Performance evaluation of tungsten for ITER divertor toward mass production

In the garment industry, upgrading from mass production to mass customization is imperative, due to ever-changing fashion trends and customers’ increasing personal demands. Based on pattern variations, several practical mass customization methods in terms of custom-fit and co-design are developed in this study for cutting-related processes (i.e. the sizing process and the cutting process). The increment of size number by generating additional sizes and the expansion of size capacity by setting multi-sized darts are two custom-fit methods, while material (fabric) variation by spreading “rainbow plies” and module variation by making a stepwise cutting are two co-design methods. Compared with existing mass customization methods mainly related to the garment design processes, the proposed methods emphasize the garment manufacturing processes in order to resolve the conflict between personalization and cost. A case study on the women’s basic straight skirt is conducted for the performance evaluation (about personalization and cost) of the proposed methods. The experimental results demonstrate the ability of these methods to significantly raise the personalization level with an acceptable price in garment customization. This study provides a reference for garment manufacturers to make proper production strategies, enabling garment mass customization.

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Textile-Friendly Interconnection between Wearable Measurement Instrumentation and Sensorized Garments—Initial Performance Evaluation for Electrocardiogram Recordings

Sensors ◽

10.3390/s19204426 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (20) ◽

pp. 4426 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Fernando Seoane ◽

Azadeh Soroudi ◽

Ke Lu ◽

David Nilsson ◽

Marie Nilsson ◽

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Keyword(s):

Heart Rate ◽

Performance Evaluation ◽

Mass Production ◽

Screen Printing ◽

Signal Quality ◽

Textile Electrodes ◽

Ecg Amplifier ◽

Electronic Instrumentation ◽

Electrocardiogram Ecg ◽

Cable Connection

The interconnection between hard electronics and soft textiles remains a noteworthy challenge in regard to the mass production of textile–electronic integrated products such as sensorized garments. The current solutions for this challenge usually have problems with size, flexibility, cost, or complexity of assembly. In this paper, we present a solution with a stretchable and conductive carbon nanotube (CNT)-based paste for screen printing on a textile substrate to produce interconnectors between electronic instrumentation and a sensorized garment. The prototype connectors were evaluated via electrocardiogram (ECG) recordings using a sensorized textile with integrated textile electrodes. The ECG recordings obtained using the connectors were evaluated for signal quality and heart rate detection performance in comparison to ECG recordings obtained with standard pre-gelled Ag/AgCl electrodes and direct cable connection to the ECG amplifier. The results suggest that the ECG recordings obtained with the CNT paste connector are of equivalent quality to those recorded using a silver paste connector or a direct cable and are suitable for the purpose of heart rate detection.

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Performance evaluation of a novel conceptual bioprocess for clinically-required mass production of hematopoietic cells

Biotechnology Letters ◽

10.1007/s10529-020-03062-1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Leila Shafiei Kaleybar ◽

Ali Baradar Khoshfetrat ◽

Reza Rahbarghazi ◽

Hojjatollah Nozad Charoudeh

Keyword(s):

Performance Evaluation ◽

Mass Production ◽

Hematopoietic Cells

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Energy, transport, and consumption in the Industrial Revolution

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x19000153 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 42 ◽

Author(s):

Joseph A. Tainter ◽

Temis G. Taylor

Keyword(s):

Mass Production ◽

Industrial Revolution ◽

Energy Transport ◽

Underlying Assumption

Abstract We question Baumard's underlying assumption that humans have a propensity to innovate. Affordable transportation and energy underpinned the Industrial Revolution, making mass production/consumption possible. Although we cannot accept Baumard's thesis on the Industrial Revolution, it may help explain why complexity and innovation increase rapidly in the context of abundant energy.

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Recent Radiative and Collisional Atomic Data of Astrophysical Interest

International Astronomical Union Colloquium ◽

10.1017/s0252921100107596 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 102 ◽

pp. 129-132

Author(s):

K.L. Baluja ◽

K. Butler ◽

J. Le Bourlot ◽

C.J. Zeippen

Keyword(s):

Mass Production ◽

Bound States ◽

Physical Models ◽

Impact Excitation ◽

Electron Impact Excitation ◽

Atomic Data ◽

Isoelectronic Sequence ◽

Astrophysical Interest ◽

Radiative Transitions ◽

Forbidden Transitions

SummaryUsing sophisticated computer programs and elaborate physical models, accurate radiative and collisional atomic data of astrophysical interest have been or are being calculated. The cases treated include radiative transitions between bound states in the 2p4and 2s2p5configurations of many ions in the oxygen isoelectronic sequence, the photoionisation of the ground state of neutral iron, the electron impact excitation of the fine-structure forbidden transitions within the 3p3ground configuration of CℓIII, Ar IV and K V, and the mass-production of radiative data for ions in the oxygen and fluorine isoelectronic sequences, as part of the international Opacity Project.

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A simplified method of emulsion coating and development for quantitative electron microscopic radioautography

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100081188 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 64-65

Author(s):

K. Yoshida ◽

F. Murata ◽

S. Ohno ◽

T. Nagata

Keyword(s):

Mass Production ◽

Identical Condition ◽

Microscopic Level ◽

Electron Microscopic Level ◽

Electron Microscopic ◽

Simplified Method ◽

Complicated Process ◽

Critical Problems ◽

Electron Microscopic Radioautography ◽

Quantitative Radioautography

IntroductionSeveral methods of mounting emulsion for radioautography at the electron microscopic level have been reported. From the viewpoint of quantitative radioautography, however, there are many critical problems in the procedure to produce radioautographs. For example, it is necessary to apply and develop emulsions in several experimental groups under an identical condition. Moreover, it is necessary to treat a lot of grids at the same time in the dark room for statistical analysis. Since the complicated process and technical difficulties in these procedures are inadequate to conduct a quantitative analysis of many radioautographs at once, many factors may bring about unexpected results. In order to improve these complicated procedures, a simplified dropping method for mass production of radioautographs under an identical condition was previously reported. However, this procedure was not completely satisfactory from the viewpoint of emulsion homogeneity. This paper reports another improved procedure employing wire loops.

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