Dissertations / Theses: 'Accessories'

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Wallentin, Markus, and Felix Lundin. "Unlocking Customer Segments Using Hardware Accessories." Thesis, KTH, Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-226332.

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This report aims to describe the process for the master thesis within product development done by the authors during the spring of 2017 at KTH and iZettle, Stockholm. iZettle is financial technology company founded in Stockholm in 2010. In 2011 they released their first card reader terminal which, in combination with a mobile application, allowed small businesses to receive payments by card. The background for the project is that iZettle has identified customer segments that are not fully explored or satisfied by their current products. The card reader is today formed in a universal way that fits many different customer segments, but there is a lack of specialization that would benefit or unlock certain segments. The goal of the project was to identify segments that could benefit from a hardware accessory and to develop a solution/product to any of these problems. The development process implemented a user-centered approach and was carried out in three main phases, starting with a research phase focusing on understanding the problems by observing and interviewing potential users. This was followed by a concept development phase to diverge and explored a variety of possible solutions. The last phase, final concept development, converged into one concept that was further developed. The development phases made use of methodologies such as brainstorming, morphological matrix, sketching, CADmodelling and high- and low-fidelity prototyping. Three scenarios; taxi, food truck and counter, were found to have most potential benefits from an accessory combined with also being feasible for concept development within the scope of the project. Later in the process, the three scenarios were narrowed down to focus on the taxi scenario also due to the potential array of options, feasibility of a hardware solution as well as the market potential. The final concept is called the iZettle Dock Lite and is meant to fulfill the needs of a taxi driver by providing a mount that charges the reader and gives it a professional appearance in the car. An additional mounting device is the mounting stands that allows for placing the holder on a table or attach it to a wall, opening up for other use cases, such as food truck or restaurant.
Denna rapport syftar till att redovisa masterarbetet inom produktutveckling utfört av författarna under våren 2017 på KTH och iZettle, Stockholm. iZettle grundades 2010 och tillhandahåller huvudsakligen tjänster där företag kan ta betalt med kort genom en mobil betalningslösning. År 2011 lanserade de sin första mobila kortläsare vilken, tillsammans med tillhörande mobilapplikation, möjliggjorde kortbetalningar för säljande företag på ett flexibelt och enkelt sätt. Bakgrunden till projektet är att iZettle har identifierat att vissa kundsegment inte tillfredsställs eller nås av deras nuvarande produktsortiment. En möjlig förklaring är att den hårdvara som iZettle erbjuder inte möter eller tillfredsställer kundernas behov fullt ut. Målet i projektet är att undersöka vilka kundsegment som skulle kunna låsas upp eller tillfredsställas ytterligare av ett hårdvarutillbehör. Syftet är också att utveckla och formge en sådan produkt. Projektet genomfördes med en användarcentrerad utvecklingsmetodik och kan delas i tre övergripande faser; en undersökningsfas, konceptgenereringsfas och slutgiltig designfas. Den första fasen innehåller utforskande element som intervjuer, litteraturstudier och behandling av data. Vid konceptgenereringsfasen lades vikt vid brainstorming och divergering för att sedan konvergera ned till några slutgiltiga koncept som utvecklades vidare. Den sista fasen användes för att visualisera, formge och testa ett antal koncept för att i slutändan presentera ett slutgiltigt koncept. Under de två senare faserna användes metoder som morfologisk matris, CADmodellering, skissning och hög- och lågupplösta prototyper som verktyg. Tre scenarion, taxi, foodtruck och kassa, identifierades i första delen som lämpliga scenarion att utveckla ett hårdvarutillbehör mot. Mot senare delen av projektet konvergerade detta mot taxiscenariot eftersom det ansågs ha störst potential vad gäller marknad och möjlighet att skapa en lyckad hårdvaruprodukt. Det slutgiltiga konceptet heter iZettle Dock Lite och är utvecklat för ett taxiscenario där det tillhandahåller automatisk laddning av läsaren och placeringsmöjligheter som möter behov från en professionell taxiservice. Ett förslag på tillägg till konceptet är ett monteringsstativ som möjliggör montering på bänkyta eller vägg. Detta öppnar för andra användningsområden som t.ex. foodtruck- eller restaurangmiljö.

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Adepu, Rasagna. "Reliability of Interfaces for HVDC Cable Accessories." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2020. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/21026/.

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HVDC cable systems are widely used in modern transmission networks. This project investigates the dielectric withstand properties of the interfaces existing in the accessories (joints, termination). Interfaces are a weak point as cavities exist at the contact between the cable and the accessory body. Interfaces have been studied as the mating of two elastic surfaces using elastic-plastic mechanics. Their withstand properties are greatly improved by using rubbery material (e.g., silicon rubber) and oiling the surfaces as the number and size of the cavities is reduced. However, thermal aging of the surfaces (with loss of elasticity) and the migration of the lubricant might lead to conditions where the interfaces are again the weak link of the system. The goal of this thesis is to understand breakdown mechanisms of XLPE/XLPE and XLPE/LDPE interfaces through the analysis of partial discharges, space charge accumulation and leakage current measurement. Space charge is measured through the Thermal Step and the Pulsed Electro-Acoustic methods (TSM and PEA). TSM highlights that there exists a critical voltage at which the space charge shifts from homo- to hetero-charge. The conductivity characteristics of the XLPE insulation of HVDC cable are investigated under different applied mechanical stress and the breakdown voltage which could be affected by crosslinking byproducts within the insulation of the material. Partial Discharge is a key tool to ensure the reliability and life extension of High Voltage electrical equipment. For cable interfaces, it is generally assumed that surface partial discharges create carbonized tracks at the contact between the cable insulation and the accessory body leading to breakdown. In this thesis, it was not possible to reproduce this condition. Breakdown occurred through a mechanism that remains to be unraveled. A possible connection with the shifts mentioned above, from homo to hetero charge at the interface, seems to exist.

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Cassels, A. K. "The social significance of late medieval dress accessories." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2013. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/6390/.

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This thesis uses belt fittings excavated from fifteen of the major towns and cities of late medieval England and is the first national survey of dress accessories from the urban centres of this period. This research moves beyond the identification and categorisation of these objects, which have been the traditional foci of studies of this type, to examine the wider social significance of dress accessories within contemporary late medieval society. The themes explored include the regional variation between the assemblages and the significance of this in terms of the expression of regional identities; the changes in production techniques and technology for the manufacture of dress accessories and the related changes in dress and its social perception from the mid-thirteenth century; the significance of dress accessories within a funerary context; the use of the acorn as a repeated decorative motif and the significance of this within the construction, maintenance and manipulation of personal identities; and the use of text on belts and belt fittings and importance of this in the construction of the symbolism of the belt within late medieval society. An interdisciplinary approach is used throughout which combines the material evidence with other forms of archaeological, literary, historical, and art historical evidence in order to place the dress accessories within their wider social context.

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MELLO, MARCELO DUFFLES. "STRATEGY IN THE LEATHER ACCESSORIES SECTOR: A CASE STUDY." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2004. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=6264@1.

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Este trabalho apresenta resultados da análise de uma empresa brasileira do segmento de acessórios de couro que vem passando por dificuldades nos últimos anos. O estudo de caso explicita a estrutura de mercado do segmento de artefatos de couro, a história da empresa, sua cadeia produtiva, canais de distribuição e recursos internos. A estratégia da empresa é caracterizada por meio da tipologia de Mintzberg (1998) e analisada por meio dos modelos de Porter (1980 e 1985), Austin (1990), Macedo-Soares (2001) e Barney (2002). Os resultados revelaram que o meio ambiente no qual a empresa operava era hostil e que ela não possuía todas as forças necessárias para melhorar seu desempenho. Esta análise permitiu a avaliação do desempenho da empresa e a sugestão de mudanças na estratégia da empresa com o intuito de melhorar seu desempenho. Como existe grande carência de informações sobre o setor, o levantamento de dados apresentado traz lições significativas para os stakeholders envolvidos neste mercado. Embora os resultados não possam ser generalizados para todo o setor, acredita-se que o estudo deste caso, por ser de uma pequena empresa de sucesso passando por dificuldades, poderá trazer lições relevantes para outras empresas. A empresa analisada possuía em torno de 150 funcionários no período analisado, embora no passado a empresa tenha possuído entre 1 e 180. Como a maioria das empresas deste mercado possui menos de 200 funcionários este estudo pode ser de grande valia para empresas do mesmo setor ou para empresas que estejam competindo em indústrias fragmentadas onde nenhuma empresa tem influência sobre mercado.
This work presents the results of an analysis of a Brazilian leather accessories firm that has faced difficulties in the last few years. The case study presents the market structure, the history of the company, its production and distribution chains and internal resources. The company`s strategy is characterized under Mintzberg (1998) typology and analyzed under Porter (1980 and 1985), Austin (1990), Macedo-Soares (2001) and Barney (2002) models. The results show that the environment is hostile and that the enterprise did not have the required strengths to improve its profits. This analysis allowed the evaluation of the performance of the firm and the suggestion of strategy changes that could improve its performance. Since there is hardly any information about the leather accessories sector, the results of this survey may offer insights to all stakeholders in this market. Although they can not be generalized to the whole sector, it is believed that this study, because it is about a small company that has been successful in the past and is presently facing difficulties, can offer useful understandings about the market to other companies. The analyzed company presently has around 150 employees, although in the past it has had between 1 and 180. Because the majority of the companies in this sector have less then 200 employees, this study could be helpful to other companies in the same market and to any fragmented industry company where no firm is able to influence the market.

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Swift, Ellen. "Regionality in dress accessories in the late Roman West /." Montagnac : M. Mergoil, 2000. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37182027p.

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Magalhães, Vera Juliana e. Pais de. "Efficiency analysis of a retail stores chain of fashion & accessories." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/21554.

