Shaping responsible consumption patterns

Shaping with Patterns

People like magic. It is fun to imagine a cloud is shaped like a Mickey mouse, or the pattern of leaves and flowers are associated with human face. Sometimes in fiction movie or cartoon production, we like to see similar visual effects. In this paper, we define the problem as following: Given two images, one for pattern and one for shape. We output another image, which draws the shape provided ...

Changing Patterns of Alcohol Consumption in Nigeria: An Exploration of Responsible factors and Consequences

Alcohol consumption among different ethnic groups in Nigeria has a long history, especially among those groups where it was not forbidden by religion. In the traditional era, alcohol played complex roles in the socio-cultural relationships of different communities. It was used for rituals, marriage ceremonies, chieftaincy enthronements, etc. It was mainly consumed by male adults for pleasure wh...

Consumption Patterns

The Keele Economics Department produces this series of research papers in order to stimulate discussion and invite feedback. Copyright remains with the authors. All papers in the kerp series are available for downloading from the Keele Economics website, via Abstract This paper establishes a theoretical framework to characterise the optimal behaviour of individuals who receive income periodical...

Changing Patterns of Consumption

When mutual developed and developing world accusations of overpopulation and overconsumption are analyzed, several levels of confusion can be pointed out. Since proposals to change global patterns of consumption come from different and even conflicting sources, they should be the object of careful consideration. Changes in consumption influence employment, and therefore they could be detrimenta...

Changing Consumption Patterns