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From the Discovery of the Giant Magnetocaloric Effect to the Development of High‐Power‐Density Systems

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
The article overviews past and current efforts on caloric materials and systems, highlighting the contributions of Ames National Laboratory to the field. Solid‐state caloric heat pumping is an innovative method that can be implemented in a wide range of cooling and heating applications.
Agata Czernuszewicz   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The analysis of food products retailing in European Union [PDF]

open access: yesMarketing (Beograd. 1991), 2009
Author is analyzing a share of food products in the structural profile of retail trade in European Union by presenting areas of retailing in which food, beverages, and tobacco products are predominant.
Rapaić Stevan
doaj  

Place Branding and Citizen Involvement: Participatory Approach to Building and Managing City Brands

open access: yesInternational Studies: Interdisciplinary Political and Cultural Journal, 2017
This article examines the role of citizens in the process of building and managing city brands. A multidisciplinary approach is applied to explain the multifaceted nature of territorial brands and citizen involvement.
Marta Hereźniak
doaj   +1 more source

Accounting for Climate When Determining the Impact of Weather on Retail Sales

open access: yesBusinesses, 2023
In this paper, we explore the importance of accounting for climate when determining the impact of weather on product sales. Using a France-wide scanner panel dataset provided by our industry partner, we show that if climate is not accounted for, product ...
Stanko Dimitrov   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

ChicGrasp: Imitation‐Learning‐Based Customized Dual‐Jaw Gripper Control for Manipulation of Delicate, Irregular Bio‐Products

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Automated poultry processing lines still rely on humans to lift slippery, easily bruised carcasses onto a shackle conveyor. Deformability, anatomical variance, and hygiene rules make conventional suction and scripted motions unreliable. We present ChicGrasp, an end‐to‐end hardware‐software co‐designed imitation learning framework, to offer a ...
Amirreza Davar   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Multi-Sensory In-Store Virtual Reality Customer Journey for Retailing: A Field Study in a Furniture Flagship Store

open access: yesFuture Internet, 2022
The choice of furniture in a retail store is usually based on a product catalog and simplistic product renderings with different configurations. We present a preliminary field study that tests a Multi-Sensory In-Store Virtual Reality Customer Journey ...
Michele Fiorentino   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Multimodal Haptic Feedback Interface with Thin‐Film Compliant Mechanism

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Multimodal haptic devices can trigger different mechanoreceptors, enabling richer haptic information. This study presents an electromagnetic multimodal haptic device capable of delivering indentation, stretch, and vibration stimuli. The device is enabled by a novel polymer thin‐film compliant mechanism that provides high translational compliance along ...
Jingjing Wan   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

HOW RETAILING HAS CHANGED? WHAT MARKETING DID FOR THIS CHANGE? [PDF]

open access: yesManagement & Marketing, 2007
Retailing is carried on by those business which sell goods to the final consumer. The obvious example is provided by the shops we all know and deal with.
Rodica ERDEI
doaj  

Research on the Spatial Features of the E-RetailingEconomic Linkages at County Level: A Case Study for Zhejiang Province, China

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2019
Quantitatively evaluating the spatial characteristics of regional e-retailing economy linkages is of great significance for clarifying the spatial organization of regional e-retailing economies, and promoting regional coordinated development.
Wei Shen, Yaochen Qin, Zhixiang Xie
doaj   +1 more source

Advancing Fruit Bioimpedance Monitoring With Sustainable, Soft, And Bio‐Based Electrodes Beyond ECG

open access: yesAdvanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.
Electrical impedance spectroscopy enables non‐destructive fruit quality monitoring, but conventional ECG and needle electrodes compromise signal stability, fruit physiology, and sustainability. This perspective highlights the transition toward soft, biocompatible, and biodegradable electrode interfaces based on natural substrates, bio‐derived ...
Sundus Riaz   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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