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2. An Overview of Technological Innovation on SME Survival: A Conceptual Paper
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Rahman, Nurulhasanah Abdul, Yaacob, Zulnaidi, and Radzi, Rafisah Mat
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- 2016
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3. The Characteristics of Users in the Adoption of Low Loss Microwave Transmission Glass: A Conceptual Paper
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Musa, Haslinda, Nursyairalia, Safri, Yunus, Ahmad Rozelan, and Othman, Mohd Azlishah
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- 2016
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4. Qualifying Paper on Customs Affairs: Algorithm of Writing
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Shindina, Tatyana and Stepanov, Yevgeniy
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- 2015
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5. The Role of Dyadic Coping to Marital Quality – The Conceptual Paper
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Razak, Siti Nurraihan Firdaus Abdul, Hoesni, Suzana Mohd, Zakaria, Ezarina, and Ismail, Rozmi
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- 2015
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6. What Exam Papers Make us Think
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Saka, F. Özlem
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7. A Paper in Health Sciences: The Student Mentor
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Romeu, Marta, Taltavull, Núria, Moragas, Carlota M, Valls, Rosa M, Ribé, Mireia, Tarro, Lucía, Farré, Jordi, Albina, M Luisa, Casajuana, M del Carme, Arija, Victoria, Solà, Rosa, Nogués, M Rosa, and Giralt, Montserrat
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- 2015
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8. “Who is the Society?”: A Critical Look on the Constituent of Creative-Community through Artepolis Papers 2006-2012
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Widiastuti, Indah
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9. The Process of Building the Abstract of a Paper in the Context of a Writing Workshop for PhDs
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Álvarez, Manuela, Boillos, Mari Mar, and Velasco, Erlantz
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10. Design and Development of Arabic Online Games – A Conceptual Paper
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Hamizul, M. and Rahimi, Nik Mohd
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- 2015
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11. The Complications and Challenges of the Work-family Interface: A Review Paper
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Tsionou, Theodosia and Konstantopoulos, Nikolaos
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12. Tax Aggressiveness and Negotiations: A Conceptual Paper
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Azmi, Anna Azriati Che and Hoong, Voon Yuen
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- 2014
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13. Exploring the Relationship between Carbon Performance, Carbon Reporting and Firm Performance: A Conceptual Paper
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Rahman, Noor Raida Abd, Rasid, Siti Zaleha Abdul, and Basiruddin, Rohaida
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- 2014
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14. Logos, Pathos and Ethos in Ackroyd's Plato's Papers via an Interdisciplinary Psycho-philosophical Approach
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Mihăilescu, Clementina
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15. Qualifying Paper on Customs Affairs: Algorithm of Writing
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Tatyana Shindina and Yevgeniy Stepanov
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Scheme (programming language) ,Engineering ,customs operations ,mindmap ,business.industry ,Qualifying paper ,Control (management) ,Subject (documents) ,geopolitics ,Object (philosophy) ,currency control ,Work experience ,international trade institutes ,currency regulation ,Currency ,Institutional analysis ,General Materials Science ,business ,computer ,Algorithm ,Theme (narrative) ,computer.programming_language - Abstract
This article centers on the specific algorithm, devised to help students select the theme of the qualifying paper. The article also reviews the contents of the customs affairs specialists qualifying paper. The method of selecting the theme of the qualifying paper using the mind-map is offered. The Mind-map offers a convenient scheme for a student to select his or her own research advisor, work experience placement, object and subject of the qualifying paper. This article represents an analysis of example of student's qualifying paper on currency control theme choice, lays out the contents of theoretical and practical parts of the qualifying paper named “Institutional analysis of currency control on the territory of the Chelyabinsk region”. Methods of currency control scientific analysis with the aid of statistical methods and graphic techniques are offered.
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16. The Role of Dyadic Coping to Marital Quality – The Conceptual Paper
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Siti Nurraihan Firdaus Binti Abdul Razak, Rozmi Ismail, Suzana Mohd Hoesni, and Ezarina Zakaria
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media_common.quotation_subject ,dyadic coping ,couple ,Marital satisfaction ,behavior and behavior mechanisms ,stress comunication ,General Materials Science ,Quality (business) ,Dyadic coping ,Psychology ,Function (engineering) ,Social psychology ,marriage ,conceptual paper ,media_common - Abstract
In modern times, increasing divorce ratio should be addressed properly by the agencies concerned. There are numerous studies that found that dyadic coping plays a vital role in marital satisfaction as a significant predictor of marital quality. However, previous research overlooked the function of dyadic coping from both dimensions of marital quality: positive and negative marital quality. Factors that hinder marital satisfaction do not simply mean that they cause marital dissatisfaction. Thus, this conceptual paper aims to discuss the function of dyadic coping to marital quality from both domains.
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17. An Overview of Technological Innovation on SME Survival: A Conceptual Paper
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Nurulhasanah Abdul Rahman, Rafisah Mat Radzi, and Zulnaidi Yaacob
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Service (business) ,Engineering ,Knowledge management ,Scope (project management) ,business.industry ,Process (engineering) ,05 social sciences ,Malaysia ,Business operations ,Online advertising ,innovation ,Product (business) ,Body of knowledge ,small business ,technology ,0502 economics and business ,050211 marketing ,General Materials Science ,Social media ,SME survival ,Marketing ,business ,050203 business & management - Abstract
This paper explores the theoretical review of technological innovation on SME survival by looking at literature review with SME studies. Previous reference on survival is still scarce even it is the key benchmark to measure business performance. It has been demonstrated within the literature that the practice of technological innovation is significantly associated with business performance but its effect towards SME survival is underexplored. SME survival refers to the year of business operation, availability of future plans and diversity of product/service range. According to social scientists and management experts, among the main technological innovations highlighted in literatures are namely sophisticated machines and equipments, fusion of different technologies, gadgets machines and equipments, fusion of different technologies, and gadgets as tools of innovation. By looking at the technological innovation scope by Diaconu (2011) ; social networking, computerized record, online marketing can be categorized under the current technological innovation as these mediums are based on technology and influence the development intensity with new or improved process or products. Apart from this justification, among other approaches, these three mediums are close to the business and its potentials are yet to be optimized. In short, the critical discussion provided in this paper would help to strengthen the body of knowledge on SME studies, besides to act as a reference for research in other countries. Findings from this review shed some lights on the potential of social networking as part of online marketing; as the online customers are greater than the typical offline customers. Also, the effect of online marketing via social media is more powerful and diverse due to its ability to reach customers regardless of geographical locations.
