Current status and future development of global tea production and tea products Alastair Hicks FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Tea is globally one of the most popular and lowest cost beverages, next only to water. Tea is consumed by a wide range of age groups in all levels of society. More than three billion cups of tea are consumed daily worldwide. Tea is considered to be a part of the huge beverage market, not to be seen in isolation just as a lsquo;commodityrsquo;. Tea active ingredients are of interest to functional foods markets. Africa, South America, the Near East and especially the Asian region produces a varied range of teas, this, together with a reputation in the international markets for high quality, has resulted in Asia enjoying a share of every importing market in the world. Huge populations in Asia, Middle East, Africa, UK, EU, and countries of the CIS consume tea regularly and throughout the day. The main tea producing countries globally are

Journal of Consumer Marketing， 2005（7）：96-100 Marketing Customer Satisfaction R Hallowell John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Abstract: Customer satisfaction with a companys products or services is often seen as the key to a companys success and long-term competitiveness. In the context of relationship marketing, customer satisfaction is often viewed as a central determinant of customerretention. However, the few empirical investigations in this area indicate that a direct relationship between these constructs is weak or even nonexistent. The overall purpose of this article is to develop a conceptual foundation for investigating the customer retention process, with the use of the concepts of customer satisfaction and relationship quality. The article involves a critical examination of the satisfaction–retention relationship, and the development of a more comprehensive view of the customers quality perception. Keywords: customer；Satisfaction；Marketing Firs

Network marketing strategy analysis of VANCL Abstract: 21 century is the information century, the development of science technology, economic and social is to meet the coming of age. The network marketing is also the Internet for media, to implement marketing campaigns in the new ways, method and idea, more effective individual and organization the realization of the trading activities. Enterprise how to develop the network marketing in such a huge market potential, occupation in emerging markets, to the enterprise both opportunities and challenges. The network marketing is also produced in the change of the values of consumers: meet the needs of the consumers, is the enterprise manages the core of the eternal. Using network of this high - technology to provide consumers with various types of service, is a important way of future competition advantage. VANCL makes a huge success by the network marketing, and becomes a Chinese clothing network marketing market leader in the s

The study of the brand competitiveness and enhance Vanke A summary of related theories and methods 1, the real estate brand The brand of real estate is the real estate enterprises to create elaborate design, the recognition system, is a comprehensive impression of real estate products left in the minds of consumers. Market positioning, real estate brand represents the enterprise product quality, also contains a huge economic value and competitive advantage. It represents a kind of taste, a way of life. 2, the competitiveness of the brand connotation Wang Yonggui (2007) the connotation of the brand competitiveness of the following sum: brand competitiveness is an outward manifestation of the market competition ability of the enterprise, is the source of brand commitment to customers and customers thus bring customer value, it is the allocation of enterprise resources effectively at the same time, it also forms an important business development resources. On th

Chinas third-party logistics problems, causes and strategic choice Abstract: Chinas logistics industry has just started, third-party logistics and other aspects of the theory and practice are relatively weak. The paper points out the problems of the Third Party Logistics is the gap between domestic and international third party logistics, logistics efficiency is not high, the lack of systematic management, and logistics platform to build lag behind the concept of logistics management, and so on. Analyzed the causes of such problems arising and proposed lean logistics, small and medium enterprise value chain alliances third party logistics, large third-party logistics companies such as virtualization strategy choice of three third-party logistics enterprise development strategies. Keywords:Third party logistics;lean logistics strategy;value chain alliances; virtualization strategy 1. Introduction For a long time, Chinas domestic enterprises procurement, transportation

