The multi-criteria decision making method MULTIMOORA aggregated different indicators of efficiency and productivity and thus resulted in the ranking of the economic sectors. The analysis suggests that services sector was the most efficient one, whereas manufacturing was second best. Certain branches of manufacturing, namely pharmaceutical, wood, food, and furniture industry, were rather efficient.
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Hansen, Jared. "An Abundance of Fruit Trees." Animal Crossing Special Issue 13, no. 22 (February 16, 2021): 23–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1075261ar.
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The game series of Animal Crossing is founded on materialism and consumerism, and its mechanics emphasize the economic principles of production, trade, and consumption. And as a social simulator, its gameplay focuses on inventory management, with items and artifacts as rewards for behaviors. Players are urged to customize their town and avatar, by buying and selling clothing, accessories, furniture, and other items. The method of garbology concludes that trash is a valuable resource in revealing the attitudes and motivations of a culture. This article uses garbology to examine the trash left behind by players in ten random towns of Animal Crossing: New Leaf to create a taxonomy of what players valued and disposed of. This study found patterns of production (non-native and “perfect” fruit trees) to maximize monetary gains, and signs of customization through consumption (such as creating a gothic-themed town). The author concludes based on the findings that players of New Leaf are engaged in a culture of economy and thrift, as opposed to conspicuous consumption, per Rathje’s (1984) hypothesis of garbage.
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Danilov, Aleksandr, V. Krisanov, and A. Rutskov. "Energy saving system of neuro and indistinct management of consumption of electric energy of large industrial furniture holding." Актуальные направления научных исследований XXI века: теория и практика 2, no. 3 (June 1, 2014): 300–304. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/4395.
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Duffy, Owen. "Ai Weiwei’s furniture-sculpture: Radical ambiguity and the function of critique." Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art 5, no. 1 (March 1, 2018): 77–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/jcca.5.1.77_1.
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This article will examine the evolving function of critique in the work of artist, activist and dissident Ai Weiwei since the mid-1990s. It will do so by first considering Ai’s manipulated and transformed furniture in relation to the inundation of Ming and Qing Dynasty antiques on the market during the 1980s and 1990s to demonstrate how his art uses ambiguity to critique western market expectations. Throughout his artistic career from 1996 to the present, Ai has repurposed antique furniture, doors and temple beams as sculptures and installations. If this under-researched yet important group of works by him is considered through a socio-economic framework and a Duchampian sense of irony, as this article intends to do, these pieces will be able to be understood as sardonic assisted readymades, with a specific set of different meanings for people in China and the West. Differing from prevailing views of Ai’s repurposed antiques that have regarded them as objects moving away from their Chinese sources, i.e. their ‘Chinese-ness’, this article will look at his sculptures and installations, which incorporate while dramatically altering these historical objects, as satirizing western consumption of Chinese culture and history. It will also situate the works as critical of a consequence of China’s rapid transition to global stage: consumers’ and government’s tendency to erode cultural heritage, sites, and artefacts in exchange for economic growth and the new. Ultimately, this article will suggest that these works source their political thrust from a type of ‘radical ambiguity’ that Ai has now expunged from his practice in favour of more determinate means of critique.
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Potkány, Marek, Miloš Hitka, Silvia Lorincová, Lucia Krajčírová, and Peter Štarchoň. "Use of Variators in Applying the Cost Calculation Methodology in Small and Medium Furniture Enterprises Based on Changes in Human Body Dimensions." Drvna industrija 70, no. 1 (March 26, 2019): 27–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.5552/drvind.2019.1763.
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Based on the research of anthropometric measures of Slovak adult population, it can be observed that during the last 25 years, anthropometric data have been rising by about 4.5-5 % in most analysed characters. As data on human body dimensions changes, the requirements for material consumption and production time, expressed by the rate of labour cost, are changing. In this context, sustainable profitability of the company can be achieved through each segment of a value chain. One of these segments is the product and its price, which is based on costs allocated in the system of full or variable costing. As the value of quantiles characteristics of anthropometric characters was used to create ergonomic, health and construction norms and standards in the furniture industry, it is necessary to review the adequacy of existing standard-size single bed. Since the dimensions of single bed are standardised, 200 cm x 90 cm or 200 cm x 100 cm, it is clear that due to the secular trend of anthropometric measure of a man, the dimensions are currently inadequate. This paper presents the use of variators when applying the most commonly used absorption costing in small and medium furniture enterprises. It shows the costs involved, when the input parameters are changed.