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18. Analysis of the Intellectual Structure of Scientific Papers about Professional Competences Related to Organizational Psychology
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Daniel Umberto Jara Gallo, Valeria Cruz Alayza, Catherin Girón Escobar, and Dante Arturo Martín Guerrero Chanduví
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organizational psychology ,Knowledge management ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,050109 social psychology ,Organizational network analysis ,Organizational commitment ,domain analysis ,competencies models ,professional competencies ,Units of measurement ,Organization development ,0502 economics and business ,Organizational learning ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,General Materials Science ,Domain analysis ,Industrial and organizational psychology ,business ,Psychology ,network analysis ,Competence (human resources) ,050203 business & management - Abstract
The aim of the scientific paper is to deepen into the domain analysis and network analysis of the bibliography about professional competences from the perspective of organizational psychology, looking for the existing relations between authors and trends, significant because of their direct influence on the members of an organization. The techniques used, network analysis and domain analysis, allow getting clusters that group data with similar features considering units of measure such as co-citation and co-occurrence. As a result, the characteristics of the competence models related to organizational psychology, their limitations, initial development, evolution and trends are presented.
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19. What Exam Papers Make us Think
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F. Özlem Saka
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Grammar ,Syntax (programming languages) ,Computer science ,Process (engineering) ,media_common.quotation_subject ,First language ,foreign language teaching ,Foreign language teaching ,Spelling ,ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION ,Mathematics education ,exams in language teaching ,General Materials Science ,Quality (business) ,error analysis ,media_common ,Qualitative research - Abstract
Although errors are accepted inevitable in the foreign language learning, they give information about teaching- learning process of the students. The fact that even ELT students’ exam papers contain lots of serious errors has led to this research to find the reasons for them. With this aim, the exam papers of ELT students were examined in terms of their overall quality and the errors the students have made and they were listed according to their types. This study is a qualitative study which reflects the errors of students in their exam papers. To get the data, document analysis was conducted. The documents are the exam papers of sophomore and junior students of ELT department of Akdeniz University. It was found out that ELT students have problems in expressing their own ideas on any topic by analysing the situation. Besides, most of them are not careful with their writing, in terms of grammar, syntax and spelling. Some errors can be regarded as careless errors when the exam situation is considered. However, some of them result from overgeneralization of rules. Some errors occur because of the effect of the native language or students’ inefficiency to use correct structures in writing although they know everything by heart. It is important for ELT students to use the language accurately as they are English teacher candidates. To overcome the problem, foreign language teaching and testing processes should be taken into consideration.
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20. Design and Development of Arabic Online Games – A Conceptual Paper
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M. Hamizul and Nik Mohd Rahimi
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design and development ,Vocabulary ,Online Games ,Arabic ,Multimedia ,Process (engineering) ,Computer science ,media_common.quotation_subject ,ComputingMilieux_PERSONALCOMPUTING ,computer.software_genre ,language.human_language ,Development (topology) ,game-based learning ,language ,General Materials Science ,computer ,media_common - Abstract
Online games approach is recommended as a tool that can enhance students’ ability to master the Arabic language. Appropriate models need to be produced as effective learning materials especially in the design and development of online Arabic language games. This concept paper explores elements of development and digital game-based learning model in the process of building Arabic language online games at school. This study describes the design elements as the results of the Arabic language online games development. The implications of this study can serve as a guideline for the development and effectiveness of future learning of Arabic language through online games at school.
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21. The Complications and Challenges of the Work-family Interface: A Review Paper
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Theodosia Tsionou and Nikolaos Konstantopoulos
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Categorization ,Work (electrical) ,Interface (Java) ,Management science ,conflict ,Perspective (graphical) ,General Materials Science ,Engineering ethics ,Psychology ,outcomes ,work-family interface ,Review article ,facilitation - Abstract
During the last few decades researchers have developed a genuine interest in the interaction of the work and family domains. This paper is an attempt to review the recent literature and to categorize the various outcomes produced by the relationship between work and family. In other words this review article assesses the consequences of the work-family interface through the perspective of conflict and facilitation, as argued in previous research.
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22. Exploring the Relationship between Carbon Performance, Carbon Reporting and Firm Performance: A Conceptual Paper
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Siti Zaleha Abdul Rasid, Rohaida Basiruddin, and Noor Raida Abd Rahman
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Government ,carbon performance ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Corporate governance ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Accounting ,firm performance ,chemistry ,Information disclosure ,Carbon reporting ,General Materials Science ,Quality (business) ,corporate governance quality ,Business ,internal organizational factors ,Carbon ,media_common - Abstract
In recent years, there has been an increased interest in carbon information disclosure. This research aims to examine carbon reporting practices of Malaysian companies. Further analysis will be conducted to examine the influence of internal organizational factors on the carbon reporting practices. The relationship between carbon performance, carbon reporting and firm performance will be investigated. This paper also explores the moderating effect of the corporate governance quality on the relationship between carbon reporting practices and firm performance. The findings from this study have a significant contribution to carbon reporting literature, Malaysian companies, government and accounting regulation body.
