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Grande, Adrian. "Gini in the bottle : Does income inequality (Gini) affect trade flows (bottle)?" Thesis, Umeå universitet, Nationalekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-145923.
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Consumer studies are well known to assume non-homothetic preferences in their models, as the demand for a good can not be determined by assuming a single representative consumer. The question of how to include non-homothetic preferences into an empirical model for international trade is of importance as if not, the model exclude the demand side reason for trade. And does the effect look different regarding different types of goods. A significant share of countries GDP and the economic growth of a country is relying on trade; hence this question could be of great interest in order to determine trade policies. This thesis endeavoured to estimate the effect of income inequality in both exports and imports regarding one good classified as a luxury and necessity respectively. To accomplish this a Gravity model of trade that includes income distribution is conducted on the basis of an article by Mitra and Trindade(2005). Fixed effect analyses was implemented in order to analyse the data. Data on exports for the years 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2008-2011 gathered from the OECD databank was used in the study together with data on GDP per capita, Gini and population size provided by The World Bank Group. The analyses is based on the estimates of 41 countries. The results of the analyses point toward a possible negative relationship between a greater inequality in the exporting country yields less exports of luxury goods.
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Ericson, Mathias, and Lindqvist Sebastian Rehn. "Bachelor thesis Re : bottle." Thesis, Halmstad University, School of Business and Engineering (SET), 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-2536.
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There is a new beverage container on the market, a bottle made out of pure aluminum as a replacement for the traditional container made out of glass. This new container has the potential to reduce both cost and pollution during transportation, the lighter and stronger construction has every advantage compared to the old one in glass. The new container has every possibility to make it on the market. Some of the biggest brands within the soft drink market already use these bottles in countries without any recycling demands like: Coca-Cola, Heineken and Pepsi. The only thing stopping these brands from the Swedish market is the lack of a functional return system, there is only one company that uses the bottle in Sweden today and they take care of their own used bottles. All their customers get to send in their bottles via postal service and then they transport the bottles to the dump. That system might work when selling an expensive bottle but the cost would far outnumber the profit if Coca-Cola used a similar system.
By offering a system that deals with the bottle from the time of consumption until the aluminum it’s melting in the oven all problems in handling used bottles are eliminated. With a functional return system new brands can enter the market without having to create a system of their own. This way the need grows with the expansion of the bottles.
This report describes how a perfect return system should work and the key areas that make it as efficient as it can ever be. The work effort has been focused on the heart of the project: the machine that’s going to reduce the volume and cut the bottles before transportation. A fully functional prototype has been modified and evaluated in the quest for the optimal cutting force.
With a functional system that helps buyers and users, there is nothing that can stop the new aluminum bottle. It has the potential to completely take over after the glass bottle and eventually compete with the aluminum can.
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Metlitz, Matthew S. "Design for an invertible water bottle to facilitate cleaning and promote sustainable water bottle usage." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/92200.
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Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2014.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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The goal of this thesis is to explore the design of a reusable water bottle that can be inverted to expose the inside. Being able to directly touch the entire inside of the product could facilitate cleaning and consequently promote sustainable water bottle usage. Existing cleaning solutions and various water bottles were evaluated for benchmarking, and a water bottle usage survey revealed that most respondents clean their reusable bottles on a weekly to monthly basis, with 35.5% of respondents indicating that they had thrown out a bottle since it was clean. Observing volunteers in water bottle cleanliness perception test revealed that being able to physically contact and see the inside of the bottle while cleaning were most important. Two iterations of sketch models were created, demonstrating that a pouch-like design with a drawstring attached between the inside of the pouch and the water bottle top to aid invertibility was the most feasible solution. The final water bottle design, created as a CAD model, consists of three components: a top, a bottom, and an invertible pouch made of a soft plastic. The invertible pouch is held in place and made watertight between the bottom and top components that resemble a standard reusable water bottle design.
by Matthew S. Metlitz.
S.B.
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Pennock, Jennifer M. "The economic burden of bottle-feeding." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/6254.
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Bottle-feeding has been associated with excess childhood disease. The costs of managing this burden have not yet been quantified in Canada. This thesis estimated the direct costs of three childhood diseases (diarrhea, otitis media and lower respiratory infection) attributable to bottle-feeding among Ontario infants under the age of one year in 1994. A systematic review identified relative risks among bottle-fed children. The prevalence of bottle-feeding was determined from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, 1994/1995. Impact fractions were calculated for each of the three diseases and applied to the costs of physician visits and hospitalizations which were provided by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences. The net direct costs of bottle-feeding were estimated as the sum of attributable costs minus cost savings. The cost of health care attributable to bottle-feeding was estimated to be $2.2 million. A sensitivity analysis revealed that bottle-feeding could have yielded cost savings of $88,900 or cost just under $4.0 million. This estimate was conservative as the costs of drugs were not included.
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Ramgopal, Teeranlall. "Project 2000 : old wine - new bottle." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.259817.
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Cashy, John Peter. "Irreducible graphs for the Klein bottle /." The Ohio State University, 2000. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1488195154358306.
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Scarfia, Elizabeth A. "Why primiparous women choose to bottle-feed /." Staten Island, N.Y. : [s.n.], 1997. http://library.wagner.edu/theses/nursing/1997/thesis_nur_1997_scarf_why.pdf.
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Bayer, Fabian, and Jonas Bergmann. "The Closed-Loop Endeavour : A Case Study on Barriers and Enhancements of the PET Bottle-to-Bottle Recycling Systems in Germany and Sweden." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Centre of Logistics and Supply Chain Management (CeLS), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-30064.
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Problem: The demand of beverages in PET bottles is constantly increasing. In this context, environmental, technological and regulatory aspects set a stronger focus on recycling. Generally, the reuse of recycled material from post-consumer PET bottles in bottle-to-bottle applications is seen as least environmentally harmful. However, closed-loop systems are not widely implemented in Europe. Previous research mainly focuses on open-loop recycling systems and generally lacks discussion about the current German and Swedish systems and their challenges. Furthermore, previous studies lack theoretical and practical enhancements for bottle-to-bottle recycling from a managerial perspective. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to compare the PET bottle recycling systems in Germany and Sweden, analyse the main barriers and develop enhancements for closed-loop systems. Method: This qualitative study employs a case study strategy about the two cases of Germany and Sweden. In total, 14 semi-structured interviews are conducted with respondents from different industry sectors within the PET bottle recycling systems. The empirical data is categorised and then analysed by pattern matching with the developed theoretical framework. Conclusion: Due to the theoretical and practical commitment to closed-loop recycling, the Swedish PET bottle recycling system outperforms the Germany system. In Germany, bottle-to-bottle recycling is currently performed on a smaller scale without a unified system. The main barriers for bottle-to-bottle recycling are distinguished into (1) quality and material factors, (2) regulatory and legal factors, (3) economic and market factors and (4) factors influenced by consumers. The enhancements for the systems are (1) quality and material factors, (2) regulatory and legal factors, (3) recollection factors and (4) expanding factors. Lastly, the authors provide further recommendations, which are (1) a recycling content symbol on bottle labels, (2) a council for bottle quality in Germany, (3) a quality seal for the holistic systems, (4) a reduction of transportation in Sweden and (5) an increase of consumer awareness on PET bottle consumption.