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Mestrado em Economia
O objetivo deste estudo é a avaliação da eficiência de uma cadeia de lojas de retalho que representa várias marcas internacionais de prestígio no mercado Português e a identificação dos determinantes que influenciam a eficiência. O estudo compara o desempenho das lojas compostas por 3 diferentes marcas do segmento Brand Equity e propõe melhorias no âmbito da melhoria da performance. Para avaliar a eficiência e os seus determinantes a análise é realizada em duas fases: na primeira fase a metodologia Análise Envoltória de Dados (DEA) é usada para determinar os níveis de eficiência e na segunda fase, os resultados obtidos na primeira fase são estimados através de uma regressão linear quantile de forma a determinar os determinantes da eficiência. Os principais resultados revelam que o número de lojas eficientes aumenta quando estamos perante retorno variável à escala e quando a variável renda é inserida no modelo DEA. As marcas e a localização comercial das lojas são os determinantes da eficiência.
This study aims to assess efficiency of a retail stores chain of Fashion & Accessories that represents several international prestigious brands in the Portuguese market and to identify the driving forces that influence efficiency. The study compares the performance among the stores of 3 different brands of the Brand equity market and provides insights into ways of improving performance. To evaluate the efficiency and its determinants we use a two-approach methodology: first Data Envelopment Analysis methodology (DEA) is used to determine the efficient scores and then a Quantile linear regression to determine the efficiency drivers. Main results show that the number of efficient stores increase under variable return to scale and when the variable rent is included in the DEA model. The brands and the retail commercial location are the factors that explain efficiency.

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Adomako, Isaac Agyekum. "Radiology imaging equipment and accessories as possible Fomites of Nosocomial pathogens." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/3077.

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Thesis (MSc (Radiography))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2019
Background: Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) known as nosocomial infections are a major challenge within the health-care environment. Although investment and time are continually spent on the eradication of HAIs, the problem still exists. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (2015) reported that annually, 4,100,000 patients in Europe acquire additional diseases during their stay in the hospital resulting in 14,700 deaths. Nosocomial infections therefore contribute to the imbalance between resources for the management of hospitals. This is a particular challenge in developing countries like those in Sub-Saharan Africa, of which Ghana is part and, where very limited resources are available for the high volume of patient output. Radiology is a high technology service department that provides imaging to numerous inpatients and outpatients on a continuous basis. This means that items in the radiology department may serve as possible reservoirs for the transmission of nosocomial pathogens from one individual to another. Where Radiology resides within a health-care system that is unable to give adequate attention to the spread of nosocomial infections or even to proper infection control measures, HAIs becomes a real possibility. Aims: The aim of this study was to determine whether radiology imaging equipment and accessories for general radiography are possible fomites of nosocomial pathogens. The study also aimed at investigating the effectiveness of the disinfectant chemical agents (chlorine bleach/sodium hypochlorite and methylated spirits) used for cleaning surfaces at the research site. Furthermore, the study aimed to observe the cleaning procedures and practises by radiographers in general radiography. Methodology: The design of this research included an observational and an experimental phase. The study was conducted in the radiology department of a Teaching Hospital (TH) in Ghana. Swabbing, using wet sterile swab sticks was the method for sample collection. This was done on one occasion without cleaning of the selected x-ray equipment and accessories and another occasion after cleaning with the department’s preferred disinfectant chemical agents. The swab samples were then taken to the microbiology laboratory of the University of Ghana for culturing and identification. MacConkey and blood agar media were used to prepare the culture media. The prepared media were put into petri dishes and swab samples were inoculated onto the culture plates. Culture plates were then incubated for 24 hours, at a temperature of 37ºC. At the end of the incubation period, the culture plates were viewed macroscopically under a bright light, to identify any bacterial growth; according to their colony forming characteristics. Seven radiographers (n=7) were observed for a period of one month on the current cleaning procedures and practises in the radiology department. How thoroughly the equipment and accessories were cleaned (how much time spent per item) was recorded. Damp dusting (using cotton wool moistened with methylated spirits or chlorine bleach), cleaning equipment using methylated spirits or chlorine bleach after each contact with body fluid, hands washing after each patient using water and liquid soap, washing of hand randomly after patients (or in between patients) using water and liquid soap, were observed and recorded. Data was captured and analysed using the IBM SPSS Statistics Version 25. Results: The selected radiology imaging equipment and accessories swabbed were found to be contaminated with pathogens. Organisms identified were Staphylococcus aureus, Coagulase-negative staphylococci, Bacillus species(spp.), Shigella spp., Shigella sonnei., Klebsiella spp., Salmonella Paratyphi A, Salmonella Typhi, Providencia rettgeri, Enterobacter spp. and Citrobacter spp. Staphylococcus aureus was the predominate pathogenic isolate identified. A significant number of the Staphylococcus aureus and CoNS isolated was methicillin-resistant. Bacillus spp. was the predominant non-pathogenic isolate identified in the study. Statistically there was no significant difference (p=0.5835) between the total number of occurrences of bacterial isolates in both rooms after decontamination. The observation phase demonstrated that no documented protocol or infection control procedures were available. It was further observed that only one of the seven radiographers washed his/her hands after each patient, but that all radiographers practised hand washing and equipment cleaning when the procedure involved body fluid from patients. Conclusion: The research established that radiologic equipment and accessories were often exposed to pathogens and are therefore possible fomites of nosocomial pathogens. The effectiveness of the cleaning agents (methylated spirits and chlorine bleach) was not adequate. Radiographers partially practised infection control measures. Based on the findings of this study it recommended that a policy and procedure must be prepared and an awareness campaign/training of radiographers conducted. Other cleaning agents must also be investigated in a comparative study to determine the most effective agent (but still affordable within the resource constrained environment).

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Wessels, Abraham Albertus. "A needs analysis of supporters accessories at large sporting events / Albert Wessels." Thesis, North-West University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2045.

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Nolan, Virginia 1975. "Re-curating the city : accessories for a new tourism of New York." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/30235.

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Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 58-59).
This thesis poses a challenge to normal modes of experiencing and representing the spaces of tourism: that is to say, it proposes new ways of touring space. Although this project was initially conceived as a critique of tourism from a social and political standpoint, the project increasingly turned towards the abstract, as it became more evident that the only way to alter the established paradigms of touring space was to approach these both (tourism and the reception of space) through their two lowest common denominators: namely, the act of walking and the act of seeing. Only if these two acts were somehow re-envisioned could tourism itself be potentially freed up from the well-known "traps" through which it alters, demeans, or destroys the very object of its attraction. This project posits the production of tourism as a sort of curatorship enacted collectively by urban planners, architects, local businesses, local governments, and those who market tourism through books, guides, and maps. Accepting that tourism is necessarily a curated experience to some degree, I began to explore the possibility of devices that altered the accepted ways of walking and seeing the city so that they confounded our very notions of what it means to tour space. These devices take the form of video camera attachments that serve as "portable museums" reframing one's experience of the city though this recorded analog that creates new views, relationships, and erasures of the city's structure.
by Virginia Nolan.
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Stephenson, Melissa Kate. "Affluent South African female consumers' value perceptions of luxury exotic leather accessories." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60859.

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Means-end Chain theory posits that consumers choose certain products or services based on their attributes in an attempt to produce certain outcomes (Gutman, 1997). This results in consumers thinking about products and services in terms of the product's attributes, the consequence resulting from the use of the products and finally in achieving important personal values (Gutman, 1997). The process of utilising Means-end Chain theory involves the researcher asking various "why" probes, usually starting with the attribute of the product, in an attempt to uncover the attribute-consequence-value relationship the consumer has with the product in question (Gutman, 1997; Reynolds & Gutman, 1988), and allows for an in-depth analysis of which attributes consumers find most important in certain products, the consequence the attribute holds and the personal value that is satisfied by purchasing the product. With regard to luxury exotic leather accessories, consumers might prefer certain intrinsic or extrinsic product attributes more than other, that lead to negative or positive consequences, and in turn lead to the consumer fulfilling either a terminal or an instrumental value. Therefore the aim of this study was to explore affluent South African female consumers' luxury value perceptions of exotic leather accessories, by utilising the Means-end Chain theory. Affluent female consumers aged 30 to 60 were used as the unit of analysis for this research study. These affluent South African female consumers resided in Gauteng and the City of Cape Town and formed part of the LSM 7-10 consumer segment. This LSM 7-10 market segment entails that these consumers are more likely to be working full time, to be qualified and earn R10 255 to R29 512, monthly, a higher than average household income (SAARF Segmentation Tool, 2012:59-62).Convenience, and snowball sampling were used to collect data in the Gauteng and Cape Town areas. The measuring instrument used for this study was a self-administered questionnaire, and a total of 40 usable questionnaires were collected. The findings of this study indicate that the luxury value perceptions these affluent female consumers sought to fulfil were Functional and Individual value, and that these value perceptions were driven by the Usability and Self-identity consequence of use that were based on the Colour and Design attributes of the exotic leather accessory. This indicates that the affluent South African female participants that took part in this study sought aesthetic intrinsic product attributes (design and colour) to fulfil both Usability (functional) and Self-identity (psychological) consequences that are driven by Functional (terminal) and Individual (instrumental) values. This was attributed to the participants valuing exotic leather handbags that are durable, versatile and cleverly designed (Functional Value), while allowing them to express who they are and make them feel good (Individual Value).
"Means-end Chain" teorie postuleer dat verbruikers sekere produkte of dienste kies gebaseer op hul eienskappe in 'n poging om sekere uitkomste te produseer (Gutman, 1997). Dit lei tot verbruikers wat dink oor produkte en dienste in terme van die eienskappe van die produk, die gevolg van die gebruik van die produkte wat dan uiteindelik lei tot die bereiking van belangrike persoonlike waardes (Gutman, 1997). Die proses van "Means-end Chain" teorie behels dat die navorser verskeie "hoekom" vrae vra, die proses beign gewoonlik met die kenmerk van die produk, in 'n poging om die kenmerk-gevolg-waarde verhouding wat die verbruiker met die betrokke produk het te ontbloot (Gutman, 1997; Reynolds & Gutman, 1988), en maak voorsiening vir 'n in-diepte analise van die eienskappe wat verbruikers die belangrikste vind in sekere produkte, die gevolg van die eienskap en die persoonlike waarde vervul word met die aankoop van die produk. Met betrekking tot luukse eksotiese leer bykomstighede, kan verbruikers sekere intrinsieke of ekstrinsieke produk eienskappe verkies meer as ander, wat lei tot negatiewe of positiewe gevolge, en op sy beurt lei tot die verbruiker se vervulling van sy/haar terminale of instrumentele waardes. Daarom was die doel van hierdie studie om welgestelde Suid-Afrikaanse vroulike verbruikers se luukse waarde persepsies van eksotiese leer bykomstighede te verken, deur gebruik te maak van die "Means-end Chain" teorie. Welgestelde vroulike verbruikers, tussen die ouderdomme van 30 tot 60 jaar, is gebruik as die eenheid van analise vir hierdie navorsingstudie. Hierdie welgestelde Suid-Afrikaanse vroulike verbruikers woon in Gauteng en die Stad Kaapstad en het vorm deel van die LSM 7-10 verbruiker segment. Die LSM 7-10 marksegment behels dat hierdie verbruikers is meer geneig om voltyds te werk, gekwalifiseerd is, en verdien R10 255 tot R29 512, maandelikse, 'n hoër as gemiddelde huishoudelike inkomste (SAARF Segmentation Tool, 2012:59-62). Gerief, en sneeubalsteekproeftrekking is gebruik om data in die Gauteng en Kaapstad gebiede in te samel. Die meetinstrument wat gebruik word vir hierdie studie was 'n self-geadministreerde vraelys, en 'n totaal van 40 bruikbare vraelyste is ingesamel. Die bevindinge van hierdie studie dui daarop dat die luukse waarde persepsies wat die welgestelde vroulike verbruikers wat deel maak van die studie probeer vervul was Funksionele en Individuele waardes, en dat hierdie waarde persepsies gedryf word deur die bruikbaarheid en self-identiteit gevolge van die gebruik van die produk, wat gebaseer is op die kleur en ontwerp eienskappe van die eksotiese leer bykomstighede. Dit dui daarop dat die welgestelde Suid-Afrikaanse vroulike deelnemers wat deelgeneem het aan hierdie studie, estetiese intrinsieke produk eienskappe (ontwerp en kleur) gesoek het vir beide Bruikbaarheid (funksionele) en self-identiteit (sielkundige) gevolge wat gedryf word deur die vervulling van funksionele (terminale) en Individuele (instrumenteel) waardes. Dit is toegeskryf aan die deelnemers se waardeering van eksotiese leer handsakke wat duursame, veelsydig en slim ontwerp (Funksionele waarde) is, wat teselfdetyd die deelnemet toelaar om hulle identiteit te vertoon en hul maak goed voel oor hulself (Individuele Waarde).
Dissertation (MConsumer Science)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
Consumer Science
MConsumer Science
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Yeh, Chia-Hua. "Hats, headwear and hair accessories in the early modern Florentine court, 1580-1630." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.610936.

