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Aligning Individual and Organizational R&D Goals for Self-Sustainability: Investigating Preferences of Researchers in Selected CSIR-Laboratories, India
No full textThis paper intends to explore the measure for aligning the goals of researchers towards achieving organizational R&D targets. The paper also explores the significance and ordering of R&D outputs and the factors that influence generation of R&D outputs, from the perspective of researchers working in the Indian public sector organizations.
Data was collected in five Indian R&D laboratories and Weighted Average Method; Spearman Correlation Coefficient and Rank Regression were utilized for the analysis.
The findings indicated that various groups of researchers prefer to target different R&D outputs and not all the factors are considered as equally significant in influencing the generation of R&D outputs. Further, the R&D organization should include preferred real factors while policy making for achieving collaborative efforts towards fulfilling organizational objectives. The set of selected R&D outputs and influencing factors were also ordered according to the average rankings given by the researchers.
The findings can help R&D managers to identify the expectations of the researchers and include their preferences in R&D Planning. The study could be extended to a larger dataset of researchers working in other government as well as private R&D organizations.
Hardly any studies were found that explored the preferences of researchers with respect to R&D outputs and influencing factors with respect to the Indian public sector R&D laboratories.
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Final Published Version is available at: DOI (10.1108/IJPPM-12-2019-0556)
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Kumari, B., Sahney, S. and Madhukar, A. (2021), "Aligning individual and organizational R&D goals for self-sustainability: investigating preferences of researchers in selected CSIR laboratories, India", International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-12-2019-055
On the summability of Fourier series and allied series
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Functions of class Lip(α, p) and their Taylor mean
No full textAbstractThe object of this paper is to study the rapidity of convergence of the Taylor mean of the Fourier series of ƒ(x) when ƒ(x) belongs to the class Lip(α, p). We show that it is of Jackson order provided that a suitable integrability condition is imposed upon the function ϑx(t) = 12{ƒ(x + t) − 2ƒ(x) + ƒ(x − t)}
Scheduling and shop floor control in commercial airplane manufacturing
No full textThesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2005.Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-75).Boeing is the premier manufacturer of commercial jetliners and a leader in defense and space systems. Competition in commercial aircraft production is increasing and in order to retain their competitive position, Boeing must strive to improve their operations by reducing costs. Boeing factories today still schedule and monitor the shop floor much as they have for the past 100 years. This thesis compares and contrasts several different methods for shop floor control and scheduling including Boeing's barcharts, Toyota production system, critical chain, and dynamic scheduling. Each system is will be analyzed with respect to how it handles variability in labor output required and how that affects which products are typically made under each system. In additional to qualitative comparisons, discrete event simulations comparing the various strategies will be presented. Areas for future simulation study are also discussed. The recommended approach for commercial airplane assembly is critical chain. A suggested implementation plan is presented along with methods to ease acceptance.by Vikram Neal Sahney.S.M.M.B.A
The impact of the pull of the Recent on the fossil record of tetrapods
No full textQuestion: Why has there been an apparently exponential rise in the global diversity of life on land in the past 120 million years? Hypothesis: Most of the apparent rise in diversity is an artefact of improved sampling towards the present day. A particular bias, the Pull of the Recent (POR), affects those fossil taxa with living representatives, by artificially inflating their numbers. Organisms: The fossil record of tetrapods (amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds). Methods: Compare lists of extant families and genera with totals and proportions that do, and do not, have fossil records in the Plio-Pleistocene. Results: The POR extends its influence back to the early Eocene, accounting for at most 6.1% of the increase in tetrapod family diversity and 1.3% of generic diversity. Small animals, insectivores, and birds are most affected by the POR, perhaps because of their delicate skeletons. Conclusion: The POR does not significantly distort the pattern of diversification, suggesting that the massive expansion of tetrapod biodiversity in the past 120 million years is largely a real biological pattern.</p
