As I have indicated above, I base this feeling on a belief that current weakness in the market for consumer durable goods may continue through the early months of the year, but will give way to a sufficiently strong recovery later on to bring the full-year figures close to those of 1960 ; ;

; Inflation rate ( consumer prices ):

There are ongoing issues concerning the validity and reliability of the diagnostic categories ; the reliance on superficial symptoms ; the use of artificial dividing lines between categories and from ' normality '; possible cultural bias ; medicalization of human distress and financial conflicts of interest, including with the practice of psychiatrists and with the pharmaceutical industry ; political controversies about the inclusion or exclusion of diagnoses from the manual, in general or in regard to specific issues ; and the experience of those who are most directly affected by the manual by being diagnosed, including the consumer / survivor movement.

* DV, MiniDV — used in most of today's videotape-based consumer camcorders ; designed for high quality and easy editing ; can also record high-definition data ( HDV ) in MPEG-2 format

* Digital8 — DV-format data recorded on Hi8-compatible cassettes ; largely a consumer format

The Americas conference will have tracks designed for several industries including automotive and aerospace ; communications, media & entertainment, energy, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, high tech and electronics, public sector, retail and consumer goods, and transportation and logistics.

Import-substitution industries include textiles ; steel ( using scrap ); tires ; oil refining ; flour milling ; beverages ; tobacco ; simple consumer goods ; and car, truck, and bus assembly.

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Led by Finance Minister Otto Graf Lambsdorff ( 1926 – 2009 ) the FDP adopted the market-oriented " Kiel Theses " in 1977 ; it rejected the Keynesian emphasis on consumer demand, and proposed to reduce social welfare spending, and try to introduce policies to stimulate production and facilitate jobs.

Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes ( 1977 ) and Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ( 1974 ) recalled the Vietnam war ; George A. Romero satirized the consumer society in his zombie sequel, Dawn of the Dead ( 1978 ); Canadian director David Cronenberg featured the " mad scientist " movie sub-genre by exploring contemporary fears about technology and society, and reinventing " body horror ", starting with Shivers ( 1975 ).

These systems advertised their simplicity ; the consumer did not have to select and assemble the individual components.

At the beginning of One-Dimensional Man Marcuse writes, “ The people recognize themselves in their commodities ; they find their soul in their automobile, hi-fi set, split-level home, kitchen equipment ,”< ref > Harold Marcuse < http :// www. marcuse. org / herbert / quotes / QuotRedThread. html # Capitalism ></ ref > meaning that under capitalism ( in consumer society ) humans become extensions of the commodities that they buy, thus making commodities extensions of people's minds and bodies.

* The S interface is a four-wire bus that ISDN consumer devices plug into ; the S & T reference points are commonly implemented as a single interface labeled ' S / T ' on an Network termination 1 ( NT1 ).

Intermediate network hardware such as routers and switches may be indifferent to the data protocol encapsulated in each Ethernet frame, but source and consumer devices must use the same protocol to allow communication to take place.

The typical frequency range for a subwoofer is about 20 – 200 Hz for consumer products, below 100 Hz for professional live sound, and below 80 Hz in THX-approved systems.

Since the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) amended rules to allow frequency hopping spread spectrum systems in the unregulated 2. 4 GHz band, many consumer devices in that band have employed various spread-spectrum modes.

) Both VHS Hi-Fi and Betamax Hi-Fi delivered flat full-range frequency response ( 20 Hz to 20 kHz ), excellent 70 dB signal-to-noise ratio ( in consumer space, second only to the compact disc ), dynamic range of 90 dB, and professional audio-grade channel separation ( more than 70dB ).

Ultra-high frequency ( UHF ) radios, at the time, were neither practical nor affordable for the average consumer.

Commercial and industrial digital recorders record higher frequencies, while consumer systems inferior to the CD record a more restricted frequency range.

Title VII, " Miscellaneous Provisions ": Outlines provisions relating to the prevention of unfair billing practices for information or services provided over toll-free telephone calls, privacy of consumer information, pole attachments, facilities siting, radio frequency emission standards, mobile services direct access to long distance carriers, advanced telecommunications incentives, the telecommunications development fund, the National Education Technology Funding Corporation, a report on the use of advance telecommunications services for medical purposes, and outlines the authorization of appropriations.

4DTV is the name of a Television receive-only ( TVRO ) consumer satellite television tuner technology manufactured by Motorola for use with large-diameter parabolic satellite dish antennas on the C and K < sub > u </ sub > frequency bands on multiple satellites.

Special types of varicap diode exhibiting an abrupt change in capacitance can often be found in consumer equipment such as television tuners, which are used to switch radio frequency signal paths.

