Dissertations / Theses: 'Sheep industry'

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Miller, Sean Michael. "Practical approaches to improve the value of the Falkland Islands' sheep and wool industry /." St. Lucia, Qld, 2002. http://adt.library.uq.edu.au/public/adt-QU20030612.171052/index.html.

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Reeves, Jeffery G. "The United States sheep industry : producer behavior and supply response /." Thesis, This resource online, 1991. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10102009-020159/.

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Wall, Charles Alexander. "Modelling a multiple output production system : the Australian sheep industry." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 1987. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/26023.

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Despite the fact that joint production is a common characteristic of Australian broadacre agriculture much of the previous empirical research into production decisions in Australian agriculture has not explicitly accounted for multiple output production. In an attempt to extend the existing knowledge in this area a profit function model was used to study production decisions in the Australian sheep industry. Three flexible functional forms were specified. They were the normalised quadratic, the generalised Leontief and the translog forms. The interrelationships which existed between different outputs were accounted for by cross equation restrictions and by using a full information maximum likelihood estimator.

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Singh-Knights, Doolarie. "An analysis of the management decisions of sheep producers in West Virginia." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2000. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1542.

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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2000.
Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 90 p. : ill. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-76).

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Wilkinson, Roger Lindsay. "Population dynamics and succession strategies of rural industry producers." full-text, 2009. http://eprints.vu.edu.au/1943/1/Roger_Wilkinson_PhD_thesis.pdf.

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Sheep farming in Australia has a long tradition, built up over several generations, of inheritance of the family farm, the occupation of sheep farming and the personal identity around being a sheep farmer. This tradition appears to be under threat, due to a combination of hard times and the long-term and inexorable decline in the terms of trade. I examined this threat to the continuation of family farming in Australia’s sheep industry by describing the demographic structure of the industry, documenting the structural changes and questioning whether the changes actually matter. The work involved demographic analysis of data from recent censuses of population and housing and in-depth interviews with sheep farming families. The average age of Australia’s sheep farmers is increasing, caused mainly by the decrease in entry of young people to the industry. This phenomenon is not confined to Australia’s sheep industry but is widespread and long-term through the industrialised world. Also, as some areas focus on agricultural production and others on amenity consumption, the rural landscape is changing. The changes to the structure of Australia’s sheep industry and the nation’s rural landscapes are driven by substantial forces that cannot be resisted easily. This has implications for policy-makers, extension agents and farm families.

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Wilkinson, Roger Lindsay. "Population dynamics and succession strategies of rural industry producers." Thesis, full-text, 2009. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/1943/.

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Sheep farming in Australia has a long tradition, built up over several generations, of inheritance of the family farm, the occupation of sheep farming and the personal identity around being a sheep farmer. This tradition appears to be under threat, due to a combination of hard times and the long-term and inexorable decline in the terms of trade. I examined this threat to the continuation of family farming in Australia’s sheep industry by describing the demographic structure of the industry, documenting the structural changes and questioning whether the changes actually matter. The work involved demographic analysis of data from recent censuses of population and housing and in-depth interviews with sheep farming families. The average age of Australia’s sheep farmers is increasing, caused mainly by the decrease in entry of young people to the industry. This phenomenon is not confined to Australia’s sheep industry but is widespread and long-term through the industrialised world. Also, as some areas focus on agricultural production and others on amenity consumption, the rural landscape is changing. The changes to the structure of Australia’s sheep industry and the nation’s rural landscapes are driven by substantial forces that cannot be resisted easily. This has implications for policy-makers, extension agents and farm families.

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Ackermann, Jacobus Johannes. "'n Studie van dorperskaapboerdery in die dorperlandgebied." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/58086.

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Thesis (MScAgric) -- Stellenbosch University, 1993.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A model of interdependents that makes provision for the particular needs of dorper sheep farming and is based on the relationship between the main groups of behaviour determined variables, was constructed. This model served as a basis for an interview schedule whereby personal interviews were held with 130 randomly drawn dorper farmers in the summer rainfall area of the Dorperland. Various independent and mediatory variables were examined and in certain cases it was quantified. Thus certain relationships between the needs, aspirations and endeavours of the respondents and their particular personal and environmental factors were determined. The determination of the independent and mediatory variables provide the extension officer with important background information whereby the application/non-application of certain practices as well as the efficiency of practice application are put into perspective. In this respect the findings of this survey serve as an important reference point by which specified extension actions could be evaluated in the future. The effectiveness of practice application is determined on the basis of 5- and 10-point scales as well as a description of what is actually done. In doing this the existence of certain definite differences between the perceptions of the respondent~ concerning the efficiency of praxis application and the assessment of the interviewers, baled on • description of what is actually done, was found. Practice accepta1Ce, • manifested in efficiency is measured on the basis of particular effectivity stMcWds. Thus relationships between the efficiency standards and certain personal, socioeconomical, socia-psychological and biological-technical variables wet"d determined.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: 'n Model van interafhanklikes wat voorsiening maak vir die eiesoortige behoeftes van dorperskaapboerdery en gebaseer is op die verwantskap tussen die hoofgroepe van gedragsbepalende veranderlikes, is gekonstrueer. Hierdie model het as basis gedien vir 'n onderhoudskedule aan die hand waarvan persoonlike onderhoude met 130 ewekansig gelote dorperboere in die somerreenvalgebied van Dorperland gevoer is. Verskeie onafhanklike en bemiddelende veranderlikes is ondersoek en in sekere gevalle is dit gekwantifiseer. Sodoende is verwantskappe tussen die behoeftes, aspirasies en strewes van die respondente en bepaaIde persoonlike- en omgewingsfaktore van sodanige respondente bepaal. Die bepaling van die onafhanklike- en bemiddelende veranderlikes bied die voorligter belangrike agtergrondinligting op grond waarvan die toepassing/nie-toepassing van bepaalde praktyke asook die doeltreffendheid van praktyktoepassing in perspektief geplaas word. Die mate waartoe sekere praktyke wat met dorperskaapboerdery verband hou toegepas word. is ook bepaal. In hierdie verband dien die bevindinge van hierdie ondersoek as belangrike verwysingspunte aan die hand waarvan bepaalde voorIigtingsaksies in die toekoms geevalueer kan word. Die doeltreffendheid van praktyktoepassing is aan die hand van 5- en 10puntskale. asook 'n omskrywing van wat werklik gedoen word, bepaaI. Sodoende is die bestaan van sekere duidelike verskille tussen die persepsies van die respondente wat betref die doeltreffendheid van praktyktoepassing en die aansIag van opnemers, gebaseer op 'n beskrywing van wat werklik gedoen word, bevind. Praktykaanvaarding, saos dit manifesteer in doeltreffendheid. is aan die hand van bepaalde doeltreffendheidsmaatstawwe gemeet. Sodoende is verwantskappe tussen die doeltreffendheidsmaatstawwe en sekere persoonlike, sosio-ekonomiese, sosio-psigologiese en biologies-tegniese bepaal.

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Deese, William Franklin. "The Effects of Changes in Subsidies and Trade Interventions on the Sheep Industry." NCSU, 2003. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-06202003-075732/.

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The purpose of this research is to analyze the dynamic response of an industry to production subsidies and to trade restrictions on a competing product. Specifically I examine the U.S. sheep industry and compare the effects of a production intervention similar to the Wool Act and to a tariff-rate quota. I begin with a dynamic profit function and derive an Euler equation. I use the iterated generalized method of moments to estimate the demand for slaughter lambs, the Euler equation, and the demand for domestic wool. These equations are estimated separately using instrumental variable techniques to adjust for the endogenous right hand side variables and for future-dated variables, in which the number of instruments exceeds the number of parameters. In each case, the iterated generalized method of moment estimator converges and produces reasonable estimates. Separately I estimate the demand for imported lamb meat using regression with autocorrelated errors. I then generate equilibrium slaughter lamb prices and breeding stock levels for a base case, for the production-subsidies case and for the tariff-rate quota case. The equilibrium quantities and prices are generated from the solution to a variable-coefficient difference equation. A feature of the model is the effects of joint outputs, slaughter lambs and wool, are included in the model. Results are that re-imposition of the Wool Act increases breeding stock levels relative to the base case, although breeding stock levels continue to decline, and slaughter lamb prices also initially increase. Implementation of the tariff-rate quota raises slaughter lamb prices and lowers breeding stock levels relative to the base case. Effects of the tariff-rate quota are small compared with the re-imposition of the Wool Act.

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Alexander, Alastair W. "A high health status sheep industry for the Highlands and Islands of Scotland." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1992. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/R?func=search-advanced-go&find_code1=WSN&request1=AAIU045257.

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The study examined the economy of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland generally and that of its agricultural industry in particular. Enzootic Abortion of Ewes (EAE) was found to be the principal cause of ovine abortion in Scotland and the United Kingdom. In addition, the Highlands and Islands' area had certain advantages with respect to EAE that could be exploited. The literature review concluded that the production and marketing of high health status (HHS) breeding sheep offered development opportunities. An HHS breeding sheep research programme was designed and implemented. Firstly, surveys were carried out with producers in Caithness and in the Highlands and Islands as a whole. Secondly, the views of veterinary practices throughout Scotland were sought. Thirdly, the opinions of lowground breeding sheep farmers were surveyed in Grampian and the Borders of Scotland. It was found that a potential market existed for HHS breeding sheep accredited for EAE and vaccinated against the Clostridial Diseases and Pasteurella. The Highlands and Islands' area appeared to have advantages in this respect, especially that EAE lent itself to control by sheep health schemes and that the purchase of HHS replacements was believed to be the most reliable method of controlling EAE by the farmers, crofters and veterinary practices surveyed. The Highlands and Islands' Sheep Health Association (a co-operative) was found to be the market leader in this development area. A production and marketing strategy was proposed for HISHA containing guidelines for the prevention and control of EAE, identifying the productive capability of the Highlands and Islands and customer requirements for HHS breeding sheep. Objectives were proposed for HISHA to maintain and increase its membership, specifically to develop the market for HHS breeding sheep in collaboration with farmers, crofters and veterinary practices for the benefit of HHS sheep industry.

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Coetzee, Johanna Magdalena. "'n Kritiese evaluering na die effektiwiteit van bestuurstrategieë vir ekstensiewe wolskaapboerdery in die groter Burgersdorp omgewing." Thesis, Port Elizabeth Technikon, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/109.

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The main objectives of this study can be divided into three categories. In the first place it refers to the determination of production- and reproduction norms for the different main production areas in the greater Burgersdorp area, to promote production. In the second place it refers to the determination of the different management styles of sheep farmers in the greater Burgersdorp area. In the third place it refers to the calculation of gross margins for sheep farming in the greater Burgersdorp area, to establish the sustainable economic position. The survey area (the greater Burgersdorp area) includes the magisterial districts of Burgersdorp, Molteno, Steynsburg and Venterstad. The four magisterial districts were divided into two main production areas namely Stormberg Highveld and Burgersdorp Lowveld. Stormberg Highveld includes Molteno and the high-lying area (highveld) of Burgersdorp. Burgersdorp Lowveld comprises Steynsburg, Venterstad and the low-lying area (lowveld) of Burgersdorp. The management strategies of sheep farmers in the survey area were determined by means of a questionnaire and statistically analysed. The economic analyses of the sheep industry (wool and meat) were performed with the Geyer computer model. In this study it showed that the Dorper farmers obtained the highest gross margin per sheep. The lowest gross margin per sheep resulted from the Vleismerino farmers. Although the composition of the gross production value and the directly allocatable variable costs compare favourably, each main production area has unique management strategies for the different sheep breeds. The different management strategies can serve as the norm for extensive sheep farming, applicable to the specific main production area.

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Povey, Gillian Margaret. "Responses of store lambs to protein and energy supplementation of grass silage as a finishing ration." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.304559.

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Makapela, Mbulelo Joseph. "An overview of the management practices for wool production amongst the communal farmers of the Hewu district in the Eastern Cape Province." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1009.

