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Rajagopal, Priyali. "Consumer categorization and evaluation of ambiguous products." Connect to this title online, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1085585545.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2004.Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xv, 209 p.; also includes graphics (some col.) Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-209). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center
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Gill, Tripat. "Composite products as conceptual combinations : issues of perception, categorization and brand evaluation." Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=38486.
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This dissertation addresses the issues pertaining to composite products (CPs). CPs are defined as products formed by combining knowledge from two distinct domains, for example, digital cameras, which combine knowledge from digital products and cameras. The three research questions addressed in the dissertation are: (1) how is knowledge combined from two distinct domains of a CP, (2) how are CPs categorized vis-a-vis their two components, and (3) what brands, among those associated with one of the two domains, are preferred in CPs? The thesis here is that CPs can be construed as conceptual combinations---that is, a combination of two concepts, wherein one concept (the "modifier") modifies the knowledge associated with the other (the "header"). Employing the literature in psycholinguistics, two combinatorial processes---namely, property mapping and relation linking---were identified for combining knowledge in CPs. These processes lead to modifications in knowledge associated with the header of a CP (e.g., knowledge about cameras is modified in digital cameras). The extent of these modifications is measured by the proposed construct of modification centrality. As per this construct, modifications in features critical to the function of a header (i.e., central modifications) are perceived as more significant than those in non-critical features (i.e., non-central modifications).Three experimental studies investigated the above research questions. These studies used 16 novel CPs that were created by combining two dissimilar concepts. Study 1 showed that subjects readily combined knowledge from two dissimilar domains, using property mapping or relation linking. In addition, the representation of these CPs varied along their modification centrality, even though the dissimilarity between the two combining domains was held constant. Study 2 showed that the categorization of CPs was contingent upon their similarity to the modifier and header categories. Study 3 showed that both modification centrality and the combinatorial process influenced the categorization and brand preferences in CPs. While CPs with non-central modifications (e.g., disposable cameras) were categorized as headers (i.e., cameras), and header-associated brands were preferred, those with central modifications (e.g., digital cameras) were categorized as both (i.e., digital product and camera), and the modifier brands (i.e., digital brands) gained equity.
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Wong, Yat-ming. "The evaluation of new product development marketing plan by the launch of new cars in the Hong Kong market /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B18835843.
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Scott, Stanley V. "A microanalytic new product adoption paradigm : a disaggregative evaluation of individual differences in the adoption of two technological products /." Connect to resource, 1986. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1262970103.
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Wong, Yat-ming, and 王逸明. "The evaluation of new product development marketing plan by the launchof new cars in the Hong Kong market." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31268407.
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Su, Jack C. P. "Evaluation of Supply Chain Strategies for Mass Customization." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/5087.
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Product proliferation is a common challenge for firms providing customized products. To cope with this challenge, firms usually incorporate strategies such as component commonality, postponement, and/or delayed differentiation in their supply chains. In this dissertation, we study the effectiveness of these strategies. First, we evaluate the inventory costs for various percentages of common component substitution. Second, we analyze the performance of two postponement strategies and their relationship with product proliferation. Third, we study the cost and benefits of implementing delayed differentiation in a make-to-order environment and provide insights for managers choosing where along the supply chain they should differentiate their products.
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de, Silva Niranjali. "A NEW COMPREHENSIVE METHODOLOGY FOR THE EVALUATION OF PRODUCT SUSTAINABILITY AT THE DESIGN STAGE OF CONSUMER ELECTRONICS PRODUCTS." UKnowledge, 2005. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_theses/372.
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The aim of this thesis is to investigate and generate quantifiable measures of sustainability elements that apply to manufactured products in terms of environmental, social and economic benefits. This paper presents a new comprehensive methodology for sustainability evaluation of a new product at the design and development stage focusing on consumer electronics products through a Sustainability Scoring method. A new product is evaluated for its integral elemental and the overall sustainability contents impacting the product when it reaches the end-of-life by considering the entire life-cycle including the effective residual use of recovered materials in the subsequent life-cycles of the same or different products. This procedure can also be used by design engineers to assess a given product in comparison with a similar product, such as a prior or a subsequent model, or one from a competitor. The proposed six major integral sustainable elements are: products environmental impact, societal impact, functionality, resource utilization and economy, manufacturability and recyclability/remanufacturability. Each of these elements has corresponding sub-elements and influencing factors which are categorized using appropriate weighting factors according to their relative importance to the product.
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Morgan, Karina School of Biological Earth & Environmental Sciences UNSW. "Evaluation of salinisation processes in the Spicers Creek catchment, central west region of New South Wales, Australia." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2005. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/24327.
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Spicers Creek catchment is located approximately 400 km west of Sydney in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. Dryland salinity has been recognised as a major environmental issue impacting soil and water resources in the Central West region of NSW for over 70 years. Due to the geological complexity of the catchment and the presence of high salt loads contained within the soils, groundwater and surface waters, the Spicers Creek catchment was identified as a large contributor of salinity to the Macquarie River catchment. Over fifty-two dryland salinity occurrences have been identified in the Spicers Creek catchment and it appears that dryland salinity is controlled by the presence of geological structures and permeability contrasts in the shallow aquifer system. Combinations of climatic, geological and agricultural factors are escalating salinity problems in the catchment. The main aim of this thesis was to identify the factors affecting salinisation processes in the Spicers Creek catchment. These include the role of geological structures, the source(s) of salts to the groundwater system and the geochemical processes influencing seepage zone development. To achieve these aims a multidisciplinary approach was untaken to understand the soils, geology, hydrogeology and hydrogeochemistry of the catchment. Investigative techniques employed in this project include the use of geophysics, soil chemistry, soil spectroscopy, hydrogeochemistry and environmental isotopes. Evaluation of high-resolution airborne magnetics data showed a major north-east to south-west trending shear zone. This structure dissects the catchment and several other minor faults were observed to be splays off this major structure. These structures were found to be conducive to groundwater flow and are influencing the groundwater chemistry in the fractured aquifer system. Two distinctive groundwater chemical types were identified in the catchment; the saline Na(Mg)-Cl-rich groundwaters associated with the fractured Oakdale Formation and the Na-HCO3-rich groundwaters associated with the intermediate groundwater system. The groundwater chemistry of other deep groundwaters in the catchment appears to be due to mixing between these end-member groundwaters within the fractured bedrock system. The spatial distribution of electrical conductivity, Cl-, Sr2+ and 87Sr/86Sr isotopic ratios showed the correlation between saline groundwaters and the location of faults. Elevated salinities were associated with the location of two crosscutting fault zones. The spatial distribution of HCO3-, K+, Li+ and ?????3CDIC highlighted the extent of Na-HCO3-rich groundwaters in the catchment and showed that these groundwaters are mixing further east than previously envisaged. These findings show that Na(Mg)-Cl-rich groundwaters are geochemically distinctive and have evolved due to extensive water-rock interaction processes within the fracture zones of the Oakdale Formation. These saline groundwaters contain elevated concentrations of trace elements such as As, V and Se, which pose a potential risk for water resources in the area. 87Sr/86Sr isotopic ratios indicated that the source of salinity to the Na(Mg)-Cl-rich groundwaters was not purely from marine or aerosol input. Salt is most likely contributed from various allochthonous and autochthonous sources. This research found that the main mechanism controlling the formation of dryland salinity seepage zones in the Spicers Creek catchment is due to the presence of geological structures. These groundwater seepage zones act as mixing zones for rainfall recharge and deeper groundwaters. The main sources of salt to the seepage zones are from deeper Na(Mg)-Cl-rich groundwaters and rainfall accession. The major importance of this research highlights the need for an integrated approach for the use of various geoscientific techniques in dryland salinity research within geologically complex environments.
