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Mason, Corinne. "Manufacturing Urgency: Development Perspectives on Violence Against Women." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/30249.
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This dissertation investigates discourses of anti-violence strategies in the context of international development. While violence against women is, of course, an urgent problem, this dissertation explores how the urgency to end violence against women is socially, culturally, economically, and politically constructed. I consider the manufacturing of urgency in three case studies of contemporary anti-violence initiatives: i) American foreign policy including what has been branded as “The Hillary Doctrine” and proposed International Violence Against Women Act; ii) the World Bank’s report entitled The Cost of Violence; and iii) the United Nation’s UNiTE To End Violence Against Women and Say NO campaigns. In doing so, I argue that World Bank, the United Nations, and American foreign policies are too often technocratic, narrow, depoliticized, and are executed in an urgent manner in the interest of neoliberal economic growth, security concerns, and “feel good” aid at the expense of more holistic, effective and accountable responses to global violence against women.
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Schutzman, Carissa Bradley. "Women Into Advanced Manufacturing: Can Community College Open this Door?" UKnowledge, 2019. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/epe_etds/69.
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Women still rarely choose to seek employment in advanced manufacturing. Lack of familiarity with manufacturing jobs and education programs, lack of role models, and too few experiential opportunities contribute to women not choosing manufacturing jobs as well as other jobs traditionally held by men (Reha, Lufkin, & Harrison, 2009; St. Rose & Hill, 2013; Starobin & Laanan, 2008). Nontraditional jobs for women often provide higher wages and more opportunity for advancement than traditional jobs for women. This study is a qualitative thematic narrative analysis of factors that influenced women who chose an advanced manufacturing program at a community college to enter employment in a male-dominated career sector.
Intersectionality and agency were the overarching concepts used to examine how working-class women navigated the unfamiliar spaces of higher education and manufacturing. Data were collected through interviews that spanned across several years as the women in the study advanced through the community college and into the manufacturing workplace. The primary research questions included: 1) What motivated the women to begin the program and what were their doubts? 2) How did the women’s experiences in the community college and participation in an advanced manufacturing program influence their education and career choices? And, 3) What might be learned through their stories, particularly their perspectives related to identity and agency?
Women reported their top reason for initially pursuing education and employment in manufacturing was the potential income and employee benefits; however, as the women progressed, they reported additional benefits that included increased confidence at work and at home. The women cited earning a college credential as the most transformative aspect of their journey and attributed unexpected personal growth and self-discovery to their college experience. Additional findings pertained to the value of the college support program, the challenges of exercising agency in a patriarchal environment, and the advantages of women’s ways of working for both the employee and the employer.
The results of this study have financial implications for women, programmatic implications for colleges, workforce development implications for communities, and employee recruitment and retention implications for manufacturers.
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Mayeko, Ncedisa. "Coping strategies of African women middle managers in the manufacturing industry." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1071.
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African women in South Africa have for decades, if not centuries, been marginalized in the workplace. With the dawn of the new South Africa came Affirmative Action and subsequently, the Employment Equity Act. These policies offered African women opportunities to enter the workplace. The review of the literature shows that the psychological functioning of African women managers has received minimal research attention. In addition, the literature review on coping focused on the individual and communal coping strategies which indicated that individual and systemic strategies have been neglected in both the theories of coping and extant empirical literature. The current study addresses this through the conceptualisation of coping from a systemic perspective. The current study aimed to explore and describe the coping strategies of African women middle managers in the manufacturing industry in the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan area. The study was conducted within a qualitative research paradigm and took the form of exploratory research. Non-probability snowball sampling was utilized to identify participants for the study. The sample consisted of three African women managers who held middle management positions in the manufacturing industry in the Nelson Mandela metropolitan area. Semi-structured interviewing was utilised to collect the data. In order to analyse the data, Tesch’s (1990) qualitative analysis steps were utilised. The study showed that African women middle managers relied on individual strategies such as assertiveness, spirituality and, positive attitude to cope. These individual strategies were not used in isolation, as the participants relied on various subsystems within which they were embedded to cope with the demands they faced.
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Philip, Tracey Lee-Ann. "Women entrepreneurs’ experiences using social capital in developing their manufacturing business." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/81679.
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The study aimed to explore women entrepreneurs’ experiences using social capital to develop their manufacturing businesses. Social capital has apparent benefits for developing women-owned businesses. The manufacturing sector has traditionally been male-dominated globally, therefore to promote inclusivity the need arose to explore the dynamics of social capital and its perceived benefits, to gain an insightful understanding of the value it might hold for both academics and business. Valuable insights were gained on the combination of creating and sustaining relationships, and social networking as influencers that impacts the accumulation of social capital. This research set out to discover the main drivers of social capital, obtain narratives regarding the barriers and enablers in accessing social networks. Deeper understanding was gained on how support structures act as resources to develop women-owned businesses. The study highlighted the need to promote cultural and societal transformation with social capital being a critical component to develop of women’s entrepreneurship.Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2021.
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Ecevit, Yildiz. "Gender and wage work : a case study of Turkish women in manufacturing industry." Thesis, University of Kent, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.277381.
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Mastroguiseppe, Diane Michele. "Women's Experiences of the Glass Ceiling in U.S. Manufacturing and Service-Based Industries." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6240.
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Fewer women occupy executive-level positions in U.S. companies compared to the number of men. Antidiscrimination laws have been in place for 30 years to combat the threat to gender equality. The purpose of this descriptive phenomenological study was to examine the lived experiences of executive-level women employed in the manufacturing and service-based industries to explore the persistence of the glass ceiling. Social learning theory provided the framework for the study. Data were collected from semi-structured interviews with 12 executive-level women in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Data analysis involved hand coding and software coding to identify six themes: discrimination, opportunities, support and choices, advantages, balances, and roles. Findings indicated that discrimination against women being promoted to executive positions still exists. Most participants stated that lack of enforcement of antidiscrimination laws and quota programs could be a hindrance to women being promoted to executive-level positions. Findings may be used to support the promotion of women to executive-level positions in the manufacturing and service-based industries in the Philadelphia metropolitan area.
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Abdullah, Hussainatu Jummai. "Women in development : a study of female wage labour in Kano's manufacturing sector, 1945-1990." Thesis, University of Hull, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.333894.
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Khalfalla, Limiaa Abdelgafar. "Socio-economic impacts of privatisation on women made redundant from Sudan's banking and manufacturing sectors." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2012. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30668/.
