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Neuwirth, Maike Michaela [Verfasser]. "Langzeiteffekte der renalen Denervation auf die im häuslichen Umfeld gemessenen Blutdruckwerte (HBPM), 24-h-Blutdruckwerte (ABPM) und Praxisblutdruckwerte (OBPM) sowie ein Vergleich der Messmethoden bei therapierefraktärem arteriellen Hypertonus / Maike Michaela Neuwirth." Lübeck : Zentrale Hochschulbibliothek Lübeck, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1134439202/34.
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Harrington, Edward, and edwardharrington@homemail com au. "Aspects of Online Learning." The Australian National University. Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering, 2004. http://thesis.anu.edu.au./public/adt-ANU20060328.160810.
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Online learning algorithms have several key advantages compared to their batch learning algorithm counterparts: they are generally more memory efficient, and computationally mor efficient; they are simpler to implement; and they are able to adapt to changes where the learning model is time varying. Online algorithms because of their simplicity are very appealing to practitioners. his thesis investigates several online learning algorithms and their application. The thesis has an underlying theme of the idea of combining several simple algorithms to give better performance. In this thesis we investigate: combining weights, combining hypothesis, and (sort of) hierarchical combining.¶
Firstly, we propose a new online variant of the Bayes point machine (BPM), called the online Bayes point machine (OBPM). We study the theoretical and empirical performance of the OBPm algorithm. We show that the empirical performance of the OBPM algorithm is comparable with other large margin classifier methods such as the approximately large margin algorithm (ALMA) and methods which maximise the margin explicitly, like the support vector machine (SVM). The OBPM algorithm when used with a parallel architecture offers potential computational savings compared to ALMA. We compare the test error performance of the OBPM algorithm with other online algorithms: the Perceptron, the voted-Perceptron, and Bagging. We demonstrate that the combinationof the voted-Perceptron algorithm and the OBPM algorithm, called voted-OBPM algorithm has better test error performance than the voted-Perceptron and Bagging algorithms. We investigate the use of various online voting methods against the problem of ranking, and the problem of collaborative filtering of instances. We look at the application of online Bagging and OBPM algorithms to the telecommunications problem of channel equalization. We show that both online methods were successful at reducing the effect on the test error of label flipping and additive noise.¶
Secondly, we introduce a new mixture of experts algorithm, the fixed-share hierarchy (FSH) algorithm. The FSH algorithm is able to track the mixture of experts when the switching rate between the best experts may not be constant. We study the theoretical aspects of the FSH and the practical application of it to adaptive equalization. Using simulations we show that the FSH algorithm is able to track the best expert, or mixture of experts, in both the case where the switching rate is constant and the case where the switching rate is time varying.
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Foret, Sylvain, and sylvain foret@anu edu au. "Function and Evolution of Putative Odorant Carriers in the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)." The Australian National University. Research School of Biological Sciences, 2007. http://thesis.anu.edu.au./public/adt-ANU20070613.144745.
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The remarkable olfactory power of insect species is thought to be generated by a combinatorial action of G-protein-coupled olfactory receptors (ORs) and olfactory carriers. Two such carrier gene families are found in insects: the odorant binding proteins (OBPs) and the chemosensory proteins (CSPs). In olfactory sensilla, OBPs and CSPs are believed to deliver hydrophobic air-borne molecules to ORs, but their expression in non-olfactory tissues suggests that they also may function as general carriers in other developmental and physiological processes.
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Bioinformatics and experimental approaches were used to characterise the OBP and CSP gene families in a highly social insect, the western honey bee (Apis mellifera). Comparison with other insects reveals that the honey bee has the smallest set of these genes, consisting of only 21 OBPs and 6 CSPs. These numbers stand in stark contrast to the 66 OBPs and 7 CSPs in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae and the 46 OBPs and 20 CSPs in the beetle Tribolium castaneum. The genes belonging to both families are often organised in clusters, and evolve by lineage specic expansions. Positive selection has been found to play a role in generating a greater sequence diversication in the OBP family in contrast to the CSP gene family that is more conserved, especially in the binding pocket. Expression proling under a wide range of conditions shows that, in the honey, bee only a minority of these genes are antenna-specic. The remaining genes are expressed either ubiquitously, or are tightly regulated in specialized tissues or during development. These findings support the view that OBPs and CSPs are not restricted to olfaction, and are likely to be involved in broader physiological functions.
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Finally, the detailed expression study and the functional characterization of a member of the CSP family, uth (unable-to-hatch), is reported. This gene is expressed in a maternal-zygotic fashion, and is restricted to the egg and embryo. Blocking the zygotic expression of uth with double-stranded RNA causes abnormalities in all body parts where this gene is highly expressed.
The treated embryos are `unable-to-hatch' and cannot progress to the larval stages. Our ndings reveal a novel, essential role for this gene family and suggest that uth is an ectodermal gene involved in embryonic cuticle formation.
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Campanini, Emeline Boni. "Evolução molecular e padrões de expressão de genes da família das proteínas ligantes a odores (OBPs) em duas espécies de moscas-das-frutas do grupo Anastrepha fraterculus." Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2016. https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/ufscar/8772.
