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Increasingly, the manufacturers and third-party sellers sell their products online at large e-commerce platforms. A good forecast is necessary to avoid resource wastage in the form of over-production or underserved demand. Sensing the demand for a new product on e-commerce platforms in the presence of other competitive products requires techniques beyond traditional forecasting methods. Typical ecommerce platforms, being a two-sided marketplace, need to make a trade-off between showing very relevant and trusted products versus exploring new selections. As customers heavily rely upon organic search functionality for product discovery, the demand forecasting for products depends upon signals from search algorithms. In this paper, we propose an end-to-end Deep Learning (DL) based solution to estimate new product demand. Our design science research (DSR) approach involves the use of search ranking algorithm and its features to simulate the impressions of new products in the presence of existing products and vice versa. This approach helps to estimate demand using simulated search funnel metrics to bake in competitive characteristics of other products. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Poly-γ-glutamic acid (PGA) has been of interest as a sustainable biopolymer in industrial applications. PGA biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis is catalyzed by a transmembrane protein complex comprising PgsB, PgsC, and PgsA. To determine the Pgs component responsible for PGA overproduction, we constructed recombinants in which the promoter of the host-derived pgs gene was replaced with another host-derived gene promoter. These recombinants were then transformed using high-copy-number plasmids with various pgs -gene combinations to enhance Pgs component in different ratios. Subsequently, PGA production was investigated in batch cultures with l -glutamate supplemented medium. The recombinant strain enhanced with pgsB alone significantly overproduced PGA (maximum production 35.8 g/L) than either the pgsC - or pgsA -enhanced strain. The molecular weight of the PGA produced with the pgsB -enhanced strain was also greater than that for the pgsC - or pgsA -enhanced strain (approximately 10-fold). Hence, PgsB enhancement alone contributes to PGA overproduction with increased molecular weight. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Streptomyces lividans is a potent host for the extracellular overproduction of heterologous proteins. To further improve the usability and productivity of S. lividans, a dual gene expression vector of "pTSKr duet" containing two strong constitutive promoters, scmp P c and kasO p*, was constructed. The success in the overproduction of two secretory enzymes simultaneously without interference with each other indicated that the "pTSKr duet" vector can realize the coexpression of two genes simultaneously and independently. Further, using the two-gene coexpression vector, we screened the effects of the overexpression of five factors that possibly promote secretion on the extracellular overproduction of heterologous secretory proteins. Interestingly, the coexpression of a quality control regulator (CssR) promoted the overproduction level to 1.3-fold for a stable heterologous protein of SMTG (transglutaminase from S. mobaraensis), while other four factors limited the overproduction of SMTG at different degrees. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Canadian federal government has fallen short of its reconciliatory objectives with Indigenous peoples and preventing anthropogenic climate change. In recognizing these issues, the Government of Canada implemented several policy initiatives to realign industrial production and consumption at the national level, as well as to grow Indigenous participation in capitalist production as a means of approaching a form of self-government. As part of this policy agenda, the state targets Indigenous communities as leaders who hold the potential to implement more sustainable methods of energy production to encourage them to become Canada's environmental stewards. However, we contend that such policy initiatives also erode the socio-legal and environmental obligations owed to Indigenous peoples by the Canadian federal government. To articulate the impact of these policies on the interests of Indigenous communities, we explore certain efforts of the Canadian state, through the lens of neoliberal settler colonialism, to identify its striking consistency with past approaches of dislocating colonized populations and reclaiming power bases that are still within settler state control. We recommend the arrest of the Canadian settler state's modern approach to eroding its obligations to Indigenous peoples, while also proposing further measures be taken to recognize and strengthen Indigenous and environmental rights. