Commercial detergents, in spite of their various names and marks, are used to remove foreign matter (dirt) from substrate. Following removal of dirt from the surface, it is necessary to prevent redeposition, so the detergent must have supending power. In this experimental work, a simple method has been developed to evaluate the cleaning power of commercial detergents. The method, showing th...

This article frames the relationship between datafication and literacy as a key to understand participation, power, processes of democratization in platform–dominated music industry. Drawing upon Norwegian surve (n = 555) in-depth interviews with music-industry actors, analysis demonstrates commercial benefits data-usage, why many have yet take advantage datafication’s possibilities. The indica...

This research studies TV commercial from cultural-conflict view point and tries to analyze mutual relation between parent-child generations. It applies signifier's method for reflecting TV commercials. Signifying qualitative method on the base of General signifies along with "first levels signifiers" and "Second level signifiers" obtained Symbolic displacement. This research shows TV commerci...

Automotive manufacturing is energy-intensive. The consumed energy contributes to the generation of significant amounts of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by the automotive manufacturing industry. In this paper, a study is conducted on assessing the application potential of such clean energy power systems as solar PV, wind and fuel cells in reducing the GHG emissions of the global auto manufactur...

The usage of open source software has several advantages, but also some disadvantages. There is for example the “AS IS” disclaimer in the GPL that says, that the developer and the distributor is not liable for any damage, that might be caused by the software. This disclaimer is not valid in Germany, even if the software is completely free. The German jurisdiction sees free software in most case...