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Naderi, Ali. "Polyelectrolytes : Bottle-Brush Architectures and Association with Surfactants." Doctoral thesis, Stockholm : Kemi, Chemistry, Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-4683.
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周志剛 and Chi-kong Chow. "Urban Renewal Authority: old wine in new bottle." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31260767.
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Chow, Chi-kong. "Urban Renewal Authority : old wine in new bottle /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25247748.
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Wicks, John. "Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century bottle glass from Ferryland, Newfoundland." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ47490.pdf.
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Wonderlich, Sean M. "Strength of concrete masonry units with plastic bottle cores." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/17389.
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Master of ScienceDepartment of Architectural Engineering and Construction Science
Kimberly Waggle Kramer and Bill Zhang
Concrete masonry units are a common method of construction in the world. Since the masonry units can be constructed with ease. Fifty billion water bottles are consumed every year. Lack of waste management and recycling in third world countries has come to the attention of many organizations. The use of plastic bottles in construction materials has been around for the past twenty years, but with little focus on using full plastic bottles in the materials. The Engineers Without Borders student group on the campus at Kansas State University have found a way to utilize the full 500-mL plastic bottle in the creation of concrete walls. The bottles laid horizontally with concrete on both sides and as mortar between the bottles was used. These bottles create large voids in the wall decreasing the compressive strength of the wall. This thesis presents the results of a study conducted to determine the compressive strength of concrete masonry units with plastic bottle cores. The plastic bottles were used to create the center voids in the masonry units. Concrete was placed around the bottles to encase them in the masonry units. The study utilized 500-mL plastic bottles from five different water companies placed inside masonry units of 7.87-inch wide by 8.26-inch high by 15.75-inch long (200-mm wide by 210-mm high by 400-mm long) in size and analyzed the resultant compressive strength. The testing for compressive strength was determined according to the ASTM C140 standard. Results from this study were deemed reasonable due to the testing of concrete cylinders as a control compressive strength. Determination of the compressive strength of the concrete masonry units allows for further study to continue in concrete masonry units with plastic bottle cores to determine if they are viable in third world countries.
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Bartleet, Trevor Clive. "Real-time automatic machine inspection of plastic bottle closures." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9643.
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Bibliography: leaves 89-91.This thesis presents work done developing an automatic system for plastic bottle closures. These plastic closures ae manufactured at 20 per second and the inspection must be done in real-time at this rate. Two types of defects must be detected and the defective closures removed from the production line. Inspection by human operators proved to be unreliable and subjective, and an automatic inspection system was needed. A machine vision system is capable of producing reliable and repeatable results in an environment which is unpleasant to humans. An automatic inspection system was implemented on the production line. The development of this system is divided into three sections.
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Stoffle, Richard W., Vlack Kathleen Van, and Richard Arnold. "Paa’oatsa Hunuvi: Water Bottle Canyon Traditional Cultural Property Study." Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, University of Arizona, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/272075.
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A government-to-government consultation between the Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Office (DOE/NV) and the Consolidated Group of Tribes and Organizations (CGTO) focused on the interpretation and determination of eligibility for nomination to the National Register of Water Bottle Canyon. The consultation entailed a systematic ethnographic study of the cultural resources found in the Water Bottle Canyon area. The main goal of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of the cultural significance of this unique area for contemporary Indian people and its role in Numic cultural landscapes. During the field visits Native American
consultants were interviewed with standardized survey instruments and they provided ethnographers with observations, comments, and recommendations regarding the various features found at Water Bottle Canyon.
The project involved 10 tribes and one organization. They represent the Indian people who have aboriginal and historic ties to the lands currently under use by the Nevada Test Site (NTS). The study was originally funded as rapid cultural assessment for an environmental assessment for the proposed construction of a rocket launch facility by the Kistler Aerospace Corporation. This present report builds upon first study and the studies that have followed. The four studies expanded upon previous work conducted on the NTS and will contribute to the DOE/NV’s further understanding of and continued efforts to manage and protect American
Indian cultural resources.
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Stoffle, Richard W., Vlack Kathleen Van, and Nathaniel O'Mara. "Water Bottle Canyon Traditional Cultural Property Study Photograph Collection." Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/301169.
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Roullier-Gall, Chloé. "Analyses métabolomiques du vin : "chemical messages in a bottle"." Thesis, Dijon, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014DIJOS080/document.
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L'objectif premier de ce travail de thèse était de développer des analyses métabolomiques non ciblées de vins en bouteilles afin de déchiffrer les informations chimiques relatives à l’évolution de leurs compositions avec le temps. Cette recherche initiale était fondée sur l'hypothèse que, lors de l'analyse, les vins en bouteilles gardent une mémoire chimique des paramètres environnementaux à l’œuvre au moment de leur élaboration (gestion du vignoble, pratiques œnologiques, climat, terroir). Une seconde hypothèse reposait sur la nécessité d’étudier le passé pour anticiper l’évolution de la qualité du vin du point de vue de sa composition chimique. À cet effet et pour la première fois dans la science du vin, la Spectrométrie de Masse à Résonance Cyclotronique des Ions et à Transformée de Fourier (FTICR-MS), la Chromatographie Liquide couplée à la Spectrométrie de Masse (UPLC-Q-TOF-MS), la spectroscopie de Fluorescence d’Excitation et d’Émission (EEMF) et les statistiques multivariées ont été combinées. Le développement méthodologique a révélé l'avantage de coupler les mesures de masses exactes par FTICR-MS à la discrimination des isomères par UPLC-Q-TOF-MS afin d'étendre la gamme des métabolites détectables. Ces outils ont été appliqués à l'identification de marqueurs de vieillissement sur des séries verticales de vins rouges et blancs de Bourgogne, y compris sur des vins très anciens (millésimes inconnus) considérés comme des points extrêmes d'évolution, introduisant ainsi la notion de verticalomics. La caractérisation d'une série de vins blancs de Bourgogne (Chardonnay) a révélé que les espaces chimiques spécifiquement liés à des pratiques œnologiques (SO2 ajouté lors du pressurage, niveau de débourbage ou perméabilité du bouchon) pourraient être déchiffrés, bien que les signatures de millésimes étaient les plus significatives. Des expériences similaires sur les vins de Champagne (Chardonnay, et mélanges de Chardonnay, Pinot noir et Pinot Meunier) après la prise de mousse et le vieillissement sur lattes ont mis en évidence l'effet d'hormesis associé à l'oxygénation du vin. Enfin, les analyses non ciblées d'extraits de raisin et des vins correspondants provenant de différentes appellations et élaborés par le même vigneron ont révélé qu’il était possible de lire des signatures liées au terroir, en particulier après quelques années de vieillissement en bouteille. Plus largement, nos résultats fournissent une description globale sans précédent de la composition chimique du vin et de sa modification par le vieillissementThe main objective of this work was to develop non-targeted metabolomics analyses of bottled wines in order to decipher chemical informations from the time-related evolution of their composition. This original research was based on the hypothesis that, when analyzed, bottled wines would still hold chemical memories of envionmental parameters (vineyard management, oenological practices, climate, terroir…) at the moment of their elaboration, even after several years of ageing. A second hypothesis was that in order to anticipate the future evolution of the wine quality in terms of chemical composition, it is necessary to know what it was in the past. To that purpose, and for the first time in wine science, Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance – Mass Spectrometry (FTICR-MS), Liquid Chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q-ToF-MS), Excitation Emission Matrix Fluorescence (EEMF) and multivariate statistics were used in combination. Methodological develoments revealed the advantage of coupling exact mass measurements by FTICR-MS to isomeric discrimination by UPLC-Q-ToF-MS in order to extend the range of detectable metabolites. Such tools were applied to the identification of ageing markers in vertical series of red and white wines from Burgundy, including very old wines (unknown vintages) considered as evolution end points, thus introducing the concept of verticalomics. The characterization of series of white wines from Burgundy (Chardonnay) revealed that chemical spaces specifically related to eonological practices (SO2 addition at pressing, settling level, and permeability of the stopper) could indeed be deciphered although the vintage signatures were confirmed to be the most significant. Similar experiments on Champagne wines (Chardonnay, and blends of Chardonnay, Pinot noir and Pinot Meunier) after the "prise de mousse" and the ageing "sur lattes" further highlighted the hormesis effect associated with the oxygenation of wine. Finally, non-targeted analyses of series of grape extracts and corresponding wines from different appelations – though elaborated by the same winemaker – revealed that terroir-related signatures could be indeed read in wines, in particular after a few years of bottle ageing. Altogether our results provide an unprecedented comprehensive description of the chemical composition of wine and its modification through ageing
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Jeffries, Martyn. "An intelligent control strategy for container filling operations." Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.321986.