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This study focuses on the experiences of a group of women made redundant from public sector institutions in Sudan. It aims to explore the consequences of privatisation and redundancy on women's employment, and economic and social positions. It also considers whether the women's experiences varied according to their occupations, as the study sample comprised women professionals and women workers made redundant from the banking and manufacturing sectors respectively. This research is of particular importance, because it primarily sets out to investigate the changes that happened in women's employment status, as well as women's economic and social positions, as a result of privatisation policies that emerged in a fast-track process implemented in public sector institutions in the early 1990s. In addition to the socio-cultural factors that are structurally rooted in that society, particular aspects undermine women's position in society, including patriarchal structures that were historically institutionalised at the household, society, labour market, and state level, and the discriminatory gender inequalities practised against women in the domestic domain. The collective interactions among these have seriously undermined women's employment, and their economic and social positions in Sudan. The findings from this study indicate that women, made redundant as a result of privatisation, experienced adverse impacts on their employment status, as well as their livelihoods. Constraints within the context where women experienced redundancy due to privatisation, still do not consider the changing positions of women in public sector institutions, and at the household level as well.
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HOSSAIN, MD ISMAIL. "Rights of Women Workers in Global Manufacturing . A study of the Garment Industry in Bangladesh." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/227332.
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Rights of women workers in the globalized economy stimulate a great debate across the world. This is mainly for two opposing effects of women working: on one side, economic globalization offers a means of survival through an expansion of employment opportunities; on the other, globalization opens up price competition which in turn invokes producers to violate workers’ rights. Having no control over the export market, raw materials or equipment, producers finally put pressures on the labour force. A major strategy dealing with labour is to move towards a flexible workforce which consists mostly of women. Feminization and labour flexibility increasingly pushes women out of the core workforce consisting of part-time, temporary, casual and subcontracted, and into a marginalized group of workers that gives rise to the violation of workers’ rights. Simultaneously, the spread of cheap and rapid global communication and information systems increase the concerns of consumers, trade unions, buyers and the International Organisations (e.g.; IMF, ILO, World Bank) that extends resistance to sweatshops. As a result, a number of rules and regulations have been adopted both at the national and international levels to regulate workplace conditions. However, the violation of labour related issues is still widespread. Thus, employment of women in global manufacturing has triggered debate among scholars as to whether it brings more justice or more injustice. Considering the continued debate, this study seeks to explore how globalization shapes the dynamics of workers’ rights and gender relations in the workplace, taking the garment industry of Bangladesh as an empirical site. Applying Amartya Sen’s idea of social justice, this study demonstrates that labour rights in global manufacturing factories are not just but are at the same time essential for the survival of women workers. For ensuring just and fair labour practices, the role of industrial relations actors is essential. This study finds that the traditional industrial relations system and its core task of collective bargaining are not in place properly due to unequal power relations of the actors. Employers’ association holds the dominant power where workers associations remain at the bottom. Given the failure of traditional actors, the role of new global actors is crucial. Being pressurized by the consumers, citizens, NGOs and human rights activists, the role of multinational corporations is gradually increasing but has yet to reach expectations of the workers as they are driven by profit maximization. The consumers and citizens’ pressure on MNCs needs to be stronger to oblige them taking the responsibility of labour justice in their manufacturing plants. At the same time, NGOs and other transnational organizations need to work to increase labour power. This study suggests a cosmopolitan industrial relations system involving both traditional and non-traditional actors for ensuring labour justice in the global manufacturing industry.
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Adu-Boakye, Stella. "Development of a conceptual framework relating to ready-to-wear clothing for Ghanaian women for manufacturing strategies." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2012. http://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/305090/.
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In recent years there has been a remarkable increase in anthropometric surveys taking place worldwide for development of sizing systems. It has been acknowledged that the extent to which one sizing system may be applied to different populations is limited due to the variability of body shapes and sizes. Various countries have developed their own sizing systems in order to reduce problems associated with clothing sizes and fit. This study established that no official anthropometric survey has been conducted in Ghana. The absence of any publication of a national sizing system, intended for clothing purposes has resulted in the need for a sizing system that will relate to Ghanaian women and satisfy their different body shapes. This study was undertaken to develop a conceptual framework to facilitate the understanding of clothing sizes, body shapes and manufacturing strategies for the production of ready-to-wear for Ghanaian women aged between of 16-35 years. A mixed approach to research methods was adopted which incorporated interviews, focus group discussions, questionnaires and anthropometric survey to achieve the aims of the research after an extensive review of literature. The grounded theory approach was used to analyse the qualitative data to ascertain key issues related to sizing systems, body shapes and manufacturing strategies. Data was obtained from clothing manufacturers, stakeholders and consumers in Ghana using non-probability purposive sampling methods. Twenty clothing manufacturers and four stakeholders were interviewed. Four focus groups were formed for the discussions and 400 questionnaires were administered to consumers. Eight hundred and forty two Ghanaian women aged between 16-35 years were measured using the manual body measurement procedures. A quantitative approach using correlation and one-way ANOVA programmes from the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to determine the relationships among the variables and to obtain statistical information for the development of the sizing system. The grounded theory using an inductive approach was used to analyse the qualitative data from the interviews and focus group discussions. The findings of this study have implications for manufacturing strategy for clothing manufacturers for the Ghanaian market. A conceptual framework was developed to help facilitate the understanding of clothing sizes, body shape and manufacturing strategy for the production of ready-to-wear clothing. The anthropometric survey helped to develop a size chart for Ghanaian women aged between 16-35 years in order to improve well fitted and quality garments to satisfy consumer clothing needs. This study also established significant relationships between body shape, body cathexis and clothing. It contributes greatly to knowledge by providing a detailed procedure involved in developing a research based anthropometric, which will serve as the basis for other future national anthropometric surveys for men and children in Ghana as well as West Africa. This study also provides original baseline data for future research on body shape and body cathexis on Ghanaian women of all ages.
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Lam, Wai-yip Michelle, and 林偉葉. "A study of the problems and welfare needs of female manufacturing workers in Wong Chuk Hang area." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1990. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31248615.
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Mabuza, Letsiwe Lindiwe. "A comparison of the body shapes of young Swazi women with those of body forms used in apparel manufacturing." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41193.
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In order to achieve good apparel fit, it is necessary to identify, define and classify the size
and shape of a population based on a combination of key body measurements (Petrova &
Ashdown, 2008). Unrepresentative sizing systems ultimately lead to apparel fit problems
which are further compounded by an unstandardised and ambiguous communication of
sizing and fit within the apparel manufacturing sector (Chun-Yoon & Jasper, 1996; Winks,
1997; Simmons & Istook, 2004).