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Odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) are of great importance for survival and reproduction since they participate in initial steps of the olfactory signal transduction cascade, solubilizing and transporting chemical signals to the olfactory receptors. A comparative analysis of OBPs between closely related species may help explain how these genes evolve and are maintained under natural selection and how differences in these proteins can affect olfactory responses, and consequently lead to species differentiation. We studied OBP genes in the closely related species Anastrepha fraterculus and Anastrepha obliqua, which, albeit generalists, have different host preferences, using transcriptomes and real time quantitative PCR data. We identified 24 different OBP sequences from Anastrepha fraterculus and 25 from A. obliqua, which correspond to 21 Drosophila melanogaster OBP genes. Phylogenetic analysis separated Anastrepha OBPs sequences in four branches that represent four subfamilies: classic, minus-C, plus-C and dimer. We found evidence of positive selection in three classic subfamily genes OBP56h-1, OBP56h-2 e OBP57c and in the plus-C subfamily gene OBP50a, and at least one duplication event that preceded the speciation of these two species. Four positively selected sites putatively resulted in radical changes in amino acid properties. Inferences on tertiary structures of putative proteins from these genes revealed that at least one positively selected change involves the binding cavity (the odorant binding region) in the plus-C OBP50a, which is important because changes in the binding cavity could change OBPs specificity. Differential gene expression analysis at different reproductive stages showed that all nine OBP genes tested were significantly differentially expressed between A. fraterculus and A. obliqua at several reproductive profiles, but OBP56a, OBP56d, OBP57c and both OBP56h paralogs showed the highest differences in expression levels. The results generated in this study indicated that at least seven OBP genes may be involved in the A. fraterculus e A. obliqua differentiation, and in the fraterculus group differentiation as well.
As proteínas ligantes a odores (OBPs – odorant-binding proteins) são de grande importância para a sobrevivência e reprodução, pois participam do passo inicial da cascata de transdução dos sinais olfatórios, solubilizando e transportando os sinais químicos (odores e feromônios) até os receptores olfativos. A análise comparativa dos genes OBPs entre espécies próximas pode ajudar na compreensão de como o repertório desses genes é mantido sob seleção natural, além de fornecer informações acerca de como as diferenças observadas podem afetar as respostas olfatórias e, consequentemente, levar à diferenciação dessas espécies. Estudamos genes OBP em duas espécies-irmãs Anastrepha fraterculus e Anastrepha obliqua, as quais têm preferência por diferentes frutos hospedeiros, usando dados de transcriptomas e de PCR quantitativa. Identificamos 24 sequências OBP para A. fraterculus e 25 para A. obliqua, que corresponderam a 21 genes OBP de Drosophila melanogaster. Análises filogenéticas separaram as OBPs de Anastrepha em quatro ramos, que representam quatro subfamílias dessa família gênica: classic, minus-C, plus-C e dimer. Evidências de seleção positiva foram observadas nos genes da subfamília classic OBP56h-1, OBP56h-2 e OBP57c, e para o gene da subfamília plus-C OBP50a, e pelo menos um evento de duplicação gênica que precede a especiação dessas duas espécies. Quatro sítios selecionados positivamente resultavam em mudanças radicais nas propriedades dos aminoácidos. Inferências utilizando a estrutura terciária predita para essas OBPs revelaram que pelo menos um desses sítios faz parte da cavidade ligante ao odor de OBP50a, sendo que uma mudança nessa região pode alterar a especificidade de uma OBP. Análises de expressão por PCR quantitativa em diferentes estágios reprodutivos das moscas mostraram que todos os nove genes testados possuíam expressão gênica significativamente diferente entre A. fraterculus e A. obliqua para mais de um perfil reprodutivo, sendo que OBP56a, OBP56d, OBP57c e os dois parálogos OBP56h foram os que mais apresentaram diferenças entre as duas espécies. Todos os resultados gerados pelo presente trabalho indicam que pelo menos sete genes OBP podem estar envolvidos na diferenciação entre A. fraterculus e A. obliqua e, potencialmente, na diferenciação do grupo fraterculus.
FAPESP: 2012/17160-8.
CAPES: 99999.004252/2014-04
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Milošević, Radomir M. "Crkveno zadužbinarstvo kod Srba : motivi, obim, kontinuitet." Smederevo Hram Svetog Apostola Luke, 2005. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&docl̲ibrary=BVB01&docn̲umber=016666925&linen̲umber=0001&funcc̲ode=DBR̲ECORDS&servicet̲ype=MEDIA.
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Rihani, Karen. "Role of odorant-binding proteins in Drosophila melanogaster chemosensory perception." Thesis, Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019UBFCK044.
