The Common Kitchen : a culinary incubator

The Common Kitchen opened in August 2006 as Southern New Hampshire University's first culinary incubator. The mission of The Common Kitchen was to help early stage entrepreneurs get started in the retail food business by providing support systems, resources, and facilities at little or no cost. The Common Kitchen targeted two groups of people: (1) entrepreneurs of southern New Hampshire looking to grow their food-based business beyond the walls of their home and (2) low-income and ethnic minority residents of Manchester interested in developing their own micro business. The Common Kitchen was located in a dormant kitchen lab at SNHU's School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Management. Tenants could rent the commercially licensed space for an hourly fee, rent storage space for a monthly fee and order raw ingredients from the school's purchasing department. Under the direction of the assistant dean of the School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Management two Community Economic Development masters students developed a system of operations for the kitchen and identified and enrolled kitchen tenants. Seven months after opening, a total of three tenants rented space from and produced food in The Common Kitchen. All of the tenants were Caucasian, with high levels of education from Master's Degrees to a PhD. The demographics of The Common Kitchen's final tenants highlighted the need for greater outreach to the low-income and ethnic minority community, as well as a deeper support system for individuals with little to no funding or entrepreneurial experience. (Author abstract)Sakakeeny, K. (2007). The Common Kitchen: a culinary incubator. Retrieved from http://academicarchive.snhu.eduMaster of Science (M.S.)School of Community Economic Developmen

PENGARUH DISKON BELANJA DAN KEAMANAN DALAM MENGGUNAKAN SHOPEEPAY SEBAGAI SISTEM PEMBAYARAN TERHADAP PERILAKU KONSUMSI DI KALANGAN MAHASISWA UNITRI

Pembayaran produk dan layanan kini dapat dilakukan menggunakan e-wallet, salah satunya ShopeePay di aplikasi Shopee yang memberikan keamanan dalam berhemat dan berbelanja. Hal ini dimungkinkan di era digital yang berkembang pesat. Hal ini, khususnya di kalangan pelajar, dapat berdampak pada kebiasaan konsumsi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah keamanan sistem pembayaran ShopeePay dan diskon belanja berdampak pada perilaku konsumsi mahasiswa Unitri. Dalam penelitian ini, analisis regresi linier berganda dikombinasikan dengan purposeful sampling. SPSS Versi 25 digunakan saat memproses data. Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa diskon belanja berdampak kecil pada konsumsi siswa. Statistik thitung = -1,121 ttabel 1,675 yang memiliki nilai signifikansi 0,232 0,05 membuat H1 tidak valid. Hipotesis 2 didukung karena hubungan antara keamanan (X2) dan perilaku konsumsi (Y) pada mahasiswa Unitri adalah positif dan hanya signifikan secara marjinal, dan karena nilai thitung = 4,124 ttabe1 1,675 memiliki nilai signifikan 0,000 (p 0,05). Hasil uji f menunjukkan bahwa fhitung (9,039) ftabel (3,180) memiliki nilai signifikansi 0,000, mendukung hipotesis (H3) menunjukkan bahwa perilaku konsumsi (Y) antar unit mahasiswa dipengaruhi secara positif dan signifikan secara simultan oleh variabel X1 dan X2, baik secara sendiri-sendiri maupun bersama-sama

Numerical study of thermal control system for rapid heat cycle injection molding process

Abstract This paper studies heat transfer during rapid heat cycle injection molding process. Actually, the mold is heated and cooled with channels in which steam or water circulates. The purpose of this numerical study is to improve the design of heating/cooling system to ameliorate the quality of the polymer part and the cycle productivity. Transfers in mold, translating thermal phenomena are predicted by the finite volume method and the fractional area volume obstacle representation in cyclic transient regime. It was found that the steady cycle is obtained rapidly (after two or three cycles) for the rapid heat cycle molding process when compared to conventional injection molding. The mathematical modeling was developed to explore the effect of control temperature system characteristics on temperature uniformity of the cavity surface and thermal response efficiency. The three-dimensional simulation results show the limitations of the conventional system when compared to the conformal configuration. This research study also compares three conformal thermal control systems, and shows that the heating energy consumption can be greatly decreased (about 27%) with the amelioration of the temperature distribution by means of the improvement of the channel layout

School nurses´ experience of supporting pupils who suffer from school burnout within elementary school and college

Bakgrund: Skoltrötthet är ett symtom på att någonting inte står rätt till. Det finns orsaker som påverkar  och  ger  konsekvenser  vid  skoltrötthet.  Elever  själva  anger  att  hög  studietakt  och otillräckligt stöd kan vara anledning till skoltrötthet. Skolhälsovården har en viktig stödjande funktion. Syfte: Syftet var att beskriva skolsköterskors erfarenheter av att stödja elever som upplever skoltrötthet inom grund- och gymnasieskola. Metod:  Data  analyserades  med  kvalitativ  innehållsanalys  med  induktiv  ansats  beskriven  av Graneheim och Lundman. Åtta intervjuer genomfördes med skolsköterskor. Resultat: Ur analysen av datamaterialet framträdde fem kategorier såsom; kartlägger elevens svårigheter, engagerar föräldrarna, följer upp studiemiljön, har en respektfull  inställning och reflekterar över egna insatser, med 13 underkategorier. Konklusion:   Resultaten   av   denna   studie   kan   bidra   till   att   utveckla   och   förbättra skolsköterskor  möjlighet  att  ge  stöd  till  skoltrötta  elever.  De  kan  även  utgöra  grund  för riktlinjer vid hantering av skoltrötthet så att elever inte utelämnas från stödinsatser