According to Magagula and Zwane (2006), the sizing system used by the apparel industry in
Swaziland is based on British anthropometric measurements taken in the 1940s; yet there is
a significant variance in the body proportions and dimensions of different ethnic groups and
within ethnic groups (Yu, 2004c:183). It is therefore predictable that young Swazi women
would experience apparel fit problems with ready-to-wear apparel. Body forms are
manufactured using body dimensions of the apparel manufacturer’s target market in order to
yield satisfactory levels of fit. This is however not the case for the Swazi market, as very little
current anthropometric data exists on Swazi women. As a result, small-scale apparel
manufacturers encounter problems with regard to body forms that are not manufactured
according to the shape of Swazi women. The aim of this research was therefore to identify and describe the most prevalent body
shapes of young Swazi women using body dimensions, to identify and describe the body
shapes of the currently used body forms through body dimensions, to describe and compare
the most prevalent body measurements and proportions of young Swazi women and those of
currently used body forms, and finally to test and evaluate the fit of the test garment which
represents the most prevalent size and shape of the Swazi women, on the body forms. This
study is explorative in nature as it helped to clarify a largely undefined area of body shape
analysis in respect of young Swazi women. Under the quantitative research strategy, a
survey research methodology was used. Anthropometric techniques and traditional tailor’s
measurements were used to obtain body measurements for various dimensions of young
Swazi women, and training in anthropometry was undertaken to ensure that the
measurements were taken reliably and accurately.
It emerges from the results of this study that the most prevalent body shape of young Swazi
women is the triangular body shape, followed by the hourglass body shape, while the
inverted triangle is the least common body shape. The two body form brands employed in
this study on the other hand are found to bear different body shapes from each other.
Though one brand appears to have the same shape as that of the most prevalent body
shape of young Swazi women, it is apparent that there are notable differences regarding the
degree of the body contours, i.e. the Swazi women are conspicuously heavier and more
rounded at the hip area – as the measurement differences show. The expectation that this
body form will offer a better fit to Swazi women as they have similar body shapes in principle,
is not realised when the fit of the test garment is evaluated, due to the vast differences in the
drop values. The fit problems that are predicted to be experienced by young Swazi women
when using the body forms for pattern generation, based on the significant measurement
differences, are indeed observed during the evaluation of the fit of the test garment on the
body forms. The fit problems exhibited during the testing of the fit of the test garment based
on the most prevalent body shape of young Swazi women on the body forms, are mainly due
to a wider lower hip girth and shorter length proportions at the upper torso of the young
Swazi women. The results of this study contribute to a better understanding of the body shapes that exist
among young Swazi women and the fit problems that young Swazi women experience as a
consequence of unrepresentative body forms being used in terms of size and shape.
Furthermore, the need for all stakeholders in the apparel manufacturing industry to reach
consensus on the standardisation and communication of sizing emerges as a step toward
affording better fitting apparel to the Swazi women.Dissertation (MConsumer Science)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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Carroll, Katherine E. "Innovations and Improvisations: A study in specialized product development focused on business clothing for women with physical disabilities." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26182.
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Clothing manufacturers and distributors in the current business climate need to become more flexible and willing to adapt to consumers' changing needs and preferences in order to satisfy the market (Kincade, 1995). Clothing consumers who have special needs, such as working women with physical disabilities, comprise a group who would benefit from research into specialized products focused on a small target market (Reich & Otten, 1991). However, research shows that consumers with physical disabilities do not want to be treated as a specialized group, but the same as any other consumer group (Freeman, Kaiser & Wingate, 1986). The concept of Universal Design, typically applied to spatial and product design, provides a framework within which an item of clothing could be produced to satisfy many consumers, regardless of their physical ability. If a universally-designed clothing product can be successfully produced and marketed to many types of consumers, potential benefits could exist for manufacturers, distributors and consumers.
The dissertation topic originated from the researcher's questioning the lack of easily accessible ready-to-wear clothing for consumers with physical disabilities, and was based on preliminary conversations with a few working women who encountered difficulty finding business clothing that was both functional and visually appealing. Considerable needs assessment research had already been completed in the clothing/disability area using data collected from small samples of subjects with disabilities similar in nature, but none had extended the research to include the opinions of clothing manufacturers and distributors of end-use products. The researcher envisioned a study that would encompass all parties involved in decision-making processes for a clothing product.
The qualitative research process employed multiple data collection and analysis strategies in two Phases. In Phase A, detailed information was obtained about the physical limitations, clothing needs and preferences, and clothing acquisition preferences from a group of nine working women with various upper body limitations. A prototype for an upper body garment suitable for working situations was developed and wear-tested with the original group, and with a group of working women (n=6) without any known physical limitations. The second part of the study, Phase B, consisted of semi-structured interviews with clothing industry personnel (n=6) relating to issues involved in manufacturing and distributing the prototype within the existing ready-to-wear system.
A framework for manufacturing clothing for a specific target market was explored and revised in the study. The framework demonstrated the need for in-depth user information to generate ideas for the study, and included an industry feasibility component in order to assess not only consumer but also industry issues. Both the principles of Universal Design and a framework for systemic change in the current business methodology acted as guideposts at various steps of the process. Results indicated that (a) a clinical definition of disability is not needed to collect user information for clothing product development, rather a categorization of disability's effect on the body can be used; (b) working women with a variety of disabilities can have similar clothing needs and preferences; (c) Universal Design can be a successful strategy for clothing product development; (d) constricting styles and fastenings present the greatest clothing problems regardless of subjects' disabilities; (e) a universally-designed clothing product can be visually appealing, functional, and easily manufactured within the existing clothing system; (f) marketing the product will prove to be the most challenging aspect of putting this product into the ready-to-wear system; and (g) although other distribution channels exist, consumers with physical disabilities prefer to use existing brick-and-mortar retail stores to shop for their clothing. The researcher concluded that although the product development process used in this study was successful, more work could be done with clothing manufacturers and distributors to encourage them to consider this target market, and to use Universal Design as a strategy that can be applicable to all consumers, regardless of their physical abilities.Ph. D.
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Arciniega, Rosa Silvia. "El impacto socioeconómico de la actividad industrial en la población femenina de la zona mazahua: el caso del municipio de Ixtlahuaca." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Centro de Investigación en Geografía Aplicada, 2013. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/119686.