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23. Logos, Pathos and Ethos in Ackroyd's Plato's Papers via an Interdisciplinary Psycho-philosophical Approach
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Clementina Alexandra Mihăilescu
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Philosophy ,media_common.quotation_subject ,ethos ,Kelly ,Temporality ,space ,logos ,Logos Bible Software ,Determinism ,Epistemology ,Ethos ,Pathos ,pathos ,Humanity ,Free will ,General Materials Science ,Riemann ,time ,Philosophical methodology ,media_common ,Plato ,psycho-philosophical approach - Abstract
The present moral crisis of humanity will be closely considered in Ackroyd's Plato's Papers via Riemann's Theorem of Earth Mapping, Kelly's Personal Construct theory and Plato's Idea of the Third Man with a view to showing that only the generally assumed relationship between logos and ethos could rescue the mentality of the entire world and retrieve temporality and morality. For this approach to be successfully turned to good account the Aristotelian concepts of Logos (the thinking part of the intellect) mediating with Pathos (the feeling self) through the actions of his acting self, the personal Ethos, will be employed in relation to Ackroyd's character, Plato, the philosopher-orator. Within Ackroyd's novel, Plato appears as a credible detector of the dark mysterious evolution of mankind, being at the same time, an important narrative device in the author's aesthetic attempt at retrieving the far-off history of London. This is accomplished through the technique of fast rewind, Ackroyd moving backwards from the year 3700 up to 3500 B.C. For the objective of the paper to be properly covered (the present moral crisis and the philosophical solution offered to it, which is also the main argument of the paper), logos will be dealt with in relation to Kelly's alternative perspectives where two concepts are equally significant: determinism and free will. The results and conclusions are related to Ethos based on choice, the choice of reconstructing humanity by recuperating light which equates with rescuing spiritual and cultural values.
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24. Corrigendum to the Paper: Application of Tagging Services for Term Analysis on Visual Plane in Financial Engineering
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Platonova, Marina, primary, Eriņš, Ingars, additional, and Miltiņa, Zane, additional
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25. Corrigendum to the Paper: Application of Tagging Services for Term Analysis on Visual Plane in Financial Engineering
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Marina Platonova, Ingars Eriņš, and Zane Miltiņa
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Glossary ,Behavioural sciences ,Library science ,Meaning (non-linguistic) ,Representation (arts) ,Term (time) ,law.invention ,Financial engineering ,law ,Venn diagram ,General Materials Science ,Sociology ,Social science ,Range (computer programming) - Abstract
Corrigendum Text: The Figure 1. Use of Venn diagram for graphical representation of FE glossary is created using templates available from http://creately.com/Draw-Venn-Diagrams [accessed on 15 May, 2016].
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26. The Role of Seaports as Logistics Centers in the Modelling of the Sustainable System for Distribution of Goods in Urban Areas
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Andrzej Montwiłł
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Consumption (economics) ,Sustainable development ,Humanitarian Logistics ,Supply chain management ,seaport ,congestion ,Supply chain ,pollution ,seaport functions ,Sustainable distribution ,Transport engineering ,White paper ,distribution ,Integrated logistics support ,logistics centers ,General Materials Science ,Business ,Environmental planning ,supply chain - Abstract
This publication presents subject matter connected with the role of seaports as integrated logistics centers in the development of sustainable distribution of goods in urban areas. Seaports as integrated logistics centers and multifunctional socio-economic spaces are the key components of the European and global transport system. They carry out the functions and services necessary for the efficiency of supply chains, and their final elements include the distribution of goods from the places of production to places of consumption. Seaports cover the transport, logistic, distribution and spatial functions, which influence city development, while logistics centers cover the distribution function. The development of seaports is a result of their multifunctionality and multimodality focused on the widening of the range of services, which allows them to meet different demands of the environment. Thus, seaports and logistics centers have become elements of urban transport systems included in the EU policy of sustainable development of transport. Particularly important here is the latest implementation of the objectives of the EU White Paper on the development of resource-efficient and low-carbon transport in ecological urban transport. The publication presents existing solutions and possible directions concerning the activity of seaports as logistics centers in the area of urban logistics.
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27. Development of Eucalyptus Oil Agro-industries in Kabupaten Buru
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Rizki Adriadi Ghiffari
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Engineering ,010405 organic chemistry ,Agroforestry ,business.industry ,Raw material ,010402 general chemistry ,Pulp and paper industry ,01 natural sciences ,Eucalyptus ,0104 chemical sciences ,manufacturing ,Eucalyptus oil ,Agro-industry ,General Materials Science ,business ,eucalyptus oil - Abstract
Eucalyptus forest area and total production of eucalyptus oil on Buru Island are the largest in Indonesia. The revenue of eucalyptus oil industry in Buru decreased in the last 5 years and is still managed conventionally. The increasing production capacity and value added is necessary, because eucalyptus oil is the leading commodity in Buru. Therefore, the development of agro-processing eucalyptus oil is one solution to the economic development in Buru. This research which is done through: determining the factors that influence the development of agro-processing eucalyptus oil; clustering potential development of agro-processing; and the preparation of the development of agro-processing of eucalyptus oil. The result of this research, there are 6 development clusters and 2 phases of the roadmap, namely: establishment of new industrial cluster, optimization of raw materials cluster, and the increasing of production capacity efficiently cluster (Factor-Driven); raw material efficiency cluster, industrial activity maintenance cluster, and product differentiation cluster (Capital-Driven).
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28. Characterization of Biochar and Syngas Obtained from Pellets of Grape Vine and Sun Flower Husk Using A Pyrolysis System
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Massimo Cecchini, Andrea Rosario Proto, Andrea Colantoni, Luca Salvati, Agostino Sorgonà, P. Cavalletti, Francesco Gallucci, and Leonardo Longo
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020209 energy ,Batch reactor ,Pellets ,Biomass ,chemistry.chemical_element ,02 engineering and technology ,010501 environmental sciences ,residues biomass ,pyrolysis process ,01 natural sciences ,Husk ,biochar ,characterization pyrolysis ,process agricultural ,Biochar ,agricultural residues ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,biochar characterization ,General Materials Science ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,biomass ,Waste management ,Pulp and paper industry ,chemistry ,Carbon ,Pyrolysis ,Syngas - Abstract
Biochar produced from pellet obtained from grapevine (GV) and sunflower husk (SFH) at different temperature (400 and 500 °C) were studied by pyrolysis batch reactor. Chemical and physical evolution of biomass under pyrolysis conditions was determined and products characterization was evaluated, including main organic components in gaseous stream. The Biochar is a “porous carbonaceous solid” produced by thermochemical conversion of organic materials in an oxygen depleted atmosphere, which has physiochemical properties suitable for the safe and long-term storage of carbon in the environment and, potentially, soil improvement. Results have shown a decrease in yield as an increase in temperature. The objective of this work is to improve the acknowledgment for the alternative use of the biochar gained from agro-forestry biomass residuals grapevine and sunflower husks by means of modern chemical and physical characterization tools.