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The economic literature has focused on the role of uncertainty in the real economy, employing both measures of risk aversion and ambiguity aversion in structural models. In this connection, concerns about the measures for VIX and EPU, have been raised about whether or not they both measure and identify similar type of uncertainty. Using a structural vector autoregressive (SVAR) approach, we examine the relationship between VIX and EPU, their impact on the real economy and whether, and under which conditions, they can be distinguished between measures of risk aversion and ambiguity aversion. Specifically, we analyse the impact of uncertainty shocks of VIX and EPU on the industrial production, unemployment, and consumer credit in the US. Our main finding is that given their fundamental differences, the two measures are capturing different dimensions of uncertainty, VIX is a measure of risk aversion and EPU is a measure of ambiguity aversion. As such, our results are very important in terms of trading decision strategies to be implemented by investors and portfolio managers as it may help explain the two central behavioral traits affecting economic lifecycle problems, such as production, unemployment and consummation. • The relationship between VIX and EPU as uncertainty proxies and their effect on the real economy • The two measures are capturing different dimensions of uncertainty. • VIX is a measure of risk aversion and EPU is a measure of ambiguity aversion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Kinesin-5 family proteins are essential for bipolar spindle assembly to ensure mitotic fidelity. Here, we demonstrate evolutionary functional conservation of kinesin-5 between human and fission yeast. Human Eg5 expressed in the nucleus replaces fission yeast counterpart Cut7. Intriguingly, Eg5 overproduction results in cytotoxicity. This phenotype provides a useful platform for the development of novel kinesin-5 inhibitors as anticancer drugs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The subject of this article is in-game photography, which exists as a part of our lifestyle for some time already, but struggles to become recognized as an independent form of art. Classic photography in its time managed to establish itself as a new type of art that is equal to painting and sculpture. As for in-game photography, the situation is much more complicated. If the goal of an ordinary photo is to capture the ordinary world, as something that can only be seen with a camera lens, then what is the purpose of an in-game photo if it can exist there only within the framework of some new, man-made world, inside a video game? Nowadays, there is only a small amount of research devoted to such a genre of art as in-game photography. I am trying to correct that problem by analyzing the in-game photography, its connection to its classical predecessor, and formulating the central idea of that genre. I also will try to build an approximate way of in-game photography development as a form of art in the future, using the scheme of how culture is developing and formed by human minds. I will compare it to already known forms of perceiving in-game photography as an art and provide some ways of how humanity will perceive media art in the nearest future by describing already known in-game photography studies, various genres of in-game photography, and art contests. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Glioma is a common primary malignant tumor that has a poor prognosis and often develops drug resistance. The coumarin derivative osthole has previously been reported to induce cancer cell apoptosis. Recently, we found that it could also trigger glioma cell necroptosis, a type of cell death that is usually accompanied with reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. However, the relationship between ROS production and necroptosis induced by osthole has not been fully elucidated. In this study, we found that osthole could induce necroptosis of glioma cell lines U87 and C6; such cell death was distinct from apoptosis induced by MG‐132. Expression of necroptosis inhibitor caspase‐8 was decreased, and levels of necroptosis proteins receptor‐interacting protein 1 (RIP1), RIP3 and mixed lineage kinase domain‐like protein were increased in U87 and C6 cells after treatment with osthole, whereas levels of apoptosis‐related proteins caspase‐3, caspase‐7, and caspase‐9 were not increased. Lactate dehydrogenase release and flow cytometry assays confirmed that cell death induced by osthole was primarily necrosis. In addition, necroptosis induced by osthole was accompanied by excessive production of ROS, as observed for other necroptosis‐inducing reagents. Pretreatment with the RIP1 inhibitor necrostatin‐1 attenuated both osthole‐induced necroptosis and the production of ROS in U87 cells. Furthermore, the ROS inhibitor N‐acetylcysteine decreased osthole‐induced necroptosis and growth inhibition. Overall, these findings suggest that osthole induces necroptosis of glioma cells via ROS production and thus may have potential for development into a therapeutic drug for glioma therapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This text presents some keys to identify in which ways the catastrophic materializes from the emergence of indeterminate events. The analysis is motivated but not focused on the irruption of the global pandemic of Covid-19, which we are still experiencing. These materializations dance and speculate on the general aspects of the pandemic, on overproduction and plastic pollution, together with the harmful agency of some algae--which under certain circumstances become killers of its surrounding ecosystem. The above characterize what Isabelle Stengers names as “intrusions of Gaia”. Finally, the touring through this text appeals to responsible, careful, and committed ways of telling the stories of the present, which we are part of. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ceramics can be art, craft, and industrial production. Several stages of industrial production processes resulting in a porcelain item we buy in a shop require what can easily be called "craft." Drawing on my ongoing research project in a porcelain factory in Ćmielów, Poland, I focus on the skills and embodied knowledge of the workers. In this article, I ground my interpretation of factory work in Malafouris' Material Engagement Theory and the knowledge category of mētis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• The byproduct of TiO 2 industrial production was used for the synthesis of LiFePO 4. • FeSO 4 solution was purified with polyacrylamide and pH controlling. • Micro-spherical LiFePO 4 /C with high performance was synthesized by spraying-drying. • Nano-scale LiFePO 4 /C was obtained from a hybrid intermediate. This study proposes two economic and environmental-friendly strategies to synthesize LiFePO 4 /C composite as cathode for lithium ion battery, by utilizing the byproduct of industrial TiO 2 , FeSO 4 ·7H 2 O waste slag, as one raw material. And divalent ferrous phosphate, Fe 3 (PO 4) 2 ·8H 2 O, plays a significant role of intermediate. By wet-mill and spray-drying method, monodisperse LiFePO 4 /C microspheres are obtained with a hierarchically porous structure. And the micro-spherical LiFePO 4 /C composite shows an excellent rate capability and cycle performance, with initial discharge capacities of 153.6, 132.9, and 115.1 mAh g−1 at 0.5 C, 5 C and 20 C, respectively. The capacity retention remains at 88.4% even after 1000 cycles at the high rate of 10 C. By an improved conventional method, a hybrid-crystalline precursor is prepared and the submicron-sized LiFePO 4 /C composite also exhibits comparable rate capability. Therefore, the FeSO 4 ·7H 2 O waste slag can partially or totally replace analytically pure ones to manufacture high performance LiFePO 4 , which is a low-cost and promising option. Micro-spherical LiFePO 4 /C composites with high electrochemical performance were synthesized with FeSO 4 ·7H 2 O waste slag. Image, graphical abstract [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Highlights • The urban industrial energy efficiency is estimated considering carbon emissions. • A meta-frontier SBM model with weak disposability is proposed. • The spatial clustering is estimated based on the urban inefficiencies. • The proposed method is applied to China's 277 urban industrial production systems. • The energy inefficiency in management or technology is measured for cities. Abstract Energy efficiency is an important measure of the energy utilization performance, which should be evaluated in industrial production. This paper proposes an improved slacks-based data envelopment analysis (DEA) and spatial clustering analysis to investigate urban efficiency considering regional technological heterogeneity and the presence of carbon emissions. The technological and managerial inefficiencies of industrial energy utilization are first explored by considering neighboring performance. The proposed method is applied to an empirical study including data on 277 cities in China during 2007–2014. Some conclusions can be drawn: (1) there are significant spatial disparities in the energy efficiency, technology gap rate and managerial inefficiency in cities. Improvements in technology and management should be decided on depending upon the urban conditions. (2) There is evident spatial clustering in energy efficiency, technology gap rate and managerial inefficiency for partial cities. Importantly, management improvement has a more positive effect on the energy saving than technological improvement, except for cities in the low-low clustering pattern. (3) The negative technology gap rate reflects resource misallocation for technological improvement. For some underdeveloped cities, investment in technology should be controlled. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to quantify institutional (political and fiscal) and noninstitutional uncertainty (economic policy uncertainty, Economists' recession index, natural disasters-related uncertainty, and several disagreement measures). The stated indicators are based on articles from highly popular Croatian news portals, the repository of law amendments (Narodne novine), and Business and Consumer Surveys. We also introduce a composite uncertainty indicator, obtained by the principal components method. The analysis of a structural VAR model of the Croatian economy (both with fixed and time-varying parameters) has showed that a vast part of the analysed indicators are significant predictors of economic activity. It is demonstrated that their impact on industrial production is the strongest in the onset of a crisis. On the other hand, the influence of fiscal uncertainty exhibits just the opposite tendencies. It strengthens with the intensification of economic activity, which partially exculpates the possible utilization of fiscal expansion as a counter-crisis tool. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Milling on NC machines is the most commonly used method of production of the parts of a complex space form. Special complexities arise during the machining concave surfaces, the preliminary treatment of which forms an uneven allowance for finish machining. The existing CAM-systems solve only trajectory problems without taking into account the power changes in the area of chip formation because of which the accuracy of machining does not meet design requirements. For this reason the investigations directed to the increase of efficiency and accuracy of space milling without the use of additional adaptive devices are urgent. The purpose of the investigation is the increase of the efficiency of space finish milling based on power parameters control in a cutting process. The paper considers