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Scott, Stanley V. "A microanalytic new product adoption paradigm : a disaggregative evaluation of individual differences in the adoption of two technological products." The Ohio State University, 1985. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1262970103.
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Nelson, Andrew. "A Detailed Approach for Concept Generation and Evaluation in a Technology Push Product Development Environment." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2005. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd1146.pdf.
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Sucupira, NatÃlia Rocha. "Evaluation of the "meat" basic cashew(Anacardium occidentale L.) submitted to different cooking methods and sensory acceptance of new products." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2012. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=8541.
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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e TecnolÃgicoThe growing demand for processed food products means there is a need to develop technologies which can lead to products being developed which only slightly alter the sensory and nutritional characteristics and which are easy to use. Cooking a food leads to significant changes in its chemical composition which affect the concentration and the bioavailabilty of the bioactive compounds of vegetables. The development of value-added food products from the waste processing of the cashew apple could be attractive to the growing market for products with a reduced level of fats and attractive sensory characteristics. Considering the lack of data on the characteristics of products obtained from the cashew apple, the aim of this study was to analyze the bioactive compounds of different âin naturaâ cashew apple fibers (artisan and industrialized), to compare the different methods of cooking of the cashew meat to find the best one after the different methods of cooking, as well as to elaborate a way of evaluating the acceptance and sensorial preference of the new products made from these fibers. Different types of cashew âmeatâ were made from fibers (artisan and industrialized). These types of âmeatâ underwent different methods of cooking (boiling, steaming, frying and a mixed method) and their bioactive compounds were measured (that is, ascorbic acid, total carotenoids, total antioxidant activity through the ABTS method âazinobis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline 6-sulfonic acid) and the DPPH method (2.2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl). Cashew flour and cashew balls were made and underwent sensorial analysis. The level of ascorbic acid, the total carotenoids, and the antioxidant activity measured by the ABTS and the DPPH methods showed significant differences between the two in natura fibers studied, while they were significantly similar in terms of phenolic compounds. The artisan cashew fiber had a high level of ascorbic acid, (147.8 mg.100g-1), which is an excellent source of vitamin C. Both fibers showed low levels of total phenolic compounds and showed antioxidant activity. In both, the levels of ascorbic acid and carotenoids were high as the basic cashew âmeatâ is a good source of these bioactive compounds. The boiling method of cooking was the one which led to the lowest retention of functional compounds, exhibiting the lowest measurements in all the parameters evaluated. In general, frying and the cooking method combining both dry and moist heat had the highest measurements and were not significantly different from each other. The cashew flour and cashew balls were judged to be acceptable on the hedonic scales used both in terms of their attributes (appearance, aroma, taste, overall impression) and intention to buy. The values ranged from âI liked a littleâ and âI liked quite a lotâ for attributes and in terms of intention to buy the possibilities were âmaybe Iâd buy, maybe notâ and âI would possibly buyâ. It can be seen that making use of cashew apple residue is important both in terms of combating waste and in the development of new food products.
A crescente demanda por produtos de frutas processados gera a necessidade do desenvolvimento de tecnologias que permitam a obtenÃÃo de produtos com caracterÃsticas sensoriais e nutricionais com pouca alteraÃÃo e grande conveniÃncia para o consumo. O ato de cozinhar induz mudanÃas significativas na composiÃÃo quÃmica que influenciam a concentraÃÃo e a biodisponibilidade de compostos bioativos de vegetais. O desenvolvimento de produtos culinÃrios, de valor agregado, com resÃduos do beneficiamento do pedÃnculo caju tem atraÃdo o crescente mercado de produtos com teor reduzido de gordura e com boas caracterÃsticas sensoriais. Considerando a escassez de dados sobre as caracterÃsticas de produtos obtidos a partir do pedÃnculo do caju, objetivou-se nesse trabalho analisar os compostos bioativos das diferentes fibras (artesanal e industrializada) de caju in natura, comparar a melhor forma de cocÃÃo da âcarneâ bÃsica de caju apÃs os diferentes tipos de cocÃÃo, alÃm de elaborar e avaliar a aceitaÃÃo e preferÃncia sensorial de novos produtos formulados a partir destas fibras. Foram elaboradas âcarnesâ bÃsicas de caju a partir de duas fibras (artesanal e industrializada). Estas âcarnesâ foram submetidas a diferentes mÃtodos de cocÃÃo (cozimento a Ãgua, cozimento a vapor, fritura e cocÃÃo combinada) e tiveram seus componentes bioativos (Ãcido ascÃrbico, carotenÃides totais, atividade antioxidante total pelos mÃtodos ABTS â azinobis (3-etilbenzotiazolina-6-Ãcido sulfÃnico) e DPPH â (2,2-difenil-1-picrilhidrazil) avaliados. PaÃoca de caju e almÃndega de caju foram formuladas e analisadas sensorialmente. O Ãcido ascÃrbico, os carotenÃides totais, as atividades antioxidantes pelo mÃtodo do ABTS e pelo mÃtodo do DPPH variaram significativamente entre as duas fibras in natura estudadas; enquanto para os compostos fenÃlicos apresentaram-se significativamente iguais. A fibra de caju artesanal mostrou elevado conteÃdo de Ãcido ascÃrbico (147,8 mg.100g-1), sendo considerada uma excelente fonte de vitamina C. As fibras apresentaram baixos valores de compostos fenÃlicos totais e exibiram aÃÃo antioxidante. Em ambos os tratamentos, os nÃveis de Ãcido ascÃrbico e carotenÃides se apresentaram elevados, sendo âcarnesâ bÃsicas de caju rica fonte destes compostos bioativos. O tratamento de cocÃÃo em Ãgua foi o que menos contribuiu para a retenÃÃo de compostos funcionais, apresentando menores mÃdias em todos os parÃmetros avaliados. De maneira geral, a fritura e a cocÃÃo combinada de calor seco com calor Ãmido, exibiram maiores mÃdias, nÃo variando significativamente. A paÃoca e a almÃndega de caju apresentaram mÃdias dos atributos (aparÃncia, aroma, sabor, impressÃo global) e intenÃÃo de compra localizadas na zona de aceitaÃÃo das duas escalas hedÃnicas utilizadas, em que os valores variaram entre os termos âgostei ligeiramenteâ e âgostei moderadamenteâ enquanto para a intenÃÃo de compra, as mÃdias se situaram de âtalvez comprasse, talvez nÃo comprasseâ a âpossivelmente comprariaâ. Com base no resultados, o aproveitamento dos resÃduos do pedÃnculo de caju se torna bastante importante para o combate ao desperdÃcio e para o desenvolvimento de novos produtos alimentÃcios.
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Alcázar, Ortega Manuel. "Evaluation and Assessment of New Demand Response Products based on the use of Flexibility in Industrial Processes: Application to the Food Industry." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de València, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/10078.
