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Towards an Operational Definition of Lean Construction Onsite [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Through literature review and drawing from a combined professional experience of over 20 years of lean construction implementation, this paper investigates the key success factor for the automotive industry’s uptake of lean production to see what the ...
Koskela, Lauri   +2 more
core  

Parent Quality of Life at Two Years Following Their Child's Completion of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Parents of children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) often experience significant caregiver burden and disruption to their well‐being. While parent quality of life (QoL) during treatment is well characterized, little is known about outcomes during early survivorship.
Sara Dal Pra   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development and Evaluation of a Massive Open Online Course on Healthcare Redesign: A Novel Method for Engaging Healthcare Workers in Quality Improvement

open access: yesNursing Reports, 2022
Healthcare workers are under increasing pressure to use limited resources more efficiently and improve patient outcomes. Healthcare redesign, a quality improvement methodology derived from the automotive industry, is a proven means of achieving these ...
Mitchell Dwyer   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adjunctive Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Refractory Adult‐Onset Still's Disease Complicated by Secondary Macrophage Activation Syndrome: A Single‐Center Experience

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Adult‐onset Still's disease (AOSD) complicated by macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) carries substantial mortality. The role of therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) remains uncertain. Methods We retrospectively analyzed patients with AOSD‐MAS treated with TPE at a single‐center.
Masataka Ueda   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adopting Japanese lean practices into the Vietnamese context: Slow and steady is the sure way to go

open access: yesHo Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Economics and Business Administration, 2013
In tandem with Vietnam’s growing economic activity in recent years is the observable trend of Vietnamese firms across various sectors increasingly adopting Japanese lean management principles and practices.
Reynold James, Dinh Nhu Anh
doaj   +1 more source

Towards Creative Lean (Clean) Construction: From Lean Production to Lean Consumption [PDF]

open access: yesAnnual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, 2018
Peer ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Solar Cycle Modulation of Total Irradiance: an Empirical Model from 1874 to 1988 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1990
Evidence acquired during the past decade indicates that over time scales of the solar cycle, enhanced emission from bright solar faculae cause significant variations in the sun's total irradiance even though, on shorter time scales, the most pronounced ...
Foukal, P., Lean, J.
core   +1 more source

Contemporary challenges to iodine status and nutrition: the role of foods, dietary recommendations, fortification and supplementation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Iodine deficiency (ID) in women of childbearing age remains a global public health concern, mainly through its impact on fetal and infant neurodevelopment.
Bouga, M., Combet, E., Lean, M.E.J.
core   +1 more source

Mapping the evolution of mitochondrial complex I through structural variation

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Respiratory complex I (CI) is crucial for bioenergetic metabolism in many prokaryotes and eukaryotes. It is composed of a conserved set of core subunits and additional accessory subunits that vary depending on the organism. Here, we categorize CI subunits from available structures to map the evolution of CI across eukaryotes. Respiratory complex I (CI)
Dong‐Woo Shin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural Development of Mathematical Ideas: Papua New Guinea Studies

open access: yesJournal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 2013
This review highlights the strengths of Geoffrey Saxe's latest book on cultural development of mathematical ideas. His research was undertaken in a remote area of Papua New Guinea. This book is important for it brings together Saxe's critical thinking on
Kay Owens
doaj   +1 more source

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