Added Value Of Products Research Articles

Integrated Area Development: A New Social Forestry Landscape Approach in Indonesia

The area of Social Forestry in Indonesia until July 2023 has reached 5,625,137 ha with 8,317 location units. Nearly 80% of the area of each unit isless than 500 ha, and only 3 to 4 business units can have an impact on increasing community welfare, social cohesion, and regional ecological protection. This condition can still be improved so as to have an impact on regional economic development and product-added value. This study aims to examine the new concept of the social forestry landscape approach, such as integrated area development (IAD), and its implementations. The study was carried out in Lumajang Regency, East Java Province targeting, key stakeholders with the highest values of Indegree, Outdegree, Incloseness, Outcloseness and Betweenness as the main respondents. Determining key stakeholders using stakeholder network analysis with the UCINET (social network analysis) application. The results of the study show that the IAD approach provides added value in regional development, added product value, and expanding marketing economic coverage. IAD program in Lumajang shows that the Government (central and regional) is the key stakeholder in implementing activities. The IAD master plan, which was prepared by practitioner multi-stakeholders, resulted in an agrosilvopastural network, agro-industry, tourism interconnection, and environment-based restoration. The IAD Lumajang, especially Senduro village in the agrosilvopatural and agro-industry sectors, per capita income has managed to cross the poverty line (IDR 3.7 million per month/household), increased employment, and increased contribution of various sectors. This can be used as a role model for other social forestry areas in the context of poverty alleviation.

Determining The Shelf Life of Tamban Fish Choux Pastry (Sardinella Lemuru) Using Aluminum Foil Packaging using The Aslt Method

Choux pasty is known as sus, which is defined as a cake that has a dry, hollow and light texture so that it can be filled with various variations. Tamban fish meat is less popular with the public because it has many spines, so it can be used as raw material for making choux pastry which is capable of containing quality, added product value and good nutritional content. Apart from that, it can produce products with a delicious taste. Aluminum foil type plastic packaging is one type of plastic that is widely used in making food because it is the best type of plastic which is able to prevent chemical reactions and has heat resistant properties. Aluminum foil type plastic packaging in the form of a standing pouch has excellent air and light barrier capabilities and has a locking clip. This method uses environmental conditions that can accelerate the reaction of decreasing product quality. The use of the Arrhenius model on dry products can predict the rate of chemical reactions resulting in damage or changes in product quality at various storage temperatures. My research used 3 different temperatures, namely, temperature 30, temperature 40 and temperature 50. The shelf life parameters used in my research are peroxide value, hedonic test, water content and total plate number. The data contained in the research carried out on day 0 is: Water content is the ratio between the weight of water contained in a product and the weight of dry ingredients. Water content can be used to determine the quality and shelf life of products and foam to determine humidity. The initial water content value on day 0 was 3.78.

Design and optimization of an intensified process to produce acrylic acid as added product value from glycerol generated in the biodiesel production

Crude glycerol has become very competitive due to its low price and its use as a platform molecule for the generation of high value-added chemical products. This work proposes a new process to produce acrylic acid from crude glycerol using intensified processes (reactive distillation schemes). An economic analysis was also carried out in relation to the total annual cost to determine the costs associated to each reactive scheme. It was determined that the proposed schemes are economically viable and represent considerable benefits such as the clear reduction in the number of processes equipment. At the same time, it has been determined that these processes can use crude glycerol as raw material to obtain acrylic acid with a purity greater than 90 % in mol. Likewise, the proposed schemes show a significant reduction in energy consumption, up to 74 %, to produce acrylic acid in contrast to previous reported works.

Toward sustainable production of value‐added bioenergy and industrial oils in oilseed and biomass feedstocks

AbstractPlant fatty acids are used for food, feed, fuel, and industrial materials. Structurally and chemically diverse fatty acids, referred to as unusual or specialized fatty acids, are found in the seed oils of diverse plant species. Many unusual fatty acids have potential use as alternative and renewable sources of biofuels and bio‐based industrial feedstocks due to their variant structures' physical or functional properties. Oils enriched in these fatty acids can increase the value of oilseed crops and provide co‐products that can be readily extracted from lignocellulosic materials in biomass crops. Here, we describe recent progress in strategies for enhancement of oil production and quality in oilseed crops and the extension of this knowledge for metabolic engineering of biomass crops. Successful implementation of these strategies, in part, through the use of emerging synthetic biology tools, will provide added product value for the economic sustainability of biomass crops as bioenergy feedstocks.

