Pioneers of the plantation economy: militarism, dispossession and the limits of growth in the Wa State of Myanmar

Professional skills in the Product Development Process: the contribution of learning environments to professional skills in the Industry 4.0 scenario

Management of new technologies in production and logistics

A new methodological approach to detection of economic safety zones for investments in the introduction of new technology in production of nonwovens is described. The proposed method can be used not only for determining the boundaries of economic efficiency in technical retooling of enterprises, but also in fixing the prices for new domestic equipment.

Estudou-se a gerência de sistemas de produção de jornais de uma empresa de comunicações, objetivando identificar e analisar os impactos da adoção de novas tecnologias de produção e da definição de novas áreas de atuação sobre as relações de trabalho. Entrevistaram-se empregados do setor de produção e pré-impressão de jornais, coletando-se informações quanto à situação de trabalho no momento atual e no período imediatamente anterior à implantação da nova tecnologia. Observou-se que cargos e funções foram eliminados e que o processo de trabalho foi amplamente remodelado, alcançando-se a instância da gestão da força de trabalho, em que se estabeleceram relações mais flexíveis e liberais. Houve aperfeiçoamento de processos, com alguns traços de reengenharia de processo. Departamentos se tornaram equipes de trabalho, com supervisão flexibilizada, no esforço de se promover interação e participação do empregado. A atitude mais democrática assumida pelas chefias também parece ter contribuído para a evolução das relações de trabalho e para o aumento da produtividade na organização; no entanto algumas práticas da organização remontam a um modelo tradicional de gestão e de relações de trabalho. A adoção de novas tecnologias de produção é encarada como fator positivo, necessário e inadiável.

The study analyzed sources of information for improved cassava production technology in Biase Local Government Area, Cross River State, Nigeria. Data were obtained from a random sample of 110 respondents in the study area by means of structured and semistructured questionnaire. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The ranking of sources of information regarding innovation in cassava production in BiaseLocal Government Area, Cross River State saw radio (41.81%) as major source of information for new technologies in cassava production. The television (30%), extension agent (12.73%), friends/ neighbours (8.18%) and information communication technologies (ICTs)(7.27%) were ranked second, third, fourth and fifth respectively. The study also revealed that cassava farmers are faced with several problems in their production activities. These constraints affect the efficiency of cassava production in the study area. Notable among them are the constraint of lack of visit by extension agents, non-adoption of new technologies in cassava production, high cost of fertilizers, high cost of labour, delay in loan approval, low fertility of land, wrong application of fertilizers andinadequate land ranked 94.17%, 90.29% , 90.29%, 87.38%,86.41%, 70.87%, 61.17%, and 38.83% respectively. The constraints associated with sources of information for improved cassava production technology in Biase Local Government Area, Cross River State as highlighted in this paper if tackled could pave a way to increase cassava production and farm income of stakeholders. Hence, for efficient production of cassava inthe study area, these constraints must be reduced to the barest minimum. This can be done through posting of more extension agents to rural areas were cassava farms were established and more ICTs centers should created in rural areas and cassava farmers should be trained by extension agents on use of ICTs to get information on new technologies in cassava production.

Probiotics are beneficial to human health. However, traditional processing methods are highly likely to destroy the viability of probiotics, so there is an urgent need for new processing technologies to handle probiotics. Currently, there are relatively few review articles on new processing technologies in probiotic products. This article conducts a systematic evaluation of the relevant literature on the application of new processing technologies in probiotic products. During the retrieval process, keywords closely related to the theme, such as "probiotics", "processing technology", "viability", and "high - temperature sterilization", are focused on, and the retrieval is carried out with the help of databases such as Web of Science, Google Scholar, and PubMed. This paper deeply explores the application of new processing technologies in probiotic products from dimensions such as principles, advantages, challenges and improvements, and applications. The research finds that new processing technologies are expected to promote the expansion of probiotic products into more fields, which is of great significance for the further development of the probiotic industry.