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Alexander, Shovsky. "Polyelectrolyte complexes of bottle brush copolymers : Solution and adsorption properties." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Yt- och korrosionsvetenskap, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-33666.
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The aim of this thesis work was to systematically investigate the physico-chemical properties of polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs) formed by bottle brush and linear polyelectrolytes in solution and at solid / liquid interfaces. Electrostatic self-assembly of oppositely charged macromolecules in aqueous solution is a versatile strategy to construction of functional nanostructures with easily controlled properties. Bottle brush architecture, introduced into the PEC, generates a number of distinctive properties of the complexes, related to a broad range of application, such as colloidal stability and protein repellency to name a few. To utilize these materials in a wide range of applications e.g. drug delivery, the understanding of the effects of polymer architecture and solution parameters on the properties of bottle brush PECs is of paramount importance. This thesis constitutes a systematic investigation of PECs formed by a series of cationic bottle-brush polyelectrolytes and a series of anionic linear polyelectrolytes in aqueous solution. The focus of the first part of the thesis was primarily on formation and characterization of PECs in solution, whereas the adsorption properties and adsorption kinetics of bottle-brush polyelectrolytes and their complexes was investigated in the second part of the thesis work. In particular, effects of the side-chain density of the bottlebrush polyelectrolyte, concentration, mixing ratio and molecular weigh of the linearpolyelectrolyte on formation, solution properties, stability and adsorption of PECs were addressed. The pronounced effect of the side-chain density of the bottle-brush polyelectrolyte on the properties of stoichiometric and nonstoichiometric PECs was demonstrated. Formation of PECs by bottle-brush copolymers with high density of side-chains results in small, watersoluble, molecular complexes having nonspherical shape, independent of concentration. Whereas formation of PEC-aggregates was revealed by bottle-brush polyelectrolytes with low side chain density, the level of aggregation in these complexes is controlled by polyelectrolyte concentration. The structure of the PECs formed with low molecular weight polyanions is consistent with the picture that several small linear polyelectrolyte molecules associate with the large bottle-brush. In contrast, when complexation occurs between polyanions of high molecular weigh and the bottle-brush polymers considerably larger PECs are formed, consistent with several bottle-brush polymers associating with one high molecular weight polyanion.QC 20110516
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Raguzin, Ivan. "Self-assembly and functionality of polymer bottle brushes on surfaces." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2015. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-164686.
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In the past decade there has been a growing interest in one-dimensional (1D) nanostructures, such as nanowires, nanotubes and nanorods, owing to their size-dependent optical and electronic properties and their potential application as building blocks, interconnects and functional components for assembling nanodevices. One of the ways to obtain such architectures is a template-directed synthesis which is practically a straightforward route to 1D nanostructures. In this approach, the template simply serves as a scaffold, within (or around) which a different material is generated in situ and shaped into a nanostructure with its morphology complementary to that of the template. It is generally accepted that template-directed synthesis provides a simple, high-throughput, and cost-effective procedure that also allows the complex topology present on the surface of a template to be duplicated in a single step.
In the current work, utilization of the molecular bottle brushes as templates is proposed for the fabrication of conductive nanorods. Their non-spherical macromolecular geometries and lengths up to a few hundred nanometers allow the application of these structures in nanowire synthesis. The variety of molecular bottle brush architectures and their composition enables the adjustment of appropriate conditions for the preparation of conductive materials. Moreover, the ability of the brushes to assemble on a surface under certain conditions provides their usage as building blocks for the preparation of complex conductive networks. Here, the preparation, characterization, and applications of molecular bottle brushes are discussed. Two main goals were pursued.
First, to deepen the knowledge in the synthesis of molecular bottle brushes, and to investigate their behavior on the surface. Second, to explore the application of the brushes as templates or building blocks for the formation of conductive nanowires. For the purpose, new ways of molecular brush synthesis by using the “grafting to” approach had to be developed. It was found that the reaction of nucleophilic addition based on pentofluorophenol chemistry and a coupling “click chemistry” reaction can be used to fabricate molecular brushes. Both methods showed efficient results and demonstrated high reactivity of the backbone with the end groups of the side chains. The “click chemistry” approach, however, demonstrated better results considering higher thicknesses of the brushes and, therefore, higher grafting density of the side chains. The “grafting to” together with the “grafting from” methods are very powerful synthetic tools, which can be used in the fabrication of any desired molecular bottle brush architectures.
Additionally, complexation of oppositely charged bottle polymer brushes at a single-molecule level using AFM and CryoTEM was experimentally investigated. It was found that polyelectrolyte complexes have “scrambled-egg” morphology, where oppositely charged polymer chains are not oriented parallel to each other but cross each other.
Furthermore, molecular bottle brushes were used as templates for the preparation of conductive nanowires. Three approaches for their fabrication were tested. It was found that brushes could easily be covered with various conductive materials, for example conductive polymers or metals. It was showed that for very small, tiny objects as molecular bottle brushes, one can use FIB in order to build up electrodes at its ends. The electrodes could be sputtered with an accuracy of 500 nm and further be used in the determination of the conductivity. The molecular bottle brushes covered with palladium showed the resistance of 50 MΩ, which, regarding the size of the brush, corresponds to a conductivity of one single molecule being ~1 S*cm-1. The obtained conductivity data were in good correlation with the data found in literature.