The impact of the pull of the Recent on the fossil record of tetrapods
No full textQuestion: Why has there been an apparently exponential rise in the global diversity of life on land in the past 120 million years? Hypothesis: Most of the apparent rise in diversity is an artefact of improved sampling towards the present day. A particular bias, the Pull of the Recent (POR), affects those fossil taxa with living representatives, by artificially inflating their numbers. Organisms: The fossil record of tetrapods (amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds). Methods: Compare lists of extant families and genera with totals and proportions that do, and do not, have fossil records in the Plio-Pleistocene. Results: The POR extends its influence back to the early Eocene, accounting for at most 6.1% of the increase in tetrapod family diversity and 1.3% of generic diversity. Small animals, insectivores, and birds are most affected by the POR, perhaps because of their delicate skeletons. Conclusion: The POR does not significantly distort the pattern of diversification, suggesting that the massive expansion of tetrapod biodiversity in the past 120 million years is largely a real biological pattern.</p
Building operational excellence in a multi-node supply chain
No full textThesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2005.Includes bibliographical references (p. 92-93).This thesis shows how a combination of macro-economic, business, and organizational factors can lead a well-run company to adopt a "launch-and-expedite" behavior with detrimental effects on operational efficiency. It also demonstrates how it is possible, for an organization that finds itself in such a state, to apply basic operations principles and a data driven approach to systematically get out of the "launch-and-expedite" mode. The thesis presents a method to characterize a real, functioning supply chain in the context of changing conditions and in the absence of perfect data. It shows the analysis, recommendations, and results from a particular supply chain case study at Agilent Technologies, Inc. The project first analyzes and maps the current supply chain to characterize demand and supply variability. A selected menu of operational building blocks is then recommended to improve overall supply chain performance by reducing the internal bullwhip effect and improving on-time delivery. The recommendations are implemented in a successful pilot study and key operational metrics are recorded such as supply chain inventory, on-time delivery, variability of lead-time, and number of expedite/schedule change requests.(cont.) The particular organizational context of the project and its affect is also considered. Although this thesis provides a case study of the Colorado Springs Technical Center operations and supply chain, results and lessons learned are applicable to other component suppliers or component buyers within multi-node supply chains, particularly those in the capital equipment business.by Mark K. Sahney.S.M.M.B.A
Effect of Hesperidin as an Adjunct to Scaling and Root Planing on Clinical Parameters and Serum C-Reactive Protein Level in Chronic Periodontitis: A Randomized, Triple-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Clinical Trial
No full textBackground:
Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease that damages the supporting structures of the teeth, primarily caused by dental plaque containing Gram-negative bacteria. These bacteria trigger an inflammatory host response leading to tissue destruction.
Materials and Methods:
A total of 84 patients with moderate to severe chronic periodontitis were randomly assigned to either a test group receiving 500 mg of hesperidin daily or a control group receiving a placebo both alongside scaling and root planing (SRP). Clinical parameters including the gingival index (GI), sulcus bleeding index (SBI), probing depth (PD), and clinical attachment level (CAL) were evaluated at baseline, 3 weeks, and 6 weeks. Serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels were measured at baseline and 3 weeks to assess systemic inflammation.
Results:
Of the 84 patients, 80 completed the study, with 60 males and 20 females. The test group showed significant reduction in serum CRP levels from baseline to 3 weeks (mean difference: 1.6300, P < 0.001), while the control group also showed a significant decrease (mean difference: -1.2730, P = 0.001). However, no statistically significant differences were found in clinical parameters (GI, SBI, PD, CAL) between the test and control groups at any time point. Intragroup analysis showed significant improvements in these parameters over time within both groups, indicating the effectiveness of SRP in managing clinical symptoms of periodontitis.
Conclusion:
Hesperidin significantly reduced serum CRP levels, indicating an anti-inflammatory effect, but did not result in significant improvements in clinical parameters compared to placebo
Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) without antibody induction in pediatric renal transplantation (PTx)
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