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The research was conducted in the Hewu area situated between Queenstown (20 km) and Whittlesea (15km) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. In this area communal farming is practiced. Livestock and livestock products (wool) are the main sources of income. The farmers are mainly farming with Merino and Döhne Merino sheep. The lack of management systems (production, reproduction and management) for communal farmers resulted into ineffective communal farming defining the research problem. The research objectives set were: • To establish production norms for wool sheep. • To establish reproduction norms for wool sheep. • To establish effective management practices for wool sheep farmers. • To examine key constraints of wool sheep farmers. The farmers shear their sheep every 12 months usually in October of every year. The average wool production per sheep is 2.17kg. The clip averages a fineness of 19.1-20 micron. That is far below the wool production of the commercial farmers of the Eastern Cape who are producing between 4kg to 5kg per sheep at an average growing period of 12 months. The lack of proper fencing and camps causes major reproduction problems. The lambing percentage of the ewes is 94.85 percent. The weaning percentage referring to the reproductive efficiency of the mated ewes is only 17.24 percent. The survival rate of the lambs born alive is only 18.18 percent. Reproduction is the biggest problem of communal farms. Effective livestock- and grazing management systems for communal areas are essential for the successful development of farmers on communal grazing areas. Unfortunately the Hewu farmers still have many problems effecting their wool production and the production of lambs.

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Ijambo, Bertha Deshimona. "An econometric analysis of spatial market integration and price formation in the Namibian sheep industry." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65897.

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The Namibian government introduced the Small Stock Marketing Scheme (SSMS) for the sheep market in 2004. The SSMS is a quantitative export restriction. Quantitative export restriction policies decrease the tradable quantity of a commodity, and increases domestic supply of a commodity, causing a lack of equilibrium in spatial markets. This, therefore, has the capacity to hinder market integration. Moreover, a quantitative export restriction disrupts the domestic supply and demand, and ultimately the equilibrium prices. A policy such as the quantitative export restriction therefore determines the domestic price levels. The effect of the SSMS on spatial market integration and price formation remains unclear. A lack of empirical evidence on spatial sheep market integration and domestic price levels can create challenges for policy makers. This is because a lack of evidence could prevent policy makers from implementing evidence-based policies, which might buffer poor consumers and producers from adverse price shocks, and lead to improved resource allocation. This study hypothesises that the SSMS policy negatively affected the long-run equilibrium relationship and short-run dynamics between the Namibian and South African markets. The study further hypothesises that the policy negatively influenced the level of equilibrium prices. As a result, this study hence observes spatial price integration in the presence of the SSMS, by defining the long-run equilibrium and short-run dynamics. The spatial price integration analysis is evaluated by subdividing price series data into pre-SSMS (1999M01-2003M12) and post-SSMS (2004M01-2015M12). The long-run equilibrium relationship is conducted with the Engle and Granger (1987) method and the Johansen (1988) cointegration approach. Short-run dynamics are, in turn, determined with an error correction model (ECM) and vector error correction model (VECM). The study also examined the impact of the SSMS on domestic price levels. This was done by recognising the reaction of the domestic supply, demand, and price functions to the SSMS. The analysis is conducted within the partial equilibrium framework (PEF). Additionally, the synthesis generated a simulation with the PEF to determine the impact on price changes were the SSMS to be removed. The analyses acknowledged a long-run equilibrium relationship between the spatial markets. As predicted, the long-run equilibrium relationship is not the same, pre- and post-SSMS. The price transmission elasticity (0.94) post-SSMS is marginally higher than pre-SSMS (0.88) is, which contradicts a priori expectation that quantitative export restrictions weaken price transmission. The pre-SSMS evaluation indicated a presence of short-run dynamics. Post-SSMS, the VECM revealed no bidirectional effect. The VECM also specified that the Namibian prices are effecting the adjustments in the short run to return to the long-run equilibrium position. This implies that if there is a shock that disturbs the equilibrium between the two spatial prices, Namibian prices would move to restore equilibrium. Likewise, the study appraised the response of the supply and demand functions to the policy in the PEF, incorporating the SSMS as an export ratio variable. The PEF results displayed that the SSMS influenced the supply function negatively, because of the negative elasticity of 0.013. This denotes that in the presences of the SSMS a 10 per cent increase in the quantitative export ratio decreases supply by 0.13 per cent, in which the response is slow. A negative effect is bound to decrease supply, and increase domestic price levels. Furthermore, the SSMS had a positive influence on the demand function, with an elasticity of 0.03 for the export abattoir demand, and 0.93 for the non-export abattoir demand. A positive impact on demand means a decrease in the producer price increases demanded for live sheep. The price equation outcome revealed that the SSMS had an insignificant effect of -0.0044 on the domestic producer prices. The price equation result is attributed to the low elasticity of the SSMS in the domestic supply and demand equation; the continued increase in producer prices post-SSMS due to the drought; and finally, because the SSMS is allowed to vary. Based on the simulation results, the removal of the SSMS policy would increase domestic producer prices by 4 per cent and 6 per cent, in 2017 and 2018, respectively. The percentage increase is considered low, as a result, this suggests that other dynamic factors, such as drought and market structure, affecting prices. This study therefore rejects the hypothesis stating that the long-run equilibrium relationship and short-run dynamic forces had reduced post-SSMS price transmission. The price transmission and speed of adjustment improved, post-SSMS. The study concludes that the SSMS policy did not have a detrimental effect, which was contrary to what was anticipated. The synthesis further fails to reject the hypothesis stating that the SSMS influenced domestic price levels, but the influence was very minimal and negligible. Both the spatial price integration and price formation analyses conclude that the SSMS had no detrimental effect on the sheep market. As a result, the study indicates that a quantitative export restriction policy, which varies, is better than an export control policy that does not allow any variation.
Dissertation (MSc (Agric))--University of Pretoria, 2017.
Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development
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Setipa, Tsepang Benjamine. "Investigating the benefits of establishing a wool scouring plant in Lesotho." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/20428.

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Lesotho’s current production of raw wool is sold to global markets through South African wool merchants. Lesotho does not have any wool processing facilities and as such, the wool from Lesotho gets processed in South Africa or sold to international markets like China where it is processed. Since 2012, the government of Lesotho has publicly showed interest in developing a wool scouring plant that would process locally produced wool instead of selling it in its raw unprocessed form to international markets. The understanding by the Lesotho government was underpinned by perceived economic benefits that could be realised by the country and the wool industry of Lesotho, if the wool scouring plant was developed. The wool industry is important to the economy of Lesotho and as such, wool production in Lesotho contributes to the living standards in the rural areas as their lives are highly depended on the production of wool. A vibrant wool industry in Lesotho therefore has the potential to contribute to the growth of the economy, the manufacturing sector, employment at both the herder and the manufacturing levels, and the export sector. Wool scouring or wool washing is the early stage processing of greasy wool. The purpose of wool scouring is to extract grease, dirt, unpleasant smell and other foreign matter from the greasy wool. Raw wool fibers contain fat, suint (sheep sweat salts), plant material and minerals. It is therefore necessary to remove these from wool by scouring with a combination of detergents, wetting agents and emulsifiers before further processing. Wool can lose up to 30% of its original weight during this process. The Lesotho government feels that there is a need to develop a wool scouring plant in Lesotho because Lesotho does not benefit from the South African wool scouring processes and anything that happens post that process. Given that no viability studies had been conducted in Lesotho to motivate the government’s interest in developing a wool scouring plant, this study was conducted with the aim to investigate the benefits of developing a wool scouring plant in Lesotho. The research design employed in this study was a mixed method, which is a combination of positivism (quantitative) and interpretivism (qualitative) data collection and analysis in parallel form. In terms of the qualitative component of the study, structured interviews were conducted, governed by in-depth interview guidelines developed by the researcher. A questionnaire was used for the qualitative component of the study. Among some of its findings and recommendations the study recommends that there is insufficient wool produced in Lesotho to support a local wool scouring plant, the government of Lesotho should rather focus their effort on the improvement of the wool production value chain to assist farmers. The study finds no grounds for the justification of the development of a local scouring plant in Lesotho and recommends that for such propositions to be made publicly, at least proper groundwork should be undertaken to investigate the technical feasibility of developing the scouring plant.

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Saitua, Idarraga Iker. "Sagebrush Laborers| Basque Immigrants in Nevada's Sheep Industry, International Dimensions, and the Making of an Agricultural Workforce, 1880-1954." Thesis, University of Nevada, Reno, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10126026.

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This study explores the history of Basque immigration to the rangelands of Nevada. It views the Basque immigrant sheepherder labor within the social, economic, political, and cultural context of Nevada. Tensions and conflicts occurred as immigrant workers confronted new environments, new labor conditions, and new social adjustments in the context of their new immigrant status. As such, issues developed with other ethnic workforces and over land and water use, particularly upon the advent of the Progressive Conservation Movement in the Far West.

In the late nineteenth century, as sheep and cattle grazing expanded into Nevada (especially from California and Texas), Basque immigrant labor became increasingly visible and encountered discrimination in the use of public ranges. Yet, as the twentieth century progressed stock operators (Basque and Anglo alike) in the sheep industry began to prize Basque labor in the grazing of sheep to the point where that labor became privileged above all others. A stereotype developed of Basque sheepherders that reaffirmed an image of their natural expertise for the tending of sheep that could not be duplicated by any other racial or ethnic group. This study attempts to deconstruct the essentialism surrounding the making of these views that not only attribute to Basques special sheepherding skills, but also confer upon them a degree of racial whiteness and values that entitled them to a privileged labor category.

The 1924 restrictive Immigration Act resulted in a truncated labor supply from the Basque Country. During the Great Depression and especially in WWII the labor shortage became acute. In response Senator Patrick McCarran from Nevada lobbied on behalf of his woolgrowing constituency to open the immigration doors for Basques. Subsequently Cold War international tensions offered opportunities for a rapprochement between the United States and Francisco Franco despite Spain’s previous sympathy with the Axis powers. McCarran took it upon himself to become an informal intermediary with the Spanish dictator to seek more flexible policies on immigration to permit Basques to enter the United States. Ultimately this study explores the role of Basque agricultural labor and McCarran’s ad-hoc diplomacy as catalysts that eventually helped bring Spain into the orbit of western democracies.

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Scobie, David Roger. "Short term effects of stress hormones on cell division rate in wool follicles : a thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy." Title page, abstract and contents only, 1992. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phs421.pdf.

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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 183-207) A local intradermal technique using colchicine to estimate cell division rate in wool follicles is refined and used throughout the thesis. Statistical methods used to analyse data obtained with this method are described and discussed. The implications of the findings are of great significance to research into the influence of physiological changes on wool production, and suggest experiments should be conducted under controlled environmental conditions, with a minimum of stress imposed on the animals.

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Cavalcanti, Sandra M. C. "Evaluation of Physical and Behavioral Traits of Llamas (Lama glama) Associated with Aggressiveness Toward Sheep-Threatening Canids." DigitalCommons@USU, 1997. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/6541.

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Canid predation poses a serious threat to the sheep industry in the United States. Llamas are becoming popular among livestock producers as part of their predation management programs but there is little information on the factors associated with llama guarding behavior. This study examined several physical and behavioral attributes of individual llamas to assess whether they might predict the aggressiveness llamas display coward canids. The study was conducted in three phases. The first involved determining some physical and behavioral traits of individual llamas. Twenty individuals were randomly assigned to one of four groups (n = 5/group) and frequencies with which animals initiated and responded to various behaviors, e.g., dominance, aggression, threats, subordination, leadership, and alertness, were documented using focal-group sampling. Individuals were then ranked according to the frequency with which they displayed each behavior. In the second phase, activity patterns of individual llamas with sheep were assessed. Lamas varied in how close to sheep they stayed (mean = 48.2 m I 3.5) as we 1 as in the way they distributed their activities. The third phase examined interactions among llamas, sheep, and a domestic sheep dog to assess their individual aggressiveness toward canids. Llamas varied in the degree of aggressiveness displayed toward the dog; some chased the dog, others ran from it, some stayed with the flock, and others did not. Llamas were ranked based on these responses. Llamas with top ranks were curious and chased the dog, but stayed close to the sheep. Bottom-ranked individuals ignored the sheep and ran from the dog. Physical and behavioral traits of llamas and their behavioral patterns with sheep were then compared with aggressiveness they displayed toward the dog. Leadership and alert behaviors were correlated with aggressiveness (r = 0.472, p = 0.064 and r = 0.607, p = 0.012, respectively) Weight of llamas was also correlated with aggressiveness (r = 0.475, p = 0.039). Llama coloration was associated with aggressiveness they displayed toward the dog (X2 = 6.003, df = 2, p = 0.049), however, color was also associated with the weight of llamas (X2 = 7.49, df = 2, p = 0.024). Traits correlated with llama aggressiveness are easily recognized and sheep producers interested in acquiring a llama should consider them when selecting livestock guardians.