Penerapan Alat Peniris Serbaguna Model Silinder Sistem Sentrifuse Untuk Meningkatkan Mutu Dan Higienis Produk Kerupuk Jagung Kelimutu Sikumana Kota Kupang

Science for Society in Small Industries of Corn Crackers Kelimutu Sikumana Kota Kupang in the form ofapplication of slicer has been implemented, one of the problems in the production of Kelimutu corn cracker is still a lot ofoil in frying product which only drained on simple sieve and placed some time above cardboard that can cause loweringquality and low hygiene, so it is necessary to do the reduction of frying oil products corn chips cracker. In order toincrease the added value and selling value of the product, it is necessary to synergy between Universities and Partners inthe form of science and technology for the community. The main constituent component of a slicer is a cylinder plate as abucket of a slicer, a cylinder slicer, an electric dynamo as a centrifuge system rotating motor and a load-bearingconstruction. The method of this program is the provision of materials, design and manufacture of tools, demonstrationtools and the provision of a versatile cylinder system centrifuge model by team, tool simulation, special counseling atpartner sites and suggestions as follow-up in production endurance. The output of this program can give the added valueof production increase from 20 kg-30 kg of raw material to 40 kg - 50 kg, corn raw material after cooking, dried, fried,processed and packed into 60 - 100 packs per 500 g with price Rp . 15,000.00 per pack. Or equivalent Rp. 900,000.00 to Rp1,500,000.00 per production in the form of cash and consumptions, and non-greasy, clean, hybrid corn chip crackers

Measuring resource efficiency and circular economy: A market value approach

This paper proposes a new value-based indicator to assess the performance of actors in the supply chain in terms of resource efficiency and circular economy.Most of the methodologies developed so far measure resource efficiency on the basis of the environmental burden of the resource relative to the value of output. However, the key point of circular economy is keeping resources within the economy when products no longer serve their functions so that materials can be used again and therefore generate more value.The unit in which resource efficiency and circular economy are measured greatly affects both the ease of acceptance by policymakers and the direction in which green policy will change our society.Whereas the most common approaches to assessing resource efficiency and circular economy use mass, in this paper we advocate measuring both resource efficiency and circular economy in terms of the market value of ‘stressed’ resources, since this value incorporates the elements of scarcity versus competition as well as taxes representing urgent social and environmental externalities. The market value of resources is well-documented and responds automatically to the locality and time at which resources are used.Applying this unit, circularity is defined as the percentage of the value of stressed resources incorporated in a service or product that is returned after its end-of-life. Resource efficiency is the ratio of added product value divided by the value of stressed resources used in production or a process thereof. It is argued that precisely the concept of a free market, in which materials, parts and components are exchanged purely on the basis of their functionality and cost, allows the resource efficiency of a process (KPI for industry and governance) to be distinguished from the resource efficiency of a product (KPI for consumers and governance).Using standard industry data from Statistics Netherlands, the resource efficiency of several Dutch industries were evaluated using the new methodology and compared with a traditional mass-based approach.

MEAT SCIENCE AND MUSCLE BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM: Manipulating meat tenderness by increasing the turnover of intramuscular connective tissue1,2

Controlled reduction of the connective tissue contribution to cooked meat toughness is an objective that would have considerable financial impact in terms of added product value. The amount of intramuscular connective tissue in a muscle appears connected to its in vivo function, so reduction of the overall connective tissue content is not thought to be a viable target. However, manipulation of the state of maturity of the collagenous component is a biologically viable target; by increasing connective tissue turnover, less mature structures can be produced that are functional in vivo but more easily broken down on cooking at temperatures above 60°C, thus improving cooked meat tenderness. Recent work using cell culture models of fibroblasts derived from muscle and myoblasts has identified a range of factors that alter the activity of the principal enzymes responsible for connective tissue turnover, the matrix metalloproteinases (MMP). Fibroblasts cultured from 3 different skeletal muscles from the same animal show different cell proliferation and MMP activity, which may relate to the different connective tissue content and architecture in functionally different muscles. Expression of MMP by fibroblasts is increased by vitamins that can counter the negative effects of oxidative stress on new collagen synthesis. Preliminary work using in situ zymography of myotubes in culture also indicates increased MMP activity in the presence of epinephrine and reactive oxidative species. Comparison of the relative changes in MMP expression from muscle cells vs. fibroblasts shows that myoblasts are more responsive to a range of stimuli. Muscle cells are likely to produce more of the total MMP in muscle tissue as a whole, and the expression of latent forms of the enzymes (i.e., pro-MMP) may vary between oxidative and glycolytic muscle fibers within the same muscle. The implication is that the different muscle fiber composition of different muscles eaten as meat may influence the potential for manipulation of their connective tissue turnover.

Feasibility Study of Using the Chinese Traditional Five Elements Chromatology on the Industrial Design

In industrial design, Color is not only equally important for product design, but also for building the national brands and increasing the cultural added-value of products. Based on the sustainable development concept, not only analysis the Chinese traditional Five Elements Chromatology is similar to the Modern Chromatology, but also analyzes its significance and the possibility of using it in industrial design. Meanwhile, the study also points out that the Chinese traditional Five Elements Chromatology could be well performed in computer design and networking platform, as well as in industrial design when we already set up the transformation and modernization digital annotation. Experimental results have proved the validity of the application of the traditional Five Elements Chromatology in modern society.