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29. Wood Energy Plants and Biomass Supply Chain in Southern Italy
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Luzzi Giuseppe, De Rossi Alessandro, Macrì Giorgio, and Russo Diego
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040101 forestry ,020209 energy ,Supply chain ,Forest management ,Biomass ,Subsidy ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,02 engineering and technology ,Pulp and paper industry ,Short rotation forestry ,Eenergy ,Bioenergy ,Environmental protection ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries ,Production (economics) ,Environmental science ,General Materials Science ,Woodchips ,Forest ,Wood supply chain - Abstract
In the last ten years in Italy several companies of the bio energy industry, attracted by Government subsidies planned to build dedicated power that use biomass as their main fuel. The biomass for energy purposes, coming from farms, forestry, timber industry and Short Rotation Forestry (SRF) for energy, can provide various environmental and socio-economic benefits. First of all, the production of forest biomass for energy involves the reduction of CO2 emissions and the improvement of forest functions, such as hydrogeological and biodiversity conservation. Moreover, forest biomass consumption could contribute to the socio-economic development of rural areas, through the restoration of agro-forest activities and technological advances in the bio-energy field. The primary goal of this study is to analyse the local forest wood supply chain. Therefore, field surveys have been done in order to classify the management and the characteristics of the woodchips supply chain (wood sub-product availability, forest enterprises, working systems, forest woodchips quality).
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30. Investigation of the Color, Fastness and Antimicrobial Properties of Wool Fabrics Dyed with the Natural Dye Extracted from the Cone of Chamaecyparis Lawsoniana
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Filiz Akin, Habip Dayioglu, Nigar Merdan, Mehmet Kilinc, Seyda Canbolat, Şener, Sefer, Saridogan, Ercan, Staub, S, Bölüm Yok, BAİBÜ, Bolu Teknik Bilimler Meslek Yüksekokulu, Tekstil Giyim Ayakkabı Ve Deri Bölümü, and Akın, Filiz
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K/S values ,antimicrobial properties ,biology ,Chemistry ,Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ,Mordant ,Color strength ,biology.organism_classification ,Antimicrobial ,Pulp and paper industry ,fastness properties ,Wool ,General Materials Science ,Natural dye ,fastness properties,K/S values - Abstract
World Conference on Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship -- MAY 28-30, 2015 -- Istanbul, TURKEY WOS: 000380509900261 In this study, the wool fabric was mordanted with natural mordant agents extracted from the waste of three different plants. After the mordanting process, the samples were dyed with the natural dye extracted from the cone of Chamaecyparis Lawsoniana. Finally, the fastness properties, color strength (K/S) values and antimicrobial properties of samples were investigated in terms of the type of mordant. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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31. Acidogenesis of Palm Oil Mill Effluent to Produce Biogas: Effect of Hydraulic Retention Time and pH
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Irvan Taslim, Muhammad Turmuzi, Bambang Trisakti, and Veronica Manalu
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anaerobic digestion ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,Acidogenesis ,Hydraulic retention time ,Chemistry ,Environmental engineering ,Continuous stirred-tank reactor ,Pulp and paper industry ,Organic compound ,Butyric acid ,Acetic acid ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Anaerobic digestion ,Biogas ,acidogenesis ,biogas ,POME ,General Materials Science - Abstract
Acidogenesis of palm oil mill effluent to produce biogas was conducted base on anaerobic digestion process. This process was consisted of four different stages using various types of microorganisms which came from various groups of bacteria. This research studied the effect of hydraulic retention time (HRT) and pH to the change of the organic compounds concentration and solids content of POME to the growth of microorganisms during acidogenesis stage. Initially, the suitable loading up was determined by varying the HRT 6.7; 5.0; and 4.0 days in the continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) with mixing rate 50 rpm, pH 6.0 ± 0.2, and room temperature. Next, suitable pH was determined by varying the pH at 5.0; 5.5; and 6.0 with mixing rate 100-110 rpm and temperature 55oC. Analysis of TS, VS, TSS, VSS, COD, and VFA were conducted in order to study the growth of microorganisms and their abilities in converting organic compound to produce VFA. The highest growth of microorganisms was achieved at HRT 4.0 day with microorganism concentration was 20.62 mg VSS/L and COD reduction was 15.7%. The highest production of total VFA achieved was 5622.72 mg/L at pH 6.0, with the concentration of acetic acid, propionic acid and butyric acid were 2257.34; 975.49; and 2389.90 mg/L, respectively. While degradation VS and COD were 11 and 23%, respectively.
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32. Suitability of Biochar Produced from Biomass Waste as Soil Amendment
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Fazlena Hamzah, Mohd Adib bin Mohd Nor, Shareena Fairuz Abdul Manaf, and Nur Shahidah Ab Aziz
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Empty Fruit Bunch ,Waste management ,Chemistry ,Temperature ,Biomass ,Environmental pollution ,Carbon sequestration ,Pulp and paper industry ,Soil quality ,Biochar ,Soil pH ,General Materials Science ,Soil fertility ,Pyrolysis - Abstract
Conversion of biomass waste to a useful product has been extensively studied to compensate its abundance in quantity and combat current environmental pollution issue. Of the biomass listed comes from agriculture industry; empty fruit bunch (EFB). This study was conducted to investigate the suitability of this waste as soil amendment in improving soil quality. The waste is converted to biochar by mean use of pyrolysis technique. Pyrolysis temperature was varied to 400 °C, 500 °C and 600 °C and the physiochemical properties were analyzed. The results obtained from this study indicate that as the pyrolysis temperature increases, the BET surface area of pores available on EFB biochar decreases. Besides, only small amount of biochar can be produced at high pyrolysis temperature. Several bands or peak diminished from the FTIR spectra of EFB biochar as the temperature rises. From the result also, it was observed biochar that was produced at 400 °C pose a characteristic of high yield (50.60%), high fixed carbon content (31.89%) and with suitable morphological features such as high pore volume with better surface area which is important for carbon sequestration. At higher pyrolysis temperature, the crystalline structure of the biochar gradually decreases due to the lower in peak value of cellulose and lignin wavelength in XRD analysis. Besides, it is very alkaline (pH 10.88) which is suitable in neutralizing soil acidity and it contains high CEC value (35 meq/100 g) which is believed suitable to increase soil fertility.