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Moro, Riccardo, Piero Pinamonti, and Mauro Reini. "ORC technology for waste-wood to energy conversion in the furniture manufacturing industry." Thermal Science 12, no. 4 (2008): 61–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/tsci0804061m.
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Exploitation of low and medium temperature thermal sources, in particular those based on biomass combustion and on industrial residual heat recovery, has been increasingly investigated in the last decades, accordingly to the growing interest towards reduction in primary energy consumption and environmental issues. Organic Rankine cycle technology allows designing power plants that are less demanding in terms of auxiliaries, safety systems, maintenance and operating costs when compared to conventional water steam power plants. To support the preliminary technical and economic design of this kind of plants in different contexts, a simulation code of part load and off-design operation of an organic Rankine cycle unit for combined heat and power has been developed. In the paper, taking the real situation of a furniture manufacturing factory as a starting point, it is shown how all energy flows occurring all year long inside the combined heat and power plant, can be estimated on the basis of the thermal user duty time profile, the available biomass flow rate and the adopted operation strategy. This information is the basis in order to correctly evaluate the energetic, economic and environmental advantages of the proposed technical solution, with respect to a particular context, as it is shown in the concluding part of the paper.
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JACOBSEN, HELEN. "LUXURY CONSUMPTION, CULTURAL POLITICS, AND THE CAREER OF THE EARL OF ARLINGTON, 1660–1685." Historical Journal 52, no. 2 (May 15, 2009): 295–317. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0018246x0900747x.
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ABSTRACTHenry Bennet, earl of Arlington, is a neglected statesman. A sometime diplomat, he was Charles II's longest-serving secretary of state, held the highest household office for ten years, and married his daughter to a royal bastard. It is, however, his artistic patronage that has most conspicuously been overlooked and, consequently, its political significance underestimated. Informed by his experiences abroad, he appreciated the power of the arts to influence and impress and used the cultural mediation of the English diplomatic network in his control to help skilfully fashion his domestic political identity. Through judicious display of architecture, paintings, sculpture, and furniture, Arlington created a cultural world that confirmed both his close relationship with Charles II and his dominance of foreign affairs. Even after he resigned as secretary of state in 1674, Arlington continued to deploy artistic patronage for political ends: as lord chamberlain, he controlled the largest government department and was formally responsible for fashioning the royal image. This article reconsiders Arlington's contributions as a statesman through his considered use of material consumption and artistic patronage and thereby illuminates corners of cultural practice which are situated firmly in the political sphere.
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Demenev, Alexey, and Anatoly Naberezhnykh. "RESEARCH OF THE PROCESS OF FORMATION OF NOISE IN HOUSEHOLD REFRIGERATORS." Akustika 32 (March 1, 2019): 135–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.36336/akustika201932135.
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This paper presents the results of research devices that emit sound vibrations in living conditions. Among all the devices installed in hotel rooms, special emphasis is placed on research in the refrigerator as it works around the clock. Strictly regulated rate-corrected sound power level in of residential premises and hotels, leading to the use of refrigerators with a small amount of useful and build them into a piece of furniture , which leads to an increase in energy consumption indicator. The study received that the main source of noise is sealed refrigerator compressor that generates sound waves and vibrations. This paper presents recommendations for the design of refrigeration equipment to significantly reduce sound power level of the refrigerator.
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Festić, Mejra, and France Križanič. "The Impact of Natural Gas Prices on Production by Industries in Slovenia." Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-Government 7, no. 1 (September 4, 2009): 65–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.4335/67.
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Article empirically investigates how intensive is the impact of natural gas prices on production by industries in Slovenian economy. Natural gas price movements can help us in forecasting the movements in electricity, natural gas, steam, hot water supplies, the production of metals, textiles, leather, footwear, leather and fur products, clothes, the production of pulp, paper, cardboard and products from paper and cardboard, the production of products from rubber and plastic materials, processing industry and the production of furniture, the production of intermediary consumption products and recycling. We proved that natural gas prices increase for 1 % point contributes to higher prices of living necessaries for 0,005 % points.
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Baba, M. Y., M. A. Islam, and P. A. Sofi. "Household dynamics and small timber consumption in rural Kashmir (J&K), India." Journal of Applied and Natural Science 8, no. 4 (December 1, 2016): 2021–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.31018/jans.v8i4.1081.
