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Measuring the level of lean readiness of the Hong Kong's manufacturing industry [PDF]
, 2016 Increasingly competitive business environments have forced manufacturing organisations to continuously seek improvements in their production processes as an alternative to achieve operational excellence. Lean manufacturing principles and techniques based
Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo +3 more
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Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
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Aggressive prostate cancer is associated with pericyte dysfunction
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Tumor‐produced TGF‐β drives pericyte dysfunction in prostate cancer. This dysfunction is characterized by downregulation of some canonical pericyte markers (i.e., DES, CSPG4, and ACTA2) while maintaining the expression of others (i.e., PDGFRB, NOTCH3, and RGS5).
Anabel Martinez‐Romero +11 more
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.ERRFI1, a neural crest (NC)‐associated gene, was upregulated in melanoma and negatively correlated with the expression of melanocytic differentiation markers and the susceptibility of melanoma cells toward BRAF inhibitors (BRAFi). Knocking down ERRFI1 significantly increased the sensitivity of melanoma cells to BRAFi.
Nina Wang +8 more
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Application of Overall Equipment Effectiveness In Increasing Productivity: Case Of Textile Company
WPOM : Working Papers on Operations ManagementOverall equipment effectiveness (OEE) is a lean manufacturing tool that has been reported to improve the performance of a company significantly. The adoption of OEE has been mattering in the garment manufacturing sector in Pakistan.
Muhammad Ahmed Kalwar +5 more
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Lean Thinking: Theory, Application and Dissemination [PDF]
, 2014 This book was written and compiled by the University of Huddersfield to share the learnings and experiences of seven years of Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) and Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded projects with the National Health ...
Bamford, David +4 more
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Detection of extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA) in plasma samples from EGFR‐mutated non‐small cell lung cancer patients. Plasma was collected before and during treatment with the EGFR‐tyrosine kinase inhibitor osimertinib. Plasma eccDNA was detected in all cancer samples, and the presence of the EGFR gene on eccDNA serves as a potential biomarker ...
Simone Stensgaard +5 more
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Delegation-Based Agile Secure Software Development Approach for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
IEEE AccessSoftware engineering often follows a particular methodology. Throughout the software development industry, an increasing share of enterprises follow agile principles.
Anze Mihelic +3 more
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Analysis Relationships among Practices of Supply Chain Management Paradigms and Performance Measures by Interpretive Structural Modeling Approach (ISM) [PDF]
چشمانداز مدیریت صنعتی, 2015 Nowadays, companies are seeking to find suitable supply chain paradigms to gain better performance and improve their competitiveness. Because competition between supply chains has been replaced by competition between companies.
Ahmad Jafarnejad +2 more
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LEAN TOOLS APPLIED IN TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS SERVICES
Revista Produção e Desenvolvimento, 2019 Purpose: This article is focused on the premise that applying Lean tools in transport and logistic services can contribute to reduce the costs, stocks, lead time and simultaneously contributing to major financial achievements.
Tiago Pinho, Mário Lobo
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