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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"paper products"”.
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An international trade analysis for selected paper products
The future of the American paper industry remains uncertain. A growing South and the nation's continued reliance on trade for a significant proportion of its domestic needs is of concern to the industry and the nation. The probable consequences of past and potential changes in the demand for and …
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Competitive advantage in the U.S. paper and paper products industry
Many firms in the U.S. paper converting industry are engaged in the commodity business of manufacturing finished paperboard products from paper stock. Contrary to the typically held mindset, these firms do not have to be relegated to the low margin end of the business. This thesis applies the …
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A mathematical programming based model and algorithm for a two stage production process
… Register's (previously Burroughs Corporation) Paper Products Division plant in Rocky Mount, VA. The objective is to develop a mathematical programming based model and algorithm to allocate and sequence work orders in order to improve the plant's productivity and reduce the labor and material …
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City of Denton Municipal Solid Waste Characterization and Management Strategies
… would identify materials for diversion. This paper describes the results of 5 1-week waste sorting events, a scale-house analysis, a recycling participation study, a recycler profile and a similar city study. The results of the characterization studies suggest that at least 50% of each waste …
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State-of-the-art pollution control technology : global market pull or domestic regulatory push?
… pulp mills, Tasman and New Zealand Forest Products, to simultaneously replace heavily polluting chlorine bleaching with environmentally benign oxygen bleaching was used. Three hypotheses were proposed to explain this action: (i) oxygen bleaching was adopted because of the actual and …
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Greening the invisible hand : how environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs) succeed and fall in technology change
… cleaner production technologies in the pulp and paper industry from 1980-1998. The environmental organizations were: Greenpeace Sweden, Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, Environmental Defense, Greenpeace USA, and Natural Resources Defense Council. The technologies they tried to diffuse …
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Assessing the Influences of Electronic Flight Bags on General Aviation Single Pilots’ Situation Awareness in Various Conditions
… transitioning from traditional, heavily loaded paper-based flight bags. However, studies evaluating the impact of EFBs on general aviation pilots’ situation awareness are limited. This study aimed to determine whether EFBs enhanced or hindered general aviation pilots’ situation awareness.</p> …
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Balancing China's Seasonal Intercity Travel Demand: Alternatives for Freight Rail Expansion to Reduce Seasonal Passenger Rail Demand
… development into cloth and textiles, wood and paper products from timber, tobacco products, metals, and machinery. Inland industrialization can offer employment to current migratory workers, thus reducing domestic passenger travel and the volume surges of Spring Festival seasonal demand. As …
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INVESTIGATION OF PROCESSING-STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONS IN VAPOR PHASE MODIFIED CELLULOSIC MATERIALS
… materials are widely used in our daily lives for paper products and functional polymers. The cellulose molecule has a high density of hydroxyl groups, which causes strong intra-/inter- fiber hydrogen bonding. These abundant hydroxyl groups make cellulose super-hydrophilic and difficult to disperse …
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Identifying the Feasible Maximum Contaminant Level for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances That Ensures Health and Safety While Maintaining Affordability and Equity of Drinking Water and Implementation of That Maximum Contaminant Level Within California by the State Water Resources Control Board
… used since the 1940s in a variety of commercial products including non-stick cookware, waterproof clothing, paper products, stain-resistant fabrics and carpets, industrial firefighting foams, and products that resist grease, water, and oil. While 97% of the U.S. population has been shown to have …
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Axial variations and entry effects in a pressure screen
… fractionation in the production of pulp and paper products. Axial variations and entry effects in the screen are known to occur and these variations have not been adequately quantified. This thesis describes a fundamental study of the axial variations of several factors that occur within an …
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Rural entrepreneurship for sustainable rural development with conscious capitalism
… of the benefits of moulded fiber packaging products and establishing and manufacturing company of paper based sustainable products for the Indian subcontinent markets. The purpose of this study was to explore the current environment of establishing a paper-based packaging products …
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Cellulose based transition metal nano-composites : structuring and development
… was exemplified by folding a sheet of cellulose paper into origami cranes and converting them via the temperature treatment in to magnetic facsimiles of those cranes. The study showed that the catalytic mechanisms derived from controlled systems and described in the literature can be transferred …
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Co-adsorption of phenol and calcium from an industrial wastewater stream
The pulp and paper industries are large producers of industrial wastewater that contain both organic and inorganic pollutants that influence water quality and availability. Conventional wastewater treatment methods such as chemical precipitation and membrane filtration are not economical and …