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The study examined the extraction and consumption pattern of small timber and its socioeconomic and forest resource determinants among the rural people in district Ganderbal of Kashmir. The results showed that the total extraction of small timber from different sources in the sample villages was 39.46 tons annum-1, which is mostly consumed in housing and roofing (39.63%) followed by cattle shed/ store house (15.25%), rural furniture/ packing cases (14.75%), agricultural implements (13.25%), fencing (12.50%) and others (4.62%). The total small timber demand was 47.88 m3 annum-1, which is mostly procured from agroforestry (42.57%) followed by forests (26.09%), homestead forestry (17.05%) and social/ community forestry (14.29%). The people were destitute with respect to socioeconomic attributes while they are well-off regarding forest resource characteristics. Correlation and multiple regression analysis established a robust relationship between small timber consumption and socioeconomic and forest resource parameters. The small timber flow from forests to the sample villages is excessive as compared to the national estimates, creating threats to the biodiversity conservation and ecological stability of the adjoining forests. The over-utilization of forest biomass by the local people is leading to degradation of forest resources and diminished biomass productivity, which in turn induce socioeconomic and livelihood stress. Therefore, some alternative interventions are essential to be implemented efficiently to keep pace with current development and future challenges.
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Yamin, M., Ida Bagoes Mantra, M. Maksum, and Slamet Hartono. "STRATEGI RUMAH TANGGA TRANSMIGRAN DALAM MEMENUHI KEBUTUHAN DASAR DI PROVINSI SUMATERA SELATAN (TRANSMIGRANT HOUSEHOLD STRATEGY IN ORDER TO FULFIL THE BASIC NEED IN SOUTH SUMATERA PROVINCE)." Agro Ekonomi 9, no. 2 (November 29, 2016): 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.22146/agroekonomi.16794.
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The objective of this research is to know the household strategy in order to fulfill the household the basic need. The research is done in South Sumatra Province with on settlement unit sample there are taken purposively based on the up land and low land, the new (maximum for seven years) and old settlement (more then seven years). The samples of households are taken randomly from each unit at about 15% from the population.The method of analysis are using regression OLS, and using coefficient variation.Permanent consumption is on the primary food level while temporary consumption consist of clothes, education, furniture, er cetera. In old settlement, permanent income in up land comes from the farm and off farm, while in low land comes only from the farm. The short-term strategy is that because of the limitation (Oransmigran's income, they postpone or sacrifice the other necessities. The longterm strategy will change due to the growing age of the settlement from only specializing on food crop to cash crop. However, the age of settlement studied is not enough to grow perennial cash crop.
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Wiśniewska-Sałek, Anna. "Managing a Sustainable Supply Chain – Statistical Analysis of Natural Resources in the Furniture Industry." Management Systems in Production Engineering 29, no. 3 (June 24, 2021): 227–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/mspe-2021-0028.
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Abstract Managing a sustainable supply chain is a concept related to many areas of the economy. Its efficient functioning depends on the implementation of SDG activities and the development of industry (first-fourth/fifth industrial revolution). Due to the likelihood of different priorities in the implementation of the sustainable development goals, it is important to build such relationships, e.g. in the supply chain, so that their implementation could take place under similar conditions. Digitization, or the circular economy concept (CE), create an opportunity for the SME sector to build relationships as part of industry networks, for instance, where the managed supply chain would have a common and realistic goal to achieve. This goal will be a priority in business models based on sustainable development. The article presents the results of research regarding the furniture industry in Poland (key industry, referred to as smart specialization). The results of the analysis show that the industry has a large production potential, and the natural resources used in it are constantly increasing. However, there are doubts raised by the lack of stability in the dynamics of the sold production in the industry. Ultimately, the business model of the industry supply chain should focus on the environmental aspect (sustainable management of the raw material supply chain) and on eco-friendly consumption (sustainable management of the product supply chain), so that it can be managed in a sustainable way.
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Nazabal, Juan Antonio, Peio López Iturri, Leire Azpilicueta, Francisco Falcone, and Carlos Fernández-Valdivielso. "Performance Analysis of IEEE 802.15.4 Compliant Wireless Devices for Heterogeneous Indoor Home Automation Environments." International Journal of Antennas and Propagation 2012 (2012): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/176383.
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The influence of topology as well as morphology of complex indoor scenarios in the deployment of wireless sensor networks and wireless systems applied to home and building automation systems is analyzed. The existence of loss mechanisms such as material absorption (walls, furniture, etc.) and strong multipath components as well as the increase in the number of wireless sensors within indoor scenarios increases the relevance in the configuration of the heterogeneous wireless systems. Simulation results by means of empirical-based models are compared with an in-house 3D ray launching code as well as measurement results from wireless sensor networks illustrate the strong influence of the indoor scenario in the overall performance. The use of adequate radioplanning strategies lead to optimal wireless network deployments in terms of capacity, quality of service, and reduced power consumption.