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Johnson, Catherine. "The importance of sheep and their wool to the economy of Wales from 1100 to 1603." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683203.

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GOMES, Jarbas de Araújo. "A gestão da inovação na introdução da raça de ovinos Dorper no Estado de Pernambuco." Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, 2010. http://www.tede2.ufrpe.br:8080/tede2/handle/tede2/4533.

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This study aims to examine the introduction of the Dorper breed in Pernambuco state, from the point of view of the concepts of innovation, entrepreneurship and strategy, presented the motives, sources, evolution and the benefits of introduction of this innovation for the producers who decided to invest in the activity of the sheep industry from this race. For this we used a theoretical base for innovation with their definitions and classifications including that of incremental innovation, which is reports that research since the introduction of Dorper sheep in the state does not replace other race, but to improve what already existed. In the case of entrepreneurship was mentioned this topic lead to innovation and showed that this link is an interdependence where the entrepreneur is a major element of the innovation process. Still regarding the management of innovation was the theme set strategies, focusing on what these are decisions that guide the lines of action that lead to the achievement of goals and are used by innovators to differentiate themselves and be more competitive. The methodology incorporated items from the general objective of this work under a scheme that focused on three aspects of innovation, sources, evolution and results. This approach generated a questionnaire that guided the collection of primary data of this work to the producers of the elite flock of Dorper sheep in the state of Pernambuco. The results show that the production of Dorper ewes is feasible to those who decided to invest in this race over these 10 years of its existence in the state of Pernambuco, and this activity was capable of providing those producers tangible and intangible benefits.
Este trabalho tem por objetivo analisar a introdução da raça Dorper no estado de Pernambuco sob o ponto de vista dos conceitos de inovação, empreendedorismo e estratégia, apresentado as motivações, fontes, evolução e os benefícios resultantes da introdução desta inovação para os produtores que decidiram investir na atividade da ovinocultura a partir desta raça. Para isso foi utilizada uma base teórica sobre inovação com as suas definições e classificações entre elas a de inovação incremental, a qual se reporta essa pesquisa, visto que a introdução dos ovinos dorper no estado não veio para substituir outra raça e sim para melhorar as que já existiam. Tratando-se de empreendedorismo foi feita referência da ligação deste tema com a inovação e mostrou-se que esse elo tem uma interdependência, onde o empreendedor é um dos elementos principais do processo inovativo. Ainda referente à gestão da inovação foi colocado o tema estratégias, enfocando que estas são decisões que norteiam as linhas de ação que levam à obtenção dos objetivos e são utilizadas pelos inovadores para se diferenciarem e serem mais competitivos. A metodologia incorporou os itens do objetivo geral deste trabalho sob um esquema que enfocou três vertentes da inovação, as fontes, a evolução e os resultados. Este enfoque gerou um questionário que orientou a coleta dos dados primários deste trabalho junto aos produtores do rebanho ovino de elite da raça dorper no estado de Pernambuco. Os resultados mostram que a produção de ovinos da raça dorper é viável aos que decidiram investir nesta raça ao longo destes 10 anos de sua existência no estado de Pernambuco, sendo esta atividade capaz de proporcionar a esses produtores benefícios tangíveis e intangíveis.

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Van, Wyk Daniel Nicolaas. "A quantitative analysis of supply response in the Namibian mutton industry." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6803.

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Thesis (MScEng (Industrial Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2011.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In terms of its contribution to the agricultural economic activity in Namibia, the small stock industry is the most important sector, second only to the beef industry. This sector makes a significant contribution to the agricultural business in Namibia due to the sector’s exports, its provision of employment, use of natural resources, contribution to GDP and to consumer spending as well as food security. Agricultural activities in Namibia contributed 5.5 percent to Namibia’s GDP, while 70 percent of the population relies on agriculture for employment and day-to-day living. Livestock farming in Namibia is free ranging on natural pastures and therefore produces high-quality meat that is in high demand in both the national and international markets. Small stock production in Namibia is unstable due to the high variability of weather patterns, changes in economic and social environments, unpredictable droughts as well as political and structural changes. Due to the decline in mutton production over the last years, research in the supply economics of the mutton industry in Namibia is important. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between the various price and non-price factors contributing to the supply dynamics within the mutton industry in Namibia. Two hypotheses are tested with the aid of econometric modelling techniques on monthly time series data. The Autoregressive Distributed Lag approach to co-integration was used to determine the long-run and short-run supply response elasticities towards economic and climatology factors. Results showed a significant long-run relationship between the average Namibian mutton producer price and mutton supply. Results revealed that a one percent increase in the mutton producer price leads to a 1.97 percent increase in mutton supply. Beef producer price, a substitute product to mutton, showed a significant negative long-run effect towards mutton production whereas rainfall showed a meaningful positive long-run contribution to mutton supply. These supply shifters towards mutton production also showed significant short-run elasticities. Results further revealed that the system takes nearly two months to recover to the long-run supply equilibrium, should any disturbances occur within the supply system. The study showed that price-related and climatological factors play a major role in the Namibian mutton production industry. Industry stakeholders and policy makers should therefore incorporate these significant relationships between supply shifters and production output into future decisions and marketing policies to secure a healthy, growing and sustainable mutton industry in Namibia.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In terme van bydrae tot die landboubedryf in Namibië is die kleinveebedryf die tweede belangrikste sektor, net kleiner as die land se grootveebedryf. Die sektor maak ‘n betekenisvolle bydrae tot die landboubedryf in Namibië deur middel van werkskepping, die gebruik van natuurlike hulpbronne, bydrae tot Bruto Binnelandse Produk, uitvoere, verbruikersbesteding sowel as voedselsekerheid. Landbou-aktiwiteite dra by tot 5,5 persent van die Bruto Binnelandse Produk van ‘n land waar meer as 70 persent van die bevolking afhanklik is van landbou om ‘n bestaan te kan maak. Veeboerdery in Namibië geskied ekstensief op natuurlike veld wat lei tot die produksie van ‘n hoë kwaliteit produk, wat hoog in aanvraag is in plaaslike en internasionale markte. Kleinvee produksie in Namibië is onstabiel as gevolg van fluktuasies in weerpatrone, veranderings in ekonomiese en sosiale omgewings, onvoorspelbare droogtes asook politieke- en struktuurveranderinge. As gevolg van die huidige afname in skaapvleis produksie is navorsing in die aanbodkantekonomie van die skaapvleisbedryf belangrik in Namibië. Die doel van hierdie studie is om die verwantskap te ondersoek tussen verskeie prys en nie-prys faktore wat bydra tot die aanboddinamika van die skaapvleisbedryf. Twee hipoteses word getoets met behulp van ekonometriese modelleringstegnieke op maandelikse tydreeksdata. ‘n Outoregressiewe verspreide sloeringbenadering tot ko-integrasie is gebruik om die langtermyn en korttermyn elastisiteite tussen ekonomiese en klimaatsfaktore vir die aanbod van skaapvleis te bepaal. Resultate dui op ‘n betekenisvolle langtermyn verwantskap tussen die gemiddelde Namibiese produsente prys en skaapvleis produksie. Resultate wys daarop dat ‘n een persent styging in skaapvleis produsente prys ‘n 1,97 persent styging in skaapvleis aanbod het. Die beesvleis produsente prys, ‘n substituut vir skaapvleis, het ‘n beduidende negatiewe effek getoon oor die langtermyn op skaapvleis produksie. Reënval het ‘n beduidende positiewe bydrae getoon ten opsigte van skaapvleis aanbod. Hierdie aanbodsfaktore het betekenisvolle korttermyn elastisiteite getoon. Resultate het ook getoon dat die stelsel twee maande neem om te herstel tot die langtermyn aanbodsewewig, sou daar enige drastiese veranderings in die stelsel plaasvind. Die studie het getoon dat prysverwante en klimaatsfaktore ‘n uiters prominente rol speel met betrekking tot skaapvleisproduksie in Namibië. Bedryfsaandeelhouers en politieke leiers sal hierdie betekenisvolle verwantskappe tussen produksie faktore en aanbod uitset in ag moet neem in toekomstige beplanning en bemarkingsbeleid om ‘n gesonde, groeiende en volhoubare skaapvleisbedryf in Namibië te verseker.

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Mvinjelwa, Sivuyile Alex. "Some performance characteristics of wooled sheep in the sweet and sourveld communal rangelands of Eastern Cape Province, South Africa." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1015592.

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The objective of the study was to determine sheep growth performance, fleece weights and wool quality characteristics in the sweet and sourveld communal rangelands of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Data were obtained in 80 ewes aged two to three years, selected in four ecologically different communities. Two communities (Roxeni and Tyabane) were in a sweetveld area and the other two communities (Luzi I and Luzi II) were in a sourveld area. The ewes from Tyabane were nondescript, whereas ewes from Roxeni, Luzi I and Luzi II were crossbred between Merinos and non-descript sheep. Selected ewes were monitored for live weight, body condition scoring and fleece weight during shearing. Wool samples were collected from each ewe and were analysed for fibre diameter, comfort factor, clean yield, wool crimps, staple length, staple strength and the Position of break. Sheep from Roxeni were heavier (P <0.05) (39.9 ± 1.1kg) than sheep from Tyabane (29.8 ± 1.1kg). Sheep from Tyabane had the lightest (P <0.05) fleece weight (1.0 ± 1.1kg) and sheep from Roxeni had the heaviest (3.1 ± 1.1kg). There were no significant differences (P ≥0.05) between body condition scores of sheep in Roxeni and the Luzi communities. The live weights of the two-year old ewes were similar (P ≥0.05) to the three-year old ewes’ live weight. However, the three year old ewes had higher (P <0.05) body condition scores than the two year old ewes. Two year old ewes also had lower (P <0.05) fleece weight than the three years old ewes. Wool from Roxeni, Luzi I and Luzi II had lower fibre diameter (P <0.05) than wool from Tyabane. Roxeni sheep had the highest clean yield (P <0.05) of wool, followed by Luzi I and Luzi II; Tyabane had lowest clean yield percentage of wool. Wool from sheep grazing on sweetveld had a higher (P <0.05) clean yield percentage (74.3 ± 0.7%) than those grazing on sourveld (71.7 ± 0.7%). There were higher staple mid-breaks (69.5 ± 5.2) and lower base-breaks (30.5 ± 5.2) in sweetveld (P <0.05) than in sourveld, 7.5 ± 5.2 and 92.5 ± 5.2 for mid-breaks and lower base-breaks, respectively. It was concluded that sheep raised in the sweetveld and bred with purebred Merino rams had higher performance than the ones reared in the sourveld. The young upgraded ewes had a higher wool quality than the older ewes raised on communal rangelands.

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Santos, Fernanda Ferreira dos. "Sistema agroindustrial do leite de ovelha no Brasil: proposta metodológica para estudo de cadeias curtas." Universidade de São Paulo, 2016. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/10/10135/tde-05102016-133038/.