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La perception des signaux chimiques de l’environnement est un processus nécessaire aux interactions sociales entre les animaux. La Drosophile détecte les molécules odorantes et sapides grâce à ses systèmes gustatif et olfactif impliquant plusieurs familles multigèniques de chimiorécepteurs. Ainsi, ces composés chimiques pénétrant dans l'organe sensoriel (sensille) doivent être solubilisés avant d'être transportés à travers la lymphe sensillaire hydrophile baignant les dendrites des neurones chimiosensoriels. Ces événements périrecepteurs font intervenir plusieurs familles de protéines solubles parmi lesquelles se trouvent les odorant-binding proteins (OBPs). Si les OBPs ont été initialement identifiées dans les sensilles olfactives, certaines sont également exprimées dans les sensilles gustatives. La fonction physiologique des OBPs est encore peu connue mais certaines études révèlent que ces protéines agissent comme transporteurs de molécules lipophiles. Les affinités relativement faibles des OBPs pour les odorants ainsi que leur abondance dans la lymphe sensillaire suggèrent que ces protéines peuvent se lier, solubiliser et transporter des molécules hydrophobes jusqu’aux chimiorécepteurs en traversant la lymphe sensillaire hydrophile. De nouveaux rôles ont été attribués aux OBPs, et en particulier leur capacité à «tamponner» des changements soudains de concentrations d'odorants et leur implication dans la détection de l’humidité. Récemment, l’OBP49a exprimée dans les sensilles gustatives, a été montrée comme étant impliquée dans la détection de certains composés amers. Comme le rôle pérircepteur des OBPs reste encore très peu compris, l'objectif de mon projet de thèse a consisté à clarifier l'implication de certaines OBPs dans l'odorat et le goût chez Drosophila melanogaster. Ma thèse a d’abord consisté à mesurer le rôle des OBPs dans la perception des composés alimentaires chez les adultes D. melanogaster. Les OBPs exprimées dans les appendices gustatifs ont été identifiées par q-PCR et produites en utilisant un système d'expression hétérologue, la levure. Les propriétés de liaison des OBPs recombinantes purifiées ont ensuite été testées pour leur capacité à lier de nombreux ligands potentiels. L’OBP19b est capable de lier certains acides aminés. La cartographie des sensilles et des cellules exprimant l’OBP19b révèle que cette protéine est uniquement exprimée dans certaines cellules accessoires de sensilles précises du labellum. L’OBP19b a été aussi localisée dans le tube digestif et dans certains organes reproducteurs. La comparaison des réponses comportementales et électrophysiologiques sensillaires des mouches témoins et des mouches transgéniques a confirmé que l’OBP19b est impliquée dans la détection de certains acides aminés. De plus, la comparaison des séquences protéique a révélé sa relativement haute conservation au sein des espèces de Drosophilidae et même entre Diptères, ce qui suggère qu’elle joue un rôle crucial vis-à-vis de la recherche de nutriments chez ce groupe d’espèces. J’ai ensuite étudié le rôle de l’OBP28a dans l’olfaction. Cette OBP, l’une des plus abondante dans les antennes de Drosophile, a été montrée importante pour tamponner les variations soudaines de concentrations d'odorants. Des études structurales, génétiques, biochimiques, comportementales et électrophysiologiques ont été réalisées en collaboration avec les membres de l’équipe. L’OBP28a a d'abord été exprimée puis purifiée et sa structure 3D a été résolue. L'étude de ses propriétés de liaison a révélé la capacité de l'OBP28a à se lier à des composés floraux tels que la β-ionone. Les mesures comportementales et électrophysiologiques ont confirmé son rôle physiologique dans la détection de la β-ionone. En conclusion, ma thèse de doctorat met en évidence les rôles nouveaux de deux OBPs dans la chimioréception: l’OBP28a est impliquée dans le détection de molécules florales alors que l’OBP19b est nécessaire pour détecter certains acides aminésChemoperception is used by animals to detect nutritive food and avoid toxic compounds. It also allows animals to identify suitable ecological niche and mating partners. Like many other insects, Drosophila melanogaster possesses a very sensitive chemosensory ability and can detect and discriminate a wide panel of semiochemicals. Chemosensory detection is mostly mediated by olfactory and gustatory systems involving several multigene chemoreceptor families. Volatile and non-volatile chemical compounds entering the sensory organ (sensillum) must be solubilized before being transported through the hydrophilic sensillum lymph bathing the dendrites of chemosensory neurons. These perireceptor events involve a family of soluble proteins named odorant-binding proteins (OBPs). Despite the fact that OBPs were initially found in olfactory sensilla, some OBPs are also expressed in gustatory sensilla. While their physiological roles in olfaction and gustation remain unclear, many studies suggest that OBPs transport lipophilic chemicals. The relatively low affinity of OBPs for odorants and their high abundance in the sensillum lymph both suggest that OBPs can bind, solubilize and transport hydrophobic stimuli to the chemoreceptors across the aqueous sensilla lymph. In addition to this broadly accepted “transporter role” hypothesis, OBPs have also been proposed to buffer sudden changes in odorant levels and to be involved in hygroreception. The role of OBP49a was recently shown in taste: this OBP, expressed in the gustatory system, is required to detect some bitter compounds. However, the role of OBPs in perireceptor events remains largely unknown. The main goal of my thesis project consisted to investigate the involvement of OBPs in the smell and taste sensory modalities using a multi-faceted approach in Drosophila melanogaster.My first research axis consisted to better understand the role of OBPs in the perception of food compounds by using both in vitro and in vivo approaches of OBPs expressed in the gustatory appendages of D. melanogaster adults. After identifying by q-PCR the OBPs expressed in gustatory appendages, we produced them using a heterologous yeast expression system. Then, the binding properties of the recombinant purified OBP were investigated. Our binding assay screen revealed that the taste-expressed OBP19b is able to bind some amino acids. The expression of OBP19b was mapped in specific accessory cells in a subset of proboscis sensilla. This OBP was also expressed in the digestive tract and in some internal reproductive organs. The comparison of behavioural and single-taste sensilla responses between transgenic variants and control flies supported our finding that OBP19b is indeed involved in the detection of some amino acids. Finally, the comparison between various dipteran insects of the OBP19b-like protein coding sequence indicates the relatively high conservation of this protein suggesting its critical role in food search.The second research axis of my PhD thesis focused on the olfactory role of OBP28a. OBP28a was previously shown to be highly expressed in the Drosophila antennae and proposed to buffer quantitative odour variations. To better understand the physiological role of this OBP, and in collaboration with different members of the team, we used structural, genetic, biochemical, behavioural and electrophysiological methods to better understand the role of this OBP. OBP28a was first heterologously expressed and purified. The folding of OBP28a was then determined and the protein was crystallized. The study of the binding properties of OBP28a revealed that it can bind floral compounds such as β-ionone. Behavioural and electrophysiological recordings supported the physiological role of OBP28a in β-ionone detection. In summary, this PhD thesis reveals novel roles of two OBPs in perireceptor chemoreception: OBP28a in the detection of floral compounds and OBP19b in the detection of some amino acids
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Matthews, Brenda Marian Frederica. "Evaluation of a bullying prevention programme at selected schools in the Western Cape Province – the Olweus approach." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4963.