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Gernerd, Elisabeth Brooks. "Têtes to tails : eighteenth-century underwear and accessories in Britain and colonial America." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/21695.

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Over the past thirty years, the study of dress has flourished as a field of interdisciplinary enquiry, emerging from consumer studies by economic historians and artefact-based research. More recent scholarship has addressed clothing in terms of material culture and as a marker of identity, adopting approaches from anthropology, cultural studies, history of art, material culture studies and history. However, despite these advances in understandings of eighteenth-century dress, the social and cultural consequence of many garments has yet to be fully teased out. This thesis aims to amend that oversight and shed light on the significance of underwear and accessories in Britain and, to a lesser extent, colonial America from the period of 1666 to 1819. Five garments, each stemming from a different region of the body, form the chapters of this thesis: banyans, cork rumps, calashes, muffs, and stays. As structural undergarments, accessories and undress, these objects were auxiliary to the main garments of eighteenth-century dress, a man’s three-piece suit and woman’s mantua or polonaise gown. However, they were fashionable necessities, required to give the essential shape to the silhouette, complete an ensemble, or sartorially facilitate the expression of politeness and sociability. This discussion looks beyond these items as articles of fashion to establish their cultural currency through the study, where possible, of surviving material artefacts and their visual and discursive representations in painted portraiture, graphic satire, archival manuscripts, and published newspapers and magazines. Marrying aspects of artefact-based approaches with visual analysis exposes the discourses between the material artefacts and their representational constructions. First, the thesis discusses the banyan’s relation to time, exposing it as an agent of time that thwarted the chrononormative paths of the male sex. Issues of evidence, or the lack thereof, are addressed in Chapter Two, through an examination of the cork rump in satirical prints. The third chapter charts the material, spatial and social mobility of the calash and its wearer. Addressing embroidered and satin print silk muffs, the fourth chapter positions the silk muff as a haptic receptacle of expression, as well as portable canvas of female art and patronage. The final chapter examines the divergent associations of the stay, both as a mediator of gender normativity, and as an iconographic vessel of gender, class and national anxiety. Through the close analysis of these previously overlooked articles of dress, this thesis reveals the charged and weighted associations embedded within and ascribed to underwear and accessories in the long eighteenth century.

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Noble, Gregory Daniel. "Application of Modern Principles to Demand Forecasting for Electronics, Domestic Appliances and Accessories." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1245278595.

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Diotallevi, Gérard. "De quelques obligations accessoires au contrat de travail." Thesis, Cergy-Pontoise, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014CERG0734.

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En dehors de la loi lato sensu, la volonté des parties n'est pas la seule source normative qui pèse sur le contrat de travail. Le juge, habilité par l'article 1135 du Code civil y accessoirise des obligations qu'il créé a pari de règles existantes. Le processus ne relève ni de l'interprétation, ni du mécanisme présomptif mais d'un cheminement complétif qui aboutit à combler les lacunes du contrat ou de la loi. L'origine est à rechercher dans la nature du contrat travailliste, articulée entre un donné économique et un construit juridique. Le mécanisme complétif remontant au-delà du Code civil se projette aussi vers un droit en devenir lorsqu'il interpelle la raison, norme irrigant la Common Law, et qui profile une jurisprudence du raisonnable dans une matière où la bonne foi régnait en maître. Assis sur une exigence forte de proportionnalité entre les droits de l'employeur et les obligations du salarié, il nait par analogie en éparpillant dans la relation de travail des obligations circonstancielles dans l'intérêt d'une meilleure justice contractuelle
Outside the broadest meaning of law, the desires of the parties are not the only normative source that has an effect on work contracts. Judges authorized by Article 1135 of the Civil Code, adorn it with obligations they create in comparison with similar existing rules. The process is derived from neither interpretations nor presumptive mechanism, but from a completive progression that ends up filling in whatever is missing from the contract or from the law. Relying on a strong requirement of proportionality between the rights of the employer and the obligations of the employee, by analogy, it is born by being dissipated in the working relationship of circumstantial obligations in the interest of better contractual justice

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Arnolds, Viviane. "Principals, accessories and sentencing in international criminal law : perceptions, contradictions and the status quo." Thesis, Durham University, 2016. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/11650/.

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Since the emergence of international and hybrid criminal judicial bodies, the attribution of various modes of liability to perpetrators of the most heinous crimes has occupied a central role. However, the impact of modes of liability on the sentence has parted judges in many instances. While some judges regard the differentiation between principal perpetrators and aiders and abettors as immaterial for sentencing purposes, others have naturally referred to the notion that accessories to a crime are entitled to lower sentences. On first sight, in the absence of statutory guidance in this regard, both approaches, which derive from domestic law, seem to have their place and their advocates.

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Clevenger, Kathleen. "The art of Japanese sagemono ensembles in metals." Virtual Press, 1995. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/935917.

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The primary objective of this creative project was the exploration of Japanese sagemono ensembles and the metal working techniques needed for their creation. Sagemono ensembles are hanging accessories worn by the Japanese men of the 16th through the early 20th centuries. The secondary objective was to design and construct four sagemono ensembles using both traditional Japanese themes and patterns along with more contemporary motifs which emerged from the artist's explorations of the original Japanese ensembles. This body of work required a variety of traditional metalsmithing techniques including: complex sheet constructions, photoetching, copper-plating and forming, inlay, and casting.
Department of Art

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Partin, Jonatan, and Fredrik Söderbring. "Web-based information logistics within the supply chain : - A case study at Husqvarna AB Accessories." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Centre of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-8833.

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Information Logistics has with the rising of the new technologies developed into a key is-sue for companies seeking competitive advantage. The birth and expansion of Internet has brought down the boundaries that kept business partners from sharing extensive informa-tion between each other (McClelland, 2003). The increase of information has yielded a bet-ter understanding of your business partners and one could perhaps think that it is only positive outcomes derived from the increased information sharing. However, research show upon an extensive need for structuring the information flows which relates to an or-ganization. Gartner group (2003) presented an investigation present ting that managers spend over 49 minutes every day in their mailbox for reading and sending e-mails and Del-phi Group (2002) presented figures saying that executives spend over two hours a day searching for the right information (cited in Sandkuhl, 2005). Expected outcomes for im-proving the information logistics are however not only related to time savings activities, business partners could also expect enhanced improvement regarding business processes and operational efficiency. The need for structuring the information flow is therefore an in-teresting subject to investigate and will also be the focus of this thesis. For specifying and narrowing the theoretical framework the authors have chosen to focus upon information sharing based on a web-based system. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to analyze how a company can utilize a web-based system to share information with their first tier suppliers.

Methodology: In order to fulfil the purpose a case study approach has been chosen whereas semi-structured telephone interviews have been complimented with face-to-face interviews for gathering material. The rationale for the chosen approach was because the information needed to fulfil the purpose was of the character to be found in a qualitative study by going in-depth into the field.

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The importance in utilizing a web-based system is for the buyer to facilitate user handiness and provide trustworthy information to suppliers. The shared information has to be cor-rect, easy accessible, and customized for suppliers. Information requested by the suppliers are, updated inventory levels, lead-time from Husqvarna to end customer, back orders, or-der fulfillment, on-time deliveries, complete orders, forecasts, and sell-through information.

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Barzinskaitė, Marta. "Aksesuarų komplektas "Deformacijos"." Bachelor's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2010. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2010~D_20100902_225143-56560.

