This paper provides an overview of recent advances in wireless communication technologies applied to industrial automation. Newly introduced communication concepts such as ad-hoc networks and wireless sensor/actuator networks now enable the deployment of extremely decentralised control architectures. Both open-loop and closed-loop applications are part of the roadmap, although data gathering an...

The development and rapid consumer adoption of energy efficiency products and renewable energy systems are key elements of UK and EU carbon reduction strategies to meet the challenge of climate change. Many such technologies are available for domestic use, but despite government incentives to meet carbon reduction targets consumer adoption has been slow. This Open University research with 111 i...

E-business technologies present unique opportunities and challenges for businesses, and Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are no exception. However, there is a rich body of the e-business literature concentrates on adoption concerns from SMEs buyers’ viewpoint, little research has so far been reported from the viewpoint of SME suppliers. Participation of SME suppliers needs to be ensured in ord...

The speed of the human genome project (Lander, E. S., Linton, L. M., Birren, B., Nusbaum, C. et al., Nature 2001, 409, 860-921) was made possible, in part, by developments in automation of sequencing technologies. Before these technologies, sequencing was a laborious, expensive, and personnel-intensive task. Similarly, automation and robotics are changing the field of proteomics today. Proteomi...

Adoption of e-business technologies among Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) has enormous potentials. However, much of the current e-business literature to date concentrates on adoption concerns from SME buyers’ perspective, little research has so far been reported from the viewpoint of SME suppliers. Participation of SME suppliers needs to be ensured in order to exploit the full potenti...

In this paper, on the basis of Green Comprehensive Plan at Hakim Sabzevari University of Sabzevar, Iran, the application of active solar  systems for the dining hall is evaluated. The impact of solar systems and energy management designed for this hall on energy consumption and environment was investigated.This study measures the electricity and thermal energy consumption of the dining hall , p...

Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) is a charming subject today in business competition among the organization’s. In this competitive and globalized environment, most of the all organization’s are emphasizing more efforts to improve their green supply chain practices. This paper is used the fuzzy Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) approach to select the ...

Integrating high shares of renewable resources into the electricity system requires a more flexible demand, especially more load-shifting in residential households. In order to achieve that different technologies, especially smart meters with various feedback functions, are tested on the market. So far little is known about the effects of a combination of different smart home technologies, such...

according to the classical economists such as ricardo, labour was considered as the only factor of production; while capital, realized in machinery, tools and the like was identified as the accumulated labour and that inferior lands can be exploited due to the use of labour on them. but, in the long run development of capitalism in the western countries, this idea, i.e. labour as the base of pr...

Purpose. The aim of the article is conduction a retrospective analysis experience results introducing innovative, energy-saving technologies in agriculture Ukrainian enterprises. Choosing inhibitory factors innovative development and providing recommendations for further introduction innovations to increase economic efficiency competitiveness agricultural enterprises different regions our count...