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The socioeconomic impact of industrial activity on the women of Mazahua: The case of Municipio de IxtlahuacaThe objective of this paper is to reveal the socioeconomic impact of industrial activity on women at the Municipio de Ixtlahuaca, State of México.The manufacturing industry at the State of Mexico by the end of 2009 represented 16.6% of the total population occupied, of which men participated with 66.9% and women with the 33.1%. The industrial activity loses importance in the percentage redistribution of the occupied population by economic sectors, where commerce and services gain importance.Notwithstanding, the economic dynamics of the region continues being determined by the industrial sector. If it is true that job increment in the industrial activity is at fewer rates than the others in the tertiary sector, the job market on industrial activities continues incrementing in much due to the women participation.Since the 1990s the interregional labor markets are increasing, and the modern industry maintains its leadership in the accumulation process in the region. Since then, the productive heterogeneity deepens, that is, the breach between the globalized industry and the rest of it is widest. The Toluca-Lerma region and the nearby municipalities are sites where modernization processes or productive restructuring have been implemented, and the installation of industrial capital with new interregional mobility to give way and control new regional labor markets, is made by the strategy of productive fractioning.At the Ixtlahuaca Municipality the manufacturing activity is relatively recent. Viewing the women labor from the perspective of activity sectors, they have some spaces in the industrial sector. Here we examine the repercussions of socioeconomic changes occurred from the 1990s on, where there was a period of economic restructuring and openness. The analysis based on economic censuses is clear to indicate the role of industry in providing employment by incrementing the participation of womenEl objetivo del trabajo es revelar el impacto socioeconómico de la actividad industrial en la población femenina del municipio de Ixtlahuaca, Estado de México.La industria manufacturera del Estado de México representó a fines del 2009 el 16,6% de la población ocupada de la entidad federativa, en la que participaron los hombres con el 66,9% y las mujeres con el 33,1% de la población ahí ocupada. La actividad industrial pierde importancia en lo que se refiere a la redistribución porcentual por sector económico de la población ocupada, donde ganan terreno el comercio y los servicios. No obstante, la dinámica económica de la región sigue estando determinada por el sector industrial. Si bien el crecimiento del empleo en la actividad industrial se produce a un ritmo menor comparado con el que presentan las actividades del sector terciario, los mercados de trabajo industriales siguen aumentando ahora con el incremento de la participación de las mujeres.Desde los años noventa crecen los mercados de trabajo interregionales, donde la industria moderna mantiene el liderazgo del proceso de acumulación de la zona. A partir de entonces se profundiza la heterogeneidad productiva, es decir, se ahonda la brecha entre la industria globalizada y el resto de la industria. La región Toluca-Lerma y los municipios aledaños constituyen un espacio donde se han instrumentado procesos de modernización o de reestructuración productiva e instalación de capitales industriales con nueva movilidad interregional, conformando y controlando nuevos mercados de trabajo regionales mediante la estrategia del fraccionamiento productivo.En el municipio de Ixtlahuaca la actividad de la industria manufacturera es relativamente reciente. Visto el trabajo femenino desde la perspectiva de los sectores de actividad, las mujeres cuentan con algunos espacios en el sector industrial. Examinamos las repercusiones de los cambios socioeconómicos ocurridos a partir de los años noventa, etapa de reestructuración económica y apertura. El análisis basado en los censos económicos es claro al señalar el papel de la industria en la generación de empleos con el incremento de la participación de las mujeres en dicho sector.
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Borneman, Amanda Midgley. "Proud to Send Those Parachutes Off: Central Utah's Rosies During World War II." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2006. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/496.
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World War II affected individuals across the nation, both on the home front and on the front lines. Manti, Utah received a new industry, a parachute plant, in connection with the war. Hundreds of women from Sanpete County and neighboring counties were employed through the duration of the war in everything from sewing and inspection to supervision of production. Some of the women utilized childcare facilities, some formed a union, and many found community and familial support. For many of them, this wartime wage work provided a welcomed alternative to the work usually found in rural areas, such as farm work, housework, and café work. Women were primarily motivated to work out of patriotic duty and economic opportunity. In many wartime industries, women were in previously male-dominated occupations and lost their jobs at the conclusion of the war. In contrast, the parachute plant offered its women workers the opportunity to continue working when the plant began manufacturing clothing after the war, and the surrounding rural community was largely supportive of its working women. This study makes a case for the long-term impact of wartime work upon individual women. Work experience outside the home affected the women's estimation and definition of themselves. The war period was a crucial event in women's lives, not just an important passing stage. Oral histories allow interpretation in the context of their adult lives from a long-term perspective. By delving into community and family situations and looking at these women on an individualized basis in the long-term, this study goes deeper than surveys and makes substantive contributions to our understanding of the war's influence. The period of wartime work, when viewed in the long-term context of the women's lives, was significant especially in that women had additional economic resources at their disposal and acquired new-found confidence and skills. Women's work experiences provoked desire for future work and served as a source of confidence to them. Personal, individualized victories for women, often ignored or concealed by aggregate statistics on women's work during and immediately following the war, were a reality for women in Manti and likely elsewhere in America.
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Larsson, Johanna, and Therese Jakobsson. "Vägen till en ledande position : En kvalitativ studie om vad som påverkar huruvida kvinnor kan anta ledande positioner inom tillverkningsindustrin." Thesis, Tekniska Högskolan, Jönköping University, JTH, Logistik och verksamhetsledning, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-49972.
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Syfte - Studiens syfte är att undersöka vad som påverkar kvinnors förutsättningar för att anta ledande positioner inom tillverkningsindustrin och genom det förstå hur hållbar utveckling kan uppnås. För att besvara syftet har tre frågeställningar formulerats: - Vilka möjliggörare finns för att kvinnor ska kunna anta ledande positioner på tillverkningsindustrier? - Vilka barriärer finns för att kvinnor ska kunna anta ledande positioner på tillverkningsindustrier? - På vilket sätt kan organisationskontexten kopplas till påverkansfaktorerna? Metod – Som metod genomfördes en intervjustudie med fem kvinnor på fem olika tillverkningsindustrier i Jönköpings län. Ytterligare genomfördes en litteraturstudie och relevant teori har tagits fram. Resultatet från intervjustudien analyserades mot teori, som tillsammans formade studiens utfall. Resultat – För att kvinnor ska kunna anta ledande positioner på tillverkningsindustrier finns det både möjliggörare och barriärer, uppdelat internt och externt. De interna möjliggörarna som identifierades var kompetens, mångfald, organisationskultur och jämställdhet och fanns inom organisationerna. Den externa möjliggöraren som identifierades var representation, en möjliggörare som identifierades utanför organisationerna kopplat till individer. De interna barriärerna som identifierades var rekrytering, hierarki, organisationskultur, investeringar och motstånd vilket likt de interna möjliggörarna fanns inom organisationerna. Den externa barriären som identifierades var individens påverkan och kunde likt den externa möjliggöraren kopplas till individer utanför organisationerna. Organisationskontexten och påverkansfaktorerna var delvis kopplade då de identifierade barriärerna kunde kopplas till att organisationer inte prioriterade områden som barriärerna berörde. Det fanns en svagare koppling mellan möjliggörarna och organisationskontexten, vilket kunde förklaras med att möjliggörarna snarare tillhörde organisationernas sociala system än organisationernas struktur. Implikationer - Ur ett teoretiskt perspektiv bidrog de identifierade påverkansfaktorerna till att öka kunskapen kring kvinnors förutsättningar för att anta ledande positioner. Ur ett praktiskt perspektiv bidrog resultatet till att både individer och organisationer kunde ta lärdom av påverkansfaktorerna och förbättra förutsättningarna för kvinnor att anta ledande positioner inom tillverkningsindustrin. Begränsningar – Studien har begränsats av att endast fem respondenter på fem olika organisationer intervjuats. Hade fler intervjuer genomförts kunde studiens generaliserbarhet blivit högre då det förmodligen bidragit till att ett mönster mellan både respondenter och organisationer framkommit.Purpose – This study aimed to examine what affects women’s prerequisites to attain leading positions within the manufacturing industry and through that understand how sustainable development can be achieved. To fulfil the purpose of this study, three questions have been formulated: - Which enablers exist for women to attain leading positions in manufacturing industries? - Which barriers exist for women to attain leading positions in manufacturing industries? - In which ways can the organizational context be connected to the impacting factors? Method – As a method, an interview study has been conducted with five women at five different manufacturing industries within Jönköping county. Furthermore, a literature study was executed, and relevant theory was brought out. The collected data from the interview study was analysed against the theory, which together formed the result of the study. Findings – For women being able to attain leading positions at manufacturing industries, there are both enablers and barriers, divided into internal and external fractions. The internal enablers that were identified were competency, diversity, organisational culture, and equality which appeared within the organisations. The external enabler that was identified was representation, an enabler that was identified out of the organisations connected to individuals. The internal barriers that were identified were recruitment, hierarchy, organisational culture, investments and resistance, just as the internal enablers that appeared within the organisations. The external barrier that was identified was the individual’s impact and could as the external enabler be connected to the individual herself outside of the organisations’ context. The organisational context and the impacting factors were partly connected since the identified barriers could be connected to organisations not prioritizing the areas of the barriers. There was a weaker connection between the enablers and the organisational context, which could be explained by the enablers belonging to the social system of the organisations rather than the structure of the organisations. Implications - The identified impacting factors could from a theoretical perspective contribute to increasing the knowledge regarding women’s prerequisites to attain leading positions. The result could from an practical perspective contribute to both individuals and organisations taking lessons from the impacting factors and improve women’s prerequisites to attain leading positions within the manufacturing industry Limitations – The study was limited by interviewing only five respondents at five different organisations. If further interviews had been conducted, the generalisability of the study would have been higher since it presumably would had contributed to a pattern between the respondents and the organisations.