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Visais laikais žmonės savo kūnui skyrė ypatingą dėmesį, noras gražiai atrodyti vertė kentėti skausmą ir nepatogumą. Kad kūnas įgautų trokštamą siluetą, dažnai buvo naudojama pagalbinė priemonė - korsetas. Korsetas ilgus metus buvo privaloma kostiumo dalis, tik keitėsi forma, medžiagos iš kurių jis buvo gaminamas, bei dėvėjimo būdas. 1900m. korsetas išgyveno didžiausio populiarumo metą, tačiau ir šiomis dienomis aukštoji mada neišsiverčia be šios aprangos detalės. Istoriniai šaltiniai liudija, kad korsetu kūnas buvo dažniau žalojamas, nei dailinamas. Kūrybinio darbo tikslas sukurti ir įgyvendinti aksesuarų komplektą, kuris perteiktų kūno suvaržymo korsetu idėją, panaudojant netradicinį korseto vaizdą, norint pademonstruoti absurdišką savęs kankinimą dėl mados. Kūrybinio darbo pavadinimas „Deformacijos“, todėl, siekiant perteikti įvardintą temą, ypatingas dėmesys skiriamas paties kūrinio formai ir jo funkcijai, deformuoti natūralų žmogaus kūną.
At all times people gives special attention for theirs bodys, wish to be beautiful makes life uncomfortable and full of pain. To have desire siluet, often was used auxiliary tool – corset. Long time corset was mandatory costume element, only form, background material and wearing way was changed. In 1990 corset was on top of the popularity, even today haute couture fashion can not visualize models without corset. Historic resources testify, that corset ofter damaging body, than retouched. Aim of the creativ work is develop and implement accessory kit, which shows the idea of restraining the body with the unusual corset representation and also it shows absurd body torture for fashion. Title of the creative work is “Deformations”, for this reason special attention is given for item form and function, to deform natural human body.

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Stepanavičiūtė, Lina. "Moteriškų odos aksesuarų kolekcija DEJA VU – AFRIKA." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2010. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2010~D_20100125_163257-50415.

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Diplominiame darbe „Deja vu Afrika“ nagrinėjama, Afrikos tradicinė taikomojo meno estetinė sankloda ir jos semantika. Ieškoma sąsajų tarp Afrikietiškos ir Baltiškosios kultūrų. Juodasis žemynas turtingas ne tik gamta, bet ir įstabiu etniniu paveldu. Afrikos archajiškos kultūrinės tradicijos yra gyvos ir šiandieną tenykščių žmonių papročiuose, buityje, religinėse apeigose. Tai platus tyrimų ir interpretacijų laukas, leidžiantis pasireikšti neribotai fantazijai. Tyrinėjant afrikietiškos kultūros simbolius, kartu praplečiama mūsų baltiškųjų simbolių samprata. Šia studija siekiama parodyti, kad netikėtas atpažįstamumo jausmas, kylantis kūrėjui, gali būti inspiruotas ir kituose kraštuose realiai egzistuojančių simbolių. Šešių modelių kolekcija „Deja vu Afrika“ – tai žvilgsnis kitu kampu į Afrikietiškas tradicines rankines, kuriomis interpretuojant siekiama suteikti sukurtai rankinių kolekcijai savito išskirtinumo. Kūrybinė idėja inspiruota tradicinės Afrikos moterų audeklinės skaros khanga. Tai skara-aksesuaras, kuri labai plačiai naudojama čiabuvių. Joje šio žemyno moterys nešioja savo vaikus, daiktus, jomis puošiasi pačios. Kolekcijoje tradicinė skara virsta konceptualiomis odinėmis rankinėmis, krepšiais, kišenėmis. Aksesuaruose naudojamos tradicinės ir savitos odos pynimo, dažymo technologijos, organiškas spalvų bei formų žaismas.
The final thesis ”De javu Africa” analyses aesthetical background and semantics of traditional applied art of Africa. The interfaces between African and Baltic cultures are being searched. The black continent is rich not only in its nature but in its magnificent aesthetic heritage, too. African archaic cultural traditions are alive in the customs of indigenous people, their everyday life and religious rituals. It is a wide field for research and interpretations, which allows manifestation of unlimited imagination. Exploration of African cultural symbols expands the conception of our Baltic symbols. This study aims to show that a sudden feeling of recognizability that comes over creator may be inspired by the symbols actually existing in other countries. The collection of six models “De javu Africa” is a glimpse from a different angle in African traditional handbags, the interpretation of which is intended to provide specific uniqueness to the designed collection of handbags. The creative idea has been inspired by traditional African women fabric shawl called khanga. This is the shawl – accessory which is widely used by African women. They carry their children and things by them as well as smarten themselves by wearing them. In the collection traditional shawl becomes conceptual leather handbags, bags and pockets. In accessories traditional and peculiar technologies of leather weaving and dyeing are used, as well as organic play of colours and forms is applied.

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Martin, Kipp Alan. "BEHAVIOR AND DESIGN OF MONOTUBE SIGN SUPPORT STRUCTURES (VORTEX SHEDDING, DYNAMIC FORCES, STRAIN GAGE, FIELD TESTING, COMPUTER MODEL)." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291193.

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Derbyshire, Adrian. "Development of a full scale crash test procedure and evaluation of an energy absorbing pole on an embankment." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2001. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36143/1/36143_Derbyshire_2001.pdf.

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Based on the massive social cost of road crashes to the Australian community it is necessary to improve the safety of Australia's road network by undertaking focused road safety initiatives. Single vehicle run-off-road incidents with lighting poles contribute to a large proportion of road fatalities and are therefore the focus of this research. Due to poor in-service performance of slip base poles in unlevel roadside environments it is necessary to conduct full scale testing that represents actual impact conditions. Energy absorbing poles have considerable performance advantages and thus were selected as the test article for the full scale crash test contained in this research. To conduct the test it was necessary to develop a full scale test procedure based on international best practice. The procedure adopted to guide the test vehicle utilises a guide cable and steering attachment with a tow vehicle capable of accelerating a mass of up to 2 tonnes to 100 km/h within four kilometres per hour of the design impact speed.The test arrangement simulates an 820 kilogram vehicle leaving the carriageway at an angle of twenty degrees, and over a verge at 70 km/h. A test height of 600mm above the normal impact height that would occur on a level grade was selected based on an investigation of typical roadside topography. Based on preliminary trials and the results of the pole test, the procedure was considered acceptable and recommended for use in future testing applications. The performance of the energy absorbing pole was satisfactory, according to the evaluation criteria contained in NCHRP Report 350. Detachment of the luminaire and outreach arm detracted from the overall performance of the pole.

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LIN, YI-HSIEN, and 林怡嫻. "Blessing Accessories." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/k5kr7q.

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碩士
嶺東科技大學
流行設計系碩士班
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As time passes by, and changes in society and living styles, religious practices are influenced by geography, society, economy and politics. For example, worship ceremonies nowadays are becoming significant characteristics of Chinese tourism and culture. Taiwan, with its economic origins in agriculture, has many worship practices to various gods based on the seasonal changes within a year. Through these religious ceremonies immersed in daily life, people establish a joyful and harmonious relationship with mother nature. In addition, these religious practices creates a sense of belonging among communities and provide a channel for stress relieve. There are three main purposes for the design works below: 1. Understand the meaning of traditional Taiwanese peace blessing charms and auspicious patterns via analyzing archive works. 2. Transform the meaning of praying for blessing into designs, incorporating on bags for visitors praying in temples. 3. Through observing and exploring archive works, provide designers a creative thinking and work model, that could be reference for Taiwan's cultural and creative industry. Bag design is divided into five pieces of work: "Yuan", "Ji", "Ju", "Xin" and "Green bags" . 1. "Yuan" creative elements drawn peach theme, in the traditional decoration on the classification of plants, meaning as a symbol, the color application of red, pink and pink to make the theme of "heaven-sent good fortune" meaning. 2. "Ji" creative elements Extracted orange as the theme, in the traditional decoration on the classification of plants, the meaning of homophonic, color application of orange to make the theme of "good luck" meaning. 3. "Ju" The theme of "capturing" bamboo-picking elements in the traditional motifs is symbolized by plants, symbolizing the use of dark green and light green colors. The theme of the theme is "to catch up with the enemy and keep rising" . 4. "Xin" creative elements drawn Fucai tree cornucopia as the theme, in the traditional decoration cabinet for the objects and plants, meaning a symbol, the application of gold color, yellow and green, so that the theme of "multi-gold, Lucky Treasure ". 5. " Green Bag" creative elements drawn safe theme, on behalf of safe and evil to avoid evil, color application of red, so that the theme of "carry a safe and environmentally friendly" meaning. This design work combines the core of traditional Taiwanese auspicious patterns with the fashion industry. They have been exhibited in public since May 2016 and are highly appreciated by the crowd. However, due to limitations of the PVC material used, a possible adjustment for future designs could be using alternative materials with water-proof qualities. Hope the suggestions above will prove to be informational to future designers.

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Kuo, Yu-lin, and 郭祐麟. "The Dating,Authentication and Identification of Accessories Chinese Ornamental Jade Swords and Their Accessories." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/07145577215219189545.

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國立雲林科技大學
文化資產維護系碩士班
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The main focus of this thesis is actual ancient ornamental jade swords and their accessories: those which have actually been discovered. These include sword pommels, sword guards, scabbard slides and scabbard chapes which may be independent or combined. They date from the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States Period and the Qin and Han Dynasties when the production, utilization and ornamentation of jade were at their peaks. It reflects the intricacy of the system by which jade indicated social status, the reverence for jade among the élite, and the full extent to which jade craftsmen were able to combine the skills of ornamentation with the production of every-day necessities. There are few illustrations of jade objects in books on ancient jade ornaments for a number of complex reasons including the plundering of graves and other forms of human interference, so how to collect and to utilize this incomplete and sparse resource for research purposes has become extremely important; generally, extensive research and collection are required. This thesis is based on today’s references for archeological excavation, combining historical records and studies, in addition to my personal practical experience in museum artifacts conservation and treatment over a number of years. The aim is to establish the typical form and standard method of production of the ancients by means of archeological analysis as well as to trace developments and changes through appreciation of both the art and craft, in order to distinguish the dates and/or the periods of the swords and their accessories, and to provide powerful evidence that can be used in their identification. The thesis aims at substantive and varied connections and comparisons and a comprehensive research technique, and, finally, accumulation facilitate the excavation and collection of artifacts.

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Chen, Zong You, and 陳宗佑. "Wireless Universal -Endoscope Image Accessories." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/6waptb.