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En el marco de un mercado de la electricidad con precios cada vez más altos y donde la participación de fuentes renovables de generación está jugando un papel cada vez más importante, esta tesis supone un enfoque innovador hacia la participación de recursos de demanda en mercados de operación, prestando una atención especial a segmentos industriales como el sector alimentario con un consumo energético intensivo.
En primer lugar, esta tesis describe detalladamente la situación actual de los programas de respuesta de la demanda que existen en diferentes partes del mundo. Este estudio permite concluir que los consumidores no han sido tenidos en cuenta suficientemente en la fase de diseño de los programas existentes, lo que ha provocado la infrautilización de recursos de demanda que, actualmente, permanecen sin explorar. Por otro lado, los consumidores no son conscientes del valor que su flexibilidad podría tener para el sistema eléctrico en su conjunto, ignorando que puedan existir otros agentes dispuestos a pagarles a cambio de reducir sus cargas en períodos determinados. Como resultado, esta tesis desarrolla una nueva metodología para explorar y valorar nuevos mecanismos de respuesta de la demanda donde el punto de vista de consumidores, operadores de red y cualquier otro agente interesado pueda ser tenido en cuenta. Esta metodología, basada en la evaluación y análisis detallado de los procesos, proporciona a los consumidores las herramientas adecuadas para evaluar su capacidad para reaccionar al precio de la electricidad, lo que permitiría al regulador poner en valor el beneficio social de dicha flexibilidad si pudiera ser utilizada en mercados de operación, ayudándole a definir los programas necesarios para utilizar de forma adecuada el potencial identificado por los consumidores.
La metodología desarrollada en esta tesis ha sido aplicada satisfactoriamente al sub-segmento de la industria cárnica, por lo que varias fábricas pertenecientes a este segmento han sido estudiadas en detalle. En concreto, la factibilidad de las acciones
propuestas ha sido probada y validada satisfactoriamente en una fábrica dedicada a la
producción de jamón curado en España, en la que se han evaluado diferentes
estrategias de flexibilidad.
Finalmente, se ha realizado una evaluación económica de la rentabilidad de la
aplicación de las acciones de flexibilidad propuestas tanto para el consumidor como
para el sistema eléctrico en su conjunto, donde se han considerado los precios reales
de los mercados de operación en España, aun cuando los consumidores no puedan
participar realmente en dichos mercados en la actualidad.Alcázar Ortega, M. (2011). Evaluation and Assessment of New Demand Response Products based on the use of Flexibility in Industrial Processes: Application to the Food Industry [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/10078
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Bradford, Graeme. "An evaluation of the state of preaching in the Trans-Tasman Union Conference." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 1998. http://www.tren.com.
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Burman, Lina. "Chromatography and extraction techniques for new evaluation methods of polyolefins long-term performance." Doctoral thesis, Stockholm, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-219.
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Son, Vo Thanh, and n/a. "Evaluation of the USLE (Universal Soil Loss Equation) to estimate soil loss from hobby farms and commercial pastoral properties around Murrumbateman, NSW, Australia." University of Canberra. Applied Science, 1993. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20061108.171337.
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This thesis is an evaluation of the use the USLE to estimate soil loss from
two pastoral land uses - commercial properties and "hobby farms" in
Murrumbateman. Sensitivity analysis was used to evaluate the USLE
components. Sediment measurement in farm dams was taken to estimate
sediment yield from several sites, as an alternative approach to study soil
loss. The annual soil loss from entire study area was 0.25 t/ha/year whilst
these figures from commercial properties and hobby farms were 0.29
t/ha/year and 0.21 t/ha/year, respectively. The annual average sediment
yield from three catchments in hobby farms was 0.3 t/ha/year. The USLE
was found to be highly sensitive to slope steepness, ground cover and
stocking rates. The critical values were 16% for slopes, 35% for the ground
cover and 19 Dry Sheep Equivalent/ha for stocking rate. I tentatively
conclude that the USLE is sufficiently sensitive to detect differences in soil
loss between the two land uses. There is, however, a need to improve the
operation of the model in some respects. The use of farm dams for
estimating sediment yield also shows promise.
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Resende, Sheyla Rodrigues de. "Adaptação de um modelo de avaliação de desempenho para produtos: o caso de isolantes térmicos desenvolvidos para aplicação nas subestações elétricas do nordeste brasileiro." Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 2011. http://tede.biblioteca.ufpb.br:8080/handle/tede/5216.
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This research aims to tailor a system of performance evaluation to assist the choice of a new product that will be applied as thermal insulation, electrical substations. The performance evaluation systems can be considered as a set of metrics and processes used to obtain it, in order to quantify the efficiency and effectiveness of a system, enabling a systemic analysis of the object of evaluation.Therefore, we chose to identify and match an existing model from the literature to apply it in the selection of new products. The electrical substation is where the products developed will be applied. Therefore, it was considered essential to know in depth all the requirements necessary for the proper design, construction and operation of substations, checking criteria or restrictions which could influence the choice of product to be applied. Thermal comfort of buildings is the main functionality of the product developed, immediately there was a need to identify which characteristics of the materials have more influence in this regard and indicators which could not fail to be considered. The proposed methodology followed a pre-defined, in which selected the quantum model as a basis to describe a performance evaluation model capable of quantifying the performance of products. The analysis showed that the thermal insulation of EVA performed better in quality and cost categories, with only a lower performance in the category of measurement time. Another relevant security concerns, as this insulation achieved a performance inferior to the others, but enough for use in electrical substations.
A presente pesquisa tem por objetivo adequar um sistema de avaliação de desempenho para auxiliar a escolha de um novo produto que será aplicado em subestações elétricas como isolante térmico. Os sistemas de avaliação de desempenho podem ser considerados como um conjunto de métricas e os processos utilizadospara sua obtenção,objetivando a quantificação da eficiência e eficácia de um sistema, possibilitando uma análise sistêmica do objeto de avaliação. Por conseguinte, optou-se por identificar e adequar um modelo existente da literatura para aplicá-lo na seleção de novos produtos. As subestações elétricas é o local onde serão aplicados os produtos desenvolvidos. Portanto, considerou-se imprescindível conhecer profundamente todos os requisitos necessários ao bom projeto, construção e operação das subestações, verificando quais critérios ou restrições poderiam influenciar na escolha do produto a ser aplicado. O conforto térmico das edificações é a funcionalidade principal do produto desenvolvido, logo havia a necessidade de identificar quais características dos materiais possuem mais influencia neste quesito e quais indicadores não poderiam deixar de ser considerados. A metodologia proposta seguiu um roteiro pré-definido, no qual se selecionou o modelo quantum como base para descrever um modelo de avaliação de desempenho capaz de quantificar a performance de produtos. A análise apontou que o isolante térmico de EVA apresentou melhor desempenho nas categorias qualidade e custo, tendo um desempenho inferior apenas na categoria de medida tempo. Outro ponto relevante diz respeito à segurança, pois este isolante obteve um desempenho inferior aos demais, mas suficiente para aplicação em subestações elétricas.
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Lombard, Matthys du Toit. "Development of three microbiologically safe, sensory acceptable food products as possible supplements to the diet of undernourished children (5 – 6 years)." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2026.