MECHANISMS AND MACHINE THEORY Aurelian Vadean lowast;, Dimitri Leray , Jean Guillot Adeapartment of Mechanical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, P.O. Box 6079, Station Centre-Ville,Montreal, Queacute;bec, Canada H3C 3A7 bLaboratoire de Genie Mecanique de Toulouse - COSAM, INSA Toulouse, 135 Avenue de Rangueil,Toulouse Cedex 4, Automotive sub-actuators tooth side clearance adjustment optimization techniques 1.Introduction to Mechanism： The function of a mechanism is to transmit or transform motion from one rigid body to another as part of the action of a machine. There are three types of common mechanical devices that can be used as basic elements of a mechanism. 1、Gear system, in which toothed members in contact transmit motion between rotating shafts. 2、Cam system, where a uniform motion of an input member is converted into a nonuniform motion of the output member. 3、Plane and spatial linkages are also useful in creating mecha

文献翻译 英文原文： NOVEL METHOD OF REALIZING THE OPTIMAL TRANSMISSION OF THE CRANK-AND-ROCKER MECHANISM DESIGN Abstract: A novel method of realizing the optimal transmission of the crank-and-rocker mechanism is presented. The optimal combination design is made by finding the related optimal transmission parameters. The diagram of the optimal transmission is drawn. In the diagram, the relation among minimum transmission angle, the coefficient of travel speed variation, the oscillating angle of the rocker and the length of the bars is shown, concisely, conveniently and directly. The method possesses the main characteristic. That it is to achieve the optimal transmission parameters under the transmission angle by directly choosing in the diagram, according to the given requirements. The characteristics of the mechanical transmission can be improved to gain the optimal transmission effect by the method. Especially, the method is simple and convenient in practic

2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) November 3-7, 2013. Tokyo, Japan STIFF-FLOP Surgical Manipulator: mechanical design and experimental characterization of the single module Matteo Cianchetti, Member, IEEE, Tommaso Ranzani, Member, IEEE, Giada Gerboni, Member, IEEE, Iris De Falco, Cecilia Laschi, Senior Member, IEEE, Arianna Menciassi, Member, IEEE Abstract This paper presents the concept design, the fabrication and the experimental characterization of a unit of a modular manipulator for minimal access surgery. Traditional surgical manipulators are usually based on metallic steerable needles, tendon driven mechanisms or articulated motorized links. In this work the main idea is to combine flexible fluidic actuators enabling omnidirectional bending and elongation capability and the granular jamming phenomenon to implement a selective stiffness changing. The proposed manipulator is based on a series of identical modules, eac

Smart sensor for automatic drip irrigation system for paddy cultivation S.R. Barkunan lowast;, V. Bhanumathi, J. Sethuram Abstract :Agriculture needs 85% of the available freshwater and its requirement may increase in fu- ture. Hence, a system is needed to utilize water efficiently in agriculture. The modern drip irrigation system lessens a significant amount of water usage compared to the traditional methods. And some crops need variable amounts of water as it grow e.g. paddy. This paper proposes an automation of drip irrigation in which the smartphone initially captures soil image, calculates its wetness level and transmits the data onto the microcontroller through GSM module intermittently. The microcontroller decides the irrigation and sends the sta- tus of the field to the Farmerrsquo;s mobile phone. The system is tested for paddy field for over a period of three months. It is observed from the experimental setup, that it saves nearly 41.5% and 13% of water compared to

INTERNET ADDICTION: THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW CLINICAL DISORDER Kimberly S. Young University of Pittsburgh at Bradford Published in Cyber Psychology and Behavior, Vol. 1 No. 3., pages 237-244 Paper presented at the 104th annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, August 15, 1996. Anecdotal reports indicated that some on-line users were becoming addicted to the Internet in much that same way that others became addicted to drugs or alcohol which resulted in academic, social, and occupational impairment. However, research among sociologists, psychologists, or psychiatrists has not formally identified addictive use of the Internet as a problematic behavior. This study investigated the existence of Internet addiction and the extent of problems caused by such potential misuse. This study utilized an adapted version of the criteria for pathological gambling defined by the DSM-IV (APA, 1994). On the basis of this criteria, case studies of 3