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Philosophiae Doctor - PhDThe study aimed to pilot-test the effectiveness of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Intervention Programme (OBPP) at two selected primary schools in the Western Cape; and to compare the differences in reported incidents of bullying between the control schools (CSs) and intervention schools (ISs), after the OBPP intervention. On the basis of these aims, the stated objectives were to measure bullying behaviour for pre-test and post-test comparisons with the CSs after the implementation of the OBPP at the ISs; and to investigate the effectiveness of the OBPP by comparing the ISs and CSs for programme targets. Three main hypotheses were formulated and tested, including: (1) There is no statistically significant difference in the mean rank of learners’ exposure to various types of bullying, characteristics (grade level and gender) of the perpetrator, locations of where the bullying occurred, disclosure of the bullying incident, participants’ and peers’ feelings of support, reactions and attitudes when experiencing or witnessing a bullying incident, parents’ and teachers’ reactions and efforts to support and protect victims and participants’ reports of satisfactory schooling environments at the ISs and CSs before and after intervention; (2) There is no statistically significant difference in mean rank of learners’ exposure to various types of bullying, characteristics (grade level and gender) of the perpetrator, locations of where the bullying occurred , disclosure of the bullying incident, participants’ and peers’ feelings of support, reactions and attitudes when experiencing or witnessing a bullying incident, parents’ and teachers’ reactions and efforts to support and protect victims and participants’ reports of satisfactory schooling environments between females’ and males’ reports before and after intervention; (3)There is no statistically significant difference in mean rank of learners’ exposure to various types of bullying, characteristics (grade level and gender) of the perpetrator, locations of where the bullying occurred , disclosure of the bullying incident, participants’ and peers’ feelings of support, reactions and attitudes when experiencing or witnessing a bullying incident, parents’ and teachers’ reactions and efforts to support and protect victims and participants’ reports of satisfactory schooling environments between females’ and males’ at the ISs and CSs before and after intervention. In order to provide the relevant theoretical orientations to the study, the Olweus Approach, served as a framework for investigating the prevalence and extent of bullying in the selected schools, while Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological theoretical framework was used to inform the study. In order to reach these objectives, a quantitative method using a questionnaire to collect data and a quasi-experimental design with intervention (ISs) and control (CSs) groups was used. The following are the main findings in terms of tested hypotheses: Firstly, there is a positive statistically significant difference concerning the CSs variables that include peer support toward bullying (school 2 and 4) where females represented higher mean ranks than males at school 2 and males were represented by higher mean ranks compared to females for school 4. Furthermore, for the variables peer attitudes toward bullying (school 4) and reported satisfactory schooling environments (school 4), more females than males attested for both. This suggests a favourable effect without the intervention. Furthermore, there is a statistically significant difference concerning the ISs variables that include characteristics (grade level and gender) of the perpetrator (school 1), disclosure of the bullying incident (school 1), peer reaction and attitudes toward bullying (school 1), parents’ and teachers’ reactions and efforts to support and protect victims against bullying (school 1 & 3), class teacher efforts to support and protect victims of bullying (school 1) as well as reported satisfactory schooling environments ( school 1). Secondly, it is noteworthy that for all the variables that presented statistically significant differences between females and males at baseline and follow up for the ISs – on average more females compared to males attested to this. Finally, statistically significant differences in terms of overall positive improvements i.e. N=200 that reported been bullied at baseline, was highlighted at only one of the ISs (school 1). Variables in this regard, included exposure to various types of bullying, characteristics (grade and level) of the perpetrator, disclosure of the bullying and reports of having a satisfactory schooling environment and noteworthy is that more males than females attested to be exposed to various types of bullying. These findings confirmed that the implementation of the OBPP has shown to be an effective programme at instilling an anti-bullying culture in terms of the named variables. The study therefore recommends, among others, that schools address existing bullying behaviour and prevent further bullying by building and enhancing existing connections between itself and the community which it serves; that the staff as a whole sets the standards of advocating an anti-bullying culture; and that teacher training colleges and universities offer the guidelines of the OBPP as a part of the students’ curriculum requirements.
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Persson, Ulrika. "Beteendeintervention i gymnasieklass : ökad närvaro som målsättning." Thesis, Stockholm University, Department of Psychology, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-7247.
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Gymnasieutbildningen i Sverige är en frivillig skolform där 98 procent av Sveriges ungdomar påbörjar ett program. Skolreformer och större klasser präglar gymnasieskolan och ställer nya krav på det pedagogiska arbetet. Studier har visat att stökig arbetsmiljö och hög frånvaro är några av de problem som förekommer inom gymnasieskolan. Forskning kring förebyggande metoder för beteendeproblem i grundskola har visat att ett uppmuntrande och strukturerat lärarledarskap är en viktig komponent för adekvat skolmiljö och goda studieresultat hos elever. Oganizational behavior management är en metod inom organisations- och ledarskapsutveckling baserad på inlärningspsykologi. Metoden ligger till grund för beteendeinterventionen i föreliggande undersökning. Syftet med undersökningen var att via OBM genomföra en beteendeintervention i en gymnasieklass under fyra veckor med målsättningen att minska frånvarotillfällen med minst 10 procent under kärnämneslektionerna. Utvärderingen visade att frånvaro sammanlagt hade minskat med 10,84 % samt att lärarna ansåg att kunskapen kring metoden varit givande för dem i deras lärarprofession. Frånvaro mellan första och sista mätperiod var signifikant (0.013).