the procedure of cutting modes control at space milling on NC machines at the existence of a variable allowance on arbitrary areas of a work surface. In the course of the investigation the scientific fundamentals of engineering techniques were used. The experimental investigations were carried out under the conditions of industrial production with the use of three-axial milling machine. During the development of control programs NX9 program package was used. The theoretical and experimental investigations presented in this paper show a possibility of cutting modes control on NC machines without additional devices application along a variable trajectory of a tool, which allows increasing the efficiency and accuracy of machining considerably and avoiding tool failure as the cutting force increases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

On the basis of an unbalanced cross-national panel, this study employs the two-way fix-effects model to investigate the impact and effects of aging and urbanization on energy intensity. Estimation results show that aging has a negative effect on energy intensity, whereas urbanization has a positive effect on energy intensity. Empirical results also show that GDP per capita, overall productivity, and energy price have significant negative impacts on energy intensity. In addition, we find no empirical evidence of the general influence of foreign direct investment (FDI) on energy intensity. In the comparison of the classification of developed and developing countries, we further validate the previous results. Thus, this study provides a reference for governments in reducing energy intensity and improving governance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One of the preconditions for correct development of industrial production is continuous interconnecting of virtual reality and real world by computer software. Computer software are used for product modelling, creation of technical documentation, scheduling, management and optimization of manufacturing processes, and efficiency increase of human work in manufacturing plants. This article describes the frequent used ergonomic software which helping to increase of human work by error rate reducing, risks factors of working environment, injury in workplaces and elimination of arising occupational diseases. They are categorized in the field of micro ergonomics and they are applicable at the manufacturing level with flexible approach in solving of established problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA), a non-degradable environmental pollutant, was discharge into the air during the manufacture, use and recycling of plastic products. Respiratory exposure is the main way to inhalation of TBBPA. However, the research on the damage of TBBPA to the respiratory system is still extremely few. The aim of this experiment was to explore the mechanism of TBBPA toxicity to the lungs. Forty C57BL/6 J mice randomly divided into 4 groups, and the experimental groups with TBBPA at 10 n M/kg, 20 n M/kg and 40 n M/kg for 14 consecutive days. Histopathological and ultrastructural analysis showed that the inflammatory cells infiltrated and tissue structure damaged in the lung of mice with exposing to TBBPA. The ROS and MDA levels increase and the T-AOC, GSH-Px, CAT, SOD activities inhibition was found in lung tissue with TBBPA exposure. The expression of autophagy-related factors Beclin-1, P62, LC3-II, ATG5, and ATG7 decreased. The activation of NF-κB/TNF-α pathway indicates the occurrence of inflammation. The expression of Bax, caspase3, caspase7, caspase 9 increase, the expression of Bcl-2 decreased, and the apoptosis pathway activated. The autophagy inducer rapamycin can reverse the adverse effects of inflammation and apoptosis. Taken together, TBBPA inhibits autophagy-induced pneumonia and apoptosis by overproduction ROS. [Display omitted] • TBBPA cause lung tissue injure via the respiratory tract. • TBBPA induced excess ROS to lead oxidative stress damage in lung. • TBBPA promote inflammation and apoptosis by inhibiting autophagy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Glyphosate (GLY), one of the most extensively used herbicides in the world, has been shown to inhibit testosterone synthesis in male animals. Mitochondria are crucial organelles for testosterone synthesis and its dysfunction has been demonstrated to induce the inhibition of testosterone biosynthesis. However, whether low-dose GLY exposure targets mitochondria to inhibit testosterone synthesis and its underlying mechanism remains unclear. Here, an in vitro model of 10 μM GLY-exposed mouse Leydig (TM3) cells was established to elucidate this issue. Data firstly showed that mitochondrial malfunction, mainly manifested by ultrastructure damage, disturbance of mitochondrial dynamics and mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mtROS) overproduction, was responsible for GLY-decreased protein levels of steroidogenic enzymes, which leads to the inhibition of testosterone synthesis. Enhancement of autophagic flux and activation of mitophagy were shown in GLY-treated TM3 cells, and further studies have revealed that GLY-activated mitophagy is parkin-dependent. Notably, GLY-inhibited testosterone production was significantly improved by parkin knockdown. Finally, data showed that treatment with mitochondria-targeted antioxidant Mito-TEMPO (M-T) markedly reversed GLY-induced mitochondrial network fragmentation, activation of parkin-dependent mitophagy and consultant testosterone reduction. Overall, these findings demonstrate that GLY induces