... ability to engage in Lean and continuous improvement • Chapter 8, Summary of Research Findings, draws together the key findings in order to present the success factors and barriers in implementing ... order to both place the remaining findings into context andto help identify and define Lean for the public sector A Descriptions of Lean 3.3 Of all the organizations involved inthe case study work, ... recognized the Lean thinking origins ofthe improvement work “While the methodology has its roots in Lean, inthe end, perhaps because ofits ‘Lean and mean’ connotations, the phrase used to describe the...
... Kirin-Amgen Inc and others v Hoechst Marion Roussel Ltd and others [2005] RPC (House of Lords) Kirin-Amgen Inc and others v Transkaryotic Therapies Inc and others [2003] RPC (Court of Appeal) International ... step inthe light of judgments ofthe UK courts and decisions ofthe EPO Boards of Appeal as they relate to biotechnology in particular, and by their relevance to a specific step ofthe Windsurfing/ ... Kirin-Amgen Inc and others v Hoechst Marion Roussel Ltd and others [2005] RPC (HoL) Kirin-Amgen Inc and others v Transkaryotic Therapies Inc and others [2003] RPC (CoA) Population Diagnostics Inc...
... people.) The faculty of intuition, on theother hand, Dffirent Approaches to Knowledge t9 reveals tothe individual an immediate insight into, and perception of, the workings ofthe whole system being ... degree of insight into the workings ofthe four elements, and also tothe many friends and students who have encouraged my writing and teaching Finally, we appreciate the permission ofthe following ... most meaningful development, one which assists them in becoming human, inrelatingto others, in being a person (p 52) approach to One ofthe few drawbacks ofthe humanistic to maintain an open,...
... Language of Energy Key Concepts and Deftnitions A key tothe understanding of all astrology is within the reach of anyone who truly understands the meaning ofthe following definitions: The PLANETS indicate ... impact of life's demands In order to this, the earth signs naturally need to get their feet inthe mud once in a while, to get closeto nature, andto tune in on the power of growth in trees and ... exercising moderately, and getting sufficient rest Inother words, by consciously accepting the limitations ofthe physical world, they can master it and make useofthe sustaining power of the...
... and their subsequent infiltration into other organs, accounting in part for the systemic clinical symptoms of these diseases [20] In response to various stresses, HO-1 is strongly expressed in ... activity during the clinical course in patients with HPS and ASD We next examined the relation between the serum HO-1 level andother laboratory parameters inthe patients with HPS and ASD Because serum ... hematological malignancy, including non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and acute myeloid leukemia, in three; and ASD and viral infection inthe others The patients having more than two lineages...
... The impact of microfinance on the incomes ofthe poor b The impact of microfinance on wider poverty/ wealth ofthe poor c impact of microfinance on other non-financial The outcomes for the ... confounding factors at the I sampling stage but took steps to account for their influence inthe analysis, the study was judged to be of medium quality and included inthe in- depth reviewinthereview ... symptom ofthe failure of micro-credit and not its success There is the potential for clients to remain in a cycle of borrowing or saving, investing inthe future, increasing income, repaying...
... spermatozoids, whereas the spermatogonia exhibit very faint staining only (Fig 4D) The thickness ofthe staining is the result ofthe morphology of spermatozoid in Astacus Indeed, the spermatozoid ... the lung, myocardium, liver, intestine and testis, as well as inthe epithelial cells ofthe kidney and intestine [3] Its role inthe regulation ofthe renin– angiotensin–aldosterone system has ... respectively In mammals, gACE was shown to be anchored inthe cytoplasmic membrane of spermatozoids andto be released inthe epididymal fluid during the transit ofthe sperm inthe epididymis...
... limited our reviewto RT and PR inhibitors and did not examine other drug classes currently in clinical use Our review is subject to reporting and publication bias We evaluated publications inthe English ... variation so as to inform on the optimal useof limited ARV options in most ofthe world Better recording of clinical factors and longer follow up of patients will be required to determine whether novel ... located in different geographical areas This might improve the appropriateness of selection of certain drugs over others inthe context of second-line or third-line therapeutic options In order to...
... the MV estimator—including its generalisation tothe TDC estimator andthe SDC estimator proved to give the best results However, the difference in performance with the optimal estimator remains ... is provided by the SDC estimator Here, the estimate is found by minimising the signal distortion subject to constraints on the energy ofthe projections ofthe residual noise onto the signal subspace ... variance Given the rank p ofthe clean speech, the MV estimate HMV is the best approximation ofthe original matrix Hs that can be obtained by making linear combinations ofthe columns of Hx : HMV...
... work inthe Chinese population There is an urgent need toreviewthe translation ofthe Chinese SDQ version before more studies use it inthe field A more complete set of Chinese SDQ versions in ... Examples and explanation of these major differences and concerns are included in Table An online search on 12 June 2008, involving PsycINFO 1806, Ovid MEDLINE(R) 1996, CINAHL 1982 and EMBASE 1996 using ... because the wording matches more closely than theother English versions [2] It is available in traditional form of Chinese writing, commonly used in Hong Kong and Taiwan Chinese communities in...