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A ovinocultura leiteira tornou-se importante economicamente na América do Sul nas últimas décadas, sendo ainda pouco estudada no Brasil. O leite é destinado à produção de queijo, proporcionando valor agregado, sendo considerado fonte de renda aos produtores. Como ponto de partida para o estudo da ovinocultura leiteira, é proposta a descrição do sistema agroindustrial (SAG) para a melhor compreensão das relações entre os agentes. O estudo das cadeias agroalimentares, visando desempenho econômico superior, utiliza abordagens da microeconomia como Economia dos Custos de Transação (ECT), Economia dos Custos de Mensuração (ECM), Visão Baseada em Recursos (VBR) e Teoria do Empreendedor. Dentro dos SAGs existem as cadeias agroalimentares curtas, formas de organização e comercialização que buscam a proximidade entre produtores e consumidores. Este trabalho teve como objetivo descrever o SAG do leite ovino no Brasil, buscando entender as estratégias adotadas pelos agentes e propor uma metodologia de estudo as cadeias curtas. A pesquisa foi do tipo exploratória e de multi-caso, por meio de entrevistas com questionários pré-formulados. O SAG do leite ovino foi caracterizado como um sistema em cadeia curta pela aproximação do produtor com o consumidor, possuindo, na maior parte das vezes, apenas um agente responsável pelas diferentes etapas da cadeia. O sistema é composto, em termos de transformação tecnológica, em quatro grandes elos: insumos, produção primária, agroindústria e distribuição, sendo os insumos adquiridos em mercados spot. Foram identificadas 18 fazendas produtoras no país. As raças predominantes eram Lacaune e East Friesian, com média de 1,17 litros de leite/animal/dia, abaixo da média potencial para as raças (2 litros). Observou-se que 14 entre as 18 propriedades apresentam mão de obra familiar. Dentre os laticínios, quatro possuíam inspeção federal, três possuíam inspeção estadual e três possuíam inspeção municipal. Sete propriedades optaram por não ter o próprio laticínio, fazendo parte de cooperativa; as outras propriedades optaram pela integração vertical. A distribuição é realizada por delivery e venda em mercados pequenos ou lojas próprias. Os maiores centros consumidores encontram-se nos estados do Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo e Minas Gerais, havendo, porém, venda do produto em várias regiões do país. A principal característica do consumidor é o alto poder aquisitivo, fazendo-o buscar o produto em lojas especializadas. Pelo modelo das Cinco Forças de Porter, sugere-se que o sistema se apresenta sustentável e estável, sendo que o principal obstáculo para o crescimento são os produtos substitutos. Há falta de informações técnicas para melhorar a produção, assim, a verticalização do sistema e produção em cadeia curta parece ser a opção mais segura e rentável para os produtores. O modelo de estudo proposto permite analisar uma cadeia curta qualquer, caracterizando-a, com vistas à proposição de estratégias superiores de gestão e coordenação
The dairy sheep industry became economically important in South America in recent decades, but still little studied in Brazil. Milk is utilized for the production of cheese, providing added value, and it is considered a source of income to producers. As a starting point for the study of dairy sheep industry is proposed the description of the agro-industrial system for better understanding of the relationship between the agents. The study of the agri-food chains, targeting higher economic performance, uses microeconomic approaches as Economics of Transaction Costs (ETC), the Economics of Measurements Costs (EMC), Resource-Based View (RBV) and Entrepreneur Theory. Within the agribusiness, there are the \"short food supply chains\", forms of organization and marketing seeking the proximity between producers and consumers. This study aimed to describe the agribusiness of dairy sheep in Brazil, seeking to understand the strategies adopted by agents and propose a methodology to study the short food supply chains. The research was exploratory type and multi-case, through interviews with pre-formulated questionnaires. The agribusiness of dairy sheep was characterized as a short food supply chain system due to the approximation of the producer to the consumer having, in most cases, only one agent responsible for the different stages of the chain. The system is composed, in terms of technological transformation, in four major links: inputs, primary production, processing and distribution. The inputs are purchased in spot markets. It was identified 18 producing farms in the country. The predominant races were Lacaune and East Friesian, with an average of 1.17 liters of milk / animal / day, below the average potential for the races (2 liters). It was observed that 14 among the 18 properties had family labor. Among dairy products, four of them had federal inspection, three had state inspection and three had municipal inspection. Seven farms have chosen not to have the dairy itself but they were part of the cooperative; the other farms have opted for vertical integration. The distribution is carried out by delivery and sale in small markets or stores. The largest consumer centers are in the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo and Minas Gerais, however, there were sale of the product in various regions of the country. The main consumer characteristic is the high purchasing power, so they looked for the product in specialty stores. By the Porters five forces model, it is suggested that the system is sustained and stable and the main obstacle for growth are substitute products. There is a lack of technical information to improve production, so the verticalization of the system and production in a short chain system seems to be the safest and most costeffective option for producers. The proposed study model allows the analysis of any short food supply chain, characterizing it, with a view to proposing higher management strategies and coordination

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Santos, Elison Matos. "Análise econômica da produção de ovinos em sistemas de seleção genética e vendas de cordeiros para abate." Pós-Graduação em Zootecnia, 2014. https://ri.ufs.br/handle/riufs/6365.

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When you verify the economic profitability and quantify the centers of costs of a productive activity you are developing an analysis of production costs. This analysis allows a clearer reading and a more accurate diagnosis of the actual economic situation of the property. The objective of this study was to verify the main costs of production, between two systems of sales of sheep. The systems were characterized in S1 - this occurred when the product was animals for sale of breeding; and S2 - when the product was the sale of lambs to the slaughter. All data were obtained according to costs and performance of activity during the period of 15 January 2013 to 15 January 2014, of a property in south-central Sergipe. For storage and interpretation of the data we used two software management of the agricultural Prodap GP® (2007) to assess the economic indicators and the MultOvinos® for analysis zootecnical indicares. Variable costs possessed greater representation on the operational costs, for both the S1 and S2 representing 86.7% and 85.5% respectively. The greater representation of variable costs, in both systems, was with the concentrated feed used in animal nutrition S1 59.7% and S2 58.5%. The forage represented 14.2% and the hand labor 8.7% in S1, while in S2 13.9% for the forage and 17.1% with hand labor. Already fixed costs represented 13.3% in S1 and 14.5% in S2, the greatest contribution of fixed cost comes from the cost of depreciation of assets S1 98.8% and S2 98.6 %. Revenue from the sale S1 was composed of a ruffian and breeding animals both males and females. Revenue from S2 was composed by selling lamb to the slaughter and disposal of animals. The S1 totaled a gross income of R$ 77,850.00 and S2 R$ 34,149.28. During the study period the two systems evaluated achieved gross margin (difference between gross income and effective operational cost) negative S1 R$ $-9,267.31 and S2 R$ -10,310.88, leading to a short decapitalisation term and showing be precise a rapid decision- making by the producer so he can continue in the activity.
Quando se busca verificar a rentabilidade econômica e quantificar os centros de gastos de uma atividade produtiva está se desenvolvendo uma análise de custos de produção. Esta análise permiti uma leitura mais clara e um diagnóstico mais preciso da real situação econômica da propriedade. Objetivou-se com esse estudo verificar os principais custos de produção em dois sistemas de comercialização de ovinos. Os sistemas foram caracterizados em S1 - quando o produto eram animais para comercialização de reprodutores; e S2 quando o produto era a comercialização de cordeiros para o abate. Foram obtidos todos os dados quanto as despesas e as receitas da atividade durante o período de 15 de janeiro de 2013 a 15 de janeiro de 2014 de uma propriedade no centro-sul sergipano. Para armazenamento e interpretação dos dados foi utilizado dois softwares de gerenciamento agropecuário, o PRODAP GP® (2007) para as análises econômicas e o MultOvinos® para avaliação dos indicadores zootécnicos. Os custos variáveis possuíram maior representação sobre o custo operacional, tanto do S1 como do S2 representando 86,7% e 85,5% respectivamente. A maior representatividade dos custos variáveis em ambos os sistemas foi com o alimento concentrado fornecido aos animais S1 59,7% e S2 58,5%. O volumoso representou 14,2% e a mão-de-obra 8,7% no S1, enquanto que no S2 13,9% para o alimento volumoso e 17,1% com mão-de-obra. Já os custos fixos representaram 13,3% no S1 e 14,5% no S2. Dos custos fixos, a maior contribuição provém dos custos com a depreciação dos bens S1 98,8% e S2 98,6%. A receita do S1 foi composta pela venda de um rufião e de animais reprodutores tanto machos como fêmeas. A receita do S2 foi composta pela venda de cordeiro para o abate e de animais de descarte. O S1 totalizou uma renda bruta de R$ 77.850,00 e o S2 de R$ 34.149,28. Durante o período estudado os dois sistemas avaliados obtiveram margem bruta (diferença entre a renda bruta e o custo operacional efetivo) negativa S1 R$-9.267,31 e S2 R$ -10.310,88, levando a uma descapitalização em curto prazo e mostrando ser preciso uma rápida tomada de decisão por parte do produtor para que ele possa continuar na atividade.

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Gomes, Narciso Bastos. "Sistema regional de inovação da ovinocultura do Mato Grosso do Sul associado ao desenvolvimento da ovelha da raça pantaneira." Universidade Nove de Julho, 2014. http://bibliotecadigital.uninove.br/handle/tede/1389.

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This study presents a proposal of a regional model of innovation system idealized for sheep industry from Mato Grosso do Sul (MS) state – Brazil – bonded to the breendig of pantaneira sheep. Public and private agents, universities, financial institution and R&D centers composes such innovation system, which is committed through the innovation with the development of a nation, region or economy sector. According to the Schumpeter approach, the economic development is only possible under the effort of entrepreneurs, either by a set of agents committed with the creation of new products, processes and technologies or by their ability of disseminating them, which results in both technical and economic development. From Schumpeter approach and the Evolutionary Theory of Technological Development there has been a great advance on the recognition of the innovation system as a structure needed to revolutionize and develop nations, regions or sector. From the original idea of Schumpeter in pointing out the innovation as a driving force for the economic development and the innovation system as a strategy to develop learning and technologies through innovation, there has been a current evolution by some prospective studies focusing on the “design” and by the proposition of innovation system models of countries, regions and sectors. Thus, this study presents the regional innovation system as a strategy for the development of the pantaneira sheep industry productive chain in the state of MS. Since 2005, this activity has attracted the attention of public and private agents comprised with the breeding and slaughter, commerce, improvement of the animals as well as development and adaptation of such breed to the regional environment. Even in the 8thnational position in sheep flock and the 2nd regional position, MS state does not stand out as a great consumer nor as producer of meat, wool and other sheep sub-products. Aiming the standard breed, the regional agents of development has turned their attention to the pantaneira breed, by adopting some techniques of breeding, fattening, management, power and mortality reduction. This manuscriptis featured as single case study according to Yin perspective, with a qualitative and exploratory nature. The interview performed with eleven innovation agents chosen by snowball technique furnished the information that were analyzed via Content Analysis under Bardin (2009) perspective. We concluded that currently there is in the state the basis for the structuration of a engaged for the modernization of this regional activity through the strategies regional innovation system whose agents are the own actors that compose the sheep productive chain, who have been of professionalization and innovation under the neo-Schumpeter approach.
Este estudo apresenta a proposta de modelo do sistema regional de inovação idealizado para a ovinocultura do estado de Mato Grosso do Sul-MS e sua associação ao desenvolvimento da ovelha pantaneira. Um sistema de inovação é constituído por agentes públicos e privados, universidades, instituições financeiras e centros de P&D, empenhados em desenvolver por meio da inovação uma nação, região ou um setor da economia. Na abordagem Schumpeteriana, o desenvolvimento econômico torna-se possível pelos esforços de empresários empreendedores ou via um conjunto de agentes empenhados em criar novos produtos, processos e tecnologias ou pela capacidade de difundi-los e de gerar desenvolvimento técnico e econômico. Na abordagem neo-Schumpeteriana e na Teoria Evolucionária do desenvolvimento tecnológico, avançou-se no reconhecimento do sistema de inovação como uma estrutura necessária para revolucionar e desenvolver nações, regiões ou setores. Da ideia original de Schumpeter em apontar a inovação como força motriz para o desenvolvimento econômico e o sistema de inovação como estratégia para desenvolver aprendizagem e tecnologias por meio da geração de inovações, evoluiu-se para os dias atuais estudos prospectivos enfocando o “desenho” e proposição de modelos de sistemas de inovação de países, regiões ou setores. Assim, este estudo apresenta o Sistema Regional de Inovação como estratégia para o desenvolvimento da cadeia produtiva da ovinocultura e a criação da raça pantaneira do estado de Mato Grosso do Sul. Desde 2005, esta atividade tem recebido atenção de agentes públicos e privados envolvidos com a criação, abate, comercialização, aprimoramento dos animais, desenvolvimento e adaptação das raças ao ambiente sulmatogrossense. Mesmo ocupando a 8ª posição em rebanho de ovinos no país e a 2ª posição na Região Centro-Oeste, o estado não se destaca como grande consumidor e produtor de carne, lã e outros subprodutos ovinos. Para se chegar a uma raça padrão, os agentes de desenvolvimento regional têm se voltado para o desenvolvimento da ovinocultura pantaneira adotando novas técnicas de cria, recria, engorda, manejo, alimentação e redução da mortalidade. Este estudo caracteriza-se como estudo de caso único na perspectiva de Yin, de cunho qualitativo e exploratório. As entrevistas foram conduzidas com onze agentes de inovação previamente escolhidos pela técnica snowball. As informações obtidas nas entrevistas foram tratadas e analisadas via Análise de Conteúdo na perspectiva de Bardin (2009). Concluiu-se que atualmente já existe no estado as bases para a estruturação de um sistema regional de inovação em que os agentes de inovação são os próprios atores que compõem a cadeia produtiva da ovinocultura e que vêm se empenhando para modernizar a atividade regionalmente por meio de estratégias de profissionalização e inovação nos moldes da abordagem neo-Schumpeteriana.