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Thesis (Msc Food Sc (Food Science))--Stellenbosch University, 2008.The physical and mental development of underprivileged children, living in developing countries, is detrimentally affected by the exposure to poverty, malnutrition and poor health. The aim of the present study was to determine the possible risk of nutritional deficiencies of children (aged 5 – 6 years) in a low socio-economic community in the Grabouw area of the Western Cape, South Africa. The nutritional status of the children was evaluated by using anthropometric measurements (weight and height). Furthermore, the dietary intake provided by the meals offered at the schools they attended (Agapé 1 and Agapé 2), was assessed using the school menus. The latter were analysed using the FoodFinder3® computer programme (Medical Research Council of SA, Tygerberg, South Africa). Three supplementary food products (biscuit, health bar and soy milk-based drink) were subsequently developed to address possible nutritional deficiencies. The microbial stability of the products was determined, after which sensory acceptability of all three products was determined using a consumer panel consisting of children (n = 51; M:F = 27:24; 5 – 6 years) from the mentioned schools within the low socio-economic community. Anthropometric results were in agreement with those found by the National Food Consumption Survey (NFCS) (1999) and the South African Vitamin A Consultative Group (SAVACG) (1995), with stunting found to be most prevalent (16%). Only 5% of the children were found to be underweight and none were found to be wasted. The developed biscuit and health bar was found to be microbiologically safe when stored for at least 30 d at 25° and 35°C respectively, and the soy milk-based drink for 7 d if stored at refrigeration temperatures (5°C). Concerning the sensory preference, no significant difference was found between the preference for any of the developed products by the males and the females. For the specific products the preference for the biscuit did not differ significantly from the health bar, nor did the health bar differ significantly from the soy milk-based drink, but the biscuit did differ significantly (p = 0.006) from the soy milk-based drink for preference. The biscuit was found to be the most preferred of the three products and the soy milk-based drink the least. The majority of the juvenile consumer panel (95%) found all three developed food products acceptable and could, therefore, be considered possible supplementary foods in a school nutrition programme. The aim of nutritional supplementation is to supplement the existing diet and in doing so ensuring a more ideal nutrient intake closer to what is recommended by the recommended dietary allowance (RDA). It is proposed that nutritional deficiencies should, however, not only be addressed by means of nutritional supplementation, but should also be assisted by the nutrition education of the parent/guardian so as help them to make informed nutritional choices and in doing so providing their children with the nutrients necessary for optimal mental and physical development.
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Cavalcante, Marcia Beatriz. "Método de referência para geração do portfólio de oportunidades de inovação." Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, 2012. http://repositorio.utfpr.edu.br/jspui/handle/1/538.
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No âmbito das organizações empresariais, é premente a necessidade constante de lançamento de novos produtos e serviços em função da redução do time to market, o que vem requerendo maior precisão nas decisões de portfólio de oportunidades de inovação. Em específico, as questões de portfólio vêm sendo tratadas primordialmente na gestão de produtos e projetos, o que acaba por ocorrer tardiamente no Processo de Desenvolvimento de Produtos (PDP), com preocupações concentradas na revisão ou gestão do portfólio de produtos e/ou projetos. Desta forma, há um descompasso entre a geração de oportunidades de inovações e o aproveitamento destas, como produtos e projetos, o que prejudica as organizações na identificação e valoração de suas inovações; na antecipação de oportunidades que venham a se tornar inovações; no equilíbrio das escolhas dentre vários critérios inclusive não financeiros; bem como, no direcionamento do portfólio a partir de uma estratégia harmônica. Visando instrumentalizar as organizações para suprir estas dificuldades, uma vez que elas carecem de métodos e técnicas que tratem o portfólio de forma mais ampla, o objetivo da pesquisa foi propor um Método de Referência na Geração do Portfólio de Oportunidades de Inovação (MERGE-OI), o que possibilitou que organizações empresariais brasileiras gerassem e selecionassem um portfólio de oportunidades de inovações de forma mais precisa, independente de seu porte e segmentação econômica. O MERGE-OI foi aplicado em cinco empresas representativas de três segmentos econômicos: alimentos e bebidas, construção civil e eletroeletrônico. A aplicação em campo permitiu validar a sua consistência e coerência. Quanto aos métodos, esta pesquisa é primordialmente observacional e de análise de conteúdo, sendo que, os mesmos foram empregados tanto como métodos quanto técnicas, o que consolidou o desenvolvimento da pesquisa em sete grandes etapas. Foram obtidos três grandes resultados advindos da pesquisa: o método de referência MERGE-OI (diagramas de atividades, entradas, saídas, documentos e arquitetura); a validação do MERGE-OI de acordo com critérios de redução de incerteza e utilidade, bem como, o portfólio de oportunidades de inovação das cinco empresas em que se aplicou o método em campo. De forma mais ampla, esta pesquisa trouxe à tona a importância da integração entre as disciplinas de gestão de inovação, gestão de produtos e gestão de projetos.In the context of business organizations, there is an on-going need of products and services launch on a regular basis due to time to market shortening which has been taking better choices in portfolio decisions on innovation opportunities. In particular, the issues of portfolio has been considered primarily in product and project management, which usually occurs late in the product development process (PDP) focused on reviewing and managing the portfolio of products and projects. Therefore, there is a gap between the generation of innovation opportunities and its implementation as products or projects, which affects organizations in several aspects as identifying and valuing their innovations, detecting opportunities in earlier stages such that they can be turned into innovations, balancing choices among several criteria including non-financial as well as driving portfolio decisions from strategy. In order to overcome these difficulties, since there are a lack of methods and techniques that addresses the portfolio more broadly, this research goal was to propose a reference method for portfolio generation for innovation opportunities (MERGE-OI), which has enabled business organizations to create and select a portfolio of innovation opportunities with more assertiveness, whatever the size and market segmentation. The MERGE-OI was applied in five representatives enterprises on three economic sectors: food and beverage, construction and electronics. A field survey allowed the method to be validated in terms of consistency and coherence. Regarding the research method, this research is primarily observational and content analysis, an the same methods were employed as well as techniques, which consolidated the research development in seven major steps: each of with two main phases: pre-analysis and exploration, consolidating a research corpus based on documentary and research techniques. The three main results obtained were: the reference method MERGE-OI (activity diagrams, inputs, outputs, documents and architecture), the validation of MERGE-OI according to criteria such as usefulness and precision, as well as the portfolio of innovation opportunities in the five enterprises in which MERGE-OI was applied. More broadly, this research has highlighted the importance of integration among subjects such as innovation management, product management and project management.
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Bentley-Williams, Robyn. "EXPLORING BIOGRAPHIES: THE EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY TOWARDS BECOMING INCLUSIVE EDUCATORS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES." University of Sydney, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1855.