mtROS overproduction to activate parkin-dependent mitophagy, which contributes to the inhibition of testosterone synthesis. This study provides a potential mechanistic explanation for how GLY inhibits testosterone synthesis in mouse Leydig cells. Schematic diagram of the proposed mechanism by which accumulated mtROS promotes parkin-dependent mitophagy to inhibit testosterone synthesis in GLY-exposed mouse Leydig cells. [Display omitted] • Glyphosate or mitochondrial reactive oxygen species is abbreviated as GLY or mtROS. • Low dose GLY exposure inhibits testosterone synthesis in mouse Leydig cells. • GLY-induced mtROS overproduction results in mitochondrial fragmentation. • Parkin-dependent mitophagy facilitates GLY-inhibited testosterone synthesis. • Excessive mtROS production contributes to GLY-activated parkin-dependent mitophagy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the article below the author describes best practices of his company's 25-years experience in the field of development and industrial implementation of complex corporate-level software systems for solutions to everyday production and planning tasks in water supply. All software systems described have been developed using the specialized CityCom™ platform that includes instrumentation tools not only for GIS-based inventory and hydro-modeling but also for dispatch management, accident localization control, providing events logs & analysis (flow parameters, damages, works, machinery usage, diagnostics), planning of capital repairs and etc. The basic principle underlying the software systems provided is the main tenet of informatics science: any data has to be identified and stored only once and in one place. So all of the CityCom™ corporate-level projects use a single corporate database that consist of hundreds of tables where all the data is stored in accordance with the above-mentioned principle. The feature of CityCom™ that appears to be most in demand is the ability to perform hydraulic modeling with no limits imposed on the following parameters: network dimension, number of loops, number of sources and pump stations working simultaneously. However, a key feature of CityCom™ hydro-modeling instrumentation is that it can be used not as «standalone» application but as an integral part of a complex system combining all aspects of water-supply enterprise data modeling solution. The economic advantages of its implementation are ensured by: - optimizing of pipeline networks topology and parameters (reconstructions and switching); - optimizing of hydraulic modes according to diurnal fluctuations of water consumption (dispatching of current switches and pump stations control); - reducing the number of accidents as well as defects and damages (10-12% per year during the first 5-6 years, then stabilizing) and as a result, reducing the cost of repairs; - reducing of potable water loss down to 5..6% of water supply volume; - improving ergonomics and staff productivity. All implementations for water supply and sewerage systems are located in Russia. Largest of them in terms of scale are in the cities (population / pipelines network length): Nizhny Novgorod (1.300.000/5.000 km), Novokuznetsk (550.000/1.800 km), Naberezhnye Chelny (530.000/ 1.400 km), Yoshkar-Ola (270.000/1.300 km). Payback of expenses for implementation of the above has made from 2 to 5 years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

3D printing (3DP) has high transformative potential as it is not only distinctive from other existing manufacturing techniques but also presents several previously unimaginable advantages. Its digital nature coupled with the availability of internet access offers the potential for radical decentralization of industrial production, as well as collaborative design of the artefacts produced. This important characteristic is advantageous not only to end users but also to commercial companies that are currently attempting to introduce this technique for manufacturing final products. One important advantage that companies could gain from this model is the possibility to engage in co-creation activities with the user community, and in this way benefiting from users' contributions. This article begins by presenting a well-studied example of an industry that relies upon cocreation models, the software industry, in order to highlight the possible legal challenges with a particular focus on intellectual property rights. The paper then goes on to investigate the potential IP implications of co-creation for companies operating in industry fields that heavily rely (or are planning to heavily rely) upon 3DP technology. These questions are addressed from multiple perspectives based on theoretical argumentation and empirical research (in the form of case study research) with relevant stakeholders. The paper concludes with some recommendations as to how companies could possibly engage in co-creation with the user community in the field of 3DP. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The production "congestion" phenomenon is widespread in reality although few models nowadays consider its influences. In this study, production congestion is introduced into an environmental efficiency evaluation model and a new data envelopment analysis model that considers both production congestion and undesirable output is established so as to measure environmental efficiency evaluation effectively. On this basis, we divide technological change into productive technological change and energy-savings emission-reduction technological change to establish their influences on the congestion phenomenon. The results show that productive technological change cannot relieve the degree of congestion while green technology change that stimulates environmental efficiency improvement can greatly alleviate situations of congestion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Industrial muda elimination is a major challenge that is faced by the experts in the day to day activities of production systems. Mostly there are seven types of industrial muda in lean systems such as Defects, Overproduction of things not demanded by actual customers, Inventories awaiting further processing or consumption, Unnecessary over-processing, Unnecessary motion of employees, Unnecessary transport and handling of goods, Waiting for an upstream process to deliver, or for a machine to finish processing, or for a supporting function to be completed. Every organization faces particular type of waste that occurs in day to day production activities. In order to find out the most influential lean waste based on the ranking, a survey has been conducted in 91 automobile industries based on the 5 point likerts scale to find the highly impacted lean muda. The survey results stating that 3 types of waste arising out of 7 waste which heavily affect the production system. Hence this work mainly deals with assessing the most deadly waste by ranking the major waste using the weighted average method in which each waste is assigned a weight. Based on the results, the major muda, which are identified that affects the production activities are discussed in detail and how this muda can be eliminated and incorporated with the production system are discussed [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aims of this study were (1) to test different starch-rich wastes and different chemical pretreatments for α-amylase production by the strain Bacillus subtilis TLO3; (2) to investigate the possibility of using UV mutagenesis to improve the production and characteristics of α-amylase and (3) to investigate the possibility of its applications as additive to detergents. The results indicated that stale bread was the best substrate for α-amylase production (107.3 U/min ±0.001). A mutant strain was isolated by random mutagenesis using UV-irradiations with an overproduction of α-amylase up to 473.3 U/min ±0.03 against 100 U/min ±0.06 with the parental strain. The alkali pretreatment enhanced the production of α-amylase by the mutant (1526.31 U/min ±0.67), compared to the untreated substrate (473.3 U/min ±0.03). The precipitated α-amylase was thermostable and alkalistable with an optimum activity at 70 °C and pH 8, and showed high stability with laundry detergents. The wash performance tests indicated that the precipitated α-amylase was effective in cleaning different stains (tomato sauce, chocolate sauce, coffee and tea). [Display omitted] • Stale bread was the best α-amylase inducer. • Starting reducing sugar influence α-amylase production. • UV mutagenesis improved the production and alkalistability of α-amylase. • Alkali pretreatment improved α-amylase production. • The α-amylase produced by the mutant was applied as additive to detergent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article offers information on the increase in Gross Regional Product (GRP) growth rates of Uzbekistan by 108.1 percent In the nine-month period of 2013. Topics include relation between high economic growth rates and development of real sector in these regions, namely, industry, agriculture and service sector, consumer goods production and high growth rates of retail trade turnover.

From the standpoint of capitalism in Germany, the European Union and the Eurozone are but the two most recent stations on the long pilgrimage to find a spatial fix, attempts to alleviate the perennial problem of a nationally-based centre of capital accumulation, bursting the bounds of its home market, but without easy access to overseas empire. But these 'spatial fixes' - from Bismarckian imperialism on - have occurred undemocratically, have fostered chauvinism and racism, and have remained trapped in the fetishised forms which are the curse of private-property. All of these superstructural impediments have become prisons, holding back social development in Germany and throughout Europe. This paper will develop these themes through a survey of three distinct 'moments' in the search for a spatial fix to the contradictions inherent in German and European capitalism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Historians, critics, and artists have recently challenged the popular perception that things made in industrial factories and things made by hand exist at opposite ends of the craft spectrum. This article locates the source of that misconception in the mid-nineteenth century, and offers the field of industrial patternmaking as a provocative example. Using period manuals, trade magazines, and the rich collection and archive of an early twentieth- century industrial pattern shop, this article considers the relationships of patternmakers to their craft, their products, and their co-workers to suggest more continuity with craft traditions than might be expected. Serving as a touchstone figure is Charles Rohlfs, the well-known maker of "Artistic Furniture," who could only create his new identity as a creative individual artisan in the model of the Arts and Crafts movement by denying his earlier career as an industrial patternmaker and cast-iron stove designer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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