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Gilmara, da Silva Melo Gilmara. "Qualidade da carne de cordeiros suplementados com vitamina E." Nome da Instituição, 2015. http://tede2.unifenas.br:8080/jspui/handle/jspui/150.

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The sheep industry in Brazil is presented as a promising activity, not only for increased consumption of meat of this species, but also the future possibility that sees both the national and international market. Among many factors that can contribute to the consolidation of this activity, the quality of meat is the main factor. Although the demand for lamb is high, supply is low and unstable, being a limiting factor in the marketing of this product in addition to the lack of concise information of the quality characteristics and physical-chemical profile. Based on the above, the aim of this research was to determine the pH, color, tenderness, weight loss by cooking, water holding capacity and profile of fatty acids from lamb supplemented with vitamin E. The experiment was conducted in partnership with the Animal Science Department of Universidade Federal de São João del Rei (UFSJ) and analyzes were sent for analysis to the Department of Food science at the Universidade Federal def Lavras and Meat Technology Laboratory of the Universidade Estadual Paulista, campus Jaboticaba. Twelve Texel lambs were used with initial average weight of 25 kg and 42 kg final. And the diet consisted of hay Tifiton 85, ground corn, soybean meal and commercial mineral supplement formulated according to recommendations of NRC (2007), with or not vitamin E. The experimental design was completely randomized with two treatments and six replications. Data were analyzed by the GLM procedure of the SAS (2001) and the averages compared by test T at 5% probability. In this study, the use of vitamin E depreciated the quality of sheep meat.
A ovinocultura de corte no Brasil apresenta-se, como uma atividade promissora, não somente pelo aumento no consumo da carne desta espécie, mas também pela possibilidade futura de uma carne de qualidade, que se vislumbra tanto para o mercado nacional como internacional. Entre os vários fatores que podem contribuir para a consolidação desta atividade, a qualidade da carne é a principal. Embora a demanda pela carne ovina seja elevada, a oferta é baixa e instável, sendo um fator limitante na comercialização deste produto, além da carência de informações sobre as características de qualidade e perfil físico-químico. Com base no exposto, objetivou-se com esta pesquisa determinar o pH, cor, maciez, perda de peso por cozimento, capacidade de retenção de água e perfil de ácidos graxos da carne de cordeiros suplementados com vitamina E. O experimento foi conduzido em parceria com o Departamento de Zootecnia da Universidade Federal de São João Del Rei (UFSJ) e as amostras foram enviadas para análise ao Departamento de Ciência dos alimentos da Universidade Federal de Lavras e ao Laboratório de Tecnologia de Carnes da Universidade Estadual Paulista, Câmpus de Jaboticabal. Foram utilizados 12 cordeiros da raça Texel com peso inicial médio de 25 Kg e final de 42 Kg. A dieta composta foi feno de Tifiton 85, milho moído, farelo de soja e suplemento mineral comercial, formulada segundo recomendações do NRC (2007), acrescida ou não de vitamina E. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi o inteiramente casualizado com dois tratamentos e seis repetições. Os dados foram analisados pelo procedimento GLM do SAS (2001) e as médias comparadas pelo teste t, a 5% de probabilidade. Neste estudo, a utilização da vitamina E depreciou a qualidade da carne ovina.

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Amaral, Deborah Silva do. "Qualidade e vida de prateleira de patê elaborado com subprodutos comestíveis do abate de ovinos." Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 2012. http://tede.biblioteca.ufpb.br:8080/handle/tede/4030.

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Many edible meat by-products, produced from the lamb slaughter, are often wasted, although they represent excellent sources of many nutrients. The preparation of pâté may be an alternative to the use of this raw material, and contribute to the development of lamb sector by the offer of new products to the consumer market. The objective of this work was to produce and evaluate the quality and shelf life of a lamb pâté, made with the blood, liver and trimmed meat, packed in glass and polyamide casing, stored at 4±1 °C for 90 days. The formulation of the product was composed by 12% meat, 25% liver, 13% blood, 20% water and 30% fat, as well as spices and herbs. The lamb pâté was prepared in accordance with the requirements in the Brazilian legislation, regarding chemical and microbiological parameters, being able to use. It presented high iron content (9.0 mg/100g), important in the control of anemia. The levels of essential amino acids, found in 100g of the lamb pâté, exceeded the recommended daily allowances for adults, especially leucine, valine and histidine. The lamb pâté showed also a significant percentage of linoleic acid (16.68%), which is essential to the human body. The lamb pâté had good acceptability, whereas 55.6 % of the panelists indicated that they will probably buy it. The storage period showed good microbiological stability, but its shelf life was limited by the regression of the acceptability of sensory attributes, especially, overall impression and texture. The physico-chemical parameters of lamb pâté were affected by storage time, especially the instrumental texture, which indicated instability of emulsion during storage, and an increase in hardness, springiness and gumminess. Difference between the two packages used to the lamb pâté was detected only to the moisture, TBARS, hardness and gumminess parameters; however, there was no change in the microbiological and sensory quality of the product, this result highlights the advantages of the packages studied. In fact, this study suggests that the development of lamb pâté is a viable alternative to add value to the edible byproducts of lamb in order to obtain a product with high nutritional value.
Do abate ovino resultam diversos subprodutos comestíveis, os quais representam fonte nutricional e sensorial, sendo muitas vezes desperdiçados. A elaboração de patê apresenta-se como uma alternativa para o aproveitamento desta matéria-prima de baixo valor comercial, contribuindo para o desenvolvimento da ovinocultura, além da diversificação de seus produtos ao mercado consumidor. Neste aspecto, objetivou-se com este trabalho produzir, avaliar a qualidade físico-química, sensorial e a vida de prateleira de um patê, elaborado com o sangue, fígado e carne de ovinos, embalado em vidro e em tripa de poliamida, armazenado a 4±1°C durante 90 dias. A formulação do produto foi composta por 12% de carne, 25% de fígado, 13% de sangue, 20% de água e 30% de toucinho, além de especiarias e condimentos. O patê apresentou os requisitos exigidos na legislação Brasileira, quanto aos parâmetros químicos e microbiológicos, com elevado teor de ferro (9,0 mg/100g), importante no controle da anemia. Os níveis de aminoácidos essenciais encontrados em 100g da amostra superaram as quantidades diárias recomendadas para adultos, especialmente para leucina, valina e histidina. O patê ovino apresentou uma porcentagem significativa de ácido linoleico (16,68%), que é essencial para o organismo humano. O produto teve boa aceitação sensorial, visto que 55,6% dos provadores responderam positivamente a intenção de compra. Quanto ao período de armazenamento, o produto apresentou ótima estabilidade microbiológica, entretanto sua vida útil foi limitada pela regressão da aceitabilidade dos atributos sensoriais, principalmente, impressão global e textura. Em relação aos parâmetros físico-químicos, todos foram afetados pelo tempo de armazenamento, especialmente a textura instrumental, a qual indicou instabilidade da emulsão ao longo do armazenamento, com acréscimo da dureza, elasticidade e gomosidade. Verificou-se diferença significativa entre as amostras nas duas embalagens, apenas nas análises de umidade, TBARS, dureza e gomosidade, no entanto, não foi observada nenhuma alteração na qualidade microbiológica e sensorial do produto que destacasse vantagens entre as embalagens estudadas. Este estudo sugere que o desenvolvimento de patê é uma alternativa viável para agregar valor aos subprodutos comestíveis de ovinos, tendo em vista a obtenção de um produto com elevado valor nutricional.

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Reijers, Thayla Sara Soares Stivari. "Desenvolvimento de modelo computacional híbrido - baseado em agentes e em simulação de eventos discretos - para avaliação e planejamento da produção animal: uma aplicação na ovinocultura de corte." Universidade de São Paulo, 2016. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/10/10135/tde-05122016-115209/.

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Realizar a análise econômica de uma produção agropecuária não é algo trivial, seja pela enorme heterogeneidade entre cada unidade produtiva, seja porque utiliza muitos recursos naturais, alguns de difícil mensuração. Há diversos métodos disponíveis para o cálculo do custo de produção, que é o indicador chave para a análise da viabilidade de um empreendimento. O desafio é permitir que a projeção da atividade no horizonte produtivo seja a mais real e dinâmica possível. A simulação computacional é atualmente uma das mais poderosas ferramentas de análise disponível para o planejamento, projeto e controle de sistemas complexos, e vem sendo cada vez mais utilizada e difundida. Simular compreende a elaboração de um método de experimentação que, através da construção de modelos de um sistema real, procura descrever comportamentos, construir teorias ou hipóteses por meio do observado e predizer comportamentos futuros. O uso de modelos de simulação, que incorporem o risco e a probabilidade dentro produção animal, pode ser uma alternativa tanto técnica - auxiliando na tomada de decisão, gestão e planejamento pecuário, quanto científica - permitindo a avaliação de efeitos de resultados da pesquisa e identificação de limitantes que podem incentivar o desenvolvimento de pesquisas futuras. O modelo de simulação híbrido - baseado em simulação de eventos discretos e baseado em agentes, aqui proposto - visou identificar coeficientes zootécnicos e os critérios de manejo que mais impactam a produção de ovinos de corte. Esse modelo de simulação computacional híbrido possui caráter dinâmico e probabilístico, com eventos marcados no tempo (estação de monta, gestação, parição, desmame, engorda, abate, entre outras) e complexos o suficiente para que seus agentes sofram alterações tanto no tempo quanto em resposta a ocorrência ou não das variáveis ligadas a eles. Os resultados dos experimentos e dos cenários estudados revelaram que dentre os índices zootécnicos das matrizes, a ocorrência de aborto gera maior impacto na taxa de abate e financeiramente na margem líquida operacional. Contudo, analisando as variáveis tanto para matrizes como para cordeiros, a mortalidade neonatal, até os cinco dias de vida dos cordeiros, demonstrou ser o ponto fundamental para a lucratividade da atividade. A estabilização do rebanho foi mais afetada pela presença de matrizes adultas no plantel, que culminaram no aumento no número de cordeiros por matriz. Os resultados da análise dos fluxos de caixa de 30 anos, a uma taxa mínima de atratividade de 6,17% aa, permitiram constatar que iniciar a atividade com número muito reduzido de matrizes é o cenário menos interessantes, com taxa interna de retorno negativa para o período de análise. O estudo do fluxo de caixa permitiu atribuir a 200 matrizes como o tamanho de rebanho inicial mais interessante (TIR = 3,30% aa). Assim, o uso de simuladores híbridos baseados em simulação de eventos discretos e baseados em agentes, para estudos na pecuária nacional, apresentou-se como ferramenta com grande potencial de contribuição, no sentido de permitir conhecer os resultados possíveis das diferentes combinações tecnológicas disponíveis. O modelo ainda permite ser utilizado como ferramenta de estudo e análise para a cadeia produtiva, contribuindo na orientação aos cientistas, auxiliando no direcionamento de seus esforços no desenvolvimento de futuras pesquisas
Conduct an economic analysis of agricultural production is not trivial, either by its enormous heterogeneity between each production unit, or because it uses many natural resources, some of which are difficult to measure. There are several methods available for calculating the cost of production, which is the key indicator for assessing the feasibility of a project. The challenge is to allow the projection of activity in the productive horizon in the most real and dynamic form as possible. The computer simulation is currently one of the most powerful analysis tools available for planning, design and control of complex systems and is being increasingly used and disseminated. Simulate includes the development of a method of testing by building models of a real system, that seeks to describe behaviors, build theories or hypotheses through noted and predicted future behaviors. The use of simulation models that incorporate uncertainty and probability in animal production can be both an alternative technique - assisting in decision-making, management and livestock planning; as scientific - allowing the evaluation of the research results of effects and identification of limiting that may encourage the development of future research. The model of hybrid simulation - based on discrete event simulation and on agent-based, proposed here - aimed to identify factors husbandry and management criteria that most affect the production of meat sheep. The model of hybrid computer simulation have dynamic and probabilistic characteristics, with events scheduled in time (breeding season, pregnancy, parturition, weaning, fattening, slaughter, etc.) and enough complexity that its agents be adversely affected both in time and in response to the occurrence or not of variables linked to them. The results of the experiments and the scenarios studied showed that among the zootechnical indexes of the sheep, the occurrence of abortion generates a greater impact on the slaughter rate and financially in the net operating margin. However, analyzing the variables for both sheep and lambs, neonatal mortality, up to the lambs\' five days of life, proved to be the fundamental point for the profitability of the activity. The stabilization of the herd was more affected by the presence of adult sheep in the herd, which culminated increasing the number of lambs per sheep. The results of the analysis of the 30-year cash flows, at a minimum attractiveness rate of 6.17% per year, showed that starting the activity with a very small number of sheep was the least interesting scenario, with a negative internal rate of return for the analysis period. The study of the cash flow allowed to assign to 200 sheep as the most interesting initial herd size (IRR = 3.30% per year). Thus, the use of hybrid simulators, based on discrete event simulation and agent-based for studies in national livestock, is presented as a tool with great potential to contribute, to allow knowing the possible outcomes of different combinations of available technology. The model also allows to be used as a study tool and assessment of different technological combinations for the production chain, contributing to the guidance of scientists, assisting their efforts in the development of future research

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Rigopoulos, Apostolos. "Application of principal component analysis in the identification and control of sheet-forming processes." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/10216.