Special Issue on Design and Manufacturing Toward Sustainability

“Sustainability,” a concept leading the 21st Century, calls for the manufacturing industry and its products to achieve sustainability. This issue treats such aspects as CO2 emission and global warming, depletion of natural resources and fossil fuel, and emission of toxic and hazardous substances. Sustainability requires the manufacturing industry to make at least two major changes while maintaining or increasing competitiveness and added product value: 1. Lifecycle thinking requiring manufacturers to design, evaluate, and manage the complete product lifecycle, including use and end-of-life stages. 2. Minimizing everything in the product lifecycle, including products, material and energy use, manufacturing and inverse manufacturing systems, and logistics­ the consummate lean lifecycle. In this sense, sustainable manufacturing is an extension of current advances in manufacturing technologies, but with an emphasis on wider, holistic applications. This special issue brings together manuscripts discussing vital viewpoints on design and manufacturing moving toward sustainability. The first two papers by Kishita et al. and Matsumoto et al. advocate sustainable resource circulation systems. Papers 3 to 6 by Masui, Sakao et al., Fargnoli, and Fukushige et al. discuss environmentally conscious design. Papers 7 and 8 by Narita et al. and Kondoh et al. propose evaluations of environmental awareness of manufacturing systems. The last three papers by Komoto et al., Takata et al., and Hiraoka et al. discuss postsales activities– collection, and reuse–indispensable to sustainable manufacturing. We thank the authors for their most interesting contributions to this special issue and the reviewers and editors for their invaluable effort, and hope you, our discriminating readers, will begin discussing and implementing ideas and applications for moving the manufacturing industry toward sustainability.

Micro assembly injection moulding

Injection moulding is established as one of the most common manufacturing processes of thermoplastics due to its high degree of automation and the short cycle times. Micro injection moulding is a rapidly growing technology that allows for the efficient production of very complex micro parts in high series. The “Market Analysis for Microsystems II 2002–2005” of the Nexus Task Force anticipates a yearly growth in the field of micro system technology of about 20% (Wechsung et al. 2002). This study identifies in addition to the continuous miniaturization the growing use of polymers in micro systems (Schneider et al. 2001). No other material group offers this wide range of material properties and permits to choose processing parameters and application properties according to necessities (Gachter 2000). While the production processes of micro technical components are mainly controllable, the assembly of these components to hybrid micro systems is a bottleneck to the industrial large scale production. The assembly itself represents a large fraction of the added product value and gains in importance with growing complexity and miniaturization of the systems.

Who is Interested in Aboriginal Tourism in the Northern Territory, Australia? A Cluster Analysis

The paper reports findings derived from questioning 471 visitors to Katherine, Northern Territory. A questionnaire was constructed using Juster Scales and items based upon the items of the Beard and Ragheb Leisure Motivation Scale. Respondents were asked to rate existing and potential tourism products, among which were those based on Aboriginal culture. It was found that generally interest was higher in nature rather than culturally based tourism, but about a third of the total sample rated Aboriginal tourism products highly. However, it was also found that this sub-sample showed high rates of interest in natural and adventure based tourism and hence their interest is based upon ‘active information seeking’ that encompasses many needs. However, as the paper describes, Aboriginal entrepreneurs are already active in many different aspects of tourism. It is thus argued that while a demand for culturally based products exists, a wider market may be attracted by offering more mainstream products with Aboriginal culture representing, in marketing terms an added product value.

A new method to evaluate the specific and global advantage of a technology

A new method is proposed for assessing a new technology, with reference to either the specific (internal) or the socio-economic advantage. The method consists in the fixation of the parameters that must be used for the assessment and the algorithm for their synthesis. The fixed parameters are technical and economic. For the internal advantage they are process reliability, process capability, real potential, flexibility, added product value in relation to materials and energy, and added product value in relation to work and amortization. For the external (socio-economic) advantage they are added value of induced production, induced investment, changes in global employment levels, change in the intellectual employment, internal and external environmental protection and safety costs, and changes in balance of trade of base products and of technology. The algorithms proposed are graphic and algebraic. The graphic method, using nomograms, involves the pairwise coupling of the parameters, by obtaining intermediate (or sub-) indices of the first and second level. The algebraic method uses formulae that also give intermediate values of the first and second level, then the two indices referred to the internal and external advantages, and finally the global advantage index. The algebraic method is the more accurate because the graphic method is sensitive to the scale chosen. Variations may be introduced in the method, especially in the weight of each parameter.