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國立臺北科技大學
製造科技研究所
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The purpose of this study is to develop a simplified mobile imaging system and apply it to image-assisted endoscopic surgery. Its design mainly provides medical personnel with the mobility of the device as the main axis. The doctor transmits the image of the endoscope through several small incisions on the chest to the display as a surgical field of view, and there are many transmission lines during the operation, and this study as a wireless imaging device can reduce the interference of medical personnel. The wireless universal endoscope image accessory is based on the IEEE 802.11 wireless communication technology, and adopts RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol) to obtain instant transmission of the screen obtained by the endoscope, and uses the wireless method throughout the entire process. To assist in endoscopic surgery. This wireless universal endoscope image accessory has excellent features such as portability and ease of operation, and is mobile and can be replaced at any time to extend the operation time when needed. The endoscope image accessories of this study are in image resolution. Up to 848*480, the delay between wireless image transmission and actual time is only 0.16 seconds, and the battery life can be up to 6 hours, while the maximum brightness of about 3 cm from the object under the operation of the endoscope is 4450 lx. This has met the needs of conventional general endoscopic surgery.

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Kao, An-Tzu, and 高安慈. "Floral Silk – design of hair accessories." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/xbh46w.

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嶺東科技大學
流行設計系碩士班
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The survey of Japan National Tourism Organization and Tourism Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and communications, Republic of China has revealed the Taiwanese fanaticism for Japan culture and custom. Japan has narrow land with different seasons for flowers blooming the whole year, and numerous festivals which are usually religious and held by shrines or temples. In Japan’s tradition, Japanese believe in the existence of deity since ancient time and therefore they hold the festivals to worship deity. After doing the research and collecting the information, creator uses the flowers which represent four seasons and diverse festivals in Japan to become the materials of headdresses. There are lots of similarities between Taiwan twined flowers handcrafts and Japan tsumami zaiku, and it is because both of them belong to traditional handcrafts, women’s work and decorative fabric. Moreover, they both have the attitude toward praying and wishing for the public as well as the pleased atmosphere surrounding them. After doing some research, the creator finds out that the technique of Japan tsumami zaiku is still popular until now; and the works like hairpins made by tsumami zaiku technique usually are indispensable hair accessories to fit Japanese kimonos and bathrobes on their festivals, so these kinds of works are so common for Japanese that they can easily be found at department stores and some shops in Japan. However, the works of twined flowers handcrafts are used in some traditional Taiwanese weddings occasionally rather than commonly used in our festivals, so these kinds of works are just like the craftsmen’s private collections and are just sold in some specific places. Combining the above two kinds of handicrafts, the designer created the new kind of artificial floral skill. At the exhibition, the creator’s works will let visitors enjoy and inquire. We hope that the visitors can admire the creator’s hard work and encourage the creator to have much confidence on designing the new works combined with tradition and innovation. This creation is inspired by the Taiwanese traditional twined flowers handcrafts and Japanese tsumami zaiku, and it mainly combines these two techniques to show the innovation. The followings are six pieces of works: Spring Cherry, Purple Laurustinus, Summer Firework, Autumn Maple, Autumn Chrysanthemum, and Winter Plum Blossom. Spring Cherry is from cherries and Hanami dango; Purple Laurustinus is from laurustinus and the paper balls used in Chinese Valentine's Day; Summer Firework is from fireworks, the games of fishing for goldfish and the Japan Daimonji Gozan no Okuribi Festival; Autumn Maple is from maples and autumn crabs, Autumn Chrysanthemum is from chrysanthemums, and Winter Plum Blossom is from plum blossoms and icicles.

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"Direct marketing in Hong Kong: men's accessories." Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5887549.

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by Leung Wing Yiu, Raymond, Wong Shung Yan.
Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-84).
ABSTRACT --- p.ii
TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.vi
Chapter
Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1
Purpose
Definition of Direct Marketing
Direct Marketing Businesses in South East Asia
Singapore
Thailand
Malaysia
Taiwan
Direct Marketing Businesses in Hong Kong
Opportunities and Difficulties of Direct Marketing in Hong Kong
Consumer Attitude Towards Direct Marketing in Hong Kong
Chapter 2 --- METHODOLOGY --- p.15
Literature Review
Interview with Local Direct Marketing Media and Practitioners
Focus Group Interview
Identification of Opportunities and Difficulties
Feasibility Study
Chapter 3 --- INTERVIEW WITH PRACTITIONERS IN HONG KONG --- p.19
Interview with Mr. David Kwong of Bank of China Credit Cards
Introduction
Products Offered Through Direct Marketing
Criteria for Good Selling Products
Customer Information Maintenance
Interview with Ms Panky Poon of Chase Credit Card
Products Offered Through Direct Marketing
Criteria for Good Selling Products
Customer Relationship Maintenance
Interview with Mr. Peter Stening of Ball Partnership
Companies Served by Ball in Direct Marketing
Benefits and Difficulties of Using Direct Marketing
Outlook of Direct Marketing
Interview with Mr. Alan Ng of Ogilvy & Mather Direct
Products Offered Through Direct Marketing
Benefits and Difficulties of Using Direct Marketing
Outlook of Direct Marketing
Chapter 4 --- FOCUS GROUP INTERVIEWS --- p.26
The Questionnaire
The Interview Discussion
Demographics
The Questionnaire Result
The Interview Result
General Attitude
Accessory Products
Direct Marketing of Accessory Products
Direct Marketing of Ties
Chapter 5 --- OPPORTUNITIES AND DIFFICULTIES --- p.41
Consumer Attitudes
Value of Product
Convenience
Confidence in Marketer and Product
Product Attributes
Product Uniqueness
Product Price
Non-necessities
Added Value
Marketing Attributes
The Customer Database
A Reputable Marketer with Good Quality Product
Pre-examination of Product Before Purchase
Difficulties
Chapter 6 --- MEN'S ACCESSORIES --- p.48
The Market
The Product
The Supplier
Chapter 7 --- FEASIBILITY STUDY --- p.52
Factors affecting Direct Marketing of Men's Accessories
Suggested Approach to Direct Marketing
Product
Price
Mode of Distribution
Promotion
Customers Maintenance
Financial Analysis
Marketing Cost
Required Revenue
Shortcomings
Chapter 8 --- CONCLUSION --- p.63
Direct Marketing in General
Direct Marketing of Men's Accessories
Limitations of the Study
Viewpoints on Direct Marketing of Men's Accessories
Recommendations for Further Studies
APPENDIX
Chapter 1 --- QUESTIONNAIRE --- p.70
Chapter 2 --- OUTLINE OF FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION --- p.73
Chapter 3 --- THE BERTINI PRODUCT CATALOGUES --- p.75
BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.82

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Ho, Shi Lin, and 何希麟. "Garment accessories industry consolidation strategy of transition." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/49848919621885943067.

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國立政治大學
經營管理碩士學程(EMBA)
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The main purpose of this study is to investigate Taiwan's fashion industry, once in the export of Taiwan's exports of 60.70 era a success, but also led the development of upstream textile fabrics industry, and design new patterns of professional development, and printing and dyeing industry, technological breakthroughs, more and even affect Downstream industry produces another batch of materials, size, no less than tens of thousands of manufacturers. The so－called clothing accessories that is material/spare parts, but with economic growth in Taiwan 80 era, wage inflation, currency appreciation, and other factors, these labor－intensive industries was considered by the Chinese mainland and Southeast Asia. Central Asia. Central America and South America. Africa ... and other developing countries, gradually replacing, competitiveness lost. Once upon a time they set off or Taiwan's export contribution of the pioneer who is now living on their native place more than their survival. Taiwan's garment industry, the near－emptying clothing accessories expected, the industry chain from Taipei City Tihua Street and Wing Lok fabric cloth wholesale market economy obvious visible in today. From its heyday to the present sporadic scattered, not spectacular Cause for regret. I expected as a garment industry in which Deputy member of deeply personal pain. therefore PK Industries of the Company as a case, thirty years of experience working the idea, the focus of migration experienced business transformation strategy, yet to be surviving so far, EMBA program by two years while the influence of baptism, then the company has put years of operating experience combined with the theoretical idea, the next step from the academic point of view of any business strategy and restructuring and upgrading.

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Bui, Dung-Kim-Thi, and 裴氏金容. "Optimal Production Strategies for Remanufacturing of Computer Accessories." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/m75s8f.

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中原大學
工業工程研究所
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One of the foremost difficulties in remanufacturing is the uncertainty of return rate which directly influences the profit-making of companies. Hence, for remanufacturing to acquire huge prosperity, there is an indispensable prerequisite to precisely strategize the production quantity as much as possible. This paper proposes two models throughout the remanufacturing process of computer accessories, which is composed of (1) prior to the arrival of products, a stochastic return rate is used for initially setting up the layout, equipment, and manpower; and (2) after the used products have arrived, the quantity of each used product is known for production plan in each period. In these models, pure remanufacturing and decentralized input setting are applied by considering the product life cycle. Simultaneously, a theoretical definition and framework of remanufacturing are offered to have a more general view in this study. Examples are provided for illustrating the proposed models and are run on the AIMMS software. In addition, some parameters such as optimum quantity, inventory stock, production cost, setup cost, and inventory cost which are the major influencing characteristics to total profit are examined. We believe that using these models in remanufacturing, the operations in companies will be smoother and more profitable.

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YANG, CHUAN-LIANG, and 楊川量. "Consumer Buying Behaviors on Auto Parts and Accessories." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/547nvv.

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東海大學
高階經營管理碩士在職專班
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Title of Thesis：Consumer Buying Behaviors on Auto Parts and Accessories Name of Institute：Tunghai University Executive Master of Business Administration Program Graduation Time：（06／2017） Student Name：Yang, Chuan-Liang Advisor Name：Dr. Wu, Jin-Shan Abstract： Car department store consumption behavior research is quite inadequate in Taiwan. This study examines the gender, age, and occupancy of consumers on the purchase of car department stores. The research object is mainly aimed at who consumes in the car department store chain in Taichung. In recent years, the automotive industry-related car department store, is developed for the automotive market that combined with retail sales, after-sales installation, and maintenance. Moreover, in recent years this industry is booming in Taiwan. And the expected contender is the original car brand for the most important competition. Therefore, this study on the anti-radar, audio, tires, oil for gender, age, consumption amount of consumer behavior analysis. And in the above four categories due to gender, age caused by different preferences. From the statistics provided to the industry in the procurement strategy, advertising strategy to help. Keyword: Car department stores, Consumer behavior, Demographic variables, Market segments

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WANG, YU-JYUN, and 王玉君. "A Study of Clothing and Accessories for Cosplay." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/79374124234650230344.

