The Role of Marketing in Adult Permanent Vocational Training in the Context of the Current Economy

The problem of permanent vocational training is important in sustaining the vocational conversion of the working class. A change of views and mentality is desirable regarding vocational training, in the sense that people need to be more aware of the importance of permanent learning, more motivated in order to broaden their horizon and more willing to develop their professional skills. The labour market in Romania has suffered important changes due to the economic transition process, which has been materialized especially on the level of reducing the number of active workers and of employees, thus maintaining a relatively constant rate of unemployment and affecting the labour marketing especially by a limited number of jobs.network, training, marketing, adults

Best Practices in Incentive Compensation from the Perspective of Value-based Management

As a consequence of the recent global financial crisis, the current economic environment emphasized the weak correlation between company performance and the incentives received by the management staff. Therefore, the existence and consistent implementation of best practices regarding the propelling of the management staff through incentives can lead to a tenable company development. The purpose of this article consists in studying existing methods of incentive granting from a value management perspective and in suggesting some alternatives that could be used by companies during a volatile period characterized by financial economic challenges.best practices, incentive granting, value management, economic value added

WebPS: A Web-based P System Simulator with Query Facilities

In this paper we present an open-source web-enabled simulator for P sys- tems. We use CLIPS embedded in C, and make the simulator available as a web application, complemented by a query language to specify the results

The Rate of Economic Growth and the Socio-Cultural Current

The increase of spendings with the prices of raw materials, energy and fuel has eventually, and almost inevitably, led to an unexpected rise in the demand for currency, a demand coming from the goods and services suppliers. The resulting effect was the surging of an accelerated inflationist wave, which in turn, produced the first warnings of a looming economic breakdown. From this point onwards, different other expenses became directly or indirectly engaged in relation to the volume of incorporated raw materials, to the employement of a highly skilled workforce, or to the necessity of technical equipment and machinery modernization. Starting from Peter M. Chisnall’s work, “Marketing: a behavior analysis” (3rd edition, McGraw-Hill, London, 2000), this study follows the interdependence of the behalf of goods manufacturers and managers, and on the other hand, behavioural attitudes on behalf of buyers and consumers; also exhibited and of importance are the stands taken by both sides in approaching an optimal strategy for their situation. At the same time, there is a clear indication of the impact socio-cultural changes exercises upon the dynamics and typologies of economic structures.socio-cultural fluxes, economic development and impact, protection management, technological research, consumption demand

The logistics of merchandise

Customer service, The forecast of demand, Information management, Materials handling, Order processing

Influence of the radial spacing between cathodes on the surface composition of iron samples sintered by hollow cathode electric discharge

The present work reports an investigation of the influence of the radial spacing between cathodes on the iron sintering process by hollow cathode electrical discharge, with surface enrichment of the alloying elements Cr and Ni. Pressed cylindrical samples of 9.5 mm diameter and density of 7.0 ± 0.1 g/cm³ were prepared by compaction of Ancorsteel 1000C iron powder. These samples, constituting the central cathode, were positioned concentrically in the interior of an external cathode machined from a tube of stainless steel AISI 310 (containing: 25% Cr, 16% Ni, 1.5% Mn, 1.5% Si, 0.03% C and the remainder Fe). Sintering was done at 1150 °C, for 120 min, utilizing radial spacings between the central and hollow cathodes of 3, 6 and 9 mm and a gas mixture of 80% Ar and 20% H2, with a flow rate of 5 cm³/s at a pressure of 3 Torr. The electric discharge was generated using a pulsed voltage power source, with a period of 200 mus. The radial spacing had only a slight influence on the quantity of atoms of alloying elements deposited and diffused on the surface of the sample. Analysis with a microprobe showed the presence of chrome (up to 4.0%) and nickel (up to 3.0%, in at. %) at the surface of the samples. This surface enrichment can be attributed to the mechanism of sputtering of the metallic atoms present in the external cathode, with the deposition of these elements on the sample surface and consequent diffusion within the sample.Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) Department of Mechanical EngineeringUniversidade Federal de Santa Catarina Department of Mechanical EngineeringUNIFESP, Department of Mechanical EngineeringSciEL

Study of the combined effects of oxidation and adsorption process in removing MTBE from wastewater

Treatment of Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) from wastewater supplies presents specific challenges due to the physicochemical properties of MTBE which depend strongly on its hydrophilic nature, and translate into a high solubility in water. MTBE has very low Henry‘s constant and very low affinity for common adsorbents. An investigation was carried out for the treatability of metyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) in synthetic wastewater. In this research, experimental rig and bench-scale studies using granular activated carbon (GAC) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) were conducted to observe the treatability of MTBE in synthetic wastewater. An experimental rig was built up that consist of three conjugated system. Subsequently, MTBE was amended to the H2O2 and air flow, followed by adsorption treatment with GAC. Generally, the major finding suggests that the longer cycle pulsation time (3 minutes open valve + 5 seconds closed valve) with air flow rate at 6 L/min over the synthetic wastewater caused a greater removal of MTBE. The result of this study can help to provide specific guidance into process parameter selection for treating MTBE in wastewaters. The optimum operating conditions are very important for treating the wastewater effectively in a larger scale