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Kurucak, Abdurrahman. "Flow Sheet Optimization By The Concept Of Sustainable Development: Alumina Industry." Master's thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12611680/index.pdf.

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In this study, effects of changes in various parameters of the Bayer process on the amount of &ldquo
red mud&rdquo
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sustainable development&rdquo
. The production process of SeydiSehir Aluminum Plant is modeled as a case study. First a steady-state mass balance calculation is carried out by incorporating sequential modular approach. Then a model of the Bayer process digester is programmed and several simulations are carried out using this model. Results of the mass balance calculation revealed that changes in the extent of the digestion reaction, which is a function of temperature and caustic concentration, and washing efficiency may have a 2.07% decrease on the amount of red mud produced,which implies nearly 10,000 tons of decline per annum, while amount of hydrate produced is increased by 4.52%. A 7.40 % decrease on the amount of red mud produced on dry basis per kg of hydrate was found to be achievable. Optimum operating temperature for the digester was calculated as 277.3 °
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Lanzon, Joseph, and kimg@deakin edu au. "EVALUATING LUBRICANTS IN SHEET METAL FORMING." Deakin University. Department of Science and Engineering, 1999. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20040428.095238.

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The sheet metal forming process basically involves the shaping of sheet metal of various thickness and material properties into the desired contours. This metal forming process has been extensively used by the automotive industry to manufacture both car panels and parts. Over the years numerous investigations have been conducted on various aspects of the manufacturing process with varied success. In recent years the requirements on the sheet metal forming industry have headed towards improved stability in the forming process while lowering environmental burdens. Therefore the overall aim of this research was to identify a technique for developing lubricant formulations that are insensitive to the sheet metal forming process. Due to the expense of running experiments on production presses and to improve time efficiency of the process the evaluation procedure was required to be performed in a laboratory. Preliminary investigations in the friction/lubricant system identified several laboratory tests capable of measuring lubricant performance and their interaction with process variables. However, little was found on the correlation between laboratory tests and production performance of lubricants. Therefore the focus of the research switched to identifying links between the performance of lubricants in a production environment and laboratory tests. To reduce the influence of external parameters all significant process variables were identified and included in the correlation study to ensure that lubricant formulations could be desensitised to all significant variables. The significant process variables were found to be sensitive to die position, for instance: contact pressure, blank coating of the strips and surface roughness of the dies were found significant for the flat areas of the die while no variables affected friction when polished drawbeads were used. The next phase was to identify the interaction between the significant variables and the main lubricant ingredient groups. Only the fatty material ingredient group (responsible for the formation of boundary lubricant regimes) was found to significantly influence friction with no interaction between the ingredient groups. The influence of varying this ingredient group was then investigated in a production part and compared to laboratory results. The correlation between production performance and laboratory tests was found to be test dependant. With both the Flat Face Friction test and the Drawbead Simulator unaffected by changes in the lubricant formulation, while the Flat Bottom Cup test showing similar results as the production trial. It is believed that the lack of correlation between the friction tests and the production performance of the lubricant is due to the absence of bulk plastic deformation of the strip. For this reason the Ohio State University (OSU) friction test was incorporated in the lubricant evaluation procedure along with a Flat Bottom Cup test. Finally, it is strongly believed that if the lubricant evaluation procedure highlighted in this research is followed then lubricant formulations can be developed confidently in the laboratory.

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Fischer, Boris Vasco. "Prediction of the trimming contour on intermediate shapes in the multi-stage forming process." Thesis, Coventry University, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.245600.

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Carlsson, Jacob. "Produktkoncept för dubbelhaspel : Effektivisering inom stålindustrin vid hantering av plåt." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap (from 2013), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-63712.

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Produktkoncept för en dubbelhaspel för plåt – För effektivisering inom stålindustrin vid hantering av plåt, är ett projekt som genomförts på Karlstads universitet i samarbete med Camatec Industriteknik AB och är ett examensarbete i högskoleingenjörsutbildningen ’Innovationsteknik och Design’. Projektet handlar om att ta fram ett produktkoncept för en dubbelhaspel. Camatec Industriteknik AB är ett konsultföretag och arbetar i en nära relation med företaget Camcoil Systems AB. Camcoil Systems AB tillverkar idag enkelhasplar, maskiner som används inom stålindustrin vid hantering av tunn plåt, bandplåt. Camcoil Systems AB har uttryckt en önskan att på sikt även tillverka dubbelhasplar. Genom detta projekt läggs en grund för Camcoil Systems AB att ta vid och vidareutveckla det framtagna konceptet. För att ta fram ett hållbart produktkoncept har fyra huvudkategorier undersökts; marknad, teknik, design samt budget. Säkerhet är en kategori som också tas hänsyn till i projektet. I projekt tillämpas designprocessen för att nå målet. En förstudie ligger till grund för hela projektet, där de fyra nämnda huvudkategorierna samt vetenskapliga teorier vad gäller perception, färglära, produktutveckling samt gestaltningslagar behandlas. Det framtagna konceptet består av enkla former uttryckt i runda former där dess utseende och funktion går hand i hand och på så sätt förstärker varandra. Konceptet besitter samtidigt en hållbar teknik och en god säkerhet som ryms inom Camcoil Systems AB’s kostnadsram. Med det framtagna konceptet skapas ett hållbart underlag och möjliggör en vidareutveckling för Camcoil Systems AB att på sikt vara en potentiell aktör på marknaden vad gäller dubbelhasplar.
Product concept for a double-reel for sheet metal – For a more effective process in steel-industry in handling sheet metal, is a project as implemented at Karlstad university in cooperation with Camatec Industriteknik AB and is an examination of the engineering education ’Innovationsteknik och Design’. The project is about to develop a product concept for a double-reel. Camatec Industriteknik AB is a consulting company and works in a close relationship with the company Camcoil Systems AB. Camcoil Systems AB manufactures single-reel’s, machines as used in the steel industry in handling thin sheet, strip steel. Camcoil Systems AB has expressed the desire to in the future be a double-reel manufacture. By this project Camcoil Systems AB wants to build a base to develop the produced concept. In order to develop a sustainable product concept there are four major categories in this project which are investigated; Market, technology, design and budget. Security is something that is also taken into consideration in the project. The design-process is applied in order to achieve the goal. A feasibility study is the basis for the entire project, where all these four main categories, scientific theories regarding to perception, colour theory, product development and design laws are treated. The produced concept is built upon a clean design in which the functions and the design are synchronized towards each other. In that way, they reinforce each other. There are also a sustainable technology and a good security. At the same time the costs are not too high. With the produced concept, there is a foundation which enables a further development for Camcoil Systems AB to be a potential entrant for the market in producing double-reels.

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Holmberg, Anna, and Amy Zhu. "Implementation of SolidWorks Costing : The Implementation Process and Cost Estimation in Sheet Metal Industry." Thesis, KTH, Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-156847.

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Cost of products is an important factor for a company’s competitiveness and profitability. Both manufacturers and designers could affect product costs, either by deciding the manufacturing methods or the design of products. Right decisions will win orderings or sell products, but for right decisions to be taken, quick and accurate cost estimations are needed. To facilitate the cost estimation process, SolidWorks developed a new module, SolidWorks Costing, which performs quick cost estimations based on the geometry of 3D-models directly in the CAD-software SolidWorks. This master thesis was commissioned by SolidEngineer, SolidWorks’ reseller. The purpose of this thesis was to find the implementation possibilities of SolidWorks Costing. The possibilities were investigated by studying how cost estimations were made in industry as well as in SolidWorks Costing and by developing an implementation plan for the software. In the pre-study, the functionality of the software was investigated. Cost estimation for sheet metal was further studied and implemented. Interviews with companies in the sheet metal industry were performed to find how cost estimations were currently made, and a case study with two partner companies was performed to test the implementation possibilities. The interviews showed that even if all interviewed companies used their own methods, all companies used the same parameters to estimate production costs. The current methods were irregular and time-consuming; still the manufacturers trusted them completely and were skeptical to computerized cost estimations until the case study was performed. In Case 1 the average accuracy of SolidWorks Costing was 9 % compared to the company’s actual cost calculations, meanwhile the accuracy of Case 2 was the same as the company’s cost estimations. Both partner companies were satisfied with the results and case study partner 2 considered permanent implementation of the software. Based on the experience from the case study and gathered implementation theories, an implementation plan of SolidWorks Costing was also developed.
Produktkostnader är idag en viktig faktor som bestämmer både företags konkurrenskraft och lönsamhet. Både tillverkare och konstruktörer kan påverka produktkostnader, antingen genom att bestämma tillverkningsmetoder eller konstruktioner för produkter. Lyckade beslut leder till fler ordrar eller fler sålda produkter, men för att rätt beslut ska göras behövs snabba och tillförlitliga kostnadsuppskattningar. För att underlätta detta beslutstagande har SolidWorks utvecklat en ny modul, SolidWorks Costing, som snabbt gör kostnadsuppskattningar baserade på geometrier av 3D-modeller direkt i CAD-programmet SolidWorks. Detta examensarbete utfördes på uppdrag av SolidEngineer, SolidWorks återförsäljare. Syftet med examensarbetet var att utvärdera implementationsmöjligheterna av SolidWorks Costing. Möjligheterna undersöktes genom att studera hur kostnadsuppskattningar gjordes i industrin och SolidWorks Costing samt genom att utveckla en implementationsplan för programmet. En förstudie gjordes för att undersöka programmets funktionalitet. Kostnadsuppskattning för plåtbearbetning valdes att undersökas vidare och implementeras. Intervjuer med företag inom plåtbearbetningsindustrin gjordes för att ta reda på nuvarande metoder för kostnadsuppskattningar och två pilotstudier gjordes tillsammans med två partnerföretag för at testa implementation av SolidWorks Costing. Intervjuerna visade att även om alla de intervjuade företagen använde sin egen metod för kostnadsuppskattning, använde de sig av samma parametrar när kostnader uppskattades. De nuvarande metoderna var ojämna och tidskrävande, trots detta hade tillverkarna full tilltro till dem och var skeptiska till att använda datoriserade kostnadsuppskattningar ända till pilotstudierna gjordes. I fall 1 blev den genomsnittliga skillnaden mellan SolidWorks Costings resultat och företagets efterkalkyler 9 %, för fall 2 gav SolidWorks Costing samma resultat som företaget. Båda partnerföretagen var nöjda med resultaten och partnerföretag 2 övervägde permanent implementation av SolidWorks Costing. Baserat på erfarenheterna från pilotstudierna och insamlingen av implementationsteorier togs även en implementationsplan för SolidWorks Costing fram.

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Tatipala, Sravan. "Sheet metal forming in the era of industry 4.0 : using data and simulations to improve understanding, predictability and performance." Licentiate thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för maskinteknik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-18954.