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Reid, Susan E. "Cold War binaries and the culture of consumption in the late Soviet home." Journal of Historical Research in Marketing 8, no. 1 (February 15, 2016): 17–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jhrm-09-2015-0038.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to challenge Cold War binaries, seeking a more nuanced understanding of popular experience of change in the Soviet Union’s last decades. This was a period of intensive modernization and rapid transformation in Soviet citizens’ everyday material environment, marked by the mass move to newly constructed housing and by changing relations with goods. Design/methodology/approach – To probe popular experience and changing meanings, the paper turns to qualitative, subjective sources, drawing on oral history interviews (Everyday Aesthetics in the Modern Soviet Flat, 2004-2007). Findings – The paper finds that qualitative changes took place in Soviet popular consumer culture during the 1960s-1970s, as millions of people made home in new housing amid the widespread media circulation of authoritative images representing a desirable modern lifestyle and modernist aesthetic. Soviet people began to make aesthetic or semiotic distinctions between functionally identical goods and were concerned to find the right furniture to fit a desired lifestyle, aesthetic ideal and sense of self. Research limitations/implications – The problem is how to conceptualize the trajectory of change in ways that do justice to historical subjects’ experience and narratives, while avoiding uncritically reproducing Cold War binaries or perpetuating the normative status claimed by the postwar West in defining modernity and consumer culture. Originality/value – The paper challenges dominant Cold War narratives, according to which Soviet popular relations with goods were encompassed by shortage and necessity. It advances understanding of the specific form of modern consumer culture, which, it argues, took shape in the USSR after Stalin.
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Masbad, Jesah Grace, Vianca Mae Noel, Rauvel Shay Omega, Lanndon Ocampo, Arjeany Fretzhie Abatayo, Alaine Liggayu, and Van Gaitano Vergara. "Prioritizing Interdependent Production Processes using Leontief Input-Output Model." Management and Production Engineering Review 7, no. 1 (March 1, 2016): 45–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mper-2016-0006.
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Abstract This paper proposes a methodology in identifying key production processes in an interdependent production system. Previous approaches on this domain have drawbacks that may potentially affect the reliability of decision-making. The proposed approach adopts the Leontief input-output model (L-IOM) which was proven successful in analyzing interdependent economic systems. The motivation behind such adoption lies in the strength of L-IOM in providing a rigorous quantitative framework in identifying key components of interdependent systems. In this proposed approach, the consumption and production flows of each process are represented respectively by the material inventory produced by the prior process and the material inventory produced by the current process, both in monetary values. A case study in a furniture production system located in central Philippines was carried out to elucidate the proposed approach. Results of the case were reported in this work
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Hansson, Niklas, and Helene Brembeck. "Market Hydraulics and Subjectivities in the “Wild”: Circulations of the Flea Market." Culture Unbound 7, no. 1 (March 12, 2015): 91–121. http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/cu.2000.1525.157191.
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Since consumer researchers started paying attention to flea markets they represent common consumer and market research objects. Arguably, in the “natural laboratory” of the flea market, researchers can observe and theorize market and consumer processes “in the wild”, as forms of direct marketing and consumption. We build on existing flea market research through adopting a circulatory approach, inspired by actor-network theory (ANT). Rather than presenting a theory of (flea) markets, ANT is useful for studying markets from the perspective of grounded market-making processes. Consumption is understood as the interplay of consumers, marketers, retailers, and a wide array of artifacts and market mediators like products, economic theories and ideas, packaging, market space (in the physical sense) and furniture, etc. Our results point out that not only does such an approach enable analysis of features commonly studied within consumer research such as calculative action and social interaction, but also issues more rarely in focus in such research, such as cognitive patterns of consumer curiosity, emotions, senses, and affect. Furthermore, even though flea markets foremost are places of commerce and exchange of second hand goods, there is a large variety of other forms of flows or circulations going on “backstage” that enable the surface phenomena of second hand consumption to come into being. Many of these circulations, we argue, are material rather than immaterial Vendor and buyer subjectivities are thus understood as outcomes of circulatory dynamism that involves a range of material and immaterial flows.
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Fratini, Alessandra, and Mariacristina Bottino. "The “Eco–leather” Claim: The Urgent Need for a Mandatory Labelling System for Leather Products at EU Level." European Journal of Risk Regulation 7, no. 2 (June 2016): 434–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1867299x00005857.