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33. Suspended Solid, Color, COD and Oil and Grease Removal from Biodiesel Wastewater by Coagulation and Flocculation Processes
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Zulkifli Ahmad, Zawawi Daud, Halizah Awang, Nazlizan Nasir, Mohd Baharudin Ridzuan, and Ab Aziz Abdul Latif
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Suspended solids ,Flocculation ,Biodiesel ,Waste management ,Chemistry ,Alum ,Pulp and paper industry ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Wastewater ,Coagulant ,Biodiesel wastewater ,medicine ,Coagulation (water treatment) ,Ferric ,General Materials Science ,Sewage treatment ,Coagulation-flocculation ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Coagulation and flocculation are essential processes in a number of diverse disciplines, including biochemistry, cheese manufacturing, rubber manufacturing, and in water and waste water treatment. Coagulation-flocculation is effective for removing high concentration organic pollutants and heavy metals in water and wastewater. However, limited information exists on the efficiency of this coagulation-flocculation process for biodiesel wastewater treatment. The biodiesel wastewater is basic (alkaline), with a high content of oil and grease, and a low content of nitrogen and phosphorus. As such, biological treatment of the biodiesel wastewater is expected to be very difficult. For this reason supportive physic-chemical methods are often used. Although one of the most frequently employed method is coagulation. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate the efficiency of coagulation and flocculation processes for removing suspended solid (SS), color, COD and oil and grease from biodiesel wastewater. Aluminum sulfate, polyaluminum chloride, ferric chloride and ferric sulfate as a coagulant in biodiesel wastewater treatment were studied using a standard jar test apparatus. The result shows that, at the optimum dose of PAC (300 mg/L), the percentage removal of SS, color, COD and oil and grease respectively 97%, 95%, 75% and 97% compared to only 92%, 92%, 53% and 99% at the optimal dose alum (500 mg/L), 95%, 93%, 63% and 97% at the optimum dose of ferric chloride (350 mg/L) and 88%, 88%, 54% and 94% at the optimum dose of ferric sulfate (450 mg/L). The effect of coagulant dosages on suspended solid (SS), color, COD and oil and grease removal showed similar trend and PAC was found to be superior was observed at reasonable lower amount of coagulant i.e. 300 mg/L. The results showed that coagulation-flocculation is effective as a pre-treatment for treating biodiesel wastewater.
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- 2015
34. Desalination of Produced Water Using Bentonite as Pre-Treatment and Membrane Separation as Main Treatment
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Munawar Zaman Shahruddin, Nur Hashimah Alias, Siti Noorfatin Adila Ghani, and Nur Hidayati Othman
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Materials science ,Water flux ,Waste management ,Membrane ,Connate fluids ,Pre-treatment ,Pulp and paper industry ,Total dissolved solids ,Produced water ,Desalination ,Membrane technology ,Adsorption ,Bentonite ,General Materials Science ,Rejection rate - Abstract
Produced water is any water that is present in an oil and gas reservoir and is frequently referred to as “connate water” or “formation water”. It will become produced water when these fluids are brought to the surface. Due to the hazardous content in the produced water, it needs to be treated prior being released to the environment. This study is carried out to determine the capability of bentonite to adsorb Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) of the produced water after it was brought from the offshore. This pre-treatment is to ease the separation of polymeric membrane for a better produced water treatment. Produced water was tested by using the membrane testing rig to determine the TDS rate of rejection and the membrane permeate flux per unit area. The process will be conducted in three different conditions; 1) without the addition of bentonite, 2) with the pre-treatment using bentonite and 3) with the pre-treatment using bentonite and the addition of bentonite in the membrane solution, in order to determine which approach give the best results. From the result of experiments, set 23 of polyethersulfone membrane (PES) was chosen as the best membrane based on its rejection rate and permeation flux of 17.15% and 0.0453 ml/cm2.psi. Therefore the study suggested that pre-treatment using bentonite is promising approach to enhance the membrane performance in treating produced water.
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- 2015
35. Improving Higher Education (Institutions) with the Matrix of Managerial and Financial Objectives
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Dusan Lesjak
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Finance ,Knowledge society ,Higher education ,business.industry ,Field (Bourdieu) ,media_common.quotation_subject ,05 social sciences ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,021107 urban & regional planning ,02 engineering and technology ,Affect (psychology) ,Work (electrical) ,Order (exchange) ,0502 economics and business ,General Materials Science ,Quality (business) ,business ,Inefficiency ,050203 business & management ,media_common - Abstract
The purpose of this work is to confirm theoretical findings in the field of management of higher education (institutions) and contribute with our own findings on the elements, mechanisms and instruments that affect the quality and effectiveness of managing and organizing higher education at the national and institutional level, and thus contribute to a more efficient and effective higher education. This work will also clarify interdisciplinary connections between various segments of the above mentioned management of higher education (institutions) field, which has not been explained yet. In the introduction of the paper, the impact of higher education on economic development and on knowledge society is explained briefly. Further on, the background of the work is illustrated and the definition of the working problem is explained, which basically refers to the inefficiency of (mostly) publicly-funded higher education and lack of proper managerial solutions and skills at higher education institutions. Furthermore, the role of higher education and major trends in higher education are introduced and discussed. The main contribution of the paper is the matrix of higher education objectives which have to be realized in order to implement a successful higher education and institutions, mainly from managerial and financial perspectives.
