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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"material value"”.
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The Mirror of Nature: Chesapeake Perceptions of Wilderness, 1650-1787
… settlers assessed wilderness according to the material value of its resources. This mode of evaluation perhaps stemmed from the pressures of a tobacco economy.
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The Mirror of Nature: Chesapeake Perceptions of Wilderness, 1650-1787
… settlers assessed wilderness according to the material value of its resources. This mode of evaluation perhaps stemmed from the pressures of a tobacco economy.
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Inducing Knowledge by Enduring Experience: the Function of a Postmodern Pragmatic Aesthetic in Linda Montano's "Living Art".
… for a postmodern art that has preserved the values that modernism lost over the 20th century, stating that only through "direct knowing" may we be shocked out of <em>art-for-art's-sake</em>. In <em>Art As Experience</em> (1934), John Dewey similarly proposes that "thinking is a kind of …
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Will to war, will to art : cultural internationalism and the modernist aesthetics of monuments, 1932-1964
… re-evaluation of Europe's landmarks, their material value, and their ethical significance. Between 1932 and 1964, works once known as artistic and historic monuments-from buildings to bridges, paintings to shrines, ruins to colossi-acquired a "cultural" value as belonging to the "universal …
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Stepping out of line: A systems-thinking, materials-centric approach to designing for sneaker circularity
… circularity presents an opportunity to recover material value within an industry that produces 20+ billion pairs of shoes each year. However, the barriers to a circular sneaker economy are reflected in the complexity of sneaker design, as well as the broader system elements dictating the linear …
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Enterprise level value stream mapping and analysis for aircraft carrier components
… creating a global, high-level information and material value stream map for a specified pipe assembly. It identifies the largest areas of waste in the value stream and their root causes. The recommendations assist with the reduction and elimination of the major time delays, inventory buildups, …
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From sink to stock : the potential for recycling materials from the existing built environment
… a case study, I propose three context-specific material recycling scenarios to make use of mineral construction waste generated as city's aging residential building stock is replaced over the next 30 years. The objective of the work is to explore whether the existing stock, as it is overturned, …
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Sustainable methodologies to transform non-metallic printed circuit boards waste into value-added products
… of phenol formaldehyde or paper-based cellulose materials. FR-4 substrates comprise of glass fibers- epoxy resins. The PCBs is always an interesting component for recyclers as it contains more than 28-30% metal. While recycling, the metallic elements are dismantled and reused for its material …
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Fibre Structure Preservation during Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer Recycling – Characterisation and Parameter Prediction Model of the Recycling Process
… and gas emissions. However, CFRP is an expensive material primarily due to the energy-intensive production process, making it a high-valued material. Yet, if CFRP becomes a waste at any time during the material’s life cycle, its value is instantaneously diminished. Thus it makes sense to recycle …
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Industrial ecology of metals : barriers and incentives to closing loops
… of metals, barriers and incentives to closing material loops, and policy interventions associated with loop closing. The NiCd case shows how industry policy and public policy converge towards creation of an environmentally beneficial end-of-life market. The industry coordinated take back …
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Modeling methods for complex manufacturing systems : studying the effects of materials substitution on the automobile recycling infrastructure
… and conveniently audited linking of variable values, and affords extensive auditing. This modeling tool was applied against a real-world case study of the automobile recycling infrastructure. For this system, concerns exist regarding how it will sustain as vehicles continue to decline in mass …
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Persepsi akutansi publik dan konsultan pajak terhadap praktik manajemen laba: Studi kasus pada akuntan publik dan konsultan pajak di Kota Malang
… yaitu jenis manajemen laba, arah manajemen laba, materialitas manajemen laba, konsistensi terhadap PABU dan periode akibat. Metode penelitian yang digunakan peneliti yaitu penelitian kuantitatif statistik deskriptif dengan menggunakan pengujian hipotesis Wilcoxon Mann Whithney Test tujuannya untuk …
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The mayinje house : an architecture of activism
… to the immediate need for shelter. Many of the material resources used in the construction of shacks come from the waste stream of the country's consumer market. Formally, and materially shacks bear little resemblance to traditional South African dwellings. The two types are similar however, in …
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Konsep small claim procedure untuk menyelesaikan perkara perdata permohonan (volunter) di Pengadilan Agama
… data is secondary data, by using primary legal materials, it is the principle that the court tries with the simple, quick, and low cost which is existing in Act Number 7 of 1989 and other secondary legal materials. But to complete this research and to toughen the researcher argument, the …
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Material efficiency in architectural glass and façade design: Steps toward reuse
Reuse and high-value recycling have a pivotal role to play in reducing waste and minimising the ecological impact of activities in the built environment. The optimisation of building energy performance in use has received significant attention to date. This, together with the aim to advance other …
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Exploring the factors at play to make wastewater biorefineries a reality
… a waste stream to be cleaned but as a valuable material flow to be converted into bioproducts, while still meeting discharge limits at the end. To set the scene, similar developing approaches to valorise wastewaters globally are reviewed. Wastewaters in South Africa are reviewed and categorised …
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Towards a New Currency of Economic Criticism
… Letter” explores logical processes of value and exchange, particularly economic exchange, in a manner very similar to what Charles Sanders Peirce will call pragmatism several decades later. Dupin's deductive methods and Peirce's abductive logic express the nature of objects in terms of …