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Driving in the wrong lane: towards a longer life-span of cars
Within the context of product longevity, one especially impactful and ubiquitous product demands further research: the car. Car longevity has been addressed in the context of product life extension and product lifetime optimisation but there have been a few studies on car longevity in the context of business and none specifically from an industrial design context. This paper presents initial findings from preliminary interviews with key industry representatives such as car designers and engineers. It discusses the barriers to and opportunities for designing a car with a longer life-span. This and further data will later be analysed in order to produce a design framework to inform car
designers on life-span and usage optimization through design. Strategies such as increased longevity or use-intensity can potentially reduce the throughput - and thereafter the consumption - of cars. Such a shift in the automotive sector would support the transition from a linear economy to a more sustainable one. The initial findings, however, suggest that a longer life car is not an uncompromised solution and important concessions would have to be made in order to make this an acceptable
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Hearing the grass grow. Emotional and epistemological challenges of practice-near research
This paper discusses the concept of practice-near research in terms of the emotional and epistemological challenges that arise from the researcher coming 'near' enough to other people for psychological processes to ensue. These may give rise in the researcher to confusion, anxiety and doubt about who is who and what is what; but also to the possibility of real emotional and relational depth in the research process. Using illustrations from three social work doctoral research projects undertaken by students at the Tavistock Clinic and the University of East London the paper examines four themes that seem to the author to be central to meaningful practice-near research undertaken in a spirit of true emotional and epistemological open-mindedness: the smell of the real; losing our minds; the inevitability of personal change; and the discovery of complex particulars
Activation analysis for selected elements in micrometeorites and hypervelocity projectiles Annual progress report, 1 Jul. 1969 - 1 Jul. 1970
Activation analysis to identify materials for use as catcher for micrometeoroid
Geometric scaling in ultrahigh energy neutrinos and nonlinear perturbative QCD
The ultrahigh energy neutrino cross section is a crucial ingredient in the
calculation of the event rate in high energy neutrino telescopes. Currently
there are several approaches which predict different behaviors for its
magnitude for ultrahigh energies. In this contribution is presented a summary
of current predictions based on the non-linear QCD evolution equations, the
so-called perturbative saturation physics. In particular, predictions are shown
based on the parton saturation approaches and the consequences of geometric
scaling property at high energies are discussed. The scaling property allows an
analytical computation of the neutrino scattering on nucleon/nucleus at high
energies, providing a theoretical parameterization.Comment: 6 pages, one figure. Presented at First Caribbean Symposium on
Nuclear and Astroparticle Physics - STARS2011, La Habana, Cuba, 2011. arXiv
admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1011.2718 by different
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The sustainable clothing market: pragmatic strategies for UK fashion retailers
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Public understanding of sustainable clothing: a report to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Key factors influencing the sustainability impacts of purchase and post-purchase consumer decision-making
An exact plane-stress solution for a class of problems in orthotropic elasticity
An exact solution for the stress field within a rectangular slab of orthotropic material is found using a two dimensional Fourier series formulation. The material is required to be in plane stress, with general stress boundary conditions, and the principle axes of the material must be parallel to the sides of the rectangle. Two load cases similar to those encountered in materials testing are investigated using the solution. The solution method has potential uses in stress analysis of composite structures
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Clothing longevity perspectives: exploring consumer expectations, consumption and use
The production, distribution, use and end-of-life phases of the clothing lifecycle all have significant environmental impacts, but complete lifecycle assessment has identified that extending the active life of garments through design, use and re-use is the single most effective intervention in reducing the overall impact of the clothing industry (WRAP, 2011). In response, Government funded clothing longevity research seeks to develop and test industry-led design strategies to influence and enable consumers to keep garments in active use for longer (Cooper et al., 2014). While recent UK research has indicated significant potential to influence more sustainable consumer behaviour (Langley et al., 2013; YouGov, 2012), up-to-date qualitative research is required to discover how consumer attitudes, expectations and behaviours in relation to clothing lifetimes affects garment care and clothing use. This will help to inform industry-led strategies by understanding where effective changes can be made that will potentially have most impact. This paper presents preliminary findings from a Defra funded action based research project, âStrategies to improve design and testing for clothing longevityâ. Qualitative research methods are used to explore consumer attitudes, expectations and behaviours at purchase, use and disposal stages of garment lifetimes, and gather data on practices of garment wash, wear, care and maintenance in everyday life. The research findings are discussed in relation to industry-led strategies aimed at extending the life of clothes
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