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36. Knowledge Management – from its Inception to the Innovation Linkage
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Kristijan Breznik
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Knowledge management ,Relation (database) ,business.industry ,Computer science ,05 social sciences ,050301 education ,Linkage (mechanical) ,Field (computer science) ,law.invention ,Content analysis ,law ,Phenomenon ,0502 economics and business ,Abstract knowledge ,General Materials Science ,business ,Construct (philosophy) ,0503 education ,050203 business & management - Abstract
Knowledge management started to be perceived as a scientific discipline relatively recently. Since its beginnings in the 1990s, the interest for this research field has been constantly growing especially in the past two decades. However, it seems that the peak of interest has already passed. In this paper, we provided the review of the most important research documents that are related with this topic, all collected from the Web of Science. The most important scholars and journals in the field are identified via documents and citations among them. In addition, the purpose of this paper is also to analyse the existing linkage between knowledge management and innovation. For this purpose, a network of keywords was constructed with keywords performing as actors in the network and the co-occurrence as a relation. The network obtained of keywords is undirected and weighted by the number of documents in which adjacent keywords which co-occurred on the topic of knowledge management. The content analysis with traditional network analytic techniques was used. In other fields, similar methods were already applied; however, this is the first attempt to construct this kind of research in knowledge management related to the topic of innovation. The results revealed significant linkage between knowledge management and innovation in the documents which were analyzed. We believe that the network analytic procedures used in this paper provide an excellent tool to study such a relevant phenomenon.
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37. EMS Exploratory Analysis in Order to Improve its Integration Quality through Fractal Design
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Ionuţ Viorel Herghiligiu
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Process management ,Relation (database) ,Computer science ,020209 energy ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Sample (statistics) ,02 engineering and technology ,010501 environmental sciences ,01 natural sciences ,Work (electrical) ,Order (exchange) ,Component (UML) ,Management system ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Environmental management system ,General Materials Science ,Quality (business) ,Architecture ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,media_common - Abstract
The organizations’ need to satisfy consumers’ demand often generates various environmental negative impacts caused by delayed responses to different environmental issues. Therefore it is necessary that this relation between organizations and environment be effectively managed. This can be done only by implementing and integrating an Environmental management system (EMS). Likewise analyzing this issue through another perspective, the EMS can be considered as a hierarchical management system – that is “limited”, having in view the explosive modifications that define the current social reality. This paper presents the research results conducted at the level of NE Romania largest organizations that are predominantly developing industrial activities. The study sample is 171 organizational managers. The paper aims to improve EMS integration quality process by transforming and adapting its architecture relying on the principles of Fractal philosophy. Therefore, the general objective of this work is the development of a theoretical framework as a model based on Fractal design that should improve the EMS integration quality. It must be noted that this research also results in a practical component, since it provides the organizational manager with new working instruments in order to improve the EMS organizational integration.
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38. Managing a Symphony Orchestra in Times of Change: Behind the Curtains
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Laura Brancu, Georgiana Alina Teohari, and Nicolae Bibu
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German ,Political science ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Best practice ,language ,Symphony ,General Materials Science ,Form of the Good ,Worship ,language.human_language ,media_common ,Visual arts - Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the symphony orchestra as a living organism in a perpetual interaction with the volatility of the nowadays environment, as a symbiosis between the goods and the services provided by a symphony orchestra's activity. A description of the symphony orchestra's activity, with emphasize upon German orchestras (Kulturorchester), as dominators on the classical symphony orchestras’ market. This paper aims to present some of the mission statements, the goals, the good practices identified in symphony orchestras’ management, mostly German, the typical and well-known pattern that characterizes a musician, member of an orchestra, and to describe the characteristics of today's management. There is a special emphasis placed on the interdisciplinary activity and the collaboration with the educational institutions. The results consist of the identification of the multiple stakeholders, the opportunities and the threats, the best practices and the innovative aspects in today's management of a symphony orchestra. “Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire” Gustav Mahler
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39. Customer Experience Management to Leverage Customer Loyalty in the Automotive Industry
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Jörg Niemann, Anca Draghici, and F. Scherpen
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Customer experience ,Leverage (finance) ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,Automotive industry ,Loyalty business model ,0502 economics and business ,050211 marketing ,General Materials Science ,Customer experience management ,business ,050212 sport, leisure & tourism ,Industrial organization ,Digitization ,Market conditions - Abstract
This paper presents an investigation on the current market conditions in sales based in the automotive industry and a new approache triggered by the digitization in this industry. Various studies prove that the behavior of the customers has changed drastically. By this customer experience, management becomes a central strategy in the digital age to reach long-term customer loyalty and enterprise growth. It is therefore necessary to adapt the function of the car dealers and, in general, innovative sales formats and technologies for communication with the customer. This paper describes how Daimler AG is reacting to these market changes with the concept of “Mercedes Me”.
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40. Applying Gamification for Mindset Changing in Automotive Software Project Management
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Ioan Filip and Catalin Virgil Briciu
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business.industry ,Computer science ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Scale (chemistry) ,Automotive industry ,020206 networking & telecommunications ,Mindset ,02 engineering and technology ,Project team ,Manufacturing engineering ,Presentation ,New product development ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,020201 artificial intelligence & image processing ,General Materials Science ,Project management ,business ,media_common ,Automotive software - Abstract
Changing technologies, where development time for a new work product must be decreased with each year due to a higher customer competition, also leads to a change in mindset in the way in which product development is currently done. Gamification models are one of this “game-changing” strategies that was considered suitable to also be implemented in the automotive software product development topic, but not only in this area. This paper describes the current situation in adopting on large scale the product development phases as gamified scenario, together with the presentation of the results of several questionnaires applied on automotive project team members. The aim of the paper is to present a procedure for obtaining a gamification application on an automotive project describing in detail each step which needs to be fulfilled in an iterative way. As a starting point for the model, the DMA (Design – Mechanics – Aesthetic) procedure was used, supported with elements from the PC/game console development, but also the existing tools/frameworks were taken into consideration. The obtained method can be applied on each automotive project, but there are the steps/iterations which still need to be performed, while also the positive and negative aspects are presented.