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Careli, Gabriel Gonçalves. "OBM funciona? uma meta-análise de artigos publicados na área." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2013. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/16697.
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The purpose of this research was to show, based on an article review if the interventions published on the JOBM had been effective. All the intervention articles published on the JOBM between 1977 and 2011 were reviewed and analyzed according to criteria of consistency and change magnitude. Consistency shows us if the change that accompanied the interventions happened systematically. Magnitude indicates the amount of change that accompanied each intervention. 118 articles were identified as having consistent interventions among the 154 included in the research from the 192 initial selection. Furthermore it was identified that in 78 articles the intervention was accompanied by growth (progression) on the variables and these obtained results between 1.29% and 7133.33% with great concentration of results between 100% and 1000% of growth. Also it was found that in 43 of the articles where decay (regression) in the variables has accompanied the intervention theses varied between 2.70% and 100% with no apparent concentration. The results indicate that most part of the published interventions were accompanied by consistent results with relevant magnitude
O propósito deste trabalho foi o de indicar, a partir de uma revisão de literatura se as intervenções publicadas no JOBM seriam efetivas. Todos os artigos de intervenção publicados no JOBM entre 1977 e 2011 foram revisados e analisados de acordo com critérios de consistência e magnitude de mudança. A consistência nos mostra se as mudanças que acompanharam as intervenções variaram sistematicamente. A magnitude nos informa qual foi a quantidade de mudança que acompanhou cada intervenção. Foram identificados 118 artigos com intervenções consistentes dentre os 154 incluídos na pesquisa a partir dos 192 iniciais. Além disto, foram observados nos resultados de 78 artigos de intervenção aumento (progressão) nas variáveis que variaram entre 1,29% e 7133,33% com grande concentração dos resultados entre 100% e 1000% de aumento. Também foram encontrados resultados em 43 artigos onde houve diminuição (regressão) nas variáveis estas variaram entre 2,70% e 100% sem concentração aparente. Os resultados indicam que a maior parte das intervenções foi acompanhada por resultados consistentes e com magnitude relevante
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Berg, Christoffer. "Beteendebaserad säkerhet : En fallstudie på en pappersfabrik i Borlänge." Thesis, Stockholm University, Department of Psychology, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-7132.
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Att förmå medarbetare att följa säkerhetsföreskrifter och bete sig säkert har enligt forskning visat sig vara mycket viktigt för att minska mängden olyckor på arbetsplatser. En metod för att arbeta med människors beteende på arbetsplatsen är beteendebaserad säkerhet (BBS), vilken har visat på god effekt utomlands. Syftet med föreliggande arbete är att undersöka hur det går att applicera den metoden i Sverige. En nio veckors intervention baserad på BBS gjordes på pappersmassfabriken Stora Enso – Kvarnsveden för att praktiskt undersöka möjligheterna för beteendebaserat säkerhetsarbete. Mätningar av frekvensen av säkert respektive riskabelt beteende gjordes genom självrapportering från medarbetarna i brukets renseri. Resultaten visade inte på någon tydlig effekt av insatsen. Avslutningsvis diskuteras hur framtida interventioner kan utformas för att nå bättre resultat.
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Barou, Emilie. "De l'ingénierie de protéines de liaison aux odorants à la détection électrochimique de molécules volatiles : vers la conception de biocapteurs et nez électroniques." Thesis, Dijon, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014DIJOS045.
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La détection de molécules odorantes représente un enjeu important dans divers domaines tels que l’industrie alimentaire, le diagnostic médical et la sécurité du territoire, par exemple. En effet, les odorants, présents par milliers dans notre environnement, véhiculent de nombreuses informations, via leur nature chimique ou leur concentration. Notre système olfactif est capable de discriminer des milliers de molécules différentes via des mécanismes biochimiques impliquant l’association de nombreux partenaires protéiques et un codage combinatoire de l’information. Ces biomolécules, qui englobent notamment les récepteurs olfactifs et les protéines de liaison aux odorants (OBP), constituent une source intéressante d’éléments de détection pour la conception de biocapteurs. Les OBP sont de petites protéines solubles présentent dans le mucus nasal à des concentrations de l’ordre du millimolaire. Leur poche de liaison hydrophobe leur confère la capacité de lier de façon réversible les molécules odorantes. Leur robustesse et leur manipulation aisée en font de bonnes candidates pour l’élaboration de biocapteurs. Au cours de ce travail, nous nous sommes intéressés à la détection de molécules odorantes en associant des OBP comme biorécepteur et l’électrochimie comme méthode de transduction. Par une méthode de mutagenèse dirigée, nous avons montré qu’en modifiant un seul des acides aminés dans la poche de liaison de deux OBP de rat (rOBP2 et rOBP3), il était possible de moduler leurs affinités envers les odorants. En parallèle, nous avons décrit la détection qualitative et quantitative de molécules volatiles à partir d’OBP. Nous avons montré que rOBP3 lie la 2-méthyl-1,4-naphtoquinone (MNQ), une sonde électrochimique. La quantité de MNQ déplacée de la poche de liaison de rOBP3 par la 3-isobutyl-2-méthoxypyrazine (IBMP), un odorant modèle, a été mesurée par voltammétrie cyclique à vagues carrées. Nous avons déterminé les constantes de dissociation des complexes rOBP3 / MNQ et rOBP3 / IBMP. Les valeurs mesurées par électrochimie ont été confirmées par compétition avec une