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Doctor of PhilosophyThe current study explored the formative processes of twelve student teachers constructing role understandings in the context of their experiences and interactions with people with disabilities. In particular, it examined the participants’ changing notions of self-as-teacher and their unfolding perceptions of an inclusive educator’s role in teaching children with disabilities. The research aimed to investigate personal and professional forms of knowledge linked with the prior subjective life experiences of the student teachers and those arising from their interactions in situated learning experiences in community settings. The contextual framework of the study focused on the development of the student teachers’ unique understandings and awareness of people with disabilities through processes of biographical situated learning. The investigation examined participants’ voluntary out-ofcourse experiences with people with disabilities across three community settings for the ways in which these experiences facilitated the participants’ emerging role understandings. These settings included respite experiences in families’ homes of young children with disabilities receiving early intervention, an after-school recreational program for primary and secondary aged children and adolescents with disabilities, and an independent living centre providing post-school options and activities for adults with disabilities. ii Two groups participated in the current study, each consisted of six student teachers in the Bachelor of Education Course at the Bathurst campus of Charles Sturt University. Group One participants were in the second year compulsory inclusive education subject and Group Two participants were in the third year elective early intervention subject. The investigation examines the nature of reflexive and reflective processes of the student teachers from subjective, conflict realities in an attempt to link community experiences with real-life issues affecting inclusive educational practices. The voluntary community experiences engaged the research participants in multi-faceted interactions with people with disabilities, providing thought-provoking contexts for their reflections on observations, responses and reactions to situations, such as critical incidents. The participants engaged in reflexive and reflective processes in records made in learning journals and in semi-structured interviews conducted throughout the investigation. Results were analysed from a constructivist research paradigm to investigate their emerging role understandings. Prior to this study there had been few practical components in the compulsory undergraduate inclusive education subject which meant that previously student teachers gained theoretical knowledge without the opportunity to apply their learning. Many student teachers had expressed their feelings of anxiety and uneasiness about what they should do and say to a person with a disability. Thus, the community experiences were selected in order to give a specific context for student teachers’ learning and to provide participants with expanded opportunities to consider their professional identity, social awareness and acceptance of people with disabilities. iii An analysis of the data demonstrated the centrality of reflection within a situated teaching and learning framework. Understandings of prior experiences and motivation were shown to interact with the outcomes of the community experiences through an on-going process of reflection and reflexivity. This reconstructing process encouraged learners to reflect on past, present and projected future experiences and reframe actions from multiple perspectives as a way of exploring alternatives within broader contexts. The data reveal the participants’ engagement in the community experiences facilitated their awareness of wider socio-cultural educational issues, while focusing their attention on more appropriate inclusive teaching and learning strategies. The reflective inquiry process of identifying diverse issues led participants to consider other possible alternatives to current community practices for better ways to support their changing perspectives on ideal inclusive classroom practices. The dialogic nature of participants’ on-going deliberations contributed to the construction of their deeper understandings of an inclusive educator’s role. The findings of the study identified external environmental and internal personal factors as contributing biographical influences which shaped the student teachers’ emerging role understandings. The results emphasised the value of contextual influences in promoting desirable personal and professional qualities in student teachers. Importantly, situated learning enhanced participants’ unique interpretations of their prospective roles. As a result of analysing their insights from interactions in community contexts, the student teachers had increased their personal and professional understandings of individuals with disabilities and broadened their perceptions of their roles as inclusive educators. Thus, the study found that encouraging a biographical reflexive and reflective orientation in participants was conducive iv to facilitating changes in their understandings. Overall, the outcomes had benefits for student teachers and teacher educators in finding innovative ways for integrating biographical perspectives into situated teaching and learning approaches. The study showed that contextual influences facilitated deeper understanding of role identity and produced new ideas about the nature of reflexivity and reflection in guiding student teachers’ learning. (Note: Appendices not included in digital version of thesis)
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Liao, Chia-Lin, and 廖珈琳. "Applying Data Envelopment Analysis on new products developing evaluation." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/68118429460249689313.
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碩士逢甲大學
工業工程與系統管理學研究所
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In competitive market, businesses need to develop products continually in order to maintain a sustainable growth and to keep their advantages. The competitiveness of the new products depends on the ratio of inputs and outputs. In the early stage of technology life cycle – Floating, the challenge is to select a technology that can produce maximum specifications with minimum costs. When the technology life cycle to the Professional, the challenge is to determine superiority of specifications with lower price. A performance evaluation tool－Data Envelopment Analysis is used for such evaluation. First, in floating period, we compare the performance of several technologies that used to produce electronic-paper technology. The most competitive technology for smart card, e-reader and signage is derived. Second, in professional period, we compare the performance of several digital cameras from the market. The most competitive product for digital camera is derived. The results can assist businesses to determine prices and specifications required. As a result, the study will help businesses in different period of technology life cycle to considerate competitive ability in different stage of development, and the development to offer as reference of product development for the decision-makers.
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Lemmon, Christopher Grant. "A strategic evaluation of the development of a new product." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/2300.
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An effective strategic management process is vital to the continued success of any organisation. As competition mounts within markets globally, the pressure on organisations to succeed continues to mount. This paper attempts to analyse the situation of a small firm in the South African market. It recognises the challenges faced by this organisation while critically assessing the strategic choices made by this firm in its attempts to continue on its current growth path. In particular, this paper assesses the strategic initiative of the development of an attendance management program to address the identified strategic gaps within Monitored Healthrisk Managers. This assessment excludes an analysis of the current market for such a product, it is presumed that such a market exists, but rather attempts to analyse the position of MHM itself to see whether it has the necessary resources to undertaken such an initiative. In particular, this paper assesses the strategic choice using an abstract of the model developed by Johnson & Scholes to analyse the strategic option using criteria supporting the suitability, acceptability and feasibility of the development of the program. This research is intended to provide a critical assessment of the program which will be used in a report to the management team of MHM serving to illustrate the viability of such an undertaking.Thesis (MBA)- University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2006.
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Lu, Tsung Chieh, and 呂聰傑. "The Improvement and Evaluation Model for New Products'' Manufacturing System." Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/75776799426185182323.
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碩士元智大學
工業工程與管理學系
90
In order to engage in the fast economic environment change and industry-wise growth, manufacturing companies must transform themselves quick enough into high profit and efficiency ones through high value-added products developing with heavy R&D efforts during new product development (NPD) processes. However, in the post R&D stage, the key concern is that how the production division can pick up the already developed technologies from R&D and implement them into the mass production stage smoothly with high throughputs and effectiveness. Due to the new products’ production systems are initially designed by R&D engineers whom without real mass production experience, there are always some problems taking place between the R&D transferring process to mass production lead-in period. As a result, the low productivity and flexibility occurred during the early mass production stage. The purpose of this research is to solve the above problems by an improved 2-phase integrated model referring as DBR scheduling and rationalizing the production processes to improve the new production system’s effectiveness. By implementing my proposed method, there will be some productivity, flexibility and quality index evaluated by system simulation, and team discussion and brainstorming. In this research, there are 2 examples applied in the integrated improvement model. After 2-phase improvement, the productivity index raised 373% and 22%, and the flexibility index raised 121.1% and 59.2% respectively; for the quality index, the yield is same as original but the product’s “no-good” probability decreased 26.5% and 19.6% respectively.
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Hwang, Chen-Hsang, and 黃呈祥. "Performance Analysis Procedure for New Products Development－Model Establishment and Evaluation." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/31856779594420415687.
