well-designed lighting decreases accidents and diseases of eyes and can increase productivity and concentration. increase of energy price and a high proportion of electric lighting energy consumption in buildings due to defects in designing and maintenance led to desirable lighting to be reduced. one of our challenges in providing health and quality of lighting is lack of economic justification...

Metaverse, with the combination of prefix “meta” (meaning transcending) and word “universe,” has been deemed as a hypothetical next-generation (NextG) Internet. It aims to create shared virtual space that connects all worlds via Internet, where users, represented digital avatars, can communicate collaborate if they are in physical world. Nevertheless, there is still no unified definition Metave...

CONTEXT Noise of machines in various agro-based industries was found to be the major occupational hazard for the workers of industries. The predominant noise sources need to be identified and the causes of high noise need to be studied to undertake the appropriate measures to reduce the noise level in one of the major agro-based industries, oil mills. AIMS To identify the predominant noise so...

A respiratory symptoms questionnaire was completed for 4656 volunteers employed in 31 textile factories engaged in spinning or weaving manmade fibre or cotton of various qualities. Sets of airborne dust and bacteria samples were collected in workzones and personal breathing zones in the workrooms where the volunteers were employed. A total of 182 people indicated experiencing byssinotic symptom...

The aim of this paper is twofold: first, to explore the effects of industrial cluster on innovation capacity, and second, to study the impact of external resources on firms’ innovation capacity especially under Chinese regional economic policy. This is a critical subject that lacks sufficient analysis. Through years of investment and effort, several IT industrial clusters have developed in Chin...

As an industrial economic organization with specific characteristics, industrial cluster is emerging with strong dynamism in global competition and driving the development of regional economy. However, industrial cluster can bring some negative impact on regional economy development. This paper tries to illustrate the reasons for the stagnation and degradation of resource-based regional industr...

for the past 3 decades, creating industrial clusters have been considered as an approach for the development of most small and medium enterprises. the goal of this programme is that all small and medium enterprises locating in a certain geoghraphic area can concentrate on cluster approach to collaborate in market research, production design, training and other activities that are not economical...