This article focuses on the bundling of products with promised contributions to charity. Two lab experiments and one field study are conducted that compare the effectiveness of promised donations to charity in promoting ‘‘practical necessities’’ (e.g., a box of laundry detergent) to their effectiveness in promoting ‘‘frivolous luxuries’’ (e.g., a hot fudge sundae). The results suggest that char...

Tub late Governor of Madras is reported to have spoken as follows in tlie public health section of the Social Science Association :?" While 1 was in India there were about eight thousand prisoners in the Presidency of Madras, and a plan being laid down for tlie improvement of the jail accommodation, it became my duty to prosecute that plan with all the energy and vigour I could. We commenced by...

SUMMARY Etching of sacrificial material is widely used in surface micromachining technology to form integrated micro mechanical structures. The process typically consists of three steps: the removal of sacrificial-layer material using liquid chemicals, rinsing, and removal of the rinse liquid (drying). The last step is known to cause surface sticking and drastic reduction of device yield. This ...

Embedded systems are critical components of our everyday lives, be they in control systems like airbag controllers in cars, or in consumer products like washing machines and phones. Since such electronic products evolve to software intensive systems, software, becoming larger, more complex and prevalent, poses severe problems in the development of those systems. The required degree of dependabi...

Household laundry as a new end use of recycled water in dual reticulation systems has a great potential as the significant amount of potable water from urban households can be saved. However, there is still no sufficient evidence and supporting recycled water quality guidelines for this particular use. A key gap in knowledge is the impact of heavy metals in recycled water on clothes and washing...

Single-phase induction machines are found in various appliances such as refrigerators, washing machines, driers, air conditioners, and fans. Large concentrations of single-phase induction motor loads such as air conditioners and other motorcompressor loads can adversely impact the dynamic performance of a power system. An understanding of the dynamics of this type of induction machine is needed...

This paper proposes a new type of service CAD system utilized in Service/Product Engineering (SPE), a much-needed and novel engineering discipline within the background of servicification. In this research a design-object model was defined, and a prototype named Service Explorer was implemented. The model represents critical concepts such as value, costs, functions either of products or of serv...