Systematic packaging design tools integrating functional and environmental consequences on product life cycle: Case studies on laundry detergent and milk

This study presents systematic packaging design tools integrating functional and environmental consequences on product life cycle. To design packaging for sustainability, the trade-offs between functional and environmental aspects of packaging throughout the product life cycle should be considered. However, it is difficult for packaging designers to understand the overall trade-offs because the extent of the design consequences on the entire life cycle of packaging and its contents is unclear. We developed two tools for packaging design: the Life Cycle Association Matrix (LCAM) and the Function Network Diagram (FND). The following three steps, based on literature reviews and interviews with industrial experts, were applied. Firstly, we listed the product functions and design variables related to the functions as the attributes allocated to the product life cycle. Secondly, the attributes were connected appropriately based on causal relationships. Lastly, we identified the factors to support decision making in the packaging design procedure. As a result, the LCAM depicts the design consequences on the life cycle, and the FND determines the stakeholders affected by the design consequences. Two case studies were demonstrated to analyze the trade-offs by using our tools. In the case studies, a liquid laundry detergent bottle and a milk carton were redesigned. The tools identified the design consequences and stakeholders affected by the redesign of the usability and protective function for the detergent and milk cases, respectively. The results showed the significance of understanding the design consequences on the product life cycle by integrating the functional and environmental aspects.     

Learning fuzzy controllers in mobile robotics with embedded preprocessing

The automatic design of controllers for mobile robots usually requires two stages. In the first stage, sensorial data are preprocessed or transformed into high level and meaningful values of variables which are usually defined from expert knowledge. In the second stage, a machine learning technique is applied to obtain a controller that maps these high level variables to the control commands that are actually sent to the robot. This paper describes an algorithm that is able to embed the preprocessing stage into the learning stage in order to get controllers directly starting from sensorial raw data with no expert knowledge involved. Due to the high dimensionality of the sensorial data, this approach uses Quantified Fuzzy Rules (QFRs), that are able to transform low-level input variables into high-level input variables, reducing the dimensionality through summarization. The proposed learning algorithm, called Iterative Quantified Fuzzy Rule Learning (IQFRL), is based on genetic programming. IQFRL is able to learn rules with different structures, and can manage linguistic variables with multiple granularities. The algorithm has been tested with the implementation of the wall-following behavior both in several realistic simulated environments with different complexity and on a Pioneer 3-AT robot in two real environments. Results have been compared with several well-known learning algorithms combined with different data preprocessing techniques, showing that IQFRL exhibits a better and statistically significant performance. Moreover, three real world applications for which IQFRL plays a central role are also presented: path and object tracking with static and moving obstacles avoidance.     

Error in the UNITY substitution rule for subscripted operators

UNITY, introduced by Chandy and Misra [ChM88], is a programming logic intended to reason about temporal properties of distributed programs. Despite the fact that UNITY does not have the full power of, for example, linear temporal logic, it enjoys popularity due to its simplicity.There was however a serious problem with the Substitution Rule. The logic is incomplete without the rule, and with the rule it is inconsistent.     

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Two interviews with Reik.

This article describes two interviews with Theodor Reik. Explored topics include Reik's relationship with Sigmund Freud, psychoanalytic literature, and the history of the psychoanalytic movement. The author concludes with an analysis of his impressions of Reik. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Trauma, dissociation, and conflict: The space where neuroscience, cognitive science, and psychoanalysis overlap.

The authors describe their scientific and clinical interests in developing the panel Trauma, Dissociation, and Conflict: The Space Where Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, and Psychoanalysis Overlap, given at the 22nd Annual Spring Meeting of the Division of Psychoanalysis of the American Psychological Association. They cite the influence of the panelists, Philip M. Bromberg, Wilma Bucci, and Joseph LeDoux, on their own work. Specializing in the treatment of chronic pain, Anderson has developed a relational intersubjective technique informed by this interdisciplinary approach. Gold's work has focused on the distinction between dissociative processes and repression in traumatic memory. The relevance of trauma, dissociation, and conflict, heightened since September 11, 2001, could not have been anticipated in the planning of the panel. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

2002 Annual Report of the American Psychological Association.

Presents the 2002 Annual Report of the American Psychological Association. Directorate Reports, the President's Address, and Treasurer's Report are included. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

International Humanitarian Award.

Presents the citation, biography, and selected bibliography for the 2007 recipient of the American Psychological Association's International Humanitarian Award. Also presented is an article based on the author's award address delivered at the APA's 115th annual meeting, held August 17-20, 2007, in San Francisco, California. The International Humanitarian Award recognizes extraordinary humanitarian services and activism by psychologists, including professional and volunteer work conducted primarily in the field with underserved populations. Award recipients are psychologists who, by their extraordinary service at a difficult time, improve the lives and contribute to the well-being of people in a large or small geographic area anywhere in the world. The 2007 recipient of this award is Gerard A. Jacobs. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Karl G. J?reskog: Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology.

Presents the citation, biography, and selected bibliography for Karl G. J?reskog, one of the 2007 recipients of the American Psychological Association's Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

J?rn Diedrichsen: Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology.

Presents the citation, biography, and selected bibliography for J?rn Diedrichsen, one of the 2007 recipients of the American Psychological Association's Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology (perception/motor performance). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)