sonde fluorescente et par titration calorimétrique isotherme. En combinant cette nouvelle méthode analytique à des variants de rOBP3 qui présentent des profils de liaison différents et complémentaires, nous avons détecté sélectivement chacun des constituants d’un mélange ternaire d’odorants. Ces travaux, qui allient ingénierie des OBP et électrochimie, offrent des perspectives intéressantes dans le domaine des nez électroniquesThe detection of odorant molecules has become an important challenge in different research area, such as the food industry, medical diagnostics and homeland security. Indeed, the thousands of odorants in our environment provide information on their chemical nature or their concentration. Human olfactory system is capable of discriminating thousands of different molecules thanks to biochemical mechanisms involving multiple protein receptor partners and a combinatorial coding. These biomolecules that include olfactory receptors and odorant-binding proteins (OBP) represent an interesting source of detectors for the design of biosensors. OBPs are small soluble proteins present in nasal mucus at millimolar concentrations. Their hydrophobic binding pocket gives them the ability to reversibly bind odorant molecules. OBPs are robust and easy to produce and are thus good candidates for the design of biosensors. In this work, we focused on the detection of odorant molecules associating OBPs as a bioreceptor and electrochemistry as a transduction method. Using site-directed mutagenesis, we have shown that by substituting a single amino acid in the binding pocket of two rat OBPs (rOBP2 and rOBP3), it is possible to modulate their binding affinities towards odorants. In parallel, we described a qualitative and quantitative method for the detection of volatile molecules using OBPs. We have shown that rOBP3 binds 2-methyl-1,4-naphtoquinone (MNQ), an electrochemical probe. The amount of MNQ displaced from the binding pocket of rOBP3 by the model odorant 3-isobutyl-2-methoxypyrazine (IBMP), was measured using square-wave voltammetry. We determined the dissociation constants of the rOBP3 / MNQ and rOBP3 / IBMP complexes. These values measured by electrochemistry were confirmed by a competitive fluorescent assay and isothermal titration calorimetry. By combining this new analytical method to rOBP3 variants with different and complementary binding profiles, we were able to selectively detect each of the components of a ternary mixture of odorants. This work, that combines the engineering of OBPs and electrochemistry, offers us interesting perspectives in the field of electronic noses
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Badaró, Ronei Lima. "Do Zero ás Medalhas: Orientações aos Professores de Cursos Preparatórios para Olimpíadas de Matemática." Instituto de Matemática. Departamento de Matemática, 2015. http://repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/23021.
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Neste material, apresentamos aos professores que irão preparar alunos para a OBM, um material de apoio para a tarefa. No primeiro capítulo, a guisa de introdução, apresentamos o objetivo e a justificativa do trabalho. No segundo capítulo construímos a ligação histórica das competições desse tipo até a OBM e OBMEP. O terceiro capítulo apresenta uma lista de competições acessíveis aos nossos alunos. No quarto capítulo, trazemos orientações burocráticas e sugestão de livros para o estudo dos professores. Os capítulos seguintes (do quinto ao oitavo) são propostas de planos de aula para que os professores se preparem para o curso.
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Tawil, Dima. "Performance evaluation of portfolio insurance strategies." Thesis, Rennes 1, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015REN1G017/document.
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Cette thèse a pour objectif d’évaluer et de comparer la performance des stratégies d’assurance de portefeuille pour tenter de définir quelles stratégies doivent être privilégiées par les investisseurs. Nous comparons de nombreuses stratégies d’assurance (OBPI, CPPI, put synthétique et Stop-loss) entre elles mais également avec quelques autres stratégies de référence. Nous utilisons différents critères de comparaison qui comprennent: 1. Les distributions de pay-off, le niveau de protection, la dominance stochastique et le coût d’assurance dans différentes conditions de marché identifiées par des modèles à changements de régime markovien. 2. Les mesures de la performance ajustée au risque qui peuvent refléter les préférences des investisseurs vis-à-vis du risque et de la rentabilité. 3. Les préférences des investisseurs en intégrant la théorie cumulative des perspectives (TCP). Nos résultats semblent mettre en évidence une dominance des stratégies CPPI dans la majorité des cas et pour la majorité des critères de comparaisonThis thesis is set out with the objective of evaluating and comparing the performance of portfolio insurance strategies. We try to figure out when and why one portfolio insurance strategy should be preferred by investors in practice. To meet this objective, main portfolio insurance strategies (OBPI, CPPI, Synthetic put and Stop-loss) are compared relatively to each other and to some benchmark strategies. Portfolio insurance strategies are applied within different implementation scenarios and compared according to various criteria that include:1. The payoff functions, stochastic dominance, the level of protection and the cost of insurance under bull and bear market conditions. 2. Various risk adjusted performance measures that reflect different investors’ preferences toward risk and return. 3. The preferences of investors who act according to cumulative prospect theory (CPT). Our results reveal a dominant role of CPPI strategy at the majority of cases and according to the majority of comparison criteria
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Santana, Isis Bugia. "Modelagem comparativa e triagem virtual hier?rquica para identifica??o de moduladores das OBPs de Lutzomyia Longipalpis." Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, 2016. http://localhost:8080/tede/handle/tede/441.