We believe that the molecular bottle brushes have high potential applicability for the building of complex conductive networks. Future refinement of the synthetic methods, combined with improvements in structuring and positioning of objects at the nanoscale, could lead to their implementation in the construction of high-performance electronic devices.
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Palmer, Hilary R. "Bottle water storage location and its impact on microbiogical quality." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2009. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/1304.
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Syfalakis, Panagiotis I. "The non-generic automation of extrusion blow moulded bottle design." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.323889.
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LARICA, NEVILLE JORDAN DE CASTIGLIONE. "THE INTERVENTION OF DESIGN IN THE RECLAMATION OF BOTTLE CAPS." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2005. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=6191@1.
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A intervenção do Design na recuperação de tampas de
garrafas e outras
pequenas peças plásticas é a tônica da proposição de uma
nova relação
do homem com a embalagem dos produtos de rápido consumo. O
Design
pode atuar como agente transformador que intervém para
redirecionar o
descarte, estimular a devolução e facilitar a recuperação
de embalagens
plásticas e suas peças, rotuladas inadequadamente como
descartáveis.
As tampas plásticas de garrafas são o exemplo significativo
da multiplicidade
de pequenos artefatos plásticos que são descartados aos
bilhões, e
de modo acumulativo, em nosso meio ambiente. Uma questão
ambiental
relevante que passa despercebida e tende a se agravar com o
crescimento
das populações nas cidades.
Pela observação dos hábitos de consumo relacionados com
bebidas
refrigerantes, que são produzidas em escala de bilhões de
unidades, é
possível intuir novas idéias e reformular padrões,
apresentando soluções
inerentes à forma da garrafa e associadas a sistemas de
comercialização,
coleta e reciclagem das embalagens pós-consumo.
Aumentos de consumo e produção se refletem no aumento do
descarte
de embalagens e da poluição ambiental nos grandes centros
urbanos. Um
cenário de insustentabilidade que pode ser mudado com a
aplicação do
Ecodesign, que concorre para a minimização da geração de
resíduos e da
exploração de recursos naturais, promovendo a recuperação
do material
plástico a ser reciclado para aplicações posteriores.The intervention of Design in the reclamation of caps and other small plastic objects is the highlight of a proposition for a new relation between man and the packaging of fast consumption goods. Design can acts as an agent of transformation that intervenes to organize discarding, stimulate devolution and facilitate reclamation of plastic packaging and its parts, wrongly labeled as discardable. Bottle plastic caps constitute a significant example of a massive amount of small plastic objects that are discarded on the environment in billions of units and in accumulative way. This is a relevant environmental question, which is frequently overseen and tends to worsen with population growth. By observing the habits of consumption related to soft drinks, which are produced in scale of billions of units, it is possible to conceive new ideas and change behavioral patterns in order to find out solutions inherent to the bottle shape and linked to commercialization, reclaiming and recycling systems of used packaging. The increase of consumption and production reflects in an increase of packaging discard and environmental pollution in major cities. An scenery of unsustainability that might be changed by Ecodesign practice, which aims to minimize solid waste generation and natural resources exploitation, thus promoting the reclamation of plastic material to be recycled for further applications.
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Scherer, Michael. "Forgiveness and the Bottle: Promoting Self-forgiveness with Alcohol Misuse." VCU Scholars Compass, 2010. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2109.
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Forgiveness research has seldom been directed toward alcohol use, misuse, and abuse. To date, forgiveness research in the realm of alcohol use, misuse, and abuse has focused on interpersonal consequences (e.g., Lin, Mack, Enright, Krahn, & Baskin, 2005; Scherer, Worthington, Hook, Campana, West, & Gartner, 2009; Worthington, Scherer, & Cooke, 2006), but has paid minimal attention to intrapersonal consequences. Psychologists today are just beginning to explore the complex and murky waters of self-forgiveness (or lack of it) and the alcohol misuser (e.g., Webb, Robinson, Brower, & Zucker, 2006). In the current dissertation, I review the literature on self-forgiveness, drinking refusal self-efficacy, and alcohol misuse. To explore this phenomena, I created a four-hour self-forgiveness intervention based off Worthington’s (2005) REACH model and motivational interviewing techniques (Miller & Rollnick, 2002). I then conducted the study utilizing a waitlist design with a sample of participants (N = 38) undergoing a routine alcohol rehabilitation protocol in one of two mental health centers in Michigan. The four-hour intervention delivered over three group therapy sessions was found to significantly promote reported levels of self-forgiveness, drinking refusal self-efficacy, and significantly decrease feelings of state guilt and state shame over an alcohol-related offense. I attempt to illustrate the necessity and practicality of the current research in standard addiction treatment. I then discuss in detail the self-forgiveness intervention tailored for alcohol misusing populations and discuss the results. Finally, I will provide a general discussion of the results of the self-forgiveness intervention and how the findings relate to the current body of literature.
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Hwang, Hyerim. "Crystal-Liquid Transitions Studied With Colloids in an Electric Bottle." Thesis, Harvard University, 2016. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:33493595.
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In this thesis, we have presented the experimental investigations on the crystal-liquid transitions in a colloidal system. Colloids behave as big atoms, thus they are good model systems to study the dynamics of condensed matter. Their phases are determined by the particle concentration which can be controlled by external forces. We studied the transitions such as crystallization and melting in a controlled way. With a confocal microscopy, we were able to obsserve the transitions at single particle level in three-dimension.
In Chapters 2-3, we introduced the electric bottle setup which played a significant role to induce the transitions in this thesis. The electric bottle was designed to generate inhomogeneous electric fields, and we were able to employ dielectrophoresis to manipulate the particle concentration using this setup. The colloidal suspension we used here is composed of PMMA particles (Ɛp=2.3), the mixture of cis-decalin and tetrachloroethylene (Ɛm = 2.6$), and surfactant AOT molecules to give repulsive interaction between the particles. We also introduced analysis methods to obtain particle location information from the raw confocal images and to distinguish between the crystal and liquid phases by using their different structures.
In Chapters 4-6, we investigated the crystal-liquid transitions and a crystal-crystal transition. We studied the growth kinetics in crystallization and melting in a system which is covalent to the collision-limited growth of pure metals. We measured the attachment and detachment rates, which can be denoted as jump rates. It was found that the process is governed by the Brownian motion of the particles which is dealing with the random walk. The free energy difference between the two phases gives bias to the random walk, thus we insist that the growth process is a biased random walk. We also studied the equilibrated interfaces in a BCC crystal-liquid system. We measured the equilibrium fluctuations of the interface, which gives an interfacial stiffness of the interface. Although the orientation of the interface plane doesn't have high-rotational symmetry, the stiffness was observed to be isotropic in a long wavelength limit. The last transition we observed is the one between crystals, BCC and FCC crystals.
