scholarly journals Cost and Efficiency Analysis of Commercial Softeners in the Sewability Behavior of Cotton Fabrics

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 155892501501000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cândida Vidrago ◽  
Maria José Araújo Marques Abreu ◽  
Graça Soares ◽  
Helder Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Efficiency Analysis ◽  
Cotton Fabrics ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Cost Performance ◽  
Micro Emulsion ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Performance Behavior

This paper reports a comparative case study on the use of different softening products for bed linen fabrics, specifically regarding the sewability of the fabrics. The market offers a wide variety of commercial formulations of softeners for this purpose, but the composition and price varies considerably. This work was aimed to assess the relationship between the cost and effectiveness of different softener formulations in home textiles finishing. Objectively, the effect of different softeners and their concentrations on sewability of the fabrics was studied. Non-ionic polyethylene dispersions and a cationic silicone softener micro-emulsion in different concentrations and combinations were considered in this investigation. It was found that a combination of silicone and polyethylene based softeners presents the most interesting cost/performance behavior.

scholarly journals Does Tenure Security Reduce Disaster Risk? A Comparative Study of the Nairobi Settlements of Kibera and Kawangware

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rónán McDermott ◽  
Pat Gibbons ◽  
Dalmas Ochieng ◽  
Charles Owuor Olungah ◽  
Desire Mpanje
Keyword(s):  
Structural Integrity ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Tenure Security ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Urban Informal Settlements ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractWhile scholarship suggests that improving tenure security and housing significantly reduces disaster risk at the household level within urban settings, this assertion has not been adequately tested. Tenure security can be conceived as being composed of three interrelated and overlapping forms: tenure security as determined by legal systems; de facto tenure security; and tenure security as perceived by residents. This article traces the relationship between tenure security, the quality of housing, and disaster risk on the basis of a mixed methods comparative case study of the settlements of Kawangware and Kibera in Nairobi. Although the findings suggest that owner-occupancy is associated with the structural integrity of dwellings to a greater extent than tenantship, no association was found between the length of occupancy by households and the structural integrity of the dwelling. Moreover, tenantship is not found to be closely associated with fires and flooding affecting the dwelling as extant scholarship would suggest. Formal ownership is linked with greater investment and upgrading of property with significant implications for disaster risk. Our findings highlight the complex relationship between tenure security and disaster risk in urban informal settlements and provide impetus for further investigation.

ARE PUBLISHERS READY FOR TOMORROW? PUBLISHERS' CAPABILITIES AND ONLINE INNOVATIONS

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (01) ◽  
pp. 1250001
Author(s):  
VERA VALANTO ◽  
MIIA KOSONEN ◽  
HANNA-KAISA ELLONEN
Keyword(s):  
Technological Change ◽  
Internal Market ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Technological Capabilities ◽  
Media Management ◽  
Development Patterns ◽  
Related Development ◽  
Online Experimentation ◽  
The Relationship

In order to cope with technological change, publishing companies need to effectively combine their capabilities and use them to support the development of new and existing products. In this paper, we explore the relationship between the market and technology capabilities of publishing companies and their online innovations. Our comparative case study focuses on four cases representing newspaper and magazine publishers. The case companies seem stronger in market than in technology capabilities. We also note an apparent tendency to build on the strongest capability area and to focus on leveraging those capabilities rather than taking a risk and experimenting in an area in which they are relatively weaker. Further, it seems that publishers have been able to leverage their market capabilities through online experimentation, but have not been able to develop their technological capabilities in the same manner. From the scientific perspective, this study makes two main contributions. Firstly, the empirical in-depth investigation of the capability portfolios of the case firms complements the emerging work on innovation-related capabilities. Secondly, the study adds to the literature on media management in enhancing understanding of the online-related capabilities that are required in publishing companies, and the related development patterns. Our study suggests that experimenting online and producing innovations requiring new types of internal market-related processes and practices is an efficient strategy to develop one's current market capabilities online.

Evaluating environmental implications of density: A comparative case study on the relationship between density, urban block typology and sky exposure

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 90-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji Zhang ◽  
Chye Kiang Heng ◽  
Lai Choo Malone-Lee ◽  
Daniel Jun Chung Hii ◽  
Patrick Janssen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Environmental Implications ◽  
The Relationship

AN EVALUATION OF A CONFIGURABLE VLIW MICROARCHITECTURE FOR EMBEDDED DSP APPLICATIONS

2004 ◽  
Vol 13 (06) ◽  
pp. 1321-1345
Author(s):  
WANLI LIU ◽  
DAVID H. ALBONESI ◽  
JOHN GOSTOMSKI ◽  
LLOYD PALUM ◽  
DAVE HINTERBERGER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Memory Systems ◽  
Cost Performance ◽  
Processor Performance ◽  
Embedded Dsp ◽  
Power Models ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Improve Cost ◽  
Dsp Applications

The last decade has witnessed a significant increase in processor offerings geared towards embedded DSP applications. Such processors are commonly VLIW architectures with special ISA and/or microarchitecture features for speeding up signal processing functions and customization options to improve cost/performance. The Jazz Programmable System Architecture from Improv Systems is one such processor offering. Jazz employs a VLIW architecture which is well-suited to the characteristics of embedded DSP applications such as voice over packet, media processing, and home connectivity. The microarchitecture incorporates overlaid datapaths, distributed register file and memory systems, code compression, and parallel computation and memory access. Jazz permits design-time configuration in an attempt to bridge the gap between the flexibility of a programmable processor and the cost-benefit of full customization. In this paper, we explore the cost/performance tradeoffs of the Jazz microarchitecture on various embedded multimedia applications using a detailed cycle-level simulator as well as area and power models. Through a comparison of the performance, power, and area of different hardware configurations running these applications, we demonstrate how the configurability of the architecture affords a cost-performance benefit over a fixed microarchitecture. Key features of the microarchitecture are quantitatively evaluated in terms of their influence on performance. The relationship between compiler optimizations and processor performance is also explored.