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The Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is the second most important vector-borne disease in the world, transmitted in the Americas by Lutzomyia longipalpis, vector control is essential for the prevention of the disease. But since it is not possible to identify the oviposition sites, the fight is directed to adult insects, using traps impregnated with chemical attractants. Whereas the Odorant Binding Proteins (OBPs) act in the first level of odor selection, this work used in silico methodology to identify putative vector olfactory chemical modulators based on the structure of OBPs and known ligands. For this, tridimensional (3D) structure of L. longipalpis OBPs were predicted by three comparative modeling methods. The best model, predicted by I-Tasser, was refined by Molecular Dynamics on Gromacs. Then, in a hierarchical virtual screening approach, natural compounds of ZINC12 closer to the typical OBP ligands in global chemical space, provided by ChemGPS-NP, were evaluated and staggered concerning affinity with the orthosteric site from the OBP, by molecular docking on DOCK6. The compounds were scored by GRIDSCORE, then the 100 best classified were submitted to AMBERSCORE, which took into account the flexibility from both OBP and the docked ligands. The lowest energy conformations interacted with a hydrophobic pocket through residues Met6, Gly10, Glu11, Ala9 Arg14, Leu74, Met53, Phe118, Phe119, Pro120, amino groups and formed ionic interaction with carboxyl of Glu11, Furthermore, Phe119, Asn29 and Gln69 formed hydrogen bonds, this last formed donor and acceptor H-bonds.
A Leishmaniose Visceral (LV) ? a segunda doen?a vetorial mais importante do mundo, transmitida nas Am?ricas por Lutzomyia longipalpis, o controle do vetor ? indispens?vel ? preven??o da doen?a. Mas como n?o ? poss?vel identificar onde ocorre a oviposi??o, o combate ? direcionado aos insetos adultos, utilizando armadilhas impregnadas com atrativos qu?micos. Considerando que as Prote?nas Ligadoras de Odor (OBPs) atuam no primeiro n?vel de sele??o dos odores, este trabalho utilizou uma metodologia in silico para identificar potenciais moduladores qu?micos olfativos do vetor baseando-se na estrutura das OBPs e de ligantes conhecidos. Para isso, foram preditas as estruturas tridimensionais (3D) de OBPs de L. longipalpis por tr?s m?todos de modelagem comparativa. O melhor modelo, predito pelo I-Tasser, foi refinado por Din?mica Molecular no Gromacs. Ent?o, numa abordagem hier?rquica da triagem virtual, os compostos naturais do ZINC12 mais pr?ximos dos t?picos ligantes de OBPs no espa?o qu?mico global, fornecido pelo ChemGPS-NP, foram avaliados e escalonados quanto ? afinidade com o s?tio ortost?rico da OBP, pelo acoplamento molecular no DOCK6. Os compostos foram pontuados pelo Gridscore, em seguida, os cem melhores classificados foram submetidos ? pontua??o pelo Amberscore, que levou em conta a flexibilidade tanto da OBP como dos ligantes acoplados. As conforma??es de menor energia interagiram com um bols?o hidrof?bico atrav?s dos res?duos Met6, Ala9, Gly10, Glu11, Arg14, Met53, Leu74, Phe118, Phe119, Pro120; grupamentos amino formaram pontes salinas com a carboxila do Glu11. Al?m disso, os res?duos Phe119, Asn29 e Gln69 formaram liga??es hidrog?nio, sendo que, este ?ltimo res?duo formou liga??es-H aceptoras e doadoras.
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Nordén, Mikaela. "Learning by the use of Business Intelligence : A case study made from an Organizational Behaviour Management perspective." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-180383.
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Researchers claim that to improve business and really make an impact on the market it is critical to develop organizational capabilities and create organizational learning. Business Intelligence (BI) has during the latest years gained lots of attention among organizations for being a tool that can help improve the business. However, even though organizational learning is critical at the same time as BI has become a main tool to improve the business the linkage between these two concepts has not been a topic for research. This thesis is taking an Organizational Behaviour Management (OBM) perspective when analyzing whether BI-tools create the right conditions for learning. A case study was made at Skanska Sverige AB where their three largest BI-tools were analyzed. The study was made in three steps; by an individual analysis of the tools, a questionnaire sent to all operational managers who uses the tools and by interviews with nine of these managers. The analysis of the tools indicated that the BI-tools at Skanska Sverige AB do not currently create the right conditions for learning. Few actions are taken because of the information in the tools.
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Danesfahani, Gholam Reza. "A study in optimising a multicarrier demultiplexer demodulator (MCDD) for on-board processing (OBP) satellites." Thesis, University of Surrey, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.309262.
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Harrington, Edward. "Aspects of Online Learning." Phd thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/47147.
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Online learning algorithms have several key advantages compared to their batch learning algorithm counterparts. This thesis investigates several online learning algorithms and their application. The thesis has an underlying theme of the idea of combining several simple algorithms to give better performance. In this thesis we investigate: combining weights, combining hypothesis, and (sort of) hierarchical combining.¶ ...
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Yang, Sheng-Hsia, and 楊勝旭. "OBPI and CPPI." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/43405381687512787130.
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Foret, Sylvain. "Function and Evolution of Putative Odorant Carriers in the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)." Phd thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/45748.