... The plant body including rhizomes was plowed up, and transferred tothe Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Prior to laboratory experiments, the giant reed was cultured in ... liquid pump To avoid the direct effects on the removal of cadmium and phosphorus by parts other than the rhizome, the water level ofthe cultivation pot was kept lower than the top ofthe rhizome ... indicated that the GSH and subsequently produced phytochelatins affect the neutralization of toxic effects of cadmium that accumulated inthe giant reed, which is similar to those ofother gramineous...
... clause extends the meaning of another by adding something new to it’ Basically, there are two categories: addition (one clause adds tothe meaning of another) and variation (one clause changes the ... for choosing the topic, the aims ofthe study, the methodology, the scope, andthe design ofthe study Part B, the main part ofthe thesis, consists of three chapters Chapter 1, entitled Theoretical ... “was sitting”, “worked”, “listened”, “hated”… At the beginning ofthe story, the main character was introduced “an old Indian named Koskoosh” andthe story is told from the point of view of this...
... partitioning ofthe protein into an aggregated state The effect of copper binding on the secondary structure was determined using CD inthe far UV To prepare proteins without Cu2+, part of each protein ... study the ability of stefin B to bind copper was assessed We used isothermal titration Copper binds to cystatin B calorimetry to monitor the binding event at pH and pH It was found that the protein ... understanding what causes the loss of appropriate metal binding might be crucial for the understanding ofthe role of amyloidogenic proteins in a number of neurodegenerative disorders Copper binds to...
... information concerningthe kinetics and properties ofthe enzyme More strikingly, we show a novel role ofthe PPase enzyme inthe development and molting process of A suum larvae in vitro constructed in ... PPases inthe hypodermal cells of sectioned adult worms in immunohistochemical staining), and that the inhibition of PPasecatalyzed PPi hydrolysis by these inhibitors, is likely to prevent the synthesis ... important that the hypodermis ofthe body wall, which synthesizes components ofthe cuticle, may offer a useful target for studies into the mechanism ofthe development and molting process inthe roundworms...
... addition of E64, a synthetic inhibitor of calpain, did not modify the intensity ofthe signal observed inthe presence of Ca2+ alone The increase inthe mAb-binding capacity of calpain observed in these ... conformation, and that these can be monitored by evaluating the intensity ofthe light signal generated by the binding of mAb 56.3 To perform these investigations, the two preferential ligands of calpain, ... calpastatin becomes freely diffuse inthe cytosol and only traces of aggregates remain located inthe perinuclear region Thus, the increased availability of calpastatin, occurring in conditions of...
... clarified in detail and could play a key role inthe detoxification processes In this study we examined the role of Bcp2 in order to increase the knowledge ofthe enzymatic activity involved inthe ... Furthermore, we report the cloning, the expression andthe characterization ofthe recombinant protein rBcp2 in order to shed light on its role inthe detoxification process and on its catalytic mechanism ... thioredoxin) In typical 2-Cys, Sp at the N terminus and SR at the C terminus belong to different subunits and condense to form an intersubunit disulfide bond; in atypical 2-Cys, Sp at the N terminus and...
... combination of XhoI and BamHI, and subsequently the cDNA insert was puri®ed using the Qiaquick PCR puri®cation kit and ligated into the XhoI and BamHI sites ofthe pHIL-S1 vector, in phase with the ... following gradients were used: incubations containing arbutin or salicin as substrate; 100% C initial, increasing D to 20% (10 min), 50% (15 min), 100% (5 min), held at 100% (5 min); cyanodin glycosides; ... potent inhibitor of reCBG (Fig 3) Incubation of reCBG (0.35 lM ®nal concentration) inthe presence ofand lM inhibitor reduced the b-glucosidase activity in a time-dependent manner; 36 and 70% of the...
... on the dose of E applied tothe calli andthe incubation time This showed that levels of P450 protein measured by CO-binding spectra increased as a linear function ofthe E amount applied tothe ... E to 20E biotransformation ratio was observed, and a high degree of inhibition for theother P450 inhibitors tested at a single dose was also determined In addition, 20E causes inhibition of ... presence of P450 The amount of protein was determined using the Bradford procedure with bovine serum albumin as a standard [42] The protein concentration of partially or total purified P450 protein...
... mislocalization of all three enzymes in these cells clearly shows the involvement of PEX14 inthe targeting of PTS-1, PTS-2 and I-PTS proteins tothe glycosome To further analyse the effect ofthe destruction ... N-terminal domain ofthe polypeptide of each of these organisms is followed by a stretch of hydrophobic amino acids that is presumably involved inthe protein’s anchoring tothe membrane Also in ... identified in yeast) PEX17 Several other peroxins are involved inthe subsequent steps ofthe import The import of matrix proteins seems to involve a cascade of interactions between the cargo-loaded...
... Leahy and Dr Witold Kwapinski His PhD work involves studies of pyrolysis and second generation biorefining for the processing of carbohydrate waste materials and lignocellulose biomass to produce ... pressure) for the bio-refining process of wastes and biomass An analysis ofthe products formed as the parameters are varied will lead to an awareness ofthe transformation mechanisms involved DATE: ... About The Presenter Fergus holds an honours degree in Industrial Chemistry from the University of Limerick and is currently pursuing a PhD inthe University His supervisors are Prof Michael...