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高苑科技大學
資訊科技應用研究所
105
Game industry is growing fast in the near decade. Enormous profit and the potential prospect future attract more and more investors to join this industry. That causes the competition in the current gaming area is getting severer. Meanwhile, the competition also brings some revolutions to the game developments such as turning from the single person creation to team R&D. Hence, the emerging game R&D brings huge job opportunities and leads the game R&D toward game industry. Though the game market in Taiwan has grown matured and leads the top of fashion, the relating game design and research are still far behind the market. That makes the local game R&D stands at a disadvantaged position, and restricts the growing of game R&D capability. This study goes straight inside to the role design field of games in terms of version design. The study will make a conclusion based on the role design processes, concepts, target models and players’ perception and try to give suggestions on those issues. This study takes the qualitative method by interviewing game designing groups and players respectively for data collections. The major point discovered by this study is that the game role design processed can help to increase the smooth of game design process when it is differentiated by the story-oriented and art-oriented. In game design concepts part, the game proposals of the target models of role design and leading direction are relevant to the game scenarios and the tensile of story. The concepts of role designing focuses on points such as role characters, personalities, historical background and so on.. The appearance of version design draws the attention to the role appearance and role motion. The study found the fact that the game roles are playing an even more important part than the game developing groups thought in players’ cognitions. From the players’ view, the degree of good and bad, functionality, encouragement and entertainment experiences of role design in games seem all included in players’ cognition range. The results of this study can be provided for online game production art as a reference.

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郭芳瑜. "Sisters─The image of Goldfish applied in accessories." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/15535010737175748113.

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碩士
國立臺南藝術大學
應用藝術研究所
99
This essay is served as the author’s paper report on exploiting goldfish images to the metal crafts of family decorations and accessories. Goldfish has been Chinese favorite since ancient time—due to the fact that goldfish contains the meanings of happiness, luck and blessing. The ideas that the designer wished to convey are utilizing goldfish figures as an element and combining it to metalsmithing endowed with blessing to families. By adopting the element of goldfish figure and re-presenting with simplified and symbolic methods, the author created the works signifying luck and fortune. On the basis of theories, this essay collected the historic background of goldfish and its alterations over time, as well as analyzed the varieties of development applied goldfish figures to modern accessory design. Moreover, the symbolic metaphors of goldfish throughout the Chinese history were also assembled. The works included family decoration and accessories. In the term of forms, the author used the favorable figure of goldfish, such as its tail fin and body shape, to express the blessing for one’s family. The author had applied the techniques of metalsmithing, such as soldering, wax carving, and lacquer art, to create the works that were rich in the images of goldfish. By combining the different forms of goldfish and modern accessory design, the works will be well-recieved and make the spirit that goldfish contains last beyond.

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Lin, Yu-Chih, and 林育志. "Design Patent Research and Analysis - Apparel and Accessories." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/63278714305612389277.

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碩士
輔仁大學
織品服裝學系碩士班
101
The development on textile industry technology along with product innovation, which leads fashion clothes enter into a new trend. Product design leads to patents and patents are the focus of future development. The product innovation, uniqueness, exquisiteness, design etc which will all be the future development goals of clothing and haberdashery. The purpose of this study helps us to understand future development on clothing and haberdashery relevant to design patents. Patent analysis methods include the product factor analysis, the number of patent applications over the years, and citation information detail analysis. This analysis explores the design patents development progress on clothing and haberdashery which provide priority on product development trends to relevant industry. Based on the results in 02-01, we found 33% of woman underwear patent designs are women tight underwear, bras and pajamas type of underwear. In 02-02, the raincoat patent designs are 11% among clothes and in 02-03 hats patent designs are 15% of its total. And in 02-04 socks patent designs, include type of shoes, socks and stock are accounted by1% of its total. In 02-05, there are 50% of tie has patent designs including neckties, shawls, scarves and handkerchiefs and bike gloves patent design number in 02-06 are accounted 75% of all types of gloves. And in 02-07 ornament patent designs are accounted 1% of haberdashery and clothing accessories. From the patent analysis, we can understand the product development and its historical changes. Patent trend development of clothing and jewelry on various design elements that can lead to a new product design, including shape, pattern and color mix. And in order to have different design style in different fashion areas and patent development, it is critical to analyze the dependencies on all factors of design patents.

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YANG, TUN-TING, and 楊惇婷. "The Application of Accessories for Taiwanese Wedding Dress." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/m9h3hu.

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碩士
正修科技大學
化妝品與時尚彩妝研究所
106
Taiwan, which has the reputation of "The Kingdom of Weddings," and ranks the first of the world in output value for past 30 years. Taiwan’s wedding industry output was NT$10 billion, and more than 90% of the just married couples take wedding photographs. Under the consumer behavior and culture background, wedding industry has become the indispensable part of the social customs. However, both marriage and birth rates have been declining year by year because of the transformation of the overall social atmosphere and household population structure. Moreover, the consumers’ demands for the wedding dresses changed all the time. That’s the reasons why the wedding industry become more challenging than ever. This study firstly explores the design focus of the wedding dresses based on different periods in Taiwan. Second, the author used the color features of Taiwanese flowers and blends with modern artists - Naokawa Michikawa and Kusama Yayoi to create different brides' overall modeling works combining aesthetic creations and modern dresses. Most creations are commonly used of the bride modeling, such as crowns, necklaces, shoulder ornaments, and bracelets, etc. Furthermore, the rose, gerbera, chrysanthemum, eustoma, and vandalan are also used as the basic design elements. Using the aluminum wire as the core material, the useful bride modeling decorations are made in the creation process. In order to enhance the completeness of the bride's overall appearance, the matching of wedding dresses and accessories is relatively important. Therefore, this research create a variety of styles and combinations designing from the local flowers. We hope the bride modeling and styling could be re-define and re-design. The Taiwan Wedding industry would have a better development in the future.

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"Business plan for J & R Inc: a new venture." Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5888311.

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by Lam Bik-yan Ruby, Lau Chuk Man Jacqueline.
Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995.
Includes bibliographical references (leaf 76).
ABSTRACT --- p.ii
TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.v
Chapter
Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1
Chapter II. --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.3
Market Segmentation and Product Positioning Strategies --- p.3
Customer's Purchasing Behavior --- p.5
The Needs and Wants of Clothing and Accessories --- p.6
Theories of Fashion Adoption --- p.6
Factors Affecting the Needs and Wants of Fashion Merchandises --- p.8
Effects of Fashion on the Shopping Habits --- p.10
The Hair Accessories Business --- p.10
Chapter III. --- MARKET SURVEY --- p.12
Objective --- p.12
Methodology --- p.12
Limitations --- p.13
The Questionnaire --- p.13
Sample Size --- p.14
Processing of Survey Data --- p.14
Survey Findings and Interpretation --- p.14
Chapter IV. --- FOCUS GROUP STUDIES --- p.17
Purpose and Objectives --- p.17
Compositions --- p.17
Issues Discussed --- p.20
Findings --- p.21
Implications --- p.24
Chapter V. --- "INTERVIEW WITH HAIR ACCESSORIES ENTREPRENEUR IN HONG KONG, CHERRY CHAU" --- p.26
History of the Cherry Chau Creations --- p.26
The Cherry Chau Concept --- p.27
Conclusion --- p.30
Further Advice --- p.30
Chapter VI. --- THE BUSINESS PLAN --- p.33
Executive Summary --- p.33
The Enterprise --- p.36
Market Analysis --- p.37
Products and Services --- p.41
Marketing Strategies --- p.45
Operations --- p.49
Management and Organization --- p.52
Risk Reduction Strategies --- p.55
Exit Strategies --- p.56
Financial Data --- p.56
Capitalization and Structure --- p.63
APPENDIX --- p.64
BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.79

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李明慶. "Determinants of Customer Behavior Towards Fashionable Clothes and Accessories." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/373b63.

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碩士
美和科技大學
企業管理系經營管理碩士班
104
There are five chapters structured in this study. Chapter 1 outlines the background and motivations, purposes and objectives, scope, procedures and structure of the study. Chapter 2 presents review of literature, specifically some models and previous researches, from which the author can suggest a research model used to identify the determinants of customer behavior towards fashionable clothes and accessories imported by Nha Be Company. Chapter 3 presents data collection, conceptual framework of this study. It explains how the experimental factors influence on the model and at the same time a model is illustrated the effect of independent variables on dependent variables as well. Chapter 4 presents the descriptive results and the results of data analysis associated with each research hypothesis of this study. Descriptive results include the basic characteristics of respondents, descriptive statistics of research items. The results of data analysis associated with each research hypothesis present using factors analysis and linear regression results. Chapter 5 presents the conclusions of empirical study, academic researchers, and final recommendations. Nha Be Company has weak internal training as the educational system focuses strongly on theoretical and the non-practical management environment. In fact, in the garment and textile industry, the higher skilled employees are preferable than the theoretical ones. Thus, Nha Be Company can save cost by recruiting a numbers of high skilled labors and establishes the internal training mechanism of which high skilled labors will teach and share experiences with other employees.

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SHIANG, CHE-WEI, and 向哲緯. "Manifestation of Simplicity in the Design of Home Accessories." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/5kc52r.

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碩士
實踐大學
工業產品設計學系碩士班
105
Simplicity design, in modern times, goes beyond the mere pursuit of a “simple” appearance; the true value of simplicity lies in the harmony between product functions and users instincts. The recent wave in pursuing simplicity is fueled by re-defining simplicity—that is, to give daily-life products the simplest interpretation. The aim of this study is to analyze how designer/brand interprets simplicity in design through integrating self-awareness. Using classic works by renowned designers and brands as references, the study further examines the form and the aesthetic theory of simplicity and develops a design method for the making of home accessories. By participating design cometitions and exhibition, the study keeps modifying the details of design. According conclusion of the study, the second part focuses on product producing. By giving products commercial values based on the re-defined brand image, branding and pricing the products will have the opportunity to showcase at national and international design exhibitions. This further enables a chance to face the challenges and opportunities brought upon by the consumers and the market. The ultimate goal of this study is to set an example for designers wishing and planning to set up a new brand.

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Lin, Hsin-Chen, and 林欣晨. "Taiwan's Online Auction Market of Women's Clothing and Accessories." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/23565195100381661162.