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博士中原大學
工業與系統工程研究所
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With the pressure of intensive global competition and the trend of shortening product life-cycle, the procedure for new product development (NPD) have become the focus of business concerns and investment of large corporations and the key strategy to upgrade competitiveness of the corporations. Effective NPD procedure can meet the demands on quality, time-to-delivery and cost limitations of the corporation. Measuring and analyzing the performance of the existing NPD procedure and pinpointing and resolving the problems of the existing NPD procedures is the key to improve the NPD performance to meet the corporation‘s demands. Design for Six Sigma is a systemic procedure commonly used on improving product quality. This paper proposes a model to evaluate and improve the performance of NPD procedures by following the systemic procedure of Six Sigma and applying criteria defined by application of Performance Matrix, Factor Analysis and Theory of Constraints. Technology Acceptance Model is then apply to the resulting procedure such that the effectiveness of the resulting procedure can be evaluated and improved. The resulting model is then verified with real life NPD procedures from a multi-nation electronic product manufacturer. Such that corporative competitiveness can be enhanced through the elevating cycle of performance evaluation, problem excavation, causes analysis, and countermeasure determination and execution proposed by this paper.
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Tsai, Shan-Hsien, and 蔡善先. "On the Evaluation of New Products in Wireless Communication IC Design Company." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/69477230366695526293.
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碩士國立交通大學
管理學院碩士在職專班工業工程與管理組
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In order to strive for higher market share or seize one seat in the new market, all the big or small enterprises in the world are unavoidably facing the war of developing new products. These new products include consumer products, industrial products, food or even computer chips. At present, the scale of Taiwan IC design industry is only behind USA, which ranks number two in the whole world. But the design of wireless communication IC still falls behind USA a lot. Facing the fast evolving marketing environment, the Taiwan wireless IC design companies will be forced to adopt active innovative spirit to develop new products with more add-on values. Thus the benefits of this enterprise will be increased. The purpose of this thesis is to first analyze the essential factors for designing the wireless communication IC and then to combine the key criteria of assessment of this new product using Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) to develop a system of screening and evaluation of the new products of wireless communication IC. The approach is to find the weighting factor of each criteria using AHP, and then the VIKOR with compromise is used to deal with the competitive nature of all criteria to yield the ranking of them. This will lead us to the correct decision of developing this new product. From the results of case studies, the developed screening and evaluation system for wireless communication IC in this thesis can simplify the complicated factors to lead the company to develop new products with correct direction. This will reduce the risk and increase the profit of the wireless communication IC design company for developing new products.
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Manning, Lisa Jane. "Towards a new approach : an evaluation and critique of the Australian orchestral audition process." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/151276.
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tw, Ianlee@itri org, and 李文欽. "The Study of Key Factors and evaluation models on New Communications Products development." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/y3w6ne.
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碩士國立臺北科技大學
商業自動化與管理研究所
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Greater consumer demand and developing new technology cause the market environment to change faster and hence shorten the life cycle of products. Therefore, the only ways to keep global competitiveness are innovating, researching and developing, increasing the added value of products, and then create profit and motive force of managing continuously forever of enterprises. However, there are many risks when the development of new products is introduced. Therefore, what research and development funds that profit and investment depending on expecting may be unable to retrieve, really make enterprises mainly very difficult to choose. As a result, the motive of this research is to probe into the tactics that the new products channel into. I aim to offer a model to examine one''s own tactics of researching and developing for new products. This research collects expert’s interview and relative literatures, probing into the new product development policy, understanding that enterprises consider new products and lead whole the fashionable one and consider the tactics factor. Based on the literature review and expert interview, the research designs a model for Taiwanese corporate headquarters managerial strategies patterns. Afterwards, this research visits 30 high-level specialized managers, working in research corporations which have obtained the approval from IDB, MOEA to apply new product research projects and collected 60 effective responses. For the sake of analyzing the priority and weight for the functions and strategies, the conjoint analysis method is used. Hence, a specific reference model for Taiwanese communication company managerial strategies planning has been built up. Such a research result hopes to provide a comprehensive understanding of NPD managerial strategies for academic and industrial circles.
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Yang, Yu-Hua, and 楊育華. "New Zealand and Australia Fund Performance Evaluation and The Impact of Subprime Mortgage Crisis." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/16181257721939967369.
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碩士清雲科技大學
國際企業管理研究所
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This study is aimed at analyzing the performance of six New Zealand and Australia funds sold in Taiwan, calculating their value at risk, and examining the impact of subprime mortgage crisis on the performance of the funds. The six funds - JF Australia (USD), Aberdeen Global Australasian Equity A2 (AUD), Parvest Equity Australia C (AUD), FF - Australia B (USD), Baring Australia A Class (USD) and the iShares MSCI Australia Index Fund - selected from Info Winner 2000 Database and TEJ Taiwan DB, are reviewed and further discussed. The average, the standard deviation, the β in the CAPM, and the Sharp Ratio are employed to compare the investment rates of return with the value at risk (VaR) for Australia and New Zealand funds before/during/after the subprime mortgage crisis in 2007. The absolute VaR- the relative VaR, the Historical Simulation, and the Monte Carlo Simulation are utilized as means of calculation. The results showed that, first, in the New Zealand and Australia markets, the maximum loss on investment
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Chamni, Supakarn. "New Diazo Reagents and Applications of β-Lactones for Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Natural Products." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10413.
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Natural products are essential tools for basic cellular studies leading to the identification of medically relevant protein targets and the discovery of potential therapeutic agents. We have developed a set of second generation diazo reagents with small steric footprints, namely an alpha-trifluoroethyl (HTFB) diazo reagent, for simultaneous arming and SAR studies of bioactive natural products. The Rh(II)-catalyzed O-H insertions of several alcohol-containing natural products, including the potent translation inhibitor lactimidomycin, are investigated and useful reactivity and both chemo- and site- (chemosite) selectivities are observed. The alpha-trifluoroethyl diazo reagents (HTFB) shows clear differences in the IL-2 reporter assay with FK506
derivatives and provides greater retention of biological activity in a hMetAP2 proliferation assay of fumagillol derivatives compared to the first generation pbromophenyl
diazo reagent (HBPA). The synthetic utilities of the new alpha-trifluoroethyl diazo reagent (HTFB) provide a great new tool for basic cellular studies facilitating the
discovery of new drug candidates for human disease.
Furthermore, we are interested in methodologies for beta-lactone synthesis and transformations. In this study, we demonstrated synthetic versatilities of beta-lactones for the synthesis of beta-lactam congeners of orlistat as fatty acid synthase inhibitors via SnCl4- promoted tandem Mukaiyama aldol-lactonization (TMAL) reaction and a one-pot, mild conversion of beta-lactones to beta-lactams. The inhibitory activities of the derived beta-lactam derivatives are determined in a biochemical fluorogenic assay using recombinant FASTE, and the micro-molar range FAS-TE inhibitory activities were observed.
Additionally, we pursued synthetic studies toward the total synthesis of spongiolactone, which is a unique beta-lactone-containing marine diterpenoid, isolated from the marine sponge Spongionella gracilis. This natural product bears a unique tricyclic beta-lactone core possessing four contiguous stereogenic centers and an additional stereogenic quaternary carbon on a cyclohexyl appendage. We completed the total synthesis of 6,15-bis-epi-spongiolactone by employing an intramolecular nucleophilecatalyzed aldol-lactonization (NCAL) process as the key step to construct the fused tricyclic beta-lactone core. Importantly, we developed a double diastereoselective and, for the first time, a kinetic resolution via the NCAL process that enables an enantioselective strategy to the tricyclic beta-lactone core of (+)-spongiolactone.
