Industrial processes are known to have different levels of impact on the environment and, as a result, there is a need to foster knowledge of the environmental consequences of industrial activities and check those against their benefits. One of the ways of achieving this is by applying the concepts of industrial ecology to industry’s day-to-day life. Another possible way of pursuing this goal i...

Majority of the industrial activities in Thailand are concentrated around Bangkok Metropolitan Area. The ever increasing industrial activities have led to over exploitation of water resources and discharge of significant pollution load. Therefore, it is important to identify the wastewater reuse potentials and develop strategies for its promotion within the industrial sector. Although technolog...

Technology foresight has received growing attention among those involved in the shaping and implementation of science and technology (S&T) policies. However, although evaluative analyses of foresight exercises have supplied evidence on acclaimed benefits – such as the generation of futureoriented knowledge and strengthening of collaborative networks – they also point to challenges in translatin...

Prepared as part of a research project titled " The Importance of Clusters to Urban and Regional Prosperity in a Globalised Economy " , coordinated by L'institute ABSTRACT Since the 1980s, the emergence of clusters of firms and industrial districts has inspired a large amount of literature on the subject. Most of the research has focused on analysing how these agglomerations of firms embedded i...

This paper is focused on the description of the iTutor applic iTutor addresses the increasing needs originating in contemporary ind workspaces for the delivery of electronic information within lea knowledge transfer and information management processes. In order to a the goal of a flexible and adaptable information delivery in the w environment, iTutor integrates a mobile wearable device with a...

Recent trends in industrial distribution suggest that distributors may perform an important role in various stages of product innovation from idea generation, through product design, to product launch and subsequent marketing. In this article, Eunsang Yoon and Gary Lilien review the literature and discuss the potential role of the industrial distributor as an innovation participant. An explorat...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Strategic marketing planning Industrial marketing Fuzzy cognitive map The relevance problem Design science Industrial marketing planning is a typical example of an unstructured decision making problem due to the large number of variables to consider and the uncertainty imposed on those variables. Although abundant studies identified barriers and facilitators of e...

background: contamination of the environment due to heavy metals is a major concern to human life and the environment. this study was conducted to investigate and quantify the copper and zinc concentrations in industrial estates soil in arak, iran. methods: four industrial estates were considered for the experimental design, including arak 1, arak 2, arak 3, and ghotbe sanaati. for preliminary ...

robo-IQ The complexity of the software-based artificial intelligence related to an adequate performance of an uncertain or multiple-choice task. robot An automat with programmed behavior designed for the purposes of substituting for certain human activity or to satisfy a person's physical, psychological, or social needs. robotic psychology A study of compatibility between people and artificial ...