We explored the crystal-liquid transitions at single particle level using the combination of the electric bottle and colloids. Instead having multiple samples to study the phase behaviors as a function of volume fraction, we were able to obtain a concentration-dependent phase diagram in a single electric bottle sample. The design of the sample cell can be further developed to induce the various kinds of density gradient. Also, many other phase behaviors resulted from different type of interactions can be studied.Engineering and Applied Sciences - Engineering Sciences
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Ellert, Mary Wilkins. "New Information on the Origins of Bottle Gourd (Lagenaria siceraria)." University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/555919.
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Birkne, Oskar, and Jana Hanke. "Cooling a Bottle of Champagne: Mathematical Models for the Cooling Process." Thesis, KTH, Teoretisk fysik, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-103462.
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Bui, Thach. "Think Clearly Outside The Bottle! : Hur kranvattnets kommersiella värde kan höjas." Thesis, KTH, Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.), 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-100348.
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Due to the fact that bottled water has negative impact on the environment, Elite Hotel has decided to stop serving bottled water in their restaurants. Since Swedish tap water is regarded to have great quality, Elite Hotel wants to look at the possibilities to carbonate their own sparkling water and serving it in fancy carafes. This Master of Science thesis is about constructing a cost efficient water carbonator system that suits Elite Hotel’s need specification. This thesis also covers other water refinement criteria. The work has been divided into three parts. The first part covers trends and costumer attitudes, the second part is about the working procedure that leads to a customized water carbonator system, and the last part describes the new water concepts that have unique qualities. The trend analysis shows that people are environment-conscious and many companies are willing to act environmentally friendly. Swedish people want to continue drinking bottled water but at the same time are concerned about the environment. The solution to this contradictive request is an environmental friendly water carbonator system. A great amount of state of the art carbonators on the market have been evaluated and compared with the need specification. The solution is a customized water carbonator system that consists of a SodaButler Family, a CO2- certified tap, a Clearly 6-steps multi-filter, and a 15 kg CO2-tube from Air Liquide. A 5-year consumption with the chosen water carbonator system will cost less than 20 000 Swedish crowns. The carbonated plain filtered water is suggested to be served in fancy carafes with hermetic covers. Bottled water companies emphasize the following sales points: The water should have low and a well-balanced mineral content. CO2-concentration should be low and give fine tight bubbles. The bottle design is an essential tool to enhance water’s status and its commercial value. The product should have other unique qualities than just thirst quenching. Two water concepts have been generated during the product design part, and they are oxygenized water and LoveJoyWater. The idea behind oxygenized water is that it will supply the body with additional oxygen to create a sense of relaxation and alertness. However, the analysis proves that the oxygenized water concept does not work because the intestine cannot absorb sufficient amount of oxygen directly from water. And further more, the oxygen level in oxygenized water is far to low, compared to the body’s oxygen consumption. The other concept is called LoveJoyWater , which contains amino acid phenethylamine (PEA) and other substances from chocolate so that the water will give all the positive effects that are related to chocolate and love. The best thing is that LoveJoyWater contains zero sugar and fat. Phenethylamine is an amino acid that occurs naturally in the human body, especially high level at lovesick people, and chocolate. The idea behind LoveJoyWater is that the product will generate the feelings of euphoria.Elite Hotel vill av miljöskäl inte längre servera flaskvatten men företaget vill gärna fortsätta sälja vatten i sina restauranger. Eftersom svenska kranvatten anses vara av världsklass så vill företaget undersöka möjligheten att kolsyresätta vattnet själv och servera det i fina tillbringare. Examensarbetet går ut på att konstruera en kostnadseffektiv anläggning som kan kolsyresätta kranvatten och tappar det på flaskor. Även andra vattenförädlingsmetoder har behandlats i arbetet. Arbetet har delats upp i tre delar. Den första delen handlar om trender och kundattityder, den andra delen om framtagning av ett komplett kolsyresystem och sist om konceptframtagning av vatten som har unika egenskaper. Trenden visar att vi lever i en miljömedveten tid där företag och konsumenter är beredda att handla miljövänligt. Svenskar vill gärna fortsätta dricka flaskvatten men samtidigt vill agera miljövänligt. Lösningen är ett kolsyresystem som erbjuder miljövänligt kolsyrat vatten. Efter att alla möjliga kolsyremaskiner på marknaden har undersökts har författaren tagit fram ett kostnadseffektivt kolsyresystem som är anpassat för Elite Palace Hotel. Systemet består av en SodaButler family , tappkran, ett Clearly 6-stegs multifilter och en 15 kg CO2-flaska från Air Liquide . Elite Palace Hotels 5 års förbrukning med det valda systemet beräknas kosta strax under 20 000 kr. Som tillbringare föreslås stilfulla karaffer med hermetiska lock. Följande säljargument har identifierats: Vatten ska ha ett lågt men välbalanserat mineralinnehåll samt vara lättkolsyrat och ger små fina bubblor. Flaskdesignen är minst lika viktig som innehållet och används därför som ett medel att höja statusen på vattnet. Vatten ska helst ha andra unika egenskaper utöver törstsläckningen. Vid konceptframtagning har två olika typer av vattentyper tagits fram, syrerikt vatten och LoveJoyWater . Tanken med syrerikt vatten är att det ska ge kroppen ett syretillskott som verkar avslappnande och skärper sinnet. Dock visar analysen att syrerikt vatten konceptet inte fungerar eftersom kroppen inte kan ta upp syre direkt från vatten och att den syremängd som kan lagras i vatten är försumbar jämfört med kroppens syreförbrukning. Det andra konceptet, LoveJoyWater, går ut på att vatten tillsätts aminosyran fenyletylamin och andra aktiva ämnen från choklad för att ge vattnet chokladens positiva egenskaper fast utan socker och fett. Fenyletylamin finns naturligt i kroppen, speciellt mycket hos nykära människor, och i choklad. Hypotesen är att LoveJoyWater ska verka uppiggande samt ge ett exalterat lyckorus
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Dallinger, Niels, and Jörg Hübler. "Simulation of Bottle Conveyors – Opportunities of the Discrete Element Method (DEM)." Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2017. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa-231768.
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The Discrete Element Method (DEM) provides an approach to recognition of the problems within bottle conveyors at an early stage of the engineering process. Key points in bottle conveyor systems, such as buffers, ejectors, diverters and transfers can be numerically analyzed. It is possible to calculate forces on lateral guides and forces between bottles within accumulation situations. The DEM provides an alternative opportunity for the virtual process optimization and numeric case studies of conveying systems at beverage and food industriesDie diskrete Elementmethode (DEM) ermöglicht in einem frühen Stadium des Engineering-Prozesses die Erkennung von Problemen in Flaschenförderern. Wichtige Systemelemente wie Puffer, Ausschleuser, Weichen und Übergabestellen können numerisch analysiert werden. Es ist somit u. a. möglich, Kräfte auf Seitenführungen und Kräfte zwischen den Flaschen innerhalb von Stausituationen zu berechnen. Die DEM bietet eine alternative Möglichkeit für die virtuelle Prozessoptimierung und die Durchführung numerischer Fallstudien von Fördersystemen u. a. in der Getränke- und Lebensmittelindustrie
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Benhameid, Osama Saleh. "Myocardial revascularization using Omentum graft "Old wine in a new bottle"." Thesis, McGill University, 2004. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=81267.