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Howard, Brandy Martin. "Formulation of new food products using peanut flour and evaluation of their physical and sensory properties." 2008. http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga%5Fetd/howard%5Fbrandy%5Fm%5F200812%5Fms.
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Booysen, Ivan Dawid. "A case study of positioning and support of an engineering product in an industrial environment." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/3537.
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M.Ing.Change is an every day occurrence in any environment, especially in the technology market, where technology doubles approximately every 10 years [1]. Therefore it is of utmost importance that this change should be managed for any organization to maintain its respective market position. For most industrial products that are introduced into the market it is essential for those products to be able to change to fit the expected technical changes that will transpire. These changes take place because of the demand those consumers that use the technology place on the market. Thus the value of customer service is irrefutable, and it should be addressed accordingly. In the development phase it is thus important to design the product with future change in mind to cope with the demands that consumers place on one's product. Placement of a control system in the industrial market should be done ingeniously to be able to stay in the specified market and cope with change. The Delta V, an advanced control system, is one such product that is positioned in the market in an intelligent manner [21]. To be able to do the right positioning one needs expert engineering management skills to be able to remain in the market and not sta~ate in this constantly changing technical environment. Engineering management should take a holistic interest in the global markets since most technical products are active in these global markets. Support is seen as a global competitive aspect of a product's success or failure. Management skills in this market place are thus one of the strongest advantages an engineering organization can have which in return can prove a significant difference in the organizations survival. Thus securing the edge that any organization wants and strives for to be one step in front of its competitors. As such the purpose of this research is then to present aspects of positioning and support of an engineering product via a case study in an integrated fashion.
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O'Mara, Charles Edward, University of Western Sydney, College of Business, and Centre for Industry and Innovation Studies. "Evaluating new product development performance in small to medium sized manufacturing firms." 2009. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/38926.
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The purpose of the research undertaken for this thesis was to examine management practices relating to new product development processes in small to medium-sized manufacturing firms (SMEs). The thesis topic has its origins in a European Community funded research project carried out during 1997-9 and designated CIMA (Continuous Improvement in Global Innovation Management) ESPRIT project 26056. The CIMA project had as its objective the development, testing and dissemination of a methodology to support knowledge transfer in the product innovation process. The CIMA model suggested a relationship between management behaviours and performance outcomes that used literature from a variety of research areas including continuous improvement, product innovation, performance measurement, and inter-project learning. This literature was centred largely on research undertaken in large organisations, with little information available on the new product development (NPD) practices in SMEs. This thesis sought to examine the management of NPD activities in SMEs across a range of important variables as identified in larger organisations in an effort to evaluate whether they were as relevant in smaller organisations. The literature review reduced the research to four broad questions: 1.what is the relationship between a business unit’s competitive strategy and its new product development strategy, 2.how management involvement in improving NPD performance, 3.does a more systematic approach to management of NPD projects would lead to better outcomes, and finally 4.how new product development performance is measured in SMEs. A two-stage, field based research methodology was used to gather data for this thesis. Firstly, a quantitative survey instrument was used to collect data across a broad range of variables. The data thus gathered were supported by a subsequent set of interviews in three SMEs that. In each of these firms, employees from the broad functional areas of sales, operations, and design, were interviewed to gain a greater understanding of the issues that might emerge in the quantitative survey. Thematic analysis was used to examine the qualitative data. Descriptive statistics, in the main were used to evaluate the quantitative data. Findings relevant to each of the research questions provide valuable insights into NPD practices in SMEs. For instance, strategies tend to be hazy, and have a short term emphasis. The qualitative interviews in particular showed a lack of certainty and direction when it came to strategy. With regard to management involvement, there was more emphasis on individual effort rather than team-based activities. Managers tended not to look for external sources to improve their NPD performance. The approach taken in managing NPD activities, whether it was systematic or informal, did not appear to affect innovativeness, though it did appear to impact other variables such as time-to-market. Finally, performance measurement in SMEs tended to emphasise cost outcomes as opposed to variables critical to customers such as conformance quality or time-to-market. Further, outcomes in those performance dimensions did not appear to influence future strategy or actions within the organisations. A detailed review of the data is provided in chapters five, six and seven.Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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KU, SHIH-TSUNG, and 古世宗. "Methodology and Evaluation for Introducing New Products to Green Energy Companies- A Case of 19.8KW Wind Turbines." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/5crb9q.
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碩士明新科技大學
工業工程與管理系碩士在職專班
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This research aims to propose a method for introducing new products of system-integration green-energy companies. The method comprises five steps: 1.Innovating business model for the new products; 2. Building relevant model representing system dynamics; 3. Simulating and analyzing the operation of the business; 4. Modifying or adjusting the business model; and 5. proposing business model and business plan. To demonstrate the method, a green energy company introduced 19.8kW wind turbines and evaluated the financial performance. Hope this method could help green energy companies to systematically introduce new products profitable.
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Yang, Chang-Hao, and 楊昌澔. "THE IMPACT OF CONSUMER REACTIONS TO CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ON COMPANY EVALUATION AND PURCHASE INTENTION FOR NEW PRODUCTS." Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/75643972007957498245.
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碩士大同大學
事業經營研究所
90
Recent research suggests that there is a positive relationship between a company’s actions of corporate social responsibility and consumer’s attitudes toward that company and its product. However, it is not known when, how, and for whom specific CSR initiatives work. Marketer’s need for an understanding of the precise focus, causes, and company- and consumer-specific moderators of such CSR effects is underscored by the equivocal link between a company’s CSR actions and aggregate measures of its financial performance. In other words, given the potential diversity in the consumer’s responses to the myriad CSR initiatives examined in prior research, it is crucial for marketers hoping to reap strategic benefits from CSR to understand how and why their various customer segments are likely to respond to specific CSR actions. This research tries to understand how and why consumers react to CSR by focusing on the key moderator of consumers’ CSR responses and the mechanisms underlying these responses. The result will implicate both company-specific (i.e., the product quality) and individual-specific (i.e., CSR support) factors as key moderators of consumers’ responses to CSR initiatives. By using 2-way MANCOVA (Multivariate ANalysis Of COVAriance), the result shows that a company’s CSR initiatives will enhance consumers’ evaluations of that company; the relationship between a company’s CSR initiatives and consumers’ evaluations of that company will be moderated by the consumers’ support of the CSR domain. The CSR-induced changes in company evaluations will be greater for consumers who are more supportive of the CSR domain. And the effect of a company’s CSR initiatives on consumers’ purchase intention will be moderated by the consumers’ CSR support. The effect of CSR on the product evaluations of high-CSR support consumers will parallel its effect on their company evaluations. However, a company’s CSR initiatives will lower low-CSR support consumers’ evaluations of that company’s products.
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Wieslaw, Jan Zielinski. "Evaluation of Wastewaters to Provide Optimum Water and Nutrient Products for Growing Turf and Native Plants." Thesis, 2015. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/29727/.
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The recent drought in South Eastern Australia and associated water restrictions led to
a significant increase in the use of greywater for the watering of lawn and garden
areas. There was also an emerging trend for sustainable drought resistant landscaping
for which some Australian native plants were suitable. There however was an
uncertainty about whether greywater was a useful source of water for plants or
whether it could be harmful. This study investigated how two varieties of turf Kikuyu (Pennisetum Clandestinum)
and Tall Fescue (Festuca arundinacea), and two varieties of Australian native flowers
Scaly Buttons (Leptorhynchos squamatus) and Small Vanilla Lilies (Arthropodium
minus) grew when watered with several different types of greywaters sourced from a
bathroom shower and a laundry.
