he degradation of an oil can be caused by three main mechanisms , hydrolysis, oxidation and thermal decomposition. This paper has analyzed a synthetic oil with characteristics of Type II thermal and oxidation stability , ...

In the evolution of the Engineering Design theories in the last 50 years, it is possible to highlight the influence of the Systems Theory, the Scientific method, the analogies utilization, and others project oriented methods ...

This paper aims to relate these three approaches in the area of knowledge of engineering projects, engineering design, project engineering and project management, with some of the contributions of the scientific and technical ...

This paper touches fundamental aspects of remanufacturing and their structure in global context as "end of life” strategy that contributes economically and to Sustainable Development by the recovery of virtually discarded ...

Organizations of any type or business sector, size or structure, need to be successful, establish an appropriate system of management that allows them to create a culture of quality, developing so the ideal platform to ...

The Spanish footwear industry in one of the most disintegrated of the nation’s industries. Currently, the increase of imports and the fluctuations of the economy have reduced the profits created by this industry at the ...

Perceptions and beliefs among footwear industry executives are essential in the elaboration of strategies of environmentally friendly design, which eventually affect the consumer and the market in the form of product ...

According the writers and historians Luca Antoccia and Carlo Pedretti "Leonardo can boast of having had an indisputable primacy, which places him at the head of the beginnings of modern scientific illustration, indeed, no ...

Product-Service Systems (PSS) have a big sustainable potential. But a PSS is not sustainable just by definition. Although in general terms a PSS is more sustainable than a traditional product based system, additional factors ...

Product-Service Systems represent a proposal to contribute to sustainability in certain economic activities. Its starting point is based on the existence of several cases in which it is possible fulfill a need by a service ...