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41. Quality Management in Cloud Services using Remote Assistance – a Literature Review
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Mirabela Luciana Gaşpar and Unguraş Dorian
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Service (business) ,Quality management ,Knowledge management ,business.industry ,Computer science ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Cloud computing ,Software ,Information and Communications Technology ,General Materials Science ,Quality (business) ,The Internet ,business ,media_common - Abstract
Cloud computing is today's edge of ICT, being present in quite all fields of economy, society and human life: education, medicine, industry, communication, etc., offering services and applications that are used daily by everyone connected to the internet. The quality of these services is a cutting subject for all stakeholders. This paper synthesizes some relevant researches focusing on quality management approaches in software services using remote assistance as tool and cloud as support of this service. As first step, the literature review focuses on cloud as being the most emerging and comprehensive subject on the deck, then extends the research on software services supported by cloud, identifying quality interventions in these cases and in the end, is looking for quality related demarches in remote assistance of these services. The research tries to identify how quality could influence cloud products in favor of the customer, targeting better cloud-connected services and applications. Proposing an exploratory research, the paper's intended contribution is placed mainly in clarifying the mentioned concepts and the way they are correlated in the practical world.
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42. Improving the Quality Management of the Thermosonic Welding Process of Gold Wires in Automotive Industry
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Constantin Oprean, Mihail Aurel Ţîţu, Alina Bianca Pop, and Ştefan Ţîţu
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Wire bonding ,Quality management ,Computer science ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Automotive industry ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,Manufacturing engineering ,Electrical contacts ,Thermosonic bonding ,0104 chemical sciences ,Welding process ,Microelectronics ,General Materials Science ,Quality (business) ,0210 nano-technology ,business ,Reliability (statistics) ,media_common - Abstract
This scientific paper conducts a study meant to improve the quality management of the thermosonic welding process of gold wires in the automotive industry. Within the large amount of electronic products manufactured worldwide, the gold wire bonding is the preferred technology for creating the needed interconnections in the microelectronic industry. In this paper, the quality management improving starts with an experimental research in the automotive industry, based on the gold wire thermosonic bonding, in terms of: conformal structuring, robustness and integrity of the electrical contacts. The experimental research is based on the processing parameters and on the independent variables and objective processing functions. In order to highlight the impact which one or more factors have on the quality of the thermosonic bonding, the dispersion analysis method was used. According to this, the importance of each factor, but also each factor's optimization, was underlined. The final goal was to reach a high reliability and quality of the finished goods.
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43. Towards Innovation and Development in Ergonomic Design: Insights from a Literature Review
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Edwin Tytyk and Beata Mrugalska
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Process management ,Computer science ,Heuristic ,Living environment ,05 social sciences ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,Human factors and ergonomics ,021107 urban & regional planning ,02 engineering and technology ,Field (computer science) ,Development (topology) ,0502 economics and business ,General Materials Science ,Creative thinking ,050203 business & management - Abstract
The paper examines the characteristics of changes that are intentionally introduced by humans into their living environment. It shows that technical and organizational changes without taking into account human factors criteria - and thus also ergonomic criteria - are the source of many losses. Moreover, the paper contains a discussion of the sequence of actions that lead to relevant changes in the existing reality. It also illustrates innovative engineering applications in the field of ergonomics, known as ergonomic engineering and more extensively – “ergologic” engineering. The importance of heuristic techniques in supporting creative thinking, indispensable in ergonomic design is shown. A discussion of economic development, which is determined by actions of an innovative character, is also presented.
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44. Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Products in the Context of Competitiveness
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Raul Ambrus, Monica Izvercian, Larisa Ivascu, and Alin Emanuel Artene
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Sustainable development ,Process management ,Interpretation (philosophy) ,05 social sciences ,050109 social psychology ,Context (language use) ,Business environment ,Action (philosophy) ,Organization development ,0502 economics and business ,Sustainability ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,General Materials Science ,Business ,050203 business & management - Abstract
Sustainability is a concept adopted and approached in public and private organizations as a guiding principle that contributes to organizational development. However, the greatest challenge for organizations is its real implementation and the steps to be taken in this respect. At the same time, another challenge is how this sustainable development performance can be measured (for products and processes). These concepts are addressed in a competitive business environment, where differentiation and attraction of customers are among the main directions of action. In this context, the present paper presents Life cycle sustainability assessment of products in the context of competitiveness. At the end of the paper, an approach for the interpretation of the results obtained from the Life cycle sustainability assessment is presented.
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45. Crisis Management Between Public Relations and the Holonic Multi-Agent Approach
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Levente Bakos
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business.industry ,Computer science ,05 social sciences ,02 engineering and technology ,Crisis management ,Public relations ,Multi agent approach ,020401 chemical engineering ,Multidisciplinary approach ,0502 economics and business ,General Materials Science ,Communication sciences ,050207 economics ,0204 chemical engineering ,business ,Intuition - Abstract
Crisis management represents a multidisciplinary topic in many sciences. Social sciences, state affairs, medicine, engineering and many others are interested to handle unforeseen major great impact events. The paper presents some differences and common topics of crisis management using two different approaches. The first is Public Relations (PR), as part of the communication sciences; and the second is the Holonic Multi-Agent (HMAS) Concept, which is a research topic belonging to software engineering and computational sciences. We have two different approaches, but one common goal: providing the feasible support for the crisis management team under abnormal working conditions. Dealing with the holonic approach, the paper suggests a centralized distributed crises management, a non-linear approach in which the human factor's intuition, skills and expertise are key elements.
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46. Transposing Constraints into Feasible Alternative Solutions by using Intermodal Passenger Transport in Timisoara City
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Ionescu Dan, Diaconescu Andra, Ruşet Patriciu, and Prostean Gabriela
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Passenger transport ,Transport engineering ,education.field_of_study ,geography ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Computer science ,business.industry ,Public transport ,Population ,General Materials Science ,education ,Urban area ,business - Abstract
Rural population migration in the urban area attracts a high rate of mobility, especially in cities with university centers and renowned companies. The emergence of these transitions also generates some saturation problems, such as socio-economic and social issues. The need for improvement in transport services are mandatory to change the travel behaviour. This paper provides solutions and ways to improve public transport services by using intermodal passenger transport. Transport services for the population need to be met at a higher level, both quantitatively and qualitatively. The paper illustrates the steps of integrating the Theory of Constraints Thinking Process (TOCTP) by diagnosing the problems encountered, designing the solution plan, and integrating the solution plan to resolve constraints. The paper explains how the TOCTP application detects reliable solutions to solve urban population saturation problems by identifying alternatives to public transport mobility benefits using intermodal passenger transport.