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Oman, Sarah Kay. "Towards a guided framework for innovative engineering through the generation and evaluation stages of concept design." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/30786.
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This work proposes a framework of concept generation and evaluation that takes into consideration the benefit of creativity and innovation in current market trends. By educating engineers in how to increase creativity in concept design and assess it quantitatively, the next generation of designers will be a step ahead of the market. This research begins with an in-depth survey of current creativity assessment methods in engineering in order to determine where the limitations currently lie in this field of study. The limitations discovered based on this unique analysis were used as motivation for the development of the proposed creativity assessment method. Specifically, we introduce a set of metrics that break down concepts to their component and subfunction level to assess the novelty and quality of component solutions ��� called the Comparative Creativity Assessment (CCA) Method. Secondly, we break down market-tested innovative products to isolate innovation information to utilize in concept generation inspiration ��� called the Repository of Innovative Products (RIP). Finally, revisions to the initial CCA method and RIP are proposed and analysis of past data results are compared to the new revised results. Revisions to the CCA method include additional metrics that factor in interaction effects from function pairing and component assemblies deemed innovative as well as eliminate evaluator subjectivity in the analysis. Observations from the experiments conducted are presented in a Lessons Learned chapter.Graduation date: 2013
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Oldfield, Zaita. "Making the cut: an evaluation of selection into the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons’ surgical training program." Thesis, 2018. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/37841/.
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Selection of trainees for surgical training is widely acknowledged to be both complex and
important. Doctors embarking on surgical careers expend considerable time and resources in
training, as do those responsible for facilitating their learning. The aim of surgical training is to
prepare surgeons to be competent, effective, ethical practitioners in unsupervised clinical
practice as consultant surgeons (Carroll, Kennedy, Traynor & Gallagher, 2009; Elfenbein,
Sippel, McDonald, Watson, Scarborough & Migaly, 2015). The aim of selection must be to
admit those who are most likely to succeed in surgical training and beyond.
Admitting candidates who are inadequately suited to surgical training can result in
trainees who unduly struggle or are unable to satisfy training requirements, and may ultimately
jeopardise patient safety. In contrast, not accepting candidates who are well-suited to surgical
training may be unfair to both candidates and communities that miss out on skillful surgeons.
These aspects are among those that make selection to surgical training an extremely ‘highstakes’
activity.
Those responsible for selection grapple with assessing candidates’ current skills and
attributes, and with ascertaining their likely future performance. Limitations of, and tensions
between interacting elements—human agency, requirement specifications, instruments,
processes, influences—in selection to surgical training, mean that the long-term outcomes of
selection can never be assured. This study identifies principal elements in selection to surgical
training, discusses influences on, and interrelationships between the elements, and reviews
connections between selection and surgical training assessments.
This study has appraised the current instruments used for selection into the Royal
Australasian College of Surgeons’ (RACS) General Surgery (GS) training program in Australia
and New Zealand, to establish their effectiveness in predicting trainees’ performance in
assessments during the first two years of training. Data were considered for selection and
assessment items for trainees for three yearly cohorts, selected in 2008, 2009, and 2010. The study compared the performance of trainees in three selection instruments—a structured CV, a
structured referee report, and a multi-station interview—to their performance in three
examinations and three work-based assessments.
Firstly, Pearson product-moment correlations were calculated to examine the extent of
relationships within each set of variables to determine intra-relationships of the selection items,
of the examination items, and of the work-based assessment items. Secondly, Pearson productmoment
correlations were conducted to determine degrees of association between selection
items and performance in each of the subsequent assessment items. Thirdly, multiple regression
analysis was conducted to determine the extent to which trainees’ scores in the selection items
(independent variables) predicted scores in each of the assessments during training (dependent
variables). The model fit and strength was assessed using the analysis of variance (ANOVA)
step within the regression analysis. The relative strength of the associations between dependent
variables and the independent variables were assessed using regression coefficients.
The findings of this study have shown that performance in RACS GS selection partially
predicts performance in assessments during training. In general, candidates’ performance
varied across each of the selection items, performance in all examinations was highly consistent
and performance in major end of term work-based assessments was also consistent. Most
correlations between performance in selection and performance in assessments during training
were positive, with the exception that performance in the CV was usually inversely correlated
with subsequent assessments. The referee reports and total selection scores were predictive of
performance in the major end of term work-based assessments.
This study reviewed many factors that affect selection processes and outcomes. Several
of these—such as the role of procedural justice, identification of desired attributes of trainees,
and the validity, reliability, fairness, and acceptability of selection instruments and protocols—
implicitly framed RACS GS selection. However, to maximise the effectiveness of selection
instruments and protocols, these and other relevant influences could be explicitly defined for the
local context. The findings regarding the predictive capacity of the selection instruments— particularly for the referee reports and the interviews—differ from some other studies, but
highlight that the implementation and content of selection instruments are key aspects affecting
their performance. Combining scores from multiple instruments reduces the influence of any
individual selection instrument.
Overall, with the possible exception of the CV, the study has shown that the RACS GS
selection tools are performing moderately well. However, the RACS GS selection instruments
and processes could be modified to maximise their effectiveness and new, emerging selection
activities could be considered.
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Norková, Olga. "Etické problémy v souvislosti se zapojením pacientů a lékařů v klinickém výzkumu." Doctoral thesis, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-391394.
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(in English): The subject of my dissertation is the decision of the subjects to participate in the early phase of clinical trial. The aim of this disseration is to detect and understand the ethical aspects of decision making of subjects with oncological diseases to participate in the early phase of clinical trial. In the theoretical part of my dissertation, I define the field of clinical research, describe the phases of clinical research and ethical codes important for clinical research. The current ethical dilemmas related to the participation of subjects in the early phase of clinical trial, which are being discussed by the professional public, are presented. The research part contains the results of interviews with seventeen respondents whose content correlates with the aim of the research part and it is to understand the decision- making of subjects to participate in the early phase of clinical trial in terms of subjectively constructed realities, which are different for individual respondents. The results of the research show that fourteen respondents identified one of the most important aspects of the decision-making to participate in the early phase of clinical trial of the recommendation of principal investigator and trust in a physician. Twelve respondents stated the most frequent reason...
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Erk, Miranda Richelle. "Prácticas internacionales en el extranjero y percepciones de la mejoría lingüística y competencia cultural: Una evaluación del programa “Auxiliares de Conversación”." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/3200.
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)Este estudio analiza las percepciones de mejoría en el español y de conocimiento cultural de los participantes en un programa de ayudantes de inglés, Auxiliares de Conversación, mientras trabajaron en escuelas primarias y secundarias en varias regiones de España. Los participantes provenían de varios países anglófonos, entre ellos los Estados Unidos, el Reino Unido, Canadá, Nueva Zelanda, Australia. Varios participantes rellenaron encuestas a través de internet para evaluar su crecimiento lingüístico y cultural durante el programa, experiencia en los centros educativos y alojamiento. Además, plantearon varias sugerencias para el programa para futuros auxiliares y profesores. Seis auxiliares fueron entrevistados sobre los mismos temas en mayor profundidad.