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碩士
國立交通大學
科技管理研究所
94
This research analyzed the supply and demand of the online auction market of women’s clothing and accessories in Taiwan. Literatures of Taiwan’s online auction market and the behavior of online auction consumers were reviewed. From consumer’s demand perspective, consumer decision process affecting “to bid” or “not to bid” a product on an auction website was explored. Online auction sellers must increase brand awareness, consumer purchasing intention, and trading satisfaction. From a supply’s perspective, the author studied twelve prominent Yahoo! online sellers (Power Sellers) for women’s clothing and accessories. Their competitive strategies, value activities, sources of competitiveness, key success factors were analyzed. A modified dynamic feedback loop model by Hagel & Armstrong (1997) was proposed. The study showed that most prominent online sellers target either female fashionable students or female job holders between the ages of 20-30. Most of all power sellers used low price strategy to remain competitive. Several power sellers provided unique design or became domestic representative of foreign products to emphasize its uniqueness. Some used a cost leadership strategy. Two focused on niche markets. One provided branded products with good quality. Value activities and the sources of competitiveness of online sellers were different with different strategies. Most of all, sellers should provide product mix that can meet target customers’ needs at a reasonable price range. The sellers must be able to attract consumers, increase consumer purchase intentions, and improve satisfaction in trade experience. Business strategies for online auction sellers were recommended.

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Lopes, Joséphine Gaspar. "Marketing plan for workshop and accessories area of proóptica." Master's thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/11492.

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JEL: M11 – Production Management; M31 – Marketing
Proóptica is a Portuguese company acting in the Optical Market as a distributor of international and national brands of this market. The company acts in four main areas: Frames and Sunglasses; Workshop and Accessories; Lenses and Design + Architecture. In April of 2014 I was invited by Professor Luís Justino to start an internship at this company. This was the year of turnover for Workshop and Accessories strategic business area that wanted to stop being a complementary area of frames and sunglasses, and start to be a more autonomous and present business area in the Portuguese market. Soon I realized that for this goal to be possible, a solid marketing plan needed to be constructed. Although, this seems to be a hard task, since the current optical market is changing every day and faces this business area as one of its last concerns in terms of needs and offer. Thus, this project proposes a possible market plan for this business area, mainly based on a deep external and internal analysis that observed the organization, the competition and the customer’s behaviour and needs. Through this analysis, marketing actions were proposed and carefully planned, following the marketing mix theory: product actions, price actions, place actions and promotion actions.
A Proóptica é uma empresa portuguesa que actua no Mercado português de óptica, enquanto distribuidor de marcas nacionais e internacionais. A empresa actua em quatro áreas principais: Armações e Óculos de Sol; Oficina e Acessórios; Lentes e Design + Arquitectura. Em Abril de 2014, fui convidada pelo Professor Luís Justino, a iniciar um estágio na sua empresa de óptica. Este foi também o ano de mudança para a área de Oficina e Acessórios, que ambicionava deixar de ser uma área complementar das Armações e Óculos de Sol, e passar a ser uma unidade de negócio autónoma e presente no mercado português de óptica. Cedo compreendi que esta meta apenas seria possível se fosse criado um sólido plano de marketing para a área de negócio. No entanto, esta parece ser uma tarefa difícil, uma vez que o mercado da óptica está em constante mudança e considera esta área de negócio como uma das suas últimas preocupações em termos de necessidades e oferta. Assim, este projecto propõe um possível plano de marketing para esta área de negócio, maioritariamente baseado numa profunda análise interna e externa do mercado, que analisa a organização, a concorrência e o comportamento e necessidades do consumidor. Após esta análise são propostas acções de marketing cuidadosamente planeadas, que seguem a teoria do marketing mix: acções de produto, acções de preço, acções de distribuição e acções de comunicação.

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Tsai, Yun-Hsin, and 蔡昀芯. "Parameter Design─A Case Study on the Design of Accessories." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/33rj49.

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碩士
國立臺中教育大學
數位內容科技學系碩士班
103
Technology brings crafts to innovation is the common trend in terms of worldwide now days. Under the impact of the modern technology, the usage of combining crafts and technology has become more and more popularize. Moreover, by implementing 3D Digital Design technology, the design of jewelry accessory has opened up a whole new area and also built an artistic creation era. Therefore, this study is basically based upon the parametric design style method and parametric design software to combine the application of digital sculpture, and use rapid prototyping technique of 3D digital design, which integrate the beauty of art and technology, on conducting innovative application of jewelry accessory. This design process is particularly suitable for jewelry surface texture authoring and decorated change application. This research at last provides three unique innovative application examples to prove this innovative design process can perfectly present rich design variation、autonomy and deformation adjustment convenience quickly. Therefore, this research paper expects this developed parametric design process can provide a concrete and effective innovative application reference to jewelry design related industries in Taiwan.

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Long-FonWu and 吳榮鋒. "Factors Affecting Continuous Purchase Decision on Y Company’s Cable Accessories." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/23rj6m.

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碩士
國立成功大學
高階管理碩士在職專班(EMBA)
105
This study is mainly for cable-tie products, here is called“wiring accessories”. Due to the low cost, they have had so wide application that their market becomes so much competitive in price. In recent years, China identifies himself the workshop of the world, and initiates price war. With the global recession, and depressed demand, the low-cost market is often heard over requested quality. This study primarily focused on exploring the key factors for the repeat purchase of Company Y’s wiring accessories by using the companies who had purchased from Company Y in the past three years as the study subjects. 140 questionnaires were distributed and 88 were returned, an effective return rate of 63%. Based on the 88 returned questionnaires, statistical analysis software, SPSS and E-View software, are applied to perform factor loading、reliability、validity analysis、Pearson correlation analysis and regression analysis based on Linear Probability Model accordingly. All items of each constructs are all satisfied. And, every factor has perfectly high consistency and reliability among its items. The final regression results of an adjusted coefficient of determination (R-Squared) reaching 87.7% shows a very satisfactory explanation of the model overall. Results from the linear probability analysis indicates that customer satisfaction and customer relationship both constructs shows positively and significantly impact on repeat purchase. It also shows the followings: (1) 「a complete repurchasing order」of the customer relationship construct has the most positively and significantly impact on repeat purchase. (2) In terms of the customer satisfaction construct, 「state-of-art technology」、「respect attitude」、and 「good value for price」all have positively and significantly impact on repeat purchase. (3) Among Company Y’s customer data or variables, only customers graded A class Vs. customers graded C has positively and almost significantly difference on repurchasing behavior. This meant customers who has greater amount of annual transaction with the focal firm will be more likely to repurchase Company Y’s product. Others showed that customer location, customer grade, and customer type to repurchase Company Y’s product make no significant difference.

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Lei, Yu-Chun, and 雷渝鈞. "A Study of the Automotive Accessories Industry Competitive Advantage Strategies." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/39362314323807278736.

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碩士
東吳大學
企業管理學系
99
The auto-accessory industry in Taiwan has been through almost 60 years. It has gone through Birth, Growth, and Shakeout till now in the Maturity phase. It was a great fortune business in the past. Nowadays, ever since Taiwan joined the WTO and facing the challenge from the prompt emerged market in China, more and more Taiwanese firms are either close down or shift to overseas. This research aims to find out what made the auto-accessory industry became successful in the past. And what is its future trend. In order to achieve these goals, this research would accomplished by using the Porter’s Five Forces Analysis, SWOT Analysis, and case study to find out the right strategies for Taiwanese auto-accessory industry in the future. The result, in the Five Forces analysis, it shows that, the rivalry among existing firms is low due to the saturated and oligopoly market in Taiwan. Both of the bargaining power of suppliers and buyers are high because of SMEs have less negotiating power, and both of the threat of substitute and new entrants are low in the industry.

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Chou, Chia-Cheng, and 周嘉政. "The Application of Artificial Nail to the Creation of Accessories." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/85927335337238822550.

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碩士
樹德科技大學
應用設計研究所
99
The use of artificial nails is not only a fashion statement but also reflects modern people’s increasing emphasis on living quality and personal value. However, the existing accessories in the market are quite similar in appearance, thus falling short in satisfying customers’ needs. Therefore, the application of artificial nails in fashion accessories should involve not only a decorative function but can also convey a feeling of warmth and delight to the customers. The creativity reflected in the different applications of artificial nails can lead to market differentiation. This study focuses on the application of artificial nails to the design of accessories from the perspectives of fashion, product popularity and creativity, because the application of artificial nails is believed to be an upcoming trend in aesthetics; artificial nails are expected to become mainstream in future accessory design. Based on the above concept, the underlying elements of artificial nails were used in the creation of accessories. The artworks: ‘Clown Teardrops’ and ‘Angels with Masks’ by the artist Hsu Tzu-Kuey, and ‘Pluck Flowers and Play with Tides” by Zeng Ying-Dong were referred to, with their underlying design elements used to infuse strong vitality to the accessories. First, the market demand regarding artificial nails was analyzed. The five characteristics regarding artificial nails, including: color, type, style, impression, and designer were used to build the representative elements for accessory design and to incorporate these characteristics into the creation of accessories. In addition, simple means of association were employed to build the contextual language so as to transform the characteristics of artificial nails to the design of accessory products. In this study, the design and production process of various types of artificial nail were analyzed and the design ideas underlying the nails were used to produce a variety of graphic, 3-D and decorative artificial nail models, as well as to make a 3-D visual model to explain the practicability of artificial nails being applied to the creation of accessories. Everything from the conception to the creation of accessories stemming from the elements of artificial nail in this study was considered for follow-up skill development and practice. Graphic and 3-D accessories were also expected to be developed and produced so that the design of artificial nails can be applied in a more practical way and with more contributions to the economy and the industry, by more closely integrating theory and practice.

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Cheng, Chang-Yi, and 鄭淐靾. "A Study on Optimizing Maintenance Schedule for Aircraft Engine Accessories." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/16877552424065936899.