The "Golden Triangle" vision, as introduced in the January 2010 President's Page, supports transformation of our IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) into a truly global, vital and high-value professional society. The three vertices of the "Golden Triangle," namely Globalization, Young Leaders, and Industry, are the three fundamental concepts of transformation. Globalization enables utilization of the best talent, education, training and cultural values among our members from around the world. Young Leaders are the future of our Society. Interestingly, the rapidly growing countries, fueling the drive for Globalization, have higher percentages of their work force under- 30 years of age. Industry implements technology in products and services, making these available to user communities around the world, including rurual areas and the expanding consumer base around the world. All three vertices in the "Golden Triangle," therefore, center around Globalization in the development and operations of our Communications Society.

In the context of the new media era, new media technology has become a key technology in the production of television programs. This technology transforms traditional television production methods and channels, making television programs more impactful, with superior picture quality, thereby truly achieving innovation in program production and increasing their attractiveness. This paper analyzes and studies the production pathways of television programs using new media technology. It first examines the advantages of new media technology in television program production and then explores its specific application pathways in television program production through a case study of a particular program. Additionally, it provides a forecast for the development of new media and television program production technology, aiming to promote the development of television program production.

Measles dominates among child droplet infections in many countries. This disease is still an important health problem and is still the major killer in children. Immunization of all humans sensitive to this infection is the only radical measure in the struggle against measles. The quality of a vaccine is primarily determined by the properties of the virus strains, technology of production and the cell substrate. Live measles vaccine is produced at present in 15 countries of the world. Hen eggs from SPF farm and MRC-5 diploid cells of human embryo lung are used as a substrate. Production of live measles vaccine in primary cell cultures has a number of drawbacks caused by nonstandard character of the substrate and probability of contamination. The use of certified human diploid cells deposited in liquid nitrogen in sufficient quantities shows promise most of all. We have developed a new technology of live measles vaccine production by using the Leningrad -16 virus strain (L-16) on the basis of the L-68 diploid cell culture of human embryo lung.

“Technology” is the practical expression of accumulated knowledge and expertise focused on how to mediate and manipulate the world. Scholars and contemporary observers of Mexico have long characterized production methods there as unchanging and lagging well behind the standard in the Atlantic world, but there are few systematic studies of technology in Mexican history, and especially for the critical 19th-century era of early modernization. Mexico’s first half century of independence (c. 1820–1870) saw relatively little technological change. In spite of a number of sustained efforts to introduce the technologies—such as railroads, steam power, and iron manufacturing—that were transforming economic life and production in Great Britain and the United States, production methods in Mexico remained small scale and artisanal. Textile manufactures were a partial exception, as there were several dozen large-scale factories, powered by water turbines and occasionally by steam, that spun and wove thread. But the substantial obstacles to innovation discouraged or undermined most attempts. The next forty or so years, however, could not have been more different (c. 1870s–1920). As political stability slowly settled over most of the country, investment in economic activities picked up, slowly at first, then more rapidly into the 1880s and beyond. Initially focused on railroad transport and mining, new investments from both Mexican and foreign entrepreneurs diversified into a wide range of manufacturing enterprises, commercial agriculture, and urban infrastructure and commerce. Tightly linked to the concurrent dramatic expansion of the Atlantic economy—the so-called second industrial revolution—this expansion pushed demand for new technologies of production and swept across the country, transforming production, productivity, and the working and consuming lives of Mexicans at nearly all levels of society. The result was substantial modernization, manifest as economic growth as well as social dislocation. Individuals and firms proved able to adopt and commercialize a wide range of new production technologies during this period. This success was not matched, however, by substantial local assimilation of new technological knowledge and expertise, that is, by a process of technological learning. Until the 1870s, Mexican engineers, mechanics, and workers had scant opportunities to work with and learn from production technologies appearing in the Atlantic world. When new machines, tools, and processes swept across Mexico thereafter, adopting firms typically hired technical experts and skilled workers from abroad, given the scarcity of expertise at home. This became a self-reinforcing cycle, perpetuating dependence on imported machines and imported know-how well into the 20th century.