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Background. Therapeutic angiogenesis in cardiovascular disease aims at improving myocardial function by increasing blood flow to ischemic myocardium that is not amenable to traditional forms of revascularization. This study hypothesizes that using the Omental graft to wrap the ischemic heart will lead to formation of multiple collateral anastomoses between surrounding systemic arteries and the coronary arteriolar system of right and left coronary arteries.Results. Left ventricular end diastolic pressure was reduced in the group treated with revascularized Omental graft compared to vehicle group. Ejection fraction was also improved in revascularized group then infarcted group. Measurements of the myocardial infarction area showed more reduction in the MI area of the revascularized group than in the vehicle group, however this difference did not reach statistical significances. In comparison between free and pedicle Omental grafts, the free Omentum was shown to be superior over the pedicle in terms of cardiac function EF% (41.3 +/- 0.75 Vs. 35.6 +/- 0.75, P = 0.01), and infarction size (36.2 +/- 6.6 Vs. 39.5 +/- 13, P = NS). All different Omental grafts showed the ability to form a neovascularization between the ischemic myocardium and the surrounding structures.
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Groer, M., A. Jordan, Jean Croce Hemphill, K. Plaas, M. Davis, and P. Droppleman. "Stress Perceptions, Experiences, and Physiological Responses in Breast and Bottle Feeders." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2000. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7583.
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Bradley, Bobbi J. "Prolonged bottle feeding and the association with overweight and obesity : a retrospective study of women, infant, and children program enrolled participants three and four years of age /." Connect to online version, 2009. http://minds.wisconsin.edu/handle/1793/45120.
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Collin, Daniel, and Patrik Nilsson. "Vinflaskans färg, form och vikt : En studie av marknadsföring, konsumentpåverkan och preferens." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Restaurang- och hotellhögskolan, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-33315.
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Vinmarknaden av idag präglas av allt tuffare konkurrens, och går från att ha varit traditionsbunden mot att bli mer och mer marknadsorienterad. Det går att se trender i att flaska och förslutning vid sidan av etikett börjat användas allt mer som marknadsföringsredskap. Denna studie avser belysa betydelsen av själva flaskan, genom att specialstudera tre flaskattribut: flaskans färg, form och vikt. Vinflaskans attribut undersöks avseende hur de används, eller kan användas, i marknadsföringssyfte för att påverka kundens preferens vid val av vin. Marknadsföringsaspekten begränsas till att behandla främst produktdifferentiering. Metoden för denna studie är i form av en litteraturstudie av fyra vetenskapliga artiklar. Resultatet uppvisar viss betydelse av flaskform, flaskfärg och flaskvikt för konsumenters preferens, men att dessa tenderar att vara underordnade andra attribut. Differentierande formgivning kan påvisas påverka konsumenter positivt, oavsett attribut. I diskussionen finner denna studie tydliga samband mellan hur produktdifferentiering som marknadsföringsstrategi beskrivs i litteraturen och hur vinkonsumenters preferensbeteende beskrivs i empirin, vilket leder till slutsatsen att strategierna har kundpåverkan. Studien finner även att det framför allt gällande flaskfärg och flaskvikt finns potential att utveckla den differentierande marknadsföringen ytterligareB-uppsatser
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Vanns, Natalie. "Best start : Giving first time mothers the best start in breastfeeding." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-110709.
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In the UK, only 1% of babies are exclusively breastfed to six months: this is one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the developed world. In response, trials have been set up to financially incentivize mothers to breastfeed for longer. However, we also know that 80% of women who stop breastfeeding in the first 1-2 weeks wanted to continue for longer: they are already incentivized to keep going. This project asks: what if health services invested in promoting breastfeeding more at the start, giving mothers the knowledge, support, and tools they need to continue, instead of incentivizing women at the end? The research methodology started with academic, expert and user research both qualitatively and quantitatively to gain insight and establish the design opportunity. The design direction was developed iteratively with sketches and prototypes, and continued user testing to reach the design solution. The result of the project is a new service called best start, which addresses the issues mothers face throughout breastfeeding. The service helps to prepare and educate mothers during pregnancy, assists them through the crucial first weeks of breastfeeding, and supports them to the six-month milestone and beyond. Emphasis is placed on involving and educating the mother’s immediate family support network, and building her local peer support. The best start kit gives every mother the essentials to get started, and provides tangible tools to explain the key educational concepts to boost her knowledge to continue breastfeeding confidently.
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Hugener, Bruno. "Developing a low pressure blow molding machine for demonstration purposes and production of plastic bottles : a thesis presented in p artial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering in Mechatronics at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand." Massey University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/1218.
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This thesis presents the research of packaging beer into plastic bottles and the design and manufacture of a low pressure bottle blow moulding machine for demonstration purposes. The machine will be used for the production of plastic bottles suitable for bottling brewed beer at the microbrewery at Massey University Palmerston North. Premanufactured PET preforms have proven to be the most convenient and promising choice for the fabrication of blown bottles. Basic tests to understand the behaviour of the preforms and the challenges of the blowing process have been carried out. A special focus has been placed on the different circumstances at University in contrast to industrial bottle production in particular the needed air pressure to form the bottles. The following step was to find the ideal method and principle to handle the preforms and to transform them in the desired shape. Finally the design, drawing of the parts and assemblies were carried out with the 3-D CAD software Solidworks. The designed parts for the bottle blower have been manufactured at the mechanical Workshop at Massey University. To control the bottle blower, the National Instruments USB interface was selected which required the design and manufacture of an additional driver interface card to protect the USB interface and convert the TTL levels into higher voltage. The final assembly and testing of the blower then concluded the practical work for this master project. A suitable design for the bottle production was found and the assembled Bottle Blower can now be used for the production of PET bottles.
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Borges, Juliana. "Nursing interventions to decrease respiratory distress during bottle feeding with preterm infants." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2010. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/1363.
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This item is only available in print in the UCF Libraries. If this is your Honors Thesis, you can help us make it available online for use by researchers around the world by following the instructions on the distribution consent form at http://library.ucf.edu/Systems/DigitalInitiatives/DigitalCollections/InternetDistributionConsentAgreementForm.pdf You may also contact the project coordinator, Kerri Bottorff, at kerri.bottorff@ucf.edu for more information.Bachelors
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Coyle, Charmaine. "Message in a bottle : the politics of writing for Jean-Francois Lyotard." Thesis, University of Essex, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.268895.