A modeling study on the effect of operating parameters on RHCM process using split flow channels design

In this work, a three-dimensional numerical study of thermal behavior of RHCM mold for automotive parts production was undertaken. Particularly, simulation of several heating/cooling cycles was conducted to determine, at the regular cyclic regime, thermal behaviors at cavity/core plates and polymer as well as thermal and hydrodynamic behaviors at cooling water. It was demonstrated that heating/cooling channels with split flow design are suitable for RHCM regulation. Besides, to further promote part quality, process productivity, and profitability, the effect of cooling parameters, such as the coolant temperature and flow velocity in channels, on the RHCM process efficiency was analyzed. To highlight the influence of these parameters on the productivity and profitability of the process, the cycle time and the consumed energy were used. Temperature gap at the cavity plate surfaces after the heating phase as well as the maximum temperature difference (MTD) in the polymer part after the cooling phase were used as criteria to evaluate the automotive part quality. The results show that the coolant temperature increase in the range between 30 and 60 °C reduces the energy consumption and improves the finished product quality with almost the same cycle time obtained by low coolant temperature. As regards to coolant flow velocity effect, an optimum value of about 1 m.s−1 improves part quality and provides a compromise between the cycle time and process profitability

Conformal heating/cooling channels design in rapid heat cycle molding process

A three-dimensional study of the thermal regulation system of Rapid Heat Cycle Molding process producing complex-shaped automotive part was undertaken. This numerical study aims at improving the design of thermal control system so as to improve the quality of the molded part and the process productivity. The thermal responses in mold and cavity are predicted by the commercial Finite Volume Analysis software Fluent 6.3.26 in cyclic transient regime. It was shown that a regular regime is established from the second molding cycle. Besides, the three dimensional thermal responses have shown the limitations of the classic conformal design in terms of temperature uniformity and cycle time for the complex shaped automotive part. Hence, and based on conventional manufacturing process, the efficiency of a new conformal design has been shown. In fact, simple drillings coupled with concentric tubes are able to produce complicated conformal heating/cooling channels, which are easier to fabricate, assemble and which have low manufacture cost compared with other methods. By this proposed new conformal design, we could greatly reduce the cycle time, temperature gap and energy consumption

Le secteur informel en Tunisie : Cadre réglementaire et pratique courante

Ce document technique présente les résultats d'une enquête sur l'impact des réglementations juridiques et fiscales sur les micro-entreprises, assimilées ici au secteur informel, en Tunisie. Son objectif est de déterminer dans quelle mesure les petits entrepreneurs respectent les réglementations en vigueur, et quelles conséquences ces dernières ont sur le fonctionnement et la croissance de leurs activités. L'enquête a été menée auprès d'un échantillon représentatif d'entreprises appartenant à quatre secteurs d'activité respectant à des degrés divers les obligations institutionnelles : la réparation mécanique, la confection textile, la préparation et la vente de plats cuisinés et la fabrication de tapis. L'étude de ces quatre activités permet de comparer les comportements d'entreprises opérant sur des marchés différents. L'enquête révèle une défiance presque systématique des petits entrepreneurs à l'égard de l'État et de ses réglementations, qu'ils considèrent comme un frein au développement ... This paper presents the results of a survey of the impact of regulations and taxes on micro enterprises, considered here as part of the informal sector, in Tunisia. Its purpose is to determine the extent to which small entrepreneurs comply with current regulations, and the consequences of these regulations on the functioning and growth of their enterprises. The survey was carried out among a representative sample of enterprises in four sectors, with different degrees of compliance with institutional obligations: machinery repair, garment manufacturing, restaurant stalls and carpet manufacturing. The study of the four sectors permits a comparison of the behaviour of enterprises active in different markets. The study reveals that among small entrepreneurs there is nearly total distrust of the state and its regulations, which they consider a constraint on the development of their activities. However, certain legal obligations, such as those concerning insurance on the premises or the minimum ...

Correlation between NGF/TrkA and microvascular density in human pterygium

Pterygium is a surface ocular lesion that is associated with chronic UV exposure. The primary effect is a solar actinic elastosis within the stroma. All the other changes are secondary. Pterygium is characterized by proliferation, inflammatory infiltrates, fibrosis, angiogenesis and extracellular matrix breakdown. The aim of this study was to correlate microvascular density and nerve growth factor (NGF)/NGF-receptor transmembrane tyrosine kinase (TrkA) expression in endothelial cells in human pterygium. Specimens of human pterygium obtained from 30 patients who had undergone surgical excision and of 10 normal bulbar conjunctiva were investigated immunohistochemically by using anti-CD31, anti-NGF and anti-TrkA antibodies. Results showed that endothelial cells in human pterygium are immunoreactive to both NGF and its receptor TrkA, and that this immunoreactivity is correlated to microvascular density. The results of this study suggest that an autocrine loop between NGF and its receptor TrkA is activated in pterygium and that it is involved in the angiogenic response taking place in this pathological condition. These data are in accord with recent evidences, which have clearly established that NGF plays a role as an angiogenic factor in several pathological conditions. Understanding the mechanism of angiogenesis in pterygium provides a basis for a rational approach to the development of anti-angiogenic therapy in patients affected by this disease