پژوهش حاضر، به بررسی نقش ارتباطات مشارکتی و مؤلفه های مختلف آن بر آموزش کشاورزان جهت همسو کردن آنان در راستای استفاده از فناوری های نوین تولید برای دستیابی به تولید بیشتر و افزایش بهره وری پرداخته است.با توجه به شرایط اقلیمی و محدودیت منبع ها از جمله آب، لازم است ؛ برای دگرگونی در کشاورزی کشورمان، از همراهی کشاورزان برای اجرای موفق برنامه ها از جمله تغییر الگوی کشت و استفاده از فناوری های نوین تولید بهره گیری شود. در این میان نقش آموزش و ترویج به عنوان راهکارهای مهندسی افکار کشاورزان برای تغییر نگرش و رفتار و برای ایجاد تغییر بنیادین در روش های سنتی تولید محصولات، ضروری است که یکی از راهبردها بکارگیری ارتباطات مشارکتی در آموزش های کشاورزیست. دیدمان تحقیق، کیفی و از نوع تحلیل روایت می باشد که در آن از ابزار مصاحبه‌ی ژرفایی بهره گرفته شده است. در این پژوهش با 15 تن از مددکاران کشاورزی در روستاهای تابعه مشهد مصاحبه شده، افزون بر این با استفاده از روش اسنادی و مطالعه کتابخانه ای نسبت به مطالعه و‌ بررسی پیشین نیز اقدام شده است.برایند مصاحبه ها و مطالعات انجام شده نشان داد علیرغم تمایل کشاورزان خرد به روش های سنتی به دلایلی نظیر کمبود منابع مالی برای خرید تجهیزات و ناکافی بودن آموزش های ترویجی، مددکاران کشاورزی، نقش ارائه آموزش های نوین کشاورزی را از دریچه روش های ارتباطات مشارکتی، موثر خوانده و بر ضرورت استفاده از چنین روش هایی نظیر؛ «مدرسه در مزرعه» تاکید دارند.

Tactical and strategic management considerations of externxlly sourced technology for new products - a preliminary exanmation of US/Japan company practices

Agricultural production is complex process and it depends of various factors which can be controlled. Many of them can be improved by using of various means which are not friendly for environment and health of people. It is necessary to apply only those measures which can maintain and improve physical - mechanical, technological and microbiological properties of soil and also the nutritive potential of soil but will not be harmful for environment. The other part of this story demands decrease of energy necessary in the process of soil preparation. The machinery and tools for new technologies in plant production in Serbia is consisted of: vibrating subsoiler VR-5(7), universal self propelled machine for soil arrangement USM-5, draining plough DP-4 and universal Scraper land leveler, and it is developed to apply changed new technologies of soil preparation. This study gives description of machines, tools and technologies necessary for soil preparation in Serbia; this means preparation of soil surface and depth, special note is given to preservation of environment and improvement of soil potential, but also and how to decrease the energy necessary for the process of soil preparation.

Over the years, improved techniques for production and processing of food have resulted in the expansion of our food supply byprolonging keeping times, preventing spoilage and increasing the variety of food products available. The use of new technologies infood production has potential benefits for both food manufactures and consumers. But one of the question raising is how consumersreact to the new technologies and how does it impact their choice to buy or not to buy such kind of food. This article examines howthe new technologies in food production (genetic engineering, nanotechnologies, cloning) affect consumer choice to purchase foodobtained through these technologies. Different literature and scientific data available were summarized to find out the main reasonswhat affect consumers’ attitude towards new technologies in food production. Results suggest that the willingness to consume foodobtained with help of new technologies is directly influenced by the risk consumers perceive and the perception of risk is more directthan the perception of supposed benefits. KEY WORDS: consumer attitude, cloning, GMO, nanotechnology, new technologies. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.15181/rfds.v9i1.589

(2005). New Technology And Equipment For Production Of Heavy I-beams From Continuously Cast Slabs. Materials Technology: Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 15-17.