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Peerzada, Mazhar Hussain. "Novel manufacturing concepts for bias woven preforms." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2012. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/novel-manufacturing-concepts-for-bias-woven-preforms(21adfd2a-774b-4384-9a70-4468ca729154).html.
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In recent years, the use of textile composites has grown rapidly primarily due to the high strength-to-weight ratio which they offer. The applications of fibre reinforced composites include a range of industries including aerospace, automotive, marine, civil construction, wind energy and sports. The textile reinforcements used for composites include woven, knitted, braided and stitch-bonded preforms. Among these, woven fabrics are the most widely used reinforcements which comprise interlaced warp and weft yarns oriented at 0o and 90o, respectively. This research concerns woven fabrics wherein the interlacing sets of yarns are oriented at bias. The main focus is the development of manufacturing concepts for bias woven preforms. Following a thorough study on existing bias technologies, five bias weaving concepts have been proposed for making bias woven preforms. With regard to the first of these concepts, a Desktop Bias Weaving (DBW) machine has been developed. A range of elementary and compound bias woven preforms have been successfully produced using the DBW machine. The preforms have been consolidated using the vacuum resin infusion process to make textile composites. The mechanical properties of the composite materials have been assessed, and their structure has been analysed to observe tow geometry using advanced imaging techniques such as X-ray tomography. The next step has been the development of advanced Bi-axial Bias (BiB) weaving concepts for producing quasi-isotropic bias woven preforms. Here both sets of interlacing yarns are oriented at bias. Such fabric formation requires a double rapier weft insertion mechanism. With regard to this, four concepts have been proposed and two BiB weaving machines have been developed accordingly. BiB woven preforms based on fundamental plain, twill and satin weaves have been fabricated successfully and impregnated with epoxy resin to make laminates. The weave geometry in the composite samples has been analysed using Scanning Electron Microscopy.
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Torun, Ahmet Refah. "Advanced manufacturing technology for 3D profiled woven preforms." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2011. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-71966.
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3D textile performs offer a high potential to increase mechanical properties of composites and they can reduce the production steps and costs as well. The variety of woven structures is enormous. The algorithms based on the conventional weaving notation can only represent the possible woven structures in a limited way. Within the scope of this dissertation, a new weaving notation was developed in order to analyze the multilayer woven structures analytically. Technological solutions were developed in order to guarantee a reproducible preform production with commingled hybrid yarns. Terry weaving technique can be utilized to create vertical connections on carrier fabrics, which makes it suitable for the development of complex profiles. A double rapier weaving machine was modified with electronically controlled terry weaving and pneumatic warp yarn pull-back systems. Various spacer fabrics and 3D profiles were developed. A linear take-up system is developed to assure reproducible preform production with a minimum material damage. Integrated cutting and laying mechanisms on the take-up system provides a high level of automation.
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Soysal, Sercan. "Structural Design, Analysis And Composite Manufacturing Applications For A Tactical Unmanned Air Vehicle." Master's thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12609506/index.pdf.
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In this study structural design, analysis and composite manufacturing applications for a tactical UAV, which was designed and manufactured in Aerospace Engineering Department of Middle East Technical University (METU), is introduced. In order to make an accurate structural analysis, the material and loading is modeled properly. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was used to determine the 3D pressure distribution around the wing and then the nodal forces were exported into the finite element program by means of interpolation from CFD mesh to finite element mesh. Composite materials which are mainly used in METU TUAV are woven fabrics which are wetted with epoxy resin during manufacturing. In order to find the elastic constants of the woven fabric composites, a FORTRAN code is written which utilizes point-wise lamination theory. After the aerodynamic load calculation and material characterization steps, linear static and dynamic analysis of the METU TUAV&rsquos wing is performed and approximate torsional divergence speed is calculated based on a simplified approach. Lastly, co-cured composite manufacturing of a multi-cell box structure is explained and a co-cured multi-cell box beam is manufactured.
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Torun, Ahmet Refah [Verfasser], Chokri [Akademischer Betreuer] Cherif, and Frank [Akademischer Betreuer] Ficker. "Advanced manufacturing technology for 3D profiled woven preforms / Ahmet Refah Torun. Gutachter: Chokri Cherif ; Frank Ficker. Betreuer: Chokri Cherif." Dresden : Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2011. http://d-nb.info/1067729003/34.
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Santos, Juliana Brancaccio dos. "Operárias têxteis: cotidiano e trabalho em São Paulo (1930-1948)." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2009. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/13128.