Trust relations in a changing health service

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 97-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Calnan ◽  
Rosemary Rowe
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Context ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Professional Status ◽  
Working Relationships ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
Organizational Settings ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Recent Policy

Objective: Trust in health care is an important policy area although research has tended to focus on interpersonal trust between patient and practitioner and has neglected trust relations at the organizational and institutional levels. Each of these levels of trust may have been influenced by recent policy and organizational changes in the NHS as well as wider cultural changes. Our aim was to explore the relationship between patients, practitioners and managers to identify if there was any evidence of changes in trust relations. Method: A comparative case study design in two different clinical and organizational settings. Results: Trust is still important for effective therapeutic and working relationships but the nature of that trust and how it is lost and won appears to be affected by the organizational context in which health services are delivered. The increasing partnership between patients and clinicians in managing health problems and the greater interdependence of clinicians and managers in providing multidisciplinary shared care have changed how patients, clinicians and managers trust each other. For many informants trust can no longer be assumed, it is conditional and has to be earned. However, the sources of trust are the quality of the patient- clinician interaction, the competence and empathy that is displayed rather than informed trust based on abstract disembodied data. Likewise in inter-practitioner relationships and clinician-manager relations trust no longer appears to be primarily based on professional status and seniority, instead it appears to be conditional and may be earned through a variety of strategies that demonstrate honesty, reliability, competence, accessibility and an indication that colleagues share similar values and have a common agenda. Conclusion: Trust is still important for effective therapeutic and working relationships.

Joint Inquiry

2016 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 1698-1731 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Leisy Stosich
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Work ◽  
State Standards ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
High Poverty ◽  
Opportunities For Learning ◽  
Joint Examination ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Supporting Teachers

Recent research on the relationship between standards and teachers’ practice suggests that teachers are unlikely to make changes to practice without extensive opportunities for learning about standards with colleagues. This article extends this line of research, using a comparative case study of three high-poverty urban schools to examine the nature of teachers’ collaborative work around the Common Core State Standards and the conditions that support this work. It argues that collaborative practices that encourage joint examination of instruction and student learning against standards support teachers in noticing and attending to differences between their current practice and standards. In addition, it examines the role of teachers’ instructional knowledge and principals’ leadership in supporting teachers’ collaboration around standards.

Internationalization and governance of Indian family-owned business groups

2019 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Subramanian Shanmugasundaram
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Business Groups ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Governance Practices ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between corporate governance practices and internationalization through foreign direct investments in the context of family-owned business groups in India. Design/methodology/approach The comparative case study method is used to understand the relationship between corporate governance practices and internationalization using four family-owned business groups in India. Findings The ownership concentration negatively influences the internationalization, while transparency has a positive association. Professionalization of management helps in internationalization. Overall, good corporate governance practices have a positive influence on group internationalization. Research limitations/implications This paper provides detailed discussions based on the case study research which would help the future research work on the relationship between corporate governance practices and internationalization. Originality/value The existing literature studies in this field in the context of emerging markets are inconclusive. Hence, this paper uses the case study method to understand the relationship better.

The Place of the Dog in the Family

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Cora Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Participant Observation ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Animal Shelter ◽  
Adoptive Families ◽  
The Family ◽  
Animal Rescue ◽  
The Relationship

This paper explores how perspectives on the appropriate place of the dog in the family shape the practice and experience of dog adoption. This research is based on a comparative case study of a traditional shelter and an independent animal rescue organization. The data were collected through participant observation and interviews with directors and volunteers at these organizations, and with people who adopted dogs through shelter or independent animal rescue organizations. The independent rescue organizations tended to use “dog-centric” discourse to describe the relationship between the dog and its prospective family, while the traditional animal shelter and some adoptive families used “human-centric” discourse. These perspectives were tied to the adoption practices of the organizations and individuals’ experiences while adopting a dog. The implications of these findings for the practice of dog adoption are discussed, and suggestions for shelters and animal rescue organizations are presented.

A Method to Determine GSI Value by Using P-Velocity and its Application in Engineering

2014 ◽  
Vol 580-583 ◽  
pp. 250-255
Author(s):  
Yuan Zhao ◽  
Liang Qing Wang ◽  
Peng Zhou ◽  
Yue Han ◽  
Guo Rong Chen
Keyword(s):  
Geological Strength Index ◽  
Stability Evaluation ◽  
Strength Index ◽  
Accuracy Requirement ◽  
Simplified Method ◽  
Dam Site ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Engineering Projects

Rock mass mechanical parameters play a significant role in geotechnical engineering design, slope stability evaluation and numerical simulation, which is commonly determined by GSI method. The simplified method using P-velocity to determine GSI (Geological Strength Index) values is proposed in this study, avoiding the limitations of Hoek-Brown method. The relationship between GSI and P-velocity is established through data collected from several projects in China. Then the dam site of Rumei hydropower station, Tibet, China has been taken as a case study to validate this relationship. This method can be utilized directly in engineering projects since it can meet with the engineering accuracy requirement and reduce the cost.

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