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碩士
國防大學理工學院
兵器系統工程碩士班
101
The annual repair task for military base level mainly relies on the maintenance scheduling program which affects the maintenance performance. In recent years, the military organization has been streamlined largely to make implementation of military task more efficient. Furthermore, an excellent maintenance schedule can avoid unnecessary wastes of human resources and efficiently support requirements of military drills, and thereby enhance the warfare force. This thesis simulates the scenario regarding the maintenance of aircraft engine accessories to establish a “hybrid flow shop maintenance scheduling model with machine availability constraints consideration”. An improved particle swarm optimization (IPSO) is proposed to optimize the established maintenance model. The ISPO proposed consists of two stages. The first stage mainly adopts the idea of linear time-varying approach in which the values of search parameters of IPSO are varied with the increment of iterations instead of constant setting for conventional PSO to improve the ability of particles to explore the entire solutions area. The second stage utilizes the variable neighborhood search (VNS) approach to search intensively the area around the best solutions obtained from the first stage in hope to further the solutions efficacy. The parameters settings of time-varying approach are determined via response surface methodology instead of trial-and-error method. The well-known benchmark problems for static hybrid flow shop verify the effectiveness of the proposed approach. Finally, the proposed approach is employed to optimize a real case of maintenance schedule of aircraft engine accessories to extend the practicality of this thesis.

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Hsu, Cheng-Hung, and 許丞宏. "Design and Assembly of Automatic Manufacture Equipment for Bicycle Accessories." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/4g9eth.

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碩士
國立虎尾科技大學
機械與電腦輔助工程系碩士班
102
The design and assembly of automatic manufacture equipment are studied for bicycle accessories. The automatic manufacture, programmable logic controller (PLC) and mechatronics system are mainly developed for asymmetric rotation of manufacturing industry. The study designs an automatic manufacture that provided a rotation (flip-flop) function for bicycle accessories processing. The architecture PLC and mechatronics system consists of two servo motors, a stepper motor, a motor driver, a programmable logic controller (PLC), a human machine interface, a pneumatic solenoid valve, rotate the hand wheel and sensors. Two servo motors and a stepper motor are used for platforms of X and Z and a rotator, respectively. Experiment results show that the alignment of initial position can be reached by the stepper motor and a proximity sensor. In addition, PLC and motor driver can execute the rotations of 90 or -90 degrees of jig position. During the alignment control, the input pulse of step motor cannot be set smaller than 50 Hz, because the motor will produce shock. However, when the mechanism execute spin, the proximity sensors will give PLC signal that confirm air cylinder is not yet execute to prevent motor damage. Therefore, this study provides the fully automatic manufacture for bicycle accessories that designed according to the demand of market; it can provide different specifications and different shapes for asymmetric rotation of manufacturing industry.

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Narainpersad, Nicolisha. "Cationic liposome mediated targeted gene delivery with and without pegylated accessories." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/8352.

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As a consequence of safety issues encountered by the use of viral vectors in gene therapy, there has been a steady increase in the development and application of non-viral vectors, especially liposomes. Cationic liposome mediated delivery is one of the most promising nonviral delivery methods. These liposomes are prepared from synthetic lipids, are positively charged and interact favourably with DNA through electrostatic interactions. Cationic liposomes have also shown immense potential in the targeting of specific cell types such as HepG2 (hepatocellular carcinoma) cells, a model in vitro gene delivery system for the study of hepatocyte function. However, these liposomes also have a number of limitations in vivo. In an attempt to overcome these restrictions, a hydrophilic polymer, polyethylene glycol (PEG) is incorporated into the cationic liposome. This covalent attachment of (PEG) to the liposomal surface is thought to sterically stabilise liposomes, promote biological stability, inhibit aggregation, decrease toxicity and immunogenicity, prevent interaction with serum proteins and complement and thus prolonging the circulation time of liposomes in vivo. The versatility and simplicity of cationic liposomes have made them vitally significant non-viral gene delivery vehicles for human gene therapy. In this investigation novel untargeted and targeted glycosylated liposomes with and without PEG were synthesised to evaluate their gene transfer activities in vitro to potentially develop a suitable gene delivery system for future in vivo applications. A constant molar quantity of the cationic cholesterol derivative, 3 [N-(N’, N’-dimethylaminopropane)-carbamoyl] cholesterol (CHOL-T) was mixed with dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine (DOPE) and a galactose/glucose derivative to produce targeted cationic liposomes. PEG liposomes were prepared in the same way with the addition of distearoylphosphoethanolamine polyethylene glycol 2000 (DPSE-PEG2000), 2% on a molar basis. Supported by transmission electron microscopy characterisation, we present evidence that the pegylation of liposomes affects the DNA binding capability and transfection efficiencies of the cationic liposomes in addition to protecting the plasmid DNA in lipoplexes from serum nuclease degradation. Optimal DNA : liposome binding ratios were obtained from gel retardation studies and confirmed by ethidium bromide intercalation assays. These complexes were then tested on the human hepatoma cell line, HepG2, to determine toxicity and assess transfection efficiencies. From results obtained in this study, it appears that both cationic and pegylated cationic liposomes are well tolerated by cells in vitro. The results further suggest that targeting by use of glycolipids incorporated into the structure of the liposome increases transfection, while pegylation of cationic liposomes marginally decreases the transfection efficiency of the lipoplexes to HepG2 cells in vitro.
Thesis (M.Sc.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2009.

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Kang, Yen-Tien, and 康硯田. "A Research on the Welding Mechanical Property of Hydraulic Turbine Accessories." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/76253051538082976745.

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碩士
國立臺灣師範大學
工業教育學系
97
This research introduces S45C medium-carbon steel which commonly used as base material for V-groove welding in hydraulic turbine accessories, in which 3 domestic welding rods (specified as A, B, C, respectively) and one imported welding rod (specified as D) were selected to proceed stack welding, to take test strip on full welding bead and make tensile test bar as per ASTM E8M standard regulation, and to observe via metallographic microstructure, microhardness measurement, tensile test, observation of SEM cross-section and EDS analysis after welding, to explore the mechanical property and changes in microcosmic structure, in which this research is to be provided as a reference and application for the welding rod. According to the experiment results : the medium-carbon steel is composed by A, B and C, to change from pearlite structure and become a bainite structure from the root of welding bead to weld-pool of welding bead; with Hv 245 microhardness value for cap area that is slightly higher than middle line; around 360MPa for yield strength (YS) and 460MPa for ultimate tensile strength; and to observe tensile cross-section via SEM, which belongs to ductile fracture. In addition to Fe and C, welding rod D contains certain ratio of Cr, Ni, with shining cross-sectional welding bead after welding process, close to stainless nature and Austenitic-ferritic stainless steel structure, which is also named as two-phase stainless steel, with 50% hardness higher than welding rod A, B and C, and welding line exceeds around 100% while YS and UTS exceed 35% and 60% than welding rod A, B and C; tensile cross-section also belongs to ductile fracture with finer hole than above 3 welding rods.

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Hsu, Yen-Chuan, and 徐燕娟. "The key factors of Notebook Accessories supplier selection by AHP approach." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/xxk83m.

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國立中央大學
企業管理學系碩士在職專班
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Computer Industry was blooming in the past ten years, however, the gross margin is less than less. Many companies intend to bundle accessories into notebook together to increase the profit and revenue. Therefore, notebook accessories become more visible and important in the computer companies. In traditional industries, firms were more focusing on central integrations to be able to enlarge business scales and increase the competitive capabilities. However, in high technical industries, such as computer industries, the firms are not able to make all of the components directly due to resource limitation and the pressure of time to market. Many computer companies are focusing on their core confidence areas and out sourcing the non-core value tasks to suppliers. Meanwhile, the vender selection becomes more and more important. The research is using AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) methodology and trying to structure a model to define the key criteria and factors for ODM vender selection, especially for notebook accessories. The data were collected by surveyed experts in the field. Purpose is to provide an effective solution when we want to select an ODM supplier to make a notebook accessory product. The research analysis results show the most important criteria of the vender selection for notebook accessories are ranking as cost, quality, technical capability and supply chain operation. Also, there are twelve key factors along with the weights listing in the thesis for your reference.

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Chen, Kaijing, and 陳愷靜. "Healing Accessories: Lacquer Craft Applied to the Design of Orthotic Devices." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/578k5h.

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輔仁大學
應用美術學系碩士班
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Is living with style a difficult task for patients who wear orthotics? That is the dilemma facing many patients who go through physical therapy and need to wear orthotics some time during their lives. As French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-61) once pointed out, the body is the only way that humans link themselves with the world. When the two meet, that actually creates beautiful rhythm. The beautiful body paves the way for rhythm and power to interact. When people get hurt, which is inevitable, there are an array of orthotics designed to cater for their needs. If we look into history, however, we see patients wearing orthotics were treated very differently. Earlier in 16th century, surgeons used to spend a lot of time crafting fashionable orthotics. But that époque d’Or never lasted. By the end of 19th century, at hospices or sanatoriums, patients suffering from nervous breakdown were often left unattended lying helplessly in bed, wearing orthotics. The scene would often horrify the onlookers. When it comes to today, with modern technology at hand, the orthotics is designed more and more to suit people’s needs. But the underlying question is, that patients often feel they are often labeled as the “handicapped” simply because they need to wear orthotics to go through physical rehabilitation. A variety of existing body arts, including body-painting, tattooing, piercing, and various Soshingu, though initially bring pains to the body, they make people look “beautiful” at the end. It looks like people live with style, no matter what. So when it comes to patients who have to wear orthotics for some time in their lives, orthotics with the utmost value of balancing out deformities and correcting misalignments should become “instruments of torture.” They appear to be the extreme physical eyesore! My thesis tries to address the need for the patients. And I look into medical, anthropological and philosophical history and try to relate orthotics to its users. With the belief that everyone can live with style-- even the patient who have to wear orthotics-- I try to find a way to craft fashionable and custom-made orthotics. By doing that, I hope the patients will no longer have to put up with the eyesore of orthotics, but yet they will eventually enjoy the time they spent wearing orthotics during rehabilitation.

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Borges, Maria Filipa Carvalho Parente Drumond. "Exploring strategic scenarios to develop the wedding accessories brand Cata Vassalo." Master's thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/104478.

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Cata Vassalo is a wedding accessories brand that sells hand-made jewelryfor both brides and wedding guests. This project aims toexplorestrategic scenarios to develop the brand Cata Vassalo,without losing its’ main characteristics,and after understanding the weddingaccessories market dynamics.Accordingly, threescenarios were drawntaking into consideration the distinctive consumerjourneysin this market. The first will explore consumers of the Involvement and Simplicity Journey, the second consumers of the Involvement and Exclusivity Journey and the third consumers of the Involvement and Simplicity Journey abroad. We recommend the brand to develop the third scenario, as it is the one with higher growth expectations.

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Veldekens, Pauline. "Nike apparel, footwear and accessories: strong brand in an expanding market." Master's thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/16746.

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