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The remarkable olfactory power of insect species is thought to be generated by a combinatorial action of G-protein-coupled olfactory receptors (ORs) and olfactory carriers. Two such carrier gene families are found in insects: the odorant binding proteins (OBPs) and the chemosensory proteins (CSPs). In olfactory sensilla, OBPs and CSPs are believed to deliver hydrophobic air-borne molecules to ORs, but their expression in non-olfactory tissues suggests that they also may function as general carriers in other developmental and physiological processes. ¶ Bioinformatics and experimental approaches were used to characterise the OBP and CSP gene families in a highly social insect, the western honey bee (Apis mellifera). Comparison with other insects reveals that the honey bee has the smallest set of these genes, consisting of only 21 OBPs and 6 CSPs. These numbers stand in stark contrast to the 66 OBPs and 7 CSPs in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae and the 46 OBPs and 20 CSPs in the beetle Tribolium castaneum. The genes belonging to both families are often organised in clusters, and evolve by lineage specic expansions. Positive selection has been found to play a role in generating a greater sequence diversication in the OBP family in contrast to the CSP gene family that is more conserved, especially in the binding pocket. Expression proling under a wide range of conditions shows that, in the honey, bee only a minority of these genes are antenna-specic. The remaining genes are expressed either ubiquitously, or are tightly regulated in specialized tissues or during development. These findings support the view that OBPs and CSPs are not restricted to olfaction, and are likely to be involved in broader physiological functions. ¶ Finally, the detailed expression study and the functional characterization of a member of the CSP family, uth (unable-to-hatch), is reported. This gene is expressed in a maternal-zygotic fashion, and is restricted to the egg and embryo. Blocking the zygotic expression of uth with double-stranded RNA causes abnormalities in all body parts where this gene is highly expressed. The treated embryos are `unable-to-hatch' and cannot progress to the larval stages. Our ndings reveal a novel, essential role for this gene family and suggest that uth is an ectodermal gene involved in embryonic cuticle formation.
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Santos, José Paulo. "Regressão de estimadores OBM." Master's thesis, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/11404.
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Santos, José Paulo. "Regressão de estimadores OBM." Dissertação, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/11404.
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Lin, Su-Hsing, and 林素杏. "A Study of Marketing Strategies of OBM Business for Companies Involved in OEM and OBM." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/99585333242399823810.
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碩士國立嘉義大學
行銷與流通管理研究所
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There is a trend for Taiwanese Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) Companies involved in Own Brand Management (OBM) business. In general, companies expect to get advanced technologies from their OEM customers and to increase market shares from OBM business. However, these companies take a risk of loosing orders since the OEM customers may regard them as competitors and thereby transfer orders to other suppliers. Therefore, considering relations with the OEM sector is critical in planning the marketing strategies of OBM business. The strategies for developing own brand products have received much attention of researchers, but few of previous studies address this issue with considering the relation with OEM products of firms. Based on this viewpoint, the thesis presents a framework that identifies the marketing strategies of OBM business as well as the critical factors of strategy selection for OEM companies. The framework is further examined by a multi-case study. From the results of case study, several propositions about relationships between the marketing strategies and the characteristics of firms, such as marketing and R&D capabilities, transaction costs, or order-dependence level to the OEM customers, are summarized.
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Hsu, Yu Ling, and 徐玉玲. "Business Model from ODM to OBM." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/75541253291350905719.
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Taiwan''s electronics companies have mainly been based on OEM and ODM business models. Their high quality, efficiency, and flexibility are favored by major brand carriers in the world. However, these business models usually led to price competition, control cost for sub-contract to ODM manufacturers, and yearly gross profit decreases. Thus, the OEM and ODM companies are facing the pressure of making the jump from ODM to OBM. However, making the jump from OEM to OBM is not as simple as proclaiming a strategy. It requires a substantial commitment of time and resources to establish channel relationships and share-of-mind in target markets. The study is provided a clear view of the different business model of ODM and OBM, and the critical changes and action plans of the internal operational management which including strategy and organization, core processes, functional competency and information technology. The purpose of this study is to reduce the cost of the shifting process from ODM to OBM.
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Wu, Hsueh Ju, and 吳雪如. "Developing OBM and ODM Simultaneous Business Model." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/27201763479017667992.
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管理研究所
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As a result of low margins, many OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) tend to develop their own brands strategies in order to increase their competitiveness. In this thesis, the case company, PTC, is an own-brand company in Taiwan for years. In 2009, the company earned an unexpected opportunity to serve as an OEM for an international giant, GSC. PTC has confronted with several challenges such as business model transformation, resources allocation and core competency re-configuration. This case describes how PTC develops an OBM and ODM simultaneous business model. Issues can be discussed in this case including the conflicts between OBM and ODM business models, the core competency development, the resource allocation strategy and the design and development of ambidextrous organization.
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Mei-Ling, Wang, and 王美玲. "OBM or OEM? Case of A Company." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/50237251924797623497.
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碩士逢甲大學
經營管理碩士在職專班
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The global machine tool consumption reached to USD 75.3 billion in 2014, Taiwan is the 4th place in the rank of exporting countries of machine tool. Taiwanese machine tool manufacturers invest in self-brands which now are already competitive in the market and have a very stable development in technology and production. These technologies are continuing to be improved and obtain with the smile curve with the brand and the technical. For maximum of factory benefit and profit, Taiwanese manufacturers emphasize on mass production and learning for new technologies, so the machine price is normally based on volume. However, international companies stress on the performance and use a two-pronged strategy by cost and profits. Hence the vital operational consideration for Taiwanese factories is to make a choice between self-brand and OEM, to cooperate with each other for what they require, to enhance the operation income and to upgrade the technologies. This thesis is an investigation on “A company” by interviews to research the key factors and advantages of A company for OEM cooperation and to analyze by HIROSE evaluation and OEM SWOT. We hope to understand A company with their successful worldwide self-brand and provide some recommendations for the necessity of additional OEM business strategy to create the maximum profit and long-term competitive advantage for A company.
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Weerasinghe, Weerakoon Mudiyanselage Thushanta Harshi. "Development of an interface for ontology‐based transformation between features of different types." Master's thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