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A major issue within automotive Sheet Metal Forming (SMF) concerns ensuring desired output product quality and consistent process performance. This is fueled by complex physical phenomena, process fluctuations and complicated parameter correlations governing the dynamics of the production processes. The aim of the thesis is to provide a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities in this regard within automotive SMF. The research is conducted in collaboration with a global automotive manufacturer. The research shows that systematic investigations using process simulation models allow exploration of the product-process parameter interdependencies and their influence on the output product quality. Furthermore, it is shown that incorporating in-line measured data within process simulation models enhance model prediction accuracy. In this regard, automating the data processing and model configuration tasks reduces the overall modelling effort. However, utilization of results from process simulations within a production line requires real-time computational performance. The research hence proposes the use of reduced process models derived from process simulations in combination with production data, i.e. a hybrid data- and model-based approach. Such a hybrid approach would benefit process performance by capturing the deviations present in the real process while also incorporating the enhanced process knowledge derived from process simulations. Bringing monitoring and control realms within the production process to interact synergistically would facilitate the realization of such a hybrid approach. The thesis presents a procedure for exploring the causal relationship between the product-process parameters and their influence on output product quality in addition to proposing an automated approach to process and configure in-line measured data for incorporation within process simulations. Furthermore, a framework for enhancing output product quality within automotive SMF is proposed. Based on the thesis findings, it can be concluded that in-line measured data combined with process simulations hold the potential to unveil the convoluted interplay of process parameters on the output product quality parameters.

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1) http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-14412

2) http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-14388

3) http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-18935

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Lejard, Christophe. "La titrisation : enjeux en termes de communication comptable et financière." Thesis, Montpellier 1, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011MON10065/document.

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La crise financière liée aux emprunts hypothécaires subprime a mis en lumière aux yeux du public le recours à une technique d'ingénierie financière complexe : la titrisation. Le recours à la titrisation a suivi une croissance exponentielle durant la dernière décennie, la transaction se constituant en tant que moyen de financement privilégié aux Etats-Unis et en Europe. L'objectif de ce travail doctoral est d'apprécier les enjeux que véhicule la titrisation en termes de communication comptable et financière des groupes bancaires cotés, au regard de l'intérêt que confère la transaction quant à la satisfaction des intérêts du dirigeant. La recherche s'organise en deux volets. Le premier vise à déterminer et expliquer l'impact de l'annonce d'une titrisation par les banques sur le cours de leur action. Le second traite des conséquences du choix du dirigeant de structurer la transaction en hors bilan sur les éléments comptables suivants : le taux de rentabilité économique, le taux d'endettement, le ratio de Bâle, et le niveau de risque de crédit. Les résultats de cette étude démontrent que, si le marché réagit négativement à l'annonce de la transaction, le recours à la titrisation, notamment lorsque celle-ci revêt une apparence hors bilan, s'inscrit en adéquation avec les intérêts personnels du dirigeant
Financial crisis due to subprime mortgage loans put in light to public the use of a complex financial engineering technique : the securitization. Recourse to securitization presents an exponential growth during the last decade, as this kind of transaction is nowadays used as the preferential tool of financing in the USA and Europe. This dissertation aims to appreciate issues conveyed by the use of securitization in terms of accounting and financial communication for listed banking groups, taking into account interests brought by this transaction to the manager. This research is made following two steps. The first step aims to determine and explain the impact due to securitization announcement by banks onto share price. The second step deals with consequences of manager's choice to design transaction off-balance sheet on the following accounting items : return on assets, leverage, Basle ratio, and level of credit risk. Results from this research bring to light that, in spite of a negative market perception during the announcement of the transaction, the use of securitization and particularly when it appears as off-balance sheet, is adequate to satisfy manager's own interests

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Bellet, Michel. "Modelisation numerique du formage superplastique de toles." Paris, ENMP, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988ENMP0082.

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Caracterisation generale de la superplasticite et du procede de mise en forme des toles par pression gazeuse. Presentation d'une modelisation numerique permettant une meilleure maitrise de ce procede de fabrication notamment utilise dans l'industrie aeronautique pour le formage de pieces de structures en toles d'alliages de titane ou d'aluminium

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Šurina, Ľubomír. "Kalkulácia nákladov na zákazku - ďiaľkovo ovládaný úsekový odpojovač vysokého napätia." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-10859.

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In theoretical part of diploma thesis are written basic information about cost calculation, types and methods of cost calculation especially in building industry. Practical part identifies cost types in company MARTEL Slovakia and cost-distribution sheet for the most frequent company order - high voltage disconnector.

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Koutecký, Tomáš. "Automatické generování pozic optického skeneru pro digitalizaci plechových dílů." Doctoral thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-234200.

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This thesis deals with the development of a new methodology for automatic generation of scanning positions based on a computer model of the part for digitization of sheet metal parts. Manufacture and related inspection of sheet metal parts are closely connected to automotive industry. Based on increasing general requirements on accuracy, there is also a requirement for accurate inspection of manufactured parts in serial-line production. Optical 3D scanners and industrial robots are used more often for that purpose. Measuring positions for accurate and fast digitization of a part need to be prepared as the manufacturing of the new part begins. Planning of such positions is done manually by positioning of the industrial robot and saving the positions. The planning of positions proposed by this methodology is done automatically. A methodology of positions planning, their simulation for true visibility of the part elements using reflectance model and a simulation of the positions for robot reachability is presented in this thesis. The entire methodology is implemented as a plug-in for the Rhinoceros software. High reduction of time in positions planning compared to the manual approach was observed in the performed experiments.

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Teinerová, Marcela. "Hodnocení ekonomické situace zvolené korporace a návrhy na její zlepšení." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2020. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-417405.

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This diploma thesis deals with the evaluation of a selected corporation and proposals for its solution. The first part of the thesis describes the theoretical basis of individual analyses and this part serves as a theoretical basis for their processing. In the second part of the work, the characteristic of the selected subject is given and according to the knowledge from the theoretical part, several analyses examining the current state are performed. Based on the results of the analyses, there are developed proposals which lead to improving the financial situation of the company.

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Kift, Ryan L., University of Western Sydney, College of Health and Science, and School of Natural Sciences. "Worker exposure to dusts and bioaerosols in the sheep shearing industry in eastern NSW." 2007. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/18702.

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The air found in a shearing shed environment is normally contaminated with many different airborne substances. These contaminants include dust (predominantly organic), bioaerosols (fungi and bacteria), and gases (ammonia and carbon monoxide). Respiratory disorders have been associated with exposure to the types of contaminants found in a normal sheep shearing environment. Twenty nine shearing sheds in the state of New South Wales in Eastern Australia were sampled for concentrations of airborne contaminants. Based on the results of this study the following recommendations are made for the shearing industry: under the current dust and bioaerosol exposure standards there are no requirements to investigate mechanical ventilation to reduce airborne contaminants and there is no need for respiratory protection in any of the monitored sheds. However, it is recommended that if a person has a known predisposition to respiratory illness/stress they should be closely monitored while working in a shearing shed. There are issues raised in this thesis that require further research including the need for an epidemiological study on the health of people working in shearing sheds in relation to their respiratory health. The monitoring of shearing sheds in other regions of Australia needs to be undertaken and based on available literature similar studies are also needed in other livestock industries in Australia.
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Kift, Ryan L. "Worker exposure to dusts and bioaerosols in the sheep shearing industry in eastern NSW." Thesis, 2007. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/18702.

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The air found in a shearing shed environment is normally contaminated with many different airborne substances. These contaminants include dust (predominantly organic), bioaerosols (fungi and bacteria), and gases (ammonia and carbon monoxide). Respiratory disorders have been associated with exposure to the types of contaminants found in a normal sheep shearing environment. Twenty nine shearing sheds in the state of New South Wales in Eastern Australia were sampled for concentrations of airborne contaminants. Based on the results of this study the following recommendations are made for the shearing industry: under the current dust and bioaerosol exposure standards there are no requirements to investigate mechanical ventilation to reduce airborne contaminants and there is no need for respiratory protection in any of the monitored sheds. However, it is recommended that if a person has a known predisposition to respiratory illness/stress they should be closely monitored while working in a shearing shed. There are issues raised in this thesis that require further research including the need for an epidemiological study on the health of people working in shearing sheds in relation to their respiratory health. The monitoring of shearing sheds in other regions of Australia needs to be undertaken and based on available literature similar studies are also needed in other livestock industries in Australia.

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Van, der Merwe Melissa. "Evaluating traceability systems within the South African sheep meat supply chain." Diss., 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24959.

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One of the latest trends in the market for food products is the desire amongst consumers to know the origin of the products they purchase and to feel physically or emotionally connected to the farm and the producer. However, given the many efforts by producers and retailers to mislead consumers about the origin of products, for consumers to have faith in the origin of food products, they need to have some guarantee about the true origin of products. Thus, to be able to successfully guarantee the origin of food products, traceability systems need to be in place and they need to comply with the necessary legislation. This consumer need for origin-based food is now playing out in a variety of ways as food processors and retailers are labelling their products according to the origin of the product. Quite often, regional names are used for that identification. One iconic South African example of a product with regional identity is Karoo Lamb. In July this year producers from the Karoo region launched Karoo Lamb, a certification scheme, with a chain-wide traceability system in place to guarantee the Karoo origin of sheep meat in South African retail stores. The question, though, is whether all abattoirs and meat processors in South Africa are able to deliver origin-guaranteed products. The key factor here is the traceability system they have in place. The general objective of this study is therefore to assess current traceability systems in the sheep meat industry and to establish their ability to guarantee the origin of a carcass. This traceability system should be able to protect, manage and govern the food of origin attributes of a product in the sheep meat industry. The specific objectives of the study are: i) to create a high level process map to indicate the flow of Karoo Lamb products; ii) to share information by developing a detailed description of current and potential traceability systems in the Karoo Lamb supply chain; iii) to identify critical control points for maintaining product information and to test if these systems are in line with best practices; iv) to investigate the decision-making factors impacting on the implementation of a traceability system; and v) to develop recommendations for effectively implementing a traceability system that protects, manages and governs food of origin attributes. In response to these objectives, five hypotheses were developed and tested. The five hypotheses basically aimed to identify the tipping factor in the traceability implementation decision-making process. The population of South African sheep slaughtering abattoirs was used to draw a random sample of 55 abattoirs selected to participate in the research survey by means of interview administrated, structured questionnaires. The data was then processed and analysed to include a combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis. The results obtained by the research indicate that 92 % of the abattoirs in South Africa have proper traceability systems in place that enable them to market and deliver origin-guaranteed products. The 3 (8 %) abattoirs that do not have traceability systems are in the Northern Cape and Eastern Cape. This might become problematic, since sheep from these regions are often marketed as Karoo lamb. Without proper traceability systems, this credence attribute cannot be guaranteed. According to the hypothesis test, the fact that an abattoir delivers to a retailer is the single most significant factor, compared to the other factors tested, for abattoirs to implement a traceability system. Research showed that 95 % of retail delivering abattoirs have traceability systems in place, and the other 5 % of abattoirs are those situated in remote rural areas and their retail customers have little other choice than to buy from these abattoirs. However, the study identified poor knowledge on the costs and benefits of a traceability system as a potential drawback in doing a proper cost benefit analysis and therefore proper research on the economics of traceability systems was almost impossible. At the abattoir level, traceability systems are quite easily implemented because it is much easier to trace a single carcass in an abattoir than to trace different pieces of one carcass in the processing plant. Since this study did not include detail pertaining to the downstream tiers; meat processors, packers, wholesalers and retailers, it is not possible to conclude that the entire sheep supply chain can guarantee a product’s origin in the case of Karoo Lamb. The integrity of these role players will play a vital role in their ability to guarantee the origin of a sheep meat product especially when sheep carcasses are moved outside the Karoo boundaries for processing and packaging. It is therefore clear that the downstream tiers play a vital part in the South African sheep meat industry in terms of chain-wide traceability and transparency in order to guarantee the origin of a sheep meat product such as Karoo Lamb. Further research is therefore required to evaluate the other role players in the sheep meat industry for chain-wide traceabiltiy systems, in order to test the readiness of this chain and industry to guarantee the origin of a product like Karoo Lamb.
Dissertation (MSc(Agric))--University of Pretoria, 2013.
Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development
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Williams, Laura. "A sheep-run or a nation? : the evidence from Kelsall & Kemp (Tasmania) and Patons & Baldwins, Launceston." Thesis, 1998. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22006/1/whole_WilliamsLaura1998_thesis.pdf.