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NUNES, CRISTINE NOGUEIRA. "THE BABY BOTTLE UN-DESIGN: FOR A PERIODIC EVALUATION OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2010. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=15769@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROO cenário atual de consumo revela o quanto os objetos fazem parte da vida social. Avanços tecnológicos permitem o constante aprimoramento dos produtos industriais, liberando as pessoas da execução de ações e procedimentos atrelados a limitações naturais. Em acréscimo a isto, atualizações estilísticas motivam o público ao consumo. Entretanto, em sua trajetória industrial, alguns desses produtos seguem à revelia de eventuais alterações no paradigma que propiciou a recomendação de seu uso. A mamadeira, meio alternativo para a alimentação de bebês, é um exemplo disso. Embora desde o final dos anos de 1970 o consenso científico reconheça a superioridade do aleitamento materno e a inadequação da alimentação artificial como premissa médica e nutricional (salvo em raros casos, como os de mulheres portadoras do vírus HIV), a indústria continua concebendo novos modelos e incentivando sua adoção como prática segura. Esta tese reúne argumentos que demonstram a necessidade da avaliação periódica dos produtos industriais como diretriz contemporânea e como princípio e valor na formação universitária do profissional do design. Para tanto, há um esforço de contextualização da atividade perante áreas que propiciaram o surgimento da produção industrial e que movem a trajetória histórica do design até a atualidade. Abalizando a discussão e concedendo- lhe claras feições, a questão amamentação x mamadeira referencia o estudo.
The current consumption scenery reveals how objects are an important part of social life. Technology breakthroughs make way for the constant improvement of industrial products, liberating people from actions and procedures associated with natural limitations. In addition, stylistic updates motivate consumers. However, some of these products linger in the market, despite alterations on the paradigms that encouraged their use. The baby bottle, an alternative way to feed babies, is an example. Despite the late 1970 s scientific agreement on the superiority of mother s milk and on the inadequacy of artificial feeding as a nutricional premiss (except in rare cases, such as women with HIV/AIDS), the industry continues to receive new models, and carries on encouraging its use as a safe practice. This thesis gathers arguments that show the need for a periodic evaluation of industrial products as a contemporary policy, and also as a principle in the education of design professionals. Therefor, there is an effort towards the contextualization of the activity in areas that contributed to the rise of industrial production and that move design s history till this day. By giving direction to the discussion, and by granting it a clear image, the issue of breastfeeding versus babybottle is the reference to the study.
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Das, Chandan (Chandan K. )., and Justin Holland. "Hand powered portable ultraviolet sterilizing water bottle with active UV dose sensing." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59490.
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Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, September 2007 [first author]; and, (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, June 2006 [second author].Includes bibliographical references (p. 71).
A portable hand powered water sterilization device was created to address a portion of the growing epidemic of global water contamination. As being more supply chain independent and having an active dose sensing component that monitors the water to insure sterilization, our device boasts far more than any current off-the-shelf devices. The device is completely hand powered via a hand crank generator. A spermicidal ultraviolet light bulb, rated at 253.7nm (UV-C), was integrated with a common NalgeneTM water bottle. Along with the bulb, UV. dose sensing electronics and a hand crank generator were incorporated as well, with the generator supplying power to both the bulb and the photodiode circuitry. Results show that eradication of common waterborne bacteria, protozoa, and viruses occurs after cranking the generator for approximately 41 seconds in clear water and up to 65 seconds in turbid water. The total weight added to the water bottle was less than a pound.
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Sato, Jun. "Studies on Microbiological Control during Tea Beverage Production with PET Bottle Filling." Kyoto University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/150796.
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Fugate, Dirk Lee. "Investigation and improvement of the conveyor system at a bottle packaging operation." [Johnson City, Tenn. : East Tennessee State University], 2004. http://etd-submit.etsu.edu/etd/theses/available/etd-0517104-220204/unrestricted/Fugate062404f.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S.)--East Tennessee State University, 2004.Title from electronic submission form. ETSU ETD database URN: etd-0517104-220204 Includes bibliographical references. Also available via Internet at the UMI web site.
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Berner, Ellen, Emil Björkrot, Didrik Grip, Alma Jonsson, Andreas Kozma, Ludwig Wikblad, Johan Wikström, and Mathias Österlund. "Festiketten : Developement of an E-commerce Web Application for custom designed bottle labels." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för datavetenskap, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-125187.
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The report examines how an online store for custom designed bottle labels can be developed as a web application, and aims to contribute to the existing research on web design. The development is based on the vision” to provide custom labels through an online store which puts the icing on the cake for your special occasion”, with persons in the age 25-40 who are planning a wedding or another large event as target group. The technical methods which can be used are presented in the report and what impact they had on the competitive aspects of the online store. Design strategies for building user trust are discussed among others, as essential parts of e-commerce according to the presented theory. Furthermore, the report presents more concrete technical methods for increasing the competitiveness such as faster loading times and search engine optimization. Especially loading times plays a central role for the success of a web application according to the related theory. The methods which has been used and why, considering the collected theory, are presented in the report. The conclusions of the report states that an online store successfully can be developed using an agile methodology such as Scrum and that it can take benefits from being implemented as a single page application. Developing a design tool for custom bottle labels proved to be a difficult balancing act between customization and simplicity.Denna rapport undersöker hur en e-butik för försäljning av egendesignade flasketiketter kan utvecklas som webbapplikation, och syftar till att bidra till den existerande forskningen kring webbutveckling. Utvecklandet utgår från visionen "att genom en e-butik tillhandahålla personliga etiketter som sätter guldkant på ditt evenemang", med personer i 25-40 årsåldern som planerar bröllop eller någon annan större fest som målgrupp. I rapporten presenteras de tekniska metoder som kan användas, och vad de har för påverkan på de konkurrensmässiga aspekterna av e-butiken. Bland annat behandlas designstrategier för att skapa förtroende hos användaren, en essentiell del i e-handel enligt den teori som presenteras i rapporten. Vidare presenteras även mer konkreta tekniska aspekter för att utöka konkurrenskraften såsom snabbare laddningstider och sökmotoroptimering. Framförallt spelar laddningstider en central roll för webbapplikationers framgång enligt den framtagna teorin. De metoder som valts utifrån den framtagna teorin och varför presenteras sedan i rapporten. Slutsatserna blir att en e-butik med fördel kan vara en single-page applikation och utvecklas agilt enligt Scrum. Att utveckla ett designverktyg för personliga flasketiketter visade sig vara en svår balansgång mellan valfrihet och enkelhet.
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Tryggvesson, Kalle. "Freedom in a bottle : Young Swedes on rationales and norms for drunken behaviour." Doctoral thesis, Stockholm : Department of Criminology, Stockholm University : Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs (SoRAD), 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-756.
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Summerwill, Anthony John. "Microleakage assessment of three single bottle dentine adhesives with applied physiological pulpal pressure." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.269578.
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Denesyuk, Natasha Alexandrovna. "Excluded volume effects in bottle-brush polymers, and wetting transitions of ionic solutions." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.615739.
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liu, ching-lin, and 劉勁麟. "Diary of bottle." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/71384151993115599405.
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Spry, Mike. "Working Up the Bottle." Thesis, 2011. http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/7452/1/Spry_MA_S2011.pdf.
