Nervous Ether: Soft Aggregates, Interactive Skins

Leonardo ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 344-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathy Velikov ◽  
Geoffrey Thün ◽  
Mary O’Malley ◽  
Wiltrud Simbuerger

This paper describes the authors’ exploration and experimentation with cellular pneumatic aggregates for kinetic, environmentally responsive envelope systems. The work is situated within the history and technology of pneumatic structures, biological paradigms, the agency and aesthetics of material, information translation, and the tension between performance and affect within responsive environments. The paper elaborates on the physical and computational development of novel pneumatic systems, experimentation with their interactive capabilities, and a recently completed installation, Nervous Ether, a pneumatic spatial envelope that operates as an instrument to register and communicate remote environmental information while also developing affective interaction with inhabitants.

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruslaina Yusoff ◽  
Shariful Amran Abd Rahman ◽  
Wan Nazihah Wan Mohamed

This study was carried out to examine the economic consequences ofvoluntary environmental reporting on shareholders' wealth among Malaysian Listed Companies that voluntarily disclosed environmental information in their financial report. One hundred andfifty two (152) companies of Bursa Malaysia (MSE) had been identified as a sample in the current study. Seventy six (76) companies were classified as environmental reporting companies while the remaining companies were classified as non-environmental reporting companies. The classification was done in order to determine the differences between share price, profitability and market equity for both types of companies. The study hypothesizes that voluntary environmental reporting leads to an improvement in the shareholders wealth. However, the results show that there is no significant difference between cumulative abnormal return for environmental and non-environmental reporting companies. Based on the results obtained, it can also be concluded that profitability and size of the companies do not have any significant roles in deciding whether or not to produce environmental reporting companies.


2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 319-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zbigniew Chaniecki ◽  
Krzysztof Grudzień ◽  
Tomasz Jaworski ◽  
Grzegorz Rybak ◽  
Andrzej Romanowski ◽  
...  

Abstract The paper presents results of the scale-up silo flow investigation in based on accelerometer signal analysis and Wi-Fi transmission, performed in distributed laboratory environment. Prepared, by the authors, a set of 8 accelerometers allows to measure a three-dimensional acceleration vector. The accelerometers were located outside silo, on its perimeter. The accelerometers signal changes allowed to analyze dynamic behavior of solid (vibrations/pulsations) at silo wall during discharging process. These dynamic effects are caused by stick-slip friction between the wall and the granular material. Information about the material pulsations and vibrations is crucial for monitoring the interaction between silo construction and particle during flow. Additionally such spatial position of accelerometers sensor allowed to collect information about nonsymmetrical flow inside silo.


Author(s):  
Anna V. Krukova

About "a round table" "Library Resources for Education in Favor of Sustainable Development", taken place in the Russian state library in June 2010.


Oikos ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (31) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
María Genoveva Millán Vázquez de la Torr ◽  
Betty Lucía Mora Pernía

RESUMENLa gestión ambiental empresarial ha tomado, últimamente, mucha relevancia. Llevarla a cabo origina flujos de recursos económicos que afectan las operaciones de la empresa; por tanto se deben manejar herramientas que permitan incorporarlos a la contabilidad. Al efecto se han emitido normas, declaraciones y principios relacionados con los temas medioambientales para que puedan ser interpretados e incorporados a la información que se procesa en las empresas. Este artículo analiza los avances en estas cuestiones presentando un estudio empírico sobre la utilización de la contabilidad medioambiental.Palabras clave: contabilidad medioambiental, revelación de información medioambiental, gestión medioambiental empresarial. Environmental accounting and environmental management companies located in the Southwest Andino in VenezuelaABSTRACTThe Business environmental management has taken, ultimately, a lot of importance. Carry it out originates flows of economic resources that affect the operations of the business; therefore should be handled tools that permit to incorporate them to the accounting. To this effect have been issued standards, statements and principles related to the environmental themes so that they can be interpreted and incorporated to the information that is processed in the businesses. This paper analyzes the advances in these themes presenting an empirical study on the use of the environmental accounting.Keywords: environmental accounting, revelation of environmental information, business environmental management.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fonny maswija priscilla

Abstrak—Administrative administration is an organizational subsystem, in this case the school organization. Its main activity is taking care of all forms of school administration, from correspondence to inventory of goods. When viewed from the above understanding, the administration does not only involve correspondence activities but also involves all material information and information in the form of documents. Abstract:Administration consists of two words, namely "Tata" and "Usaha", each of which has more or less the following understanding. Tata is a rule that must be obeyed, and Business is an effort by exerting energy, thoughts to achieve a purpose. So according to the meaning of the word, Administration is a rule or regulation contained in a work implementation process. In the Indonesian Dictionary it is explained that what is meant by the term Administration is the organization of writing (finance and so on) in companies, countries and so on, while business administrators are people who carry out business stages.Keywords— AdministrationAbstrak—Administrative administration is an organizational subsystem, in this case the school organization. Its main activity is taking care of all forms of school administration, from correspondence to inventory of goods. When viewed from the above understanding, the administration does not only involve correspondence activities but also involves all material information and information in the form of documents. Abstract:Administration consists of two words, namely "Tata" and "Usaha", each of which has more or less the following understanding. Tata is a rule that must be obeyed, and Business is an effort by exerting energy, thoughts to achieve a purpose. So according to the meaning of the word, Administration is a rule or regulation contained in a work implementation process. In the Indonesian Dictionary it is explained that what is meant by the term Administration is the organization of writing (finance and so on) in companies, countries and so on, while business administrators are people who carry out business stages.Keywords— Administration


2010 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 347-353
Author(s):  
Jian-kang SHI ◽  
An-ming BAO ◽  
Hai-long LIU ◽  
Xian-wei FENG ◽  
Wei-sheng WANG ◽  
...  

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