The final pair of parallel logarithmic scales ( 12 ) are not nomograms as such, but reading-off scales to translate the risk score ( 11, remote to extremely high ) into a sampling frequency to address safety aspects and other ‘ consumer protection ’ aspects respectively.

The “ loudness ” control on some consumer stereos alters the frequency response curve to correspond roughly with the equal loudness characteristic of the ear.

Digital Angel, Inc. develops global positioning satellite ( GPS ) and radio frequency identification ( RFID ) technology products for consumer, commercial, and government sectors worldwide.

LaRosa's is very popular in Greater Cincinnati, exceeding Domino's, Donatos Pizza, Pizza Hut and Papa John's in consumer reported purchase frequency.

This elaborate, figural Art deco Ronson's Lighters | Ronson tabletop cigarette lighter, manufactured in 1936, is an example of an everyday consumer item rendered in classic darky iconographical style.

File: Ampex1250. JPG | Ampex Model 1250 tube stereo tape recorder c. 1962-Designed for the high end consumer market

The Roku XD / S player supports streaming internet media and local media through a USB port or home media servers like Plex ( software ) | PlexNetflix has integrated its streaming player in many consumer electronics devices including the XBox 360In recent years, convergence devices for home entertainment including gaming systems, DVRs, Blu-Ray Players and dedicated devices like the Roku have also started managing local video, music, and / or streaming internet content.

TiVo Digital video recorder | DVR, one of the most notable consumer Linux devices.

Image: Rou_Gui_Oolong_tea_leaf. jpg | Spring tea processed to new consumer standards

Image: Rou_Gui_Oolong_tea_leaf_close. jpg | Spring tea processed to new consumer standards close up

One of the busiest shopping streets in the world, Nanjing Road ( Shanghai ) | Nanjing Road in Shanghai is an example of economic growth in mainland China, and its large consumer base.

The standalone radio receiver is usually known in consumer electronics as a tuner.

Its application areas include control of electric drives for industrial applications and household appliances, modules for renewable energy production, conversion and transmission, semiconductor components for lighting management systems and LED lighting, power supplies for servers, PCs, notebooks and consumer electronics, custom devices for peripheral devices, game consoles, applications in medical technology, high-frequency components having a protective function for communication and tuner systems and silicon MEMS microphones.

And to do this requires first of all the kind of information about people which is provided by the scientists in industrial anthropology and consumer research, who, for example, tell Courtenay that three days is the `` optimum priming period for a closed social circuit to be triggered with a catalytic cue-phrase '' -- which means that an effective propaganda technique is to send an idea into circulation and then three days later reinforce or undermine it.

What it is trying to do is to protect the little man, too, as well as trying to maintain a flow of fresh meat to all stores, with choice of cut being made by the consumer, not the store.

This program is based on the policy of designing and building efficient machines which will help produce better textile values -- fabrics whose cost in relation to quality, fashion and utility provide the consumer with better textile products for the money.

Another growth factor is increased consumer demand for better quality and larger quantities of fabrics that go with a rising standard of living.

It is interesting to note that the present level of military electronics procurement is greater than the industry's total sales to all markets in 1950-1953, which were good years for our industry with television enjoying its initial period of rapid consumer acceptance.

It is thick, much like an egg plant's skin, so that poison sprays, if they are used, present no hazard to the consumer.

Average consumer is becoming more sophisticated regarding product and advertising claims, partly because of widespread criticism of such assertions.

In spending his money today, the consumer is pulled in many directions.

Your competition is now proportionately greater -- you are competing not only against manufacturers in the same field but also against a vast array of manufacturers of other appealing consumer products.

The 2% increase in retail sales in October to a 4-month high is encouraging in this connection as well as the most recent consumer survey by the National Industrial Conference Board, which shows a decided pickup in consumer spending plans.

In a more pessimistic vein about the economic outlook, I suspect that the reservoir of demand for consumer goods and housing which was dammed-up during the Thirties and World War 2, is finally in the process of running dry.

This is not to say that the level of consumer expenditures will not continue to rise in the Sixties.

`` As we look to the $800 billion economy that is predicted for 1970 and the increase of about 40% in consumer expenditures that will be required to reach that goal, management can well be restless about how this tremendous volume and number of new products will be created and marketed '', Peterson said.

Mass production via assembly lines is widely considered to be the catalyst which initiated the modern consumer culture by making possible low unit cost for manufactured goods.

* Procter & Gamble is an American multinational consumer goods company headquartered in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

Most commonly, the desired result is to drive consumer behavior with respect to a commercial offering, although political and ideological advertising is also common.

Bahamian tastes in consumer products roughly parallel those in the U. S. With approximately 85 % of the population of primarily African descent, there is a large and growing market in the Bahamas for " ethnic " personal care products.

The manufacturing sector is confined to some light industry, which is mainly involved in processing primary products and the cow production of consumer goods.