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47. Preparing to Become a Teacher Mentor: A Project of Professional Development of Preschool and Primary School Teachers in Czech Republic
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Hana Navrátilová
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Czech ,Program evaluation ,primary school teacher ,Medical education ,teacher mentor ,030505 public health ,School climate ,business.industry ,preschool teacher ,05 social sciences ,Professional development ,050301 education ,language.human_language ,03 medical and health sciences ,School teachers ,Pedagogy ,ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION ,language ,Medicine ,General Materials Science ,0305 other medical science ,business ,0503 education ,professional development - Abstract
The paper presents the model of training for preschool and primary school teachers with the aim of preparing them to become the mentors for their colleagues at school - novice teachers in Zlin region in Czech Republic. The project includes sixteen differentiated instructional modules regarding the actual needs of teachers' professional development. The project is implemented by the Faculty of Humanities at Tomas Bata University in Zlin in Czech Republic since 2014 so this paper presents already the experiences with creating a platform for teachers' training as well with results from selected modules. The author concentrates on the instructional module focused on the case of creating a school team for good working and healthy school climate and the paper also presents the partial outcomes of the project evaluation. (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd., Education Policy of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic
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48. Sunny Island. An Interactive Learning Environment to Promote Systems Thinking Education for Primary School Students
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Francesco Ceresia and Ceresia, F
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Process (engineering) ,Systems Thinking ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,02 engineering and technology ,Interactive Learning ,Pedagogy ,Mathematics education ,Training ,Settore M-PSI/06 - Psicologia Del Lavoro E Delle Organizzazioni ,Interactive learning environments ,Sytem Dynamics ,Schoolteachers ,Students ,Educational technology ,General Materials Science ,Systems thinking ,Fantasy ,Sytem Dynamic ,05 social sciences ,Counterintuitive ,050301 education ,021107 urban & regional planning ,Interactive learning environment ,Schoolteacher ,Test (assessment) ,Student ,Psychology ,0503 education ,Studio - Abstract
To make the process of learning easier for students, schoolteachers are increasingly using Interactive Learning Environments (ILEs) in classrooms. The paper presents a system dynamics-based ILE called Sunny Island. The ILE has been designed to promote Systems Thinking (ST) education for primary school students. Through a funny fantasy tale - described in detail in a book that accompanies the ILE - students have the opportunity to discover and become familiar with the basic principles of ST, such as feedback, positive and negative causal influences, limits to growth, short and long term effects, counterintuitive behaviors, causes of policy resistances and dynamic complexity. The proposed ILE has been designed through Powersim Studio 10, a simulation software that has been used to model the social phenomena described in the tale. A pilot project has been designed to test the effectiveness of the Sunny Island ILE. Six Italian primary schools have been involved in a pilot project, which is also supervised by a Regional Education Office, a public body that represents the Ministry of Education at a local level. The very first results show a positive impact of the Sunny Island ILE on ST education. To make the process of learning easier for students, schoolteachers are increasingly using Interactive Learning Environments (ILEs) in classrooms. The paper presents a system dynamics-based ILE called Sunny Island. The ILE has been designed to promote Systems Thinking (ST) education for primary school students. Through a funny fantasy tale - described in detail in a book that accompanies the ILE - students have the opportunity to discover and become familiar with the basic principles of ST, such as feedback, positive and negative causal influences, limits to growth, short and long term effects, counterintuitive behaviors, causes of policy resistances and dynamic complexity. The proposed ILE has been designed through Powersim Studio 10, a simulation software that has been used to model the social phenomena described in the tale. A pilot project has been designed to test the effectiveness of the Sunny Island ILE. Six Italian primary schools have been involved in a pilot project, which is also supervised by a Regional Education Office, a public body that represents the Ministry of Education at a local level. The very first results show a positive impact of the Sunny Island ILE on ST education. (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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49. The Influence of Game-based Programming Education on the Algorithmic Thinking
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Gabor Kiss and Zuzanna Arki
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Multimedia ,Higher education ,Computer science ,Process (engineering) ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,050301 education ,Structured programming ,computer.software_genre ,01 natural sciences ,Test (assessment) ,010104 statistics & probability ,Informatics engineering ,ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION ,Mathematics education ,Algorithmic thinking ,General Materials Science ,Personal experience ,0101 mathematics ,Game Developer ,business ,0503 education ,computer - Abstract
Applied informatics engineering students of the undergraduate course Programming I get acquainted with the basic programming knowledge (structured programming) in C. Our earlier personal experiences in Higher Education showed that the majority of the students can not acquire the algorithmic thinking by following the traditional teaching process and they do not have too much chance to pass it. Our starting hypothesis was that the group where the students followed the game oriented exercises would achieve better results in the papers. After the semester we collected the paper results by groups and we tried to analyze whether this method was helpful or not for the students. The traditional way to teach programming for applied informatics engineering students was not so successful than the game-based examples. The students were more motivated to write game programs and more students could pass the test. It means by same learning material and test exercises the student who learned programming in game-based method could get more than one mark better paper results and pass the test in higher percent.
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50. The Use of Video Annotation Tools in Teacher Training
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Pilar Ibáñez-Cubillas, Ana Belén Pérez-Torregrosa, and Cristina Díaz-Martín
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Video annotation ,Reflection (computer programming) ,Multimedia ,Computer science ,05 social sciences ,Search engine indexing ,050301 education ,050801 communication & media studies ,computer.software_genre ,Training (civil) ,Field (computer science) ,Teacher education ,Annotation ,0508 media and communications ,Information and Communications Technology ,General Materials Science ,0503 education ,computer - Abstract
Video is a tool used for teacher reflection and teacher training. Hence video analysis supports the reflection and enhance of one's own teaching. There are scientific studies that evidence the use of video for reflection. However, there is little research on video- annotation tool in teacher education. The purpose of this paper is to determine how many scientific studies research the use of video annotations tools in teacher training. Thus, we review different papers of national and international databases. We compare and contrast studies of video annotation tools over time and articles indexing in databases. Findings indicate the evolution of the number of studies in this research area observable in the five last years. Finally, it is necessary to encourage scientific community to inquiry in this research field.
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