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Working Up the Bottle
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Working Up the Bottle is the story of three friends from youth who decide to rob a restaurant. Hunter, a chef with suicidal tendencies yet cursed with drunken immortality; Riley, a waitress (who Hunter loves) trapped in a dead-end job and an abusive relationship; and Jack, a successful entrepreneur who amuses himself by toying with his old friends’ existence. The novel finds Hunter and Riley trying to achieve some measure of salvation in escaping the world of the service industry; a forgotten community of addicts, miscreants, misfits, and savages. Set against the backdrop of an unnamed Canadian metropolis, Working Up the Bottle is a darkly humorous tragedy that discusses the sad reality of the educated working poor, characters whose aspirations have long since dissolved into the bottom of their drinks and their desperate attempt to climb back to the top.
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Lawhead, Jonathan James. "Lightning in a Bottle." Thesis, 2014. https://doi.org/10.7916/D8348HW7.
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Climatology is a paradigmatic complex systems science. Understanding the global climate involves tackling problems in physics, chemistry, economics, and many other disciplines. I argue that complex systems like the global climate are characterized by certain dynamical features that explain how those systems change over time. A complex system's dynamics are shaped by the interaction of many different components operating at many different temporal and spatial scales. Examining the multidisciplinary and holistic methods of climatology can help us better understand the nature of complex systems in general.
Questions surrounding climate science can be divided into three rough categories: foundational, methodological, and evaluative questions. "How do we know that we can trust science?" is a paradigmatic foundational question (and a surprisingly difficult one to answer). Because the global climate is so complex, questions like "what makes a system complex?" also fall into this category. There are a number of existing definitions of `complexity,' and while all of them capture some aspects of what makes intuitively complex systems distinctive, none is entirely satisfactory. Most existing accounts of complexity have been developed to work with information-theoretic objects (signals, for instance) rather than the physical and social systems studied by scientists. Dynamical complexity, a concept articulated in detail in the first third of the dissertation, is designed to bridge the gap between the mathematics of contemporary complexity theory (in particular the formalism of "effective complexity" developed by Gell-Mann and Lloyd [2003]) and a more general account of the structure of science generally. Dynamical complexity provides a physical interpretation of the formal tools of mathematical complexity theory, and thus can be used as a framework for thinking about general problems in the philosophy of science, including theories, explanation, and lawhood.
Methodological questions include questions about how climate science constructs its models, on what basis we trust those models, and how we might improve those models. In order to answer questions about climate modeling, it's important to understand what climate models look like and how they are constructed. Climate model families are significantly more diverse than are the model families of most other sciences (even sciences that study other complex systems). Existing climate models range from basic models that can be solved on paper to staggeringly complicated models that can only be analyzed using the most advanced supercomputers in the world. I introduce some of the central concepts in climatology by demonstrating how one of the most basic climate models might be constructed. I begin with the assumption that the Earth is a simple featureless blackbody which receives energy from the sun and releases it into space, and show how to model that assumption formally. I then gradually add other factors (e.g. albedo and the greenhouse effect) to the model, and show how each addition brings the model's prediction closer to agreement with observation. After constructing this basic model, I describe the so-called "complexity hierarchy" of the rest of climate models, and argue that the sense of "complexity" used in the climate modeling community is related to dynamical complexity. With a clear understanding of the basics of climate modeling in hand, I then argue that foundational issues discussed early in the dissertation suggest that computation plays an irrevocably central role in climate modeling. "Science by simulation" is essential given the complexity of the global climate, but features of the climate system--the presence of non-linearities, feedback loops, and chaotic dynamics--put principled limits on the effectiveness of computational models. This tension is at the root of the staggering pluralism of the climate model hierarchy, and suggests that such pluralism is here to stay, rather than an artifact of our ignorance. Rather than attempting to converge on a single "best fit" climate model, we ought to embrace the diversity of climate models, and view each as a specialized tool designed to predict and explain a rather narrow range of phenomena. Understanding the climate system as a whole requires examining a number of different models, and correlating their outputs. This is the most significant methodological challenge of climatology.
Climatology's role contemporary political discourse raises an unusually high number of evaluative questions for a physical science. The two leading approaches to crafting policy surrounding climate change center on mitigation (i.e. stopping the changes from occurring) and adaptation (making post hoc changes to ameliorate the harm caused by those changes). Crafting an effective socio-political response to the threat of anthropogenic climate change, however, requires us to integrate multiple perspectives and values: the proper response will be just as diverse and pluralistic as the climate models themselves, and will incorporate aspects of both approaches. I conclude by offering some concrete recommendations about how to integrate this value pluralism into our socio-political decision making framework.
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CHIOU, JYUNG-YING, and 邱俊穎. "Analyze Sealability of Bottle Cap." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/72062859526525154058.
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碩士國立高雄應用科技大學
機械與精密工程研究所
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The key to prevent pharmaceutical bottle from damp is the sealability of the pharmaceutical bottle’s finish and the cap. In case of the pharmaceutical bottle is exposed to damp inside could result in lose efficacy and musty of medicine, even hazardous to health. There are two part of the pharmaceutical bottle to against the damp. One the contact of the inside screw the cap and the outside screw of the bottle lip. Other the cap and the bottle’s finish end. There are two objectives of this study. First, to investigate the most effective combination of the screw in different types , thread pitch and the turns of the thread to protect from damp. Second, to investigate how good of the cap gasket protect from damp. 3D printer is used to make 8 different bottles and caps then filed the bottles with anhydrous calcium chloride finally put the bottles into the bucket that is 30℃/100%RH. Weight gain of the bottles was determined every day in 15 days. Results show that, in the same turns of thread, the buttress thread is better than the acme thread and the acme thread is better than the metric thread. In the same type of thread, if turns the same of thread, longer thread pitch could against more damp; where thread pitch was the same, more turns of thread could against more damp. And increase thread pitch was better than increase turns of thread. When bottles with cap gaskets the average of decrease the damp into bottles was 19.78%. For all 7 sizes of bottles used in this study, steady-state was achieved in 5 days after the experiment was started. Above all results in the experiments, the best design of the pharmaceutical bottle’s finish and the cap was taking the buttress thread with 2 turns of thread and increase thread pitch as much as it can. In addition, using cap gaskets can substantially prevent pharmaceutical bottle from damp.
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CHIH-TING, HSU, and 許致婷. "Look at heaven through the bottle: The Fabrication and Utilization of Yongzheng Emperor’s Snuff Bottle." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/937448.
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碩士逢甲大學
歷史與文物研究所
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This thesis is demonstrated the Yongzheng Emperor who was diligence and well- known in the administration. Him also used autocratic power devoted to fabrication of Snuff Bottle in the history. By way of the Yongzheng dynasty the Snuff Bottle made by emperor I wish every reader not only to acquaint the high craft of Snuff Bottle but also know the meaning of politics. Every Snuff Bottle in this book is uniquely the feature of life and power. I will show that the Yongzheng Emperor utilized the extremely power to manufacture the Snuff Bottle corresponded to imagination and aesthetic by himself in the regulation of imperial workshop of the Imperial Houseold Department. The Snuff Bottles isn’t to watch only or admire, but also reward for emperor. Behind of the reward, it represents the confirm and cultivate popularity in the politics. In the this power games, only Yongzheng Emperor known the hidden directions of this particular play. Yongzheng Emperor and every awarded people realized that they can not escape the politic and the power games is expanded by the Snuff Bottles