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This paper studies the daily and working lives of textile mill women workers between 1930 and 1948, using as a starting point the accounts given by Luiza Brancaccio, Yolanda Helena Lavalle Blancacco and Maria Lavalle Allegranzi. The focus of the study is twofold. Firstly, the author discusses life beyond the mill, describing these women's daily lives in their neighborhoods, their leisure activities, courtship and dating, marriage and the birth of their children. Secondly, the author discusses labor within the São Paulo state textile industry and the large numbers of women workers found in mills. The paper analyses the various types of activities carried out by women workers, the harsh reality of child labor and how these issues were addressed by the social welfare legislation at the time. Finally, the paper looks at the level of respect accorded to these women by society, the roles they were subject to and how they dealt with these societal demands, highlighting that even in those early days news about women's evolution were being published by the press. It is important to underscore that the author does not claim the interviewees' accounts to represent the entire universe of women textile workers in the period. Through these accounts the author wishes to discuss the Brazilian industrialization scene and the situation of women, two topics of great relevance in the history of Brazil. In the early days of our research, these life stories acted as enablers of our task
Este trabalho pretende estudar o cotidiano familiar e fabril de operárias têxteis no período entre 1930 e 1948, partindo dos depoimentos de Luiza Brancaccio, Yolanda Helena Lavalle Blancacco e Maria Lavalle Allegranzi. Para tanto, partimos de duas frentes de trabalho. A primeira trata da vida fora da fábrica, do cotidiano nos bairros, o lazer aí proporcionado, da convivência familiar, dos namoros, casamentos e nascimentos dos filhos. A segunda examina o trabalho operário sob o contexto da indústria têxtil paulista e a inclusão de um grande contingente de operárias nesta indústria. Analisaremos os tipos de atividade desenvolvidos pelas operárias, a dura realidade do trabalho infantil e como todas estas questões eram amparadas na legislação social. Por fim trabalharemos com a visão que a sociedade nutria a respeito das mulheres, a quais papéis estavam sujeitas e como lidavam com estas demandas sociais; mostrando também que já neste período as notícias sobre a evolução feminina chegavam às páginas dos jornais. Devemos assinalar que não é nossa pretensão representar o conjunto das operárias têxteis do período abordado através das histórias de vida das depoentes. Queremos através de seus relatos, adentrar em uma esfera da industrialização brasileira e da realidade feminina; temas de considerável importância para a história do Brasil, e que em um primeiro momento de nosso trabalho serviram como facilitadoras nessa tarefa
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PIRIU, ANDREEA ALEXANDRA. "ESSAYS ON GLOBALISATION: EFFECTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/728739.
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This thesis studies the effects of import competition from China and Eastern Europe
on the health and fertility decisions of German individuals working in manufacturing.
Individuals are matched with separate measures of exposure to competition from China
and Eastern Europe, respectively. To isolate exogenous supply shocks from the origin,
instrumental variables for competition from each of China and Eastern Europe are constructed.
Results in Chapter 1 suggest that higher import competition worsens individual health via
job displacement, wage decline, shortened employment duration, increased reliance on
welfare and less future orientation, with Chinese import competition affecting individuals
twice as much. Health declines as individuals increase their visits to the doctor, exercise
less frequently and have a higher probability of developing chronic illness. Also, there is
some evidence that individuals do not tend to become disabled but may be slowly pushed
into chronic illness.
Findings in Chapter 2 show that import competition negatively affects the individual’s
probability of having children via reduced earnings, lower satisfaction with personal
income and shortened employment duration. The chapter then investigates effects of
import exposure by gender. Results show that male and female fertility choices differ
upon rising import competition. Higher import exposure lowers female earnings and
job autonomy, which in turn generates a lower opportunity cost of work, to the point
where having children would become a more rewarding alternative for female workers.
By contrast, increased import exposure negatively affects male workers’ fertility through
reduced earnings and employment duration.
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Iervolino, Onorio. "Enhanced impact resistance and pseudo plastic behaviour in composite structures through 3D twisted helical arrangement of fibres and design of a novel chipless sensor for damage detection." Thesis, University of Bath, 2017. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.723326.
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The future of the aerospace industry in large part relies on two factors: (i) development of advanced damage tolerant materials and (ii) development of advanced smart sensors with the ability to detect and evaluate defects at very early stages of component service life. Laminated composite materials, such as carbon fibre reinforced plastics (CFRP), have emerged as the materials of choice for increasing the performance and reducing the cost and weight of aircrafts, which leads to less fuel consumption and therefore lower CO2 emissions. However, it is well known that these materials exhibit fragile behaviour, poor resistance to impact damage caused by foreign objects and require a relatively slow and labour intensive manufacturing process. These factors prevent the rapid expansion of composite materials in several industrial sectors at the current time. Inspired by the use of rope throughout history and driven by the necessity of creating a lean manufacturing process for composites and enhancing their impact properties, the first part of this work has shown that enhanced damage tolerance and pseudo-ductile behaviour can be achieved with standard CFRP by creatively arranging the fibres into a 3D twisted helical configuration. Through an extensive experimental campaign a new method to arrange fibre reinforcement was presented and its effect investigated. The second part of this PhD work focused on developing a new smart sensor. A spiral passive electromagnetic sensor (SPES) for damage detection on CFRP and glass fibre reinforced plastics (GFRP) is presented in this work. A range of defect types in glass and carbon composite has been considered, such as delamination, perforated holes and cracks. Furthermore, throughout this work, the SPES has been exploited as a multi-sensing device allowing the ability to detect temperature and humidity variation, presence of ice and act as an anti/de-icing device.
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Orliac, Jean-Guillaume. "Analyse et simulation du comportement anisotrope lors de la mise en forme de renforts tissés interlock." Phd thesis, INSA de Lyon, 2012. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00823359.
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Afin de pouvoir prédire le comportement des renforts de composites 3D interlock au cours d'un procédé de mise en forme, il est nécessaire de connaitre la position des mèches dans le renfort durant la phase de préformage du procédé. Les travaux présentés ici traitent de la simulation du préformage de renforts 3D épais à l'aide d'un élément fini hexaédrique semi-discret spécifique. En utilisant le principe des travaux virtuels, on distingue le travail interne virtuel dû à la tension des mèches des autres travaux virtuels. La raideur due aux tensions de mèches, qui constitue la contribution principale de la rigidité du matériau, est prise en compte à l'aide de barres incluses dans les éléments. Les rigidités dues aux autres sollicitations, comme la compression transverse, les cisaillements ou les frottements inter-mèches, sont décrites par un matériau continu additionnel. La combinaison de ce modèle discret du premier ordre et d'un matériau continu hyperélastique anisotrope dit du second ordre, pour formuler le comportement du matériau va permettre la simulation du préformage des renforts tissés épais. Conjointement aux travaux sur la simulation, des travaux expérimentaux pour l'identification des paramètres matériau de la loi de comportement ont été définis et réalisés. Ces paramètres concernent les deux parties de la formulation du comportement.
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Lin, Chia-Ling, and 林家綾. "Roles and Role Models of Career Women in Manufacturing Industries in Taiwan." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/3q3g4a.
