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The technology effect, green consumption and age in propensity to collaborative consumption
(2021-06-01)
Although several studies point to the emerging importance of technology in consumer habits, limited studies have quantitatively shown how these variables influence consumer intention. Given this gap, this study offers an ...
Evaluation of the income variation impact on household water consumption
(Assoc Brasileira Engenharia Sanitaria AmbientalRio De JaneiroBrasil, 2010)
Automatic Consumption Management for Prepaid Electricity Meter with NILM
(Ieee-inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc, 2020-06-01)
Recently, the Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency (ANEEL) regularized the electricity prepayment system and opened a general discussion about the technologies, resources, and implementations for the prepayment metering ...
Production of an axial piston: Impacts resulting from the substitution of steel by a polymer-based material
(2013-05-01)
The substitution of steel as a raw material in the production of axial pistons for pressure washers by polyphthalamide, polytetrafluoroethylene and glass fiber-based composite was studied. The new production process with ...
Electric consumption in SHSs in rural communities of brazil and Peru and recommendations for sizing
(JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD, 2008)
The lack of data records of electric power consumption of smallphotovoltaic home systems, independently of the method used for sizing them, drives to consider the demand as a constant. However, the existing data reveal the ...
RETHINKING THE RELATIONSHIP CONSUMPTION, BODY AND APPEARANCE
(Univ Nac Cordoba, Centro Estudios Avanzados, 2016-01-01)
The present paper aims to demonstrate the narrow relation between the consumer culture and the media - understood as mediators of socio-cultural relations-in the current days, as the media puts into action signification ...
SHOPPING MALL: CONSUMPTION, SIMULATION AND SOCIAL CONTROL
(Univ Lisboa, Fac Letters, Centro Estudos Classicos, 2016-01-01)
Shopping mall: consumption, simulation and social control. Consumption has changed in intensity, content and status, making the world conform to it, and associating itself with differentiation processes. We start from this ...
Language, consumption, and happiness: Jornalistic discourse and ambivalenceLinguagem, consumo e felicidade: Discurso jornalístico e ambivalência
(2018-01-01)
The discussion about consumption, consumerism, and the discourse of happiness is associated with contemporary society. Based on Critical Discourse Analysis, we analyzed two journalistic texts published in Brazil in 2013, ...
From Occasional Consumption to Alcohol Abuse: Quantifying the Socio-economic Determinants in Argentina
(Brown Walker Press, 2015-02)
Per capita alcohol consumption in Argentina is higher than the world and the Americas average, being relevant in both moderate as well as abusive consumption categories. For this reason, this study concentrates in the ...