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Leather is one of the most efficient, natural and renewable resource, a unique and highly versatile material which contributes to the quality of everyday life and has done so for centuries. Due to its resilience, comfort and beauty, leather has played an important role since the beginning of times in satisfying man's clothing and decorative needs. Technically speaking, leather is a fundamental output of the leather tanning industry. Tanneries recover the hides and skins that are discarded by-products of the food industry producing meat for human consumption and convert them into leather, a stable material with a wide range of applications in downstream sectors of the consumer goods industry. Footwear, garment, furniture, automotive and leather goods industries are the most important outlets for EU tanners’ production. More specifically, the footwear Directive provides a definition of “leather”, which reserves the use of the word and its synonyms to products resulting from the processing of animal remains that retain the natural structure of the fibres undamaged.
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Peña-García, Antonio, and Ferdinando Salata. "Indoor Lighting Customization Based on Effective Reflectance Coefficients: A Methodology to Optimize Visual Performance and Decrease Consumption in Educative Workplaces." Sustainability 13, no. 1 (December 24, 2020): 119. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13010119.
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The importance of accurate lighting has been proven to be essential for good performance in all kinds of buildings, where most of the professional activities are carried out. National regulations and international standards dealing with indoor lighting establish the technical requirements of lighting installations to ensure the performance of their users. These requirements deal with illuminance on the working plane, uniformity, glare, color temperature of light and some other parameters. However, regulations and technical documents on indoor lighting are mainly referred to standard conditions that are sometimes far away from the reality. Hence, some installations can fulfill the technical requirements, whilst being uncomfortable for task development, impairing user’s performance and are oversized in terms of energy consumption. This work departs from a field study in highlighting the regulatory limitations in the matter of reflectance, to propose a quasi-Lambertian approach to real conditions in indoor workplaces with a special aim in educative environments. It consists of the introduction of “effective reflectance” coefficients for some key visual tasks and furniture carried out by users in certain typical positions and working planes. Based on this coefficient, it is proposed to implement a simple measurement and luminary programming methodology adapted to each particular workplace, especially in educational centers. The final target is to improve visual performance and save energy.
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Luan, Kun, Bao Zhong Sun, Bo Hong Gu, and Jia Jin Zhang. "Design of an Eco-Power Automobile Body Made from Green Composite and its Structural Optimization in FEA." Advanced Materials Research 287-290 (July 2011): 405–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.287-290.405.
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Ramie (Boehmeria nivea) is a kind of natural fiber that has good mechanical and environmental friendly properties. The fabric woven by ramie yarns shows excellent dimensional stability. Polypropylene (PP) was used as matrix for its recyclable and thermoplastic properties. PP is the widely used thermoplastics for composite and currently it is very common in building, construction, furniture and automotive products. Since the eco-power automobile body was designed for light-weight and low fuel consumption, there seems to be high potential application to automobile industry for ramie-PP composite. Therefore, in this paper, we developed a constitution of fabric to form stable structure reinforcement. The reinforcement and PP particles were treated in vulcanizer by thermo-compression technology. The fundamental mechanical properties of the composite were tested for finite element analysis (FEA). An eco-power automobile body was designed in Pro/E® Wildfire 5.0 and transferred to Finite Element Analysis Software for material and structural simulation analysis. Structural improvement and sizing optimization of the eco-power automobile body model were simulated to judge the material application and its structure effectiveness.
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Yang, Chunxia, Yanhua Chen, Weiwei Hao, Ying Shen, Minxuan Tang, and Lei Niu. "Effects of financial crisis on the industry sector of Chinese stock market — from a perspective of complex network." Modern Physics Letters B 28, no. 13 (May 30, 2014): 1450102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0217984914501024.
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In this paper, we use mutual information to measure the statistical interdependence between 23 industry sectors of Shanghai stock market and construct corresponding correlation network to analyze the shock of 2008 financial crisis on industry sectors. The obtained meaningful facts are as follows. First, such crisis has only a limited impact on leading industries such as Manufacturing, Commercial trade and Machinery & Equipment, which still play an important role in Chinese economy. Second, the crisis badly attacks China's export industries like Electronics, Wood & Furniture and Textile & Clothing. The damage further hurts other industries, and then export industries' influence becomes larger. Third, the crisis adversely impacts the import industries like Petrochemical, Metal & Nonmetal and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. While due to the stimulation of macroeconomic policies, the influence of crisis on import industries is limited. Similarly, due to relatively strict capital control and the macroeconomic policies stimulating the domestic demand, those industries like Construction, Real Estate and Financial Services are slightly wounded. All these findings suggest that Chinese government should transform from the external demand to the domestic consumption to sustain economic growth.