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Skylines for Symbolic Energy Consumption Analysis [PDF]

, 2020
Energy consumption in embedded systems plays a large role as it has implications for the power supply and the batteries used. Programmers of these systems should consider how their programs control external devices, and where energy consumption hotspots lie.
Klinik, M., Gastel, B.E. van, Kop, C.L.M., Eekelen, M.C.J.D. van   +3 more
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An analysis of culture as a tourism commodity [PDF]

, 2009
The notion of culture has been the object of multidisciplinary studies attempting, with difficulty, to define this polyhedral social concept expressed in symbolic representations.
Maccarrone-Eaglen, A
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Symbolic Consumption and Media in Bret Easton Ellis’s Less than Zero

Critical Literary Studies, 2021
The present paper seeks to argue that consumption and media wield an unparalleled influence over contemporary American society, in a way that these drives constitute the primary means through which identity is constituted.
Mohsen Khaleseh Dehghan, Bakhtiar Sadjadi   +1 more
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Fetishism and the social value of objects. [PDF]

, 2009
The idea of the fetish has a particular presence in the writings of both Marx and Freud. It implies for these two theorists of the social, a particular form of relation between human beings and objects. In the work of both the idea of the fetish involves
Baudrillard Jean, Baudrillard Jean, Baudrillard Jean, Callon Michel, Eco Umberto, Freud Sigmund, Freud Sigmund, Freud Sigmund, Gamman Lorraine, Geras Norman, Godelier Maurice, Gottdiener M., Grosz Elizabeth, Himmelweit Susan, Jhally Sut, Kellner Douglas, Levin Charles, Marx Karl, Marx Karl, Marx Karl, Matlock Jann, Miller Daniel, Nye Robert A., Pietz William, Sahlins Marshall, Simpson David, Tim Dant, Wells David   +27 more
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Symbolic Product Superiority in the Neural Salience of Compensatory Consumption Behavior

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
To cope with self-threat being induced by personal setbacks in daily life, compensatory consumption, especially on symbolic product, has been found to do valuable help to resolve discrepancies between ideal and actual self-concept. Conforming to symbolic
Wenjun Yu, Wenjun Yu, Zhongqiang Sun, Zhongqiang Sun, Zhihui He, Zhihui He, Chuyuan Ye, Chuyuan Ye, Qingguo Ma, Qingguo Ma, Qingguo Ma   +10 more
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A Symbolic Time-series Data Mining Framework for Analyzing Load Profiles of Electricity Consumption [PDF]

Journal of Library and Information Studies, 2017
Electricity is critical for industrial and economic advancement, as well as a driving force for sustainable development. In turn, reducing energy consumption for sustainability and both tracking and managing energy efficiently have become critical ...
I-Chin Wu, Tzu-Li Chen, Guan-Qun Hong, Yen-Ming Chen, Tzu-Chi Liu   +4 more
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Status, taste and distinction in consumer culture: acknowledging the symbolic dimensions of inequality [PDF]

, 2008
The relationship between social position and health has been the focus of extensive public health debate. In the UK and elsewhere, most researchers have focused on physical aspects of health, using indicators such as mortality and morbidity to draw a ...
Archer, Bartley, Bauman, Black, Bourdieu, Charlesworth, Davey Smith, Davey Smith, Eckersley, Eckersley, Featherstone, Featherstone, Freire, Frolich, Giddens, Gould, Hartmut, Krieger, Lupton, Lury, Marcus, Margaret Hannah, Marmot, Marmot, Marmot, McLeod, McLeod, Miller, Nesse, Phil Hanlon, Ransome, Sandra Carlisle, Scambler, Shilling, Slater, Sointu, Sullivan, Townsend, Wallerstein, Wilkinson, Wilkinson, Wilkinson, Wilkinson, Wilkinson, Wilkinson, Williams, Williams   +46 more
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Musical preferences and technologies: Contemporary material and symbolic distinctions criticised [PDF]

, 2015
Today how individuals interact with various cultural items is not perfectly consistent with theoretical frameworks of influential scholars on cultural consumption, such as Bourdieu (1984), Gans (1999), and Peterson and Simkus (1992).
Adrian Leguina, Bull M, Crisell A, French-Davis R, Frith S, Gans HJ, Gayo M, Gonzalez JP, Karmy E, Lebaron F, Paul Widdop, Peterson RA, Pinch T, R Core Team, Sara Arancibia-Carvajal, Van Dijk JAGM, Warde A   +16 more
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Green consumption: the role of perceived symbolic value and personal innovativeness [PDF]

Journal of Responsible Production and Consumption
Purpose – This study aims to explore the relationship between personal innovativeness, perceived symbolic value and green purchase intentions within the context of sustainable consumption.
Albert Hasudungan, Harriman Samuel Saragih   +1 more
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Governance and sustainability in Glasgow: connecting symbolic capital and housing consumption to regeneration [PDF]

, 2008
To transcend a legacy of slum-living, paternalistic provision and urban decline, Glasgow City Council has endeavoured to transform the city's fortunes by a plethora of mechanisms that have at their core the establishment of sustainable communities ...
Amin, Atkinson, Bailey, Bourdieu, Bridge, Bruntland Commission, Cameron, Clapham, Communities Scotland, Cruikshank, Flint, Flint, Flint, Foucault, Foucault, Glasgow City Council, Glasgow City Council, Glasgow City Council, Glasgow City Council, Glasgow Housing Association, Kintrea, Lees, Lemke, McKee, Mooney, Mooney, OECD, Raco, Rose, Scottish Executive, Scottish Office, Shaw, Slater, Taylor, Webster   +34 more
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