This paper describes the adoption processes of business-to-business (B2B) electronic commerce (e-commerce) by Noble Jewelry Limited (Hong Kong), a jewelry manufacturer. By using a website of Noble Jewelry Limited (Noble), iJewelry.com, a B2B e-commerce platform that links Noble with its customers and suppliers, the driving force for B2B e-commerce adoption changed significantly and rapidly. Sta...

coral is one of the richest ecosystems in the world and divided into two major groups. first group consist of soft corals living in tropical and semitropical oceans and seas. people in the past used these kinds of coral to make jewelry and decorative objects. second group contains hard coral which have been used as construction material in coastal zones. this paper presents the role of corals i...

Combinatorial creativity combines existing concepts in a novel way in order to produce new concepts. For example, we can imagine jewelry that measures blood pressure. For this, we would combine the concept of jewelry with the capabilities of medical devices. Combinatorial creativity can be used to develop new business ideas, to find plots for books or movies, or simply to disrupt conventional t...

The paper proposes a method for rapid prototyping (RP) fractal geometry represented objects. RP technology has made possible the physical fabrication of solid freeform objects. However, contemporary CAD/CAM/RP systems are developed for Euclidean geometry and are incapable of handling self-similar fractal objects (e.g. jewelry products). To address the problem, a Radial-Annular Tree (RAT) data s...

This paper presents a novel approach to reconstructing traditional filigree jewelry. We study how such traditional pieces can be re-engineered producing an editable CAD representation that can accurately capture the original design and be capable of re-parameterization and modification prior to manufacturing (for example to insert custom designs and abide to freeform artistic alterations). To a...

This paper presents a novel approach to reconstructing traditional filigree jewelry. Our method aims at producing an editable CAD representation that can accurately capture the original design and be capable of re-parameterization and modification prior to manufacturing (for example to insert custom designs and abide to free-form artistic alterations). To achieve this, we have developed robust ...

Nickel is still the most frequent cause of contact allergy, despite the EU regulation limiting nickel release from consumer items intended for prolonged contact with the skin, such as jewellery, buttons, and watches. It is obvious that the current restriction is insufficient (1). It has been shown that nickel is deposited onto the skin by short and repetitive contact in amounts sufficient to ca...

30 9 body piercing, or implants, have been practiced in become increasingly common to remove body jewelry for 31 10 societies across the world for thousands of years. In diagnostic imaging (computed tomography/magnetic reso32 11 recent years, these practices have become more common nance imaging) or surgical procedures. However, the ques33 12 and widespread, moving beyond what we might have pre...