The paper deals with process renovation, the effective utilization of information technology and the role of process-based knowledge management in supply chain integration towards e-logistics. The paper describes business process renovation as the key element of an e-business orientation and the highest level of strategy for managing change that commonly cannot be handled by continuous improvem...

Autophagy is the major intracellular degradation system by which cytoplasmic materials are delivered to and degraded in the lysosome. However, the purpose of autophagy is not the simple elimination of materials, but instead, autophagy serves as a dynamic recycling system that produces new building blocks and energy for cellular renovation and homeostasis. Here we provide a multidisciplinary rev...

The spatial characteristics of different sites in urban parks can influence the activity patterns and distribution visitors, visitors' preferences are crucial to planning design parks. This paper takes Jinan Daming Lake as research object; firstly, activities visitors park recorded through behavioral observation questionnaire; secondly, accessibility, enclosure, plant light environment measured...

Abstract With the rise of urban renewal motion in recent years China, more and cities have shifted focus construction to renovation old areas. The community plays an essential role upgrading which is related quality a city, as well crucial criterion for evaluating comfort living environment. retain their vibrancy culture needed renew by way modernization. paper will discuss how use micro-renewa...

Green building design is a socio-technical process, so it is important to engage end users (e.g. building occupants) in requirements gathering. Given that a majority of software tools used in designing green buildings are aimed at engineers, we must determine the most effective way of communicating information about energy use requirements to end users, who are typically unfamiliar with energy ...

Several authors have successfully created and employed vintage cohorts and housing typologies in research addressing energy renovation needs in the existing dwelling stock. This paper suggests that the idea of types would be useful in creating living quality related renovation and adaptation concepts for homes as well. Such concepts could be used for increasing accessibility and individuality o...

Abstract: Buildings currently play a fundamental role for the achievement of the sustainable development goals as they are responsible for several environmental, social, and economic impacts. Energy renovation projects of existing buildings can support the reduction of environmental impacts by leading, at the same time, to economic and social advantages. In this paper, the life cycle assessment...

Part of software maintenance consists in applying program transformations system-wide. In a number of recent papers, a factory approach has been advocated in which one program after another is fed to an assembly line that consists of a sequence of transformation tools. The general feeling seems to be that such factories have to be constructed and operated by specialists (the ‘vendors’). We thin...