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'Shall Australia be a sheep-run or a nation?', asked nationalists after the First World War. While this sentiment was not new, the war created an atmosphere in which the equation of nationhood with greater industrial self-sufficiency complemented the federal government's economic aims. Woollen manufacture proved ideally suited as a centre-piece in the campaign to promote local manufacture. Failure to develop the country's best known national export - wool - threatened to incline Australia more towards being a metaphoric sheep-run than an independent nation. Such apprehensions assisted in woollen manufacture becoming one of the sentimental icons in the push to industrialise. This work focuses primarily upon the establishment of two British woollen manufacturers, Kelsall & Kemp and Patons & Baldwins, whose foundation derived from the relationship between economic policy and Australian nationality. Concentration is upon the period between World War I and the Depression. During this period Australia's woollen industry made a successful transition from holding a minor domestic market share to being pre-eminent within the Australian market. The thesis does not attempt to provide a comprehensive study of the two companies even during the period emphasised. It rather examines how these companies' experiences relate to the broader concerns and practicalities of industrial development. It also explores how closely reality mirrored industrialisation's promises, as well as and the associated benefits and costs. Symbolic of the contradictions characterising the 1920s were attempts to achieve greater industrial self-sufficiency through the attraction of companies controlled outside Australia. The influences of external control at Kelsall & Kemp and Patons & Baldwins were evident during these companies' establishment phase. The repercussions of direct foreign investment, however, become increasingly apparent in the late twentieth century. To demonstrate the progression of ideas, values and policies within Australia, the thesis' final chapter surveys the period since 1930. For decades the hopes of the 1920s seemed on the way to fulfilment, but more recently that prospect has diminished.

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Scobie, David Roger. "Short term effects of stress hormones on cell division rate in wool follicles / by David Roger Scobie." Thesis, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/21634.

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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 183-207)
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A local intradermal technique using colchicine to estimate cell division rate in wool follicles is refined and used throughout the thesis. Statistical methods used to analyse data obtained with this method are described and discussed. The implications of the findings are of great significance to research into the influence of physiological changes on wool production, and suggest experiments should be conducted under controlled environmental conditions, with a minimum of stress imposed on the animals.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Animal Sciences, 1992

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(13120488), Cheryl Elizabeth Pope. "Influences on the adoption rate of on-farm technology and innovation." Thesis, 2003. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Influences_on_the_adoption_rate_of_on-farm_technology_and_innovation/20341806.

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This research project examines the influences on the adoption rate of on -farm technology and innovation and investigates the particular case of adoption of breeding and selection techniques in the Australian Merino sheep industry. There is a significant body of economic evidence that indicates that the uptake of technology is essential for international competitiveness, growth in productivity and survival of individual sheep enterprises. There is also evidence that some producers are adopting new technologies and achieving substantial increases in productivity and profitability while at an industry level productivity improvements lag behind declines in terms of trade.

This study uses an integrated model. Existing material was gathered from evaluation and review of the national sheep extension program - Merino Breeding and Selection, to which some case study material from workshop participants was added. Common themes linking the practice of technology adoption with theoretical understanding were synthesised.

The paradigms driving agricultural extension have changed. Successful programs have replaced paternalistic approaches with collaborative, multidisciplinary and flexible models. Evaluation of extension effectiveness requires a multi- level approach and the policy stance of service providers needs to reflect practices that have been proven in theory and practice.

Currently government extension revolves around groups, and single issues as a method to maximize the number of people reached. More effective extension is likely to recognize whole of enterprise effects and have the flexibility to evolve in response to stakeholder and research inputs. Extension services will be delivered by professionals with skills embracing concepts from science and the social sciences.

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"Crossroads of Enlightenment 1685-1850 : exploring education, science, and industry across the Delessert network." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2015-03-2022.

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The Enlightenment did not end with the French Revolution but extended into the nineteenth century, effecting a transformation to modernity. By 1850, science became increasingly institutionalized and technology hastened transmission of cultural exchange. Restricting Enlightenment to solitary movements, philosophic text, or national contexts ultimately creates insular interpretations. The Enlightenment was instead a transnational phenomenon, of interconnected communities, from diverse geographical and cultural spaces. A revealing example is the Delessert family. Their British-Franco-Swiss network demonstrates the uniqueness, extent, and duration of the Enlightenment. This network’s origins lie in the 1680s. French and British desires for stability resulted in contrasting policies. Toleration, through partial rights, let British Dissenters become leading educators, manufacturers, and natural philosophers by 1760. Conversely, Huguenots were stripped of rights. Thousands fled persecution, and France’s rivals profited by welcoming waves of industrious Huguenots. French refugee communities became vital printing centres, specializing in Enlightenment attacks on the Ancien régime, and facilitated the expansion of the Delessert network. The Delessert banking family made a generational progression from Geneva to Lyon to Paris, linking them to Jean-Jacques Rousseau. His friendship fostered passions for botany and education. The Delesserts parlayed this into participation in Enlightenment science and industry, connecting them to the Lunar Society, Genevan radicals, and British reformers. By 1780, a transition toward modernity began. Grand Tours shifted from places of erudition to practical sites of production. Lunar men sent sons to the Continent for practical education, as Franco-Swiss visited English manufactories and Scottish universities to expand knowledge. Moderates greeted the French Revolution with enthusiasm. In the early 1790s this changed significantly. Royalist mobs threatened Lunar men, destroying property, in Birmingham. In France, moderates tried to defend the monarchy from republican mobs. Even so, the network, fragmented both by revolution and war, continued espousing reform and assisting members who were jailed, endangered, or escaping to America. The Delessert network reconnected in 1801. Franco-Swiss toured Britain as Britons visited Paris, gathering at the hôtel Delessert, a crossroads of the Enlightenment. New societies encouraged science, industry, and philanthropy. Enlightenment exchange continued, despite warfare, into the nineteenth century. Industrial partnerships and scientific collaborations, formed during the peace, circumvented trade barriers. Over three generations (1760-1850) cosmopolitanism helped usher in a transition to modernity. Ultimately, the Delessert network’s endurance challenges traditional interpretations of the Enlightenment, and the Industrial Revolution.

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TSAI, CHUN-PING, and 蔡君屏. "The Strategy of the Sheet Metal Industry Responding to Industry Reform." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/stwb4p.

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逢甲大學
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In the course of economic development in Taiwan in recent years，traditional manufacturing is a very typical enterprise，however，due to its industrial changes and information transparency，Gradually threatened。Past research in traditional manufacturing，it is quite a lot，however， there is no research on the strategies of the sheet metal industry in response to industrial changes。 This study adopts interview mode，for this case study and 6 interviewers，application of industrial analysis tools such as theoretical application and six-force analysis，analyze the internal and external model environment of the company。In recent years, the manufacturing industry is facing the challenges of the internal and external environment，enter the era of meager profits and transformation，sheet metal Industry companies can adjust their strategies and develop forever。 The specific findings of this study are as follows: 1、The current punch industry is highly competitive，still oriented to reduce prices，after finishing this study，industry Recommendations should Improve Automation and Die Development Technology，improve product differentiation。 2、Improve manufacturing quality，In addition to relying on precision molds，Still need to cooperate with the manufacturers，And the professional improvement of the company's internal technical staff，But withering of technical talents，Should Start with Emphasis on Technical Education System，Strengthen training automation talents，On-the-job training with government counselling，And before and during employment，Continuously improve professional capabilities。

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Chang, Chi-Wei, and 張期瑋. "The Study on Industry 4.0 Business Model of Sheet Metal Industry in Thailand." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/guve69.

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國立臺北科技大學
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Since Germany proposed the concept of "industry 4.0" in 2011, many governments around the world have come up with plans, and manufacturing industry has begun to focus on related issues. How can the Industry 4.0 technologies and concepts be applied to the existing business model, and how the changes brought about by the industry 4.0 will cause the impact of the value chain is becoming an important issue in manufacturing industry. Thailand has attracted foreign investment in various manufacturing industry in recent years due to various investment promotion, geographical locations and ASEAN trade agreements. But at the same time, as in other countries, Thailands sheet metal industry is facing low prices competition from China in the international market, so some of the industry turned to focus on the development of niche market, with a small production volume, high variety of orders to successfully avoid mass production competition, it brings high margins to the company, but also generate many management issue. This study use in-depth interview analysis method to explore the industry 4.0 business model of sheet metal industry in Thailand. In the Industrial 4.0 architecture, how brands vendor in the value chain of multimedia kiosk industry will change their demands, and what is the countermeasure of sheet metal fabricator, and what is the effect.

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Hsin-Yu, Ou, and 歐信佑. "Research on Transformation Strategy of Iron &; Steel Industry -The case of Laser Sheet Metal Industry-." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/s67tyz.

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中原大學
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Compare to the Steel Industry have a more complex chain of other industries, Crop output has finished a serious of complex processes from still mills .Due to complexity of the process so that the downstream steal industry generating closely. In recent years, leading to serious supply surplus steel prices continued to fall sharply , difficult business industry as a whole benefits traditional mode of thinking is no longer a measure of stock. From the trend of the future development of the iron and steel industry . In view of Taiwan’s iron and steel industry should no longer be considered from the point of view of the amount of business strategy, should rethink their position and strategic direction of the industry. Each requires its own steel plant downstream system only heavy industry and the middle and lower reaches of steel products will have to join the competitive advantage of higher downstream .Products exported to enhance the added value of the firm which is the subject of the future of the steel industry biggest problem facing. Iron and steel industry must question. The industry’s operations and marketing strategies for a fast and rapid and the overall look of the ecological environment has been dedicated link .Instead of a large of number of economies of scale and perspective This study from Taiwan to the upstream steel industry is currently the main competitor status to a situation analysis .A Steel perspectives on the downstream steel industry is currently operating model and business strategy planning and further development of a long-term direction of the A company Steel.Including the recent five-year plan and years of long-term plans .To reshape their competitive advantage. Where in the implementation is not only a public warehouse including production automation, ERP(enterprise resource paintings )and other message management tools. More important is to reflect the intelligent 「transformation +Internet Steel 」.Change the mode of operation to bring revolutionary subversive.

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Wang, Chih-chiang, and 王志強. "Prepainted galvanized steel sheet and color steel sheet in steel industry compete advantage to study-- Case Yiehphui Company Study." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/49553353273779195728.

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Along with science and technology gradually make progress, there is no distance between country. WTO world commerce cloggy eliminate, have no frontier''s confine to make product and service that almost be obvious everywhere in the world. Under economic liberalization and internationalize affection, make enterprise management no longer confine to one area or single country. Economic globalization impact everywhere in the world. Iron and steel industry can’t also avoid meeting severely impact and change. In 2002, because global economies gradually change better, lead to international steel market demand to grow up quickly. It is fourth season to reach the best. Price appears take on upspring, too. Due to every important manufacturer rob to buy materical each other in the world, appear steel materical demand to exceed supply. At the end of the year 2003, America, European union, mainland China cancel import restriction successively. At the beginning of the year 2004, price of freight, iron ore, coalmine, scrap steel (Steel ingredient) increases largely at the same time. Many countries ensure steel requirement materials at home, so steel importation tariff transfer fall successively. It makes strict confine measure gradually change to loose. Hot Rolled Galvanized Steel Sheet requires mean consumption to grows up 4.4% near five years in the world. Price also rise along with the price of Hot-Rolled Steel Coil is on raise at the same time. Steel market changes quickly like electronic product’s life. Steel industry face structure change and reform management. In the world, all steel industry is toward competition and cooperative style. Industry internationalize brings manufacture and sales mode''s changed. Industry protection policy already do not exist. With environment changed quickly, enterprise do the best increase management performance. It just be able to abidingly run and develop. The study chiefly use questionaire as interview style to get information and organize theoretical document to review and research. Let us know Hot Rolled Galvanized Steel Sheet and Prepainted Hot-Dip Zinc Coated Steel Sheet company how to develop in the world now. It is as Yiehphui company for example, explore Hot Rolled Galvanized Steel Sheet and Prepainted Hot-Dip Zinc Coated Steel Sheet industry how to take advantage of limited source and face industry environmental change to upgrade management technique. By industry internationalization working principles, make enterprise management risk asunders and create industry competition advantage. It becomes industry developmental reference. The study shows some conclusions as follows: 1. Materials source need stability and multiplication. It avoid confining provider but have no method to acquire advantaged negotiate. 2. International steel area integrated tendency have already formed. Major company become bigger and bigger can not avoid. Individual company should cooperation or tactic federation at home with same industry company, form area economy magnitude and debases competition pressure. 3. Push and import TPM management system and TSM work safe management system to healthy company operate constitution and attract elitist. 4. Global market runs for springboard as strengthen developmental technology, develop high affixation value product and new product use domain. It aggravates brand impression and difference product to used for seize more market area and market benefit.

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