As we outline a movement beyond the apparent creative stagnation in the videogames industry we envision possible transformations, beyond the gridlock a producer-consumer dichotomy, that propose to mobilize players as creative actors in a holistic experience. We propose to recognize the authoring roles players develop in their relation to the industry and the gaming community, that configure an ...

The literature on strategic alliances is vast. Most authors are pro-alliances and the casual reader may thereby be lulled into a false sense of security concerning the advantages of strategic alliances. There are several possible advantages of strategic alliances however by joining an alliance several opportunities are also forsaken. The opposite strategic option, a "go it alone strategy" gener...

Introduction Historically, India is the largest producer, consumer and importer of pulses. Although it is the world’s largest pulses producer, there is still a huge shortage of pulses and also, the prices are not affordable to a large section of consumers. An immediate need is the development and dissemination of low-cost technologies in pulses production, so that they can be affordable to the ...

A process of conversion of solid carbonaceous fuel into combustible gas by partial combustion is known as gasification. The resulting gas, known as producer gas, is more versatile in its use than the original solid biomass. In the present study, a downdraft biomass gasifier is used to carry out the gasification experiments with the waste generated while making furniture in the carpentry section...

Increasing global concern over the environmental issues and depletion of fossil fuels, significant interest has been shown by the researchers to develop alternate energy technologies like biomass, biogas, solar to meet the future energy demand. The prediction of the performance of different biomass energy sources in gasifiers is needed for the implementation of this technology to fulfil the nee...

Thermal gasification of densified sludge/wastepaper fuels has been shown to be technically feasible for the co-disposal of sludge and source­ separated wastepaper. The performance and economic feasibility of a downdraft packed-bed gasifier system fueled with densified sludge/wastepaper and W的tepaper fuels has been evaluated. To assess the performance of the gasifier, a series of gasifier runs w...

this research presents a mathematical model for the optimal allocation of oil and gas to different sectors in iran using operations research techniques. sectors are residential, commercial, transportation, industries, agriculture, exports, injection to oil reservoirs and power plants as a secondary energy producer. optimal allocation of energy resources to end-users from 2011 to 2021 has been d...

OVERVIEW: Growing concern about environmental problems caused by thermal power plants is making the reduction of CO2 through more efficient power generation and the reduction of NOx and other emissions a top priority. The deregulation of the electric power industry, meanwhile, is helping to expand the demand for medium-capacity, high-efficiency thermal power plants geared toward IPP (independen...