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碩士國立彰化師範大學
人力資源管理研究所
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In modern days, despite being considered cliché to some extent, the influence of Confucianism remains. For example, the concept - “man is superior to woman” is often observed in workplace in Taiwan. As educational level has been lifted and the structure of industry has changed, women in Taiwan have put a great deal into workplace for a long while; however, they often encounter sex discrimination in the aspects like limitation on job positions, unequal pay and chances for promotion and so on. The thesis focuses on the female’s role in workplace, trying to discuss the fields perfectly suiting women, the difference and complementarity between male’s role and female’s and career planning for those who have learned key points on the job. The research was mainly conducted with qualitative interview to female workers, including 21 managers of middle and high class and 27 general employees in traditional manufacturing in the central area of Taiwan. The findings:(a) The fields suiting women are different from suiting men.(b) Male’s role and female’s role in workplace truly complement.(c) Companies do not plan career learning due to the quality of female’s role. Keywords: gender roles, career development and planning, work ability, ability complementarity
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Nishigaya, Kasumi. "Gender, mobility and premarital sexuality : a case study of women in the garment manufacturing industry in Phnom Penh, Cambodia." Phd thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/150870.
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Chou, Kuei-Nu, and 周貴女. "Behavioral intention for cervical cancer screening and related factors in women -- A comparison between nurses and female employees of manufacturing industries." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/26428262281986894309.
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碩士高雄醫學大學
護理學研究所碩士班
93
This study is to discuss and compare relationships to several variables between two sampling populations, clinical nursing staff and female employees in the manufacturing industry. This research adopts questionnaires designed with a cross-sectional and correlative structure. There are 220 questionnaires from one medical center and one regional teaching hospital collected, and another 220 from nine manufacturing factories in Kaohsiung area. Among these, 406 are valid samples. The major findings include: 70.2% of nursing staff and 72.6% of female manufacturing employees investigated do have the behavioral intention to take cervical cancer screening; there is no difference between these two groups. The results of t-tests indicates that, nursing staff scores significantly higher over female manufacturing employees in some predisposing factors, such as knowledge of cervical cancer risk factors, knowledge of HPV and knowledge of Pap smear, as well as in one enabling factor, health service condition, but significantly lower in other predisposing factors, like cervical cancer perception and attitudes towards Pap smear, as well as in one reinforcing factor, clues to promote cervical cancer screening. There is no significant difference between two groups in one enabling factor, personal ability for testing information, and in the dependent variable, behavioral intention of cervical cancer screening. There is only low correlation between the dependent variable, behavioral intention of cervical cancer screening, with some predisposing factors, like knowledge of Pap smear and attitudes towards Pap smear, with some enabling factors, like health service condition and personal ability for testing information, as well as with one reinforcing factor, clues to promote cervical cancer prevention tests. ANCOVA analysis indicates that, taking health service condition as the covariance variable results in a statistically significant difference: nursing staff appears to have lower behavioral intention of cervical cancer screening than female employees in the manufacturing industry. Also a statistically significant difference exists in behavioral intention of cervical cancer screening with basic terms like marriage statuses, sexual experience, sexual mate numbers, pregnancy experience and condom using. Two-way ANOVA analysis indicates that, in certain circumstances such as more education, smoking and no exposure to secondhand smoke in workplace, nursing staff still has a significantly lower behavioral intention of cervical cancer screening than the other group. The factor, attitudes towards Pap smear, is the major predictor about behavioral intention of cervical cancer screening in these two sampling populations. Although nurses possess the medical advantage professionally, but their attitudes and behavior towards prevention and health care are worse than the other group. We suggest that nurses should set good examples to practice cervical cancer screening, so as to be the benchmark for all women, directors of health education, navigators of health promotion, and advocates of woman health.
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Ndlangamandla, Mhambi Moses. "Contribution of indigenous knowledge use on the livelihood of rural women in the Lowveld region of Swaziland: a case study of handicrafts." Diss., 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18527.
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Poverty alleviation is a key item on the agenda of both government and non-governmental organisations. The use of indigenous knowledge to embark on small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) such as handicraft making has shown that it has a potential to yield the desired outcome in many areas. The research addressed the question: to what degree are handicrafts made in the Lowveld region of Swaziland and to what extent do these handicrafts contribute towards the livelihood of rural households? The data was collected using questionnaires and observations.
Findings revealed that the production of handicrafts is the second most important livelihood activity for most respondents. Even though the income received from these activities is small, its significance lies in the timing at which it is received; and on its role in supporting existing livelihood activities. Sustainability of the business is, however, threatened by inaccessibility of resources, lack of organisation and trading challenges
There is a need to promote the cultivation of natural resources, continuous training workshops and for women to form cooperatives or groups.
Further research is needed that would focus on the following areas: a comparative study done in urban areas which shall also investigate the impact of handicraft on urban poor households; a study which will focus on handicraft marketing and consumption and lastly on the youth and handicraft.Agriculture, Animal Health and Human Ecology
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Koenigsknecht, Theresa A. ""But the half can never be told" : the lives of Cannelton's Cotton Mill women workers." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/4655.
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)From 1851 to 1954, under various names, the Indiana Cotton Mills was the dominant industry in the small town of Cannelton, Indiana, mostly employing women and children. The female industrial laborers who worked in this mill during the middle and end of the nineteenth century represent an important and overlooked component of midwestern workers. Women in Cannelton played an essential role in Indiana’s transition from small scale manufacturing in the 1850s to large scale industrialization at the turn of the century. In particular, this work will provide an in-depth exploration of female operatives’ primary place in Cannelton society, their essential economic contributions to their families, and the unique tactics they used in attempts to achieve better working conditions in the mill. It will also explain the small changes in women’s work experiences from 1854 to 1884, and how ultimately marriage, not industrial work, determined the course of their later lives.
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Yang, Chun-tsung, and 楊濬聰. "Manufacturing of Three-dimensional Non-woven Fabrics by Melt-blown Process." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/zua3b8.
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碩士國立臺北科技大學
化學工程研究所
99
Melt-blown fabrics are lightweight with a high surface area, small void and high porosity. Hence they have better filtration, shielding, insulation, oil absorption, etc than nonwoven fabrics by other manufacturing technologies. In meltblowing, molten polymer is extruded through many orifices in spinnerets. The molten polymer is jacketed on both sides by high speed air stream and elongated by the air-drag force to form fibers, which are collected on a drum or other suitable collection surface. In the past, researches use meltblowing technique to analyze manufacturing technique of 2D nonwoven sheet. This thesis numerically and experimetnally investigates manufacturing technique of 3D nonwoven structures, and seek for it’s possible application. Because high inertia force of high speed air and lightweight fiber, the flow path of fibers is the air flow path. Finite volume method is used to simulate steady-state and unsteady-state turbulence models with moving reference frame model, sliding mesh model and dynamic mesh model. The results of simulation show that the irregular objects lead to different boundary layer separation in each cross section of the object, and produce different vortex strength. In the simulation of meltblowing process, it demnostrates that some fibers may flow over the obtuse section and circulate behind it. From observation of experiments it is found that the fibers may get entangled, and interfere the melt-blown process. In order to make the 3-D non-woven structure manufacturing successful, it is believed simulation and experiment data analysis in this study can provide some important technique reference to the 3-D non-woven industry.
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黃千紅. "Industrial Grade Electrically Conductive PET Composite Woven Fabrics: Manufacturing Techniques and Characteristic Evaluations." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/gy89yh.
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碩士逢甲大學
纖維與複合材料學系
103
This study evaluates the functional conductive woven fabrics and anti-electromagnetic woven fabrics, in order to provide a systematic examination on their manufacturing techniques and properties. Samples are fabricated by incorporating a weaving method with the warp yarns being 250D PET filaments and the weft yarns being twisted PET filaments, stainless steel (SS) yarns, and cuprum (Cu) yarns. The influences of twisting levels of PET yarns as well as the types of metallic yarns are examined in terms of mechanical properties (e.g. tensile strength, puncture resistance, tear resistance), electrical properties (e.g. surface resistance and electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness (EMI SE)), and comfort (e.g. air-permeable property), which is for a purpose of yielding optimal PET/metallic yarn electrically conductive woven fabrics that are expected for a mass production. The PET/SS/Cu electrically conductive woven fabrics that are composed of highly twisted PET yarns are proven to be optimal. These woven fabrics have mechanical properties that are highly correlated with the twisting level of PET yarns and the high strength of SS yarns, and thus their tensile strength reaches 626N. In addition, their tensile elongation depends on the ductility of Cu yarns, and reaches 14.5%. The results of electrical properties indicate that these woven fabrics also have satisfactory electrical conductivity and EMI SE, which is ascribed to their constituent metallic yarns. In particular, EMI SE reaches 43 dB as a result of the incorporation of highly conductive Cu yarns, while the optimal air permeability of these woven fabrics reaches 61.6 cm3/cm2/s. According to diverse evaluation results, PET/SS/Cu woven fabrics have improved properties as the result of the combination of highly twisted PET yarns and SS/Cu yarns. As a result, the manufacturing techniques of woven fabrics that are proposed in this study facilitate industrial mass production, and enable product designs to be commercialized.
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WEI, CHUN-YU, and 魏群諭. "Electromagnetic shielding and UV resistant functional woven fabrics : manufacturing techniques and performance evaluation." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/a3vew9.
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Huang, Chun-shen, and 黃珺紳. "The Study of Plastic Woven Bag Manufacturing Business Model Development - A Case Study of LJ Company." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/bk73vq.
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碩士國立臺北科技大學
經營管理系碩士在職專班
105
Thailand is a large agricultural country, and because of the hot weather, people use large amount of ice and many chemical industries in Thailand, so the woven bag in Thailand is a high utilization rate of products. However, in recent years because of regulations changes, safety issues and test problems that caused many customers began to replace with other packaging. Meanwhile, the recent wage increased and health problems caused many companies began to change the automated packaging or change the manner packing. Therefore, we have to approach the future direction of woven bags and the bulk bag market diversification of development. This study mainly discusses the market size and the degree of using woven bags in Thailand and ASEAN, and points out the future development direction of woven bag manufacturers through the discussion of business model. Enterprises pursuing revenue growth, often take the diversification of business strategy, how do the woven bag manufacturers use the diversification of business to achieve sustainable business, will be discussed in this paper.
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Kuo, Wei, and 郭瑋. "Computer Simulation Based Approach to Modeling, Scheduling, and Performance Evaluation for Preparatory Section of Woven Fabric Manufacturing." Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/77423313859845198188.
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碩士輔仁大學
織品服裝學系
91
In today’s textiles business environment, the dynamics of the processing operations drive many decisions in the production line. Companies using manual scheduling could not afford to the customer’s requirements efficiently and accurately especially in woven fabric manufacturing. In order to solve these scheduling problems in speed, this research explores the use of computer simulation modeling techniques applied to the preparatory section, which includes Spooling through Pirn Winding 7 main operations, of woven fabric production using WITNESS simulation software. Beside that, there are two objectives of this study. The first is to evaluate the adjustment of the dyeing facility could influence production performance such as optimized the utilization of dyeing machine and minimized the number of delay orders. The second is to predict how salesman could serve the number and the size of new implement orders without influencing the production performance. A discrete event simulation model based on dynamic scheduling system has been conceptualized, designed and developed through the steps of simulation research. However, computer simulation could use in studying the textile manufacturing. This technique is also provided to help the manager control the variety of the changes, make a decision and solve the problem.
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Huang, Chuan-I., and 黃全義. "Manufacturing Process and Property Evaluations of Composite Yarn-dyed Woven Fabrics Made of Functional Bamboo Charcoal/Stainless Steel/TPU." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/50536973093424633159.
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Tan, Hsueh-jen, and 譚學仁. "Using Continuous Filament or Glass-Fiber Woven Fabric to Reinforce High-Modulus Composite Geotextiles: Manufacturing Techniques and Property Evaluations." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/41242652874058130932.
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碩士逢甲大學
纖維與複合材料學系
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There have been relatively few industrial projects focusing on the application and development of geotechnical engineering. Artificial fiber are developed, which allow diverse artificial fiber-based fabrics for wide application in the geo-engineering field, as geotextiles have functions of reinforcement, isolation, filter, drainage, and protection. In response, this study uses polyester (PET) fiber, polypropylene fiber (PP) and Kevlar fiber at different ratios to make basis fabrics, and examines the optimal parameters for the production of these basis fabrics. The fabrics are laminated with PET continuous (cont.) filament or glass-fiber woven fabrics, after which the whole is processed with needle punching and hot pressing. High-modulus composite fabrics are yielded and tested for mechanical properties and permeability. According to mechanical test results, the optimal parameters of high-modulus composite fabrics are Kevlar content (40 wt%), needle punch depth (19 mm) , and needle punch speed (250 needles/min). The needle punch depth pertains to the mechanical properties of the composite fabrics after cont. filament is added. In addition, the speed of the filament motor also affects the CV% of mechanical properties. Using cont. filament can mechanically improve the high-modulus composite geotextiles to a greater extent, in comparison to using glass-fiber woven fabric. Regardless of the reinforcement being cont. filament or glass-fiber woven fabric, the thermally treated composite geotextiles exhibit an increasing trend in mechanical properties. However, a small amount of samples exhibit permeability that is lower than the standard geotextile requirements (0.1 cm/s). The proposed high-modulus composite geotextiles can be produced with the corresponding required functions, such as reinforcement, drainage, and filtration, based on the applications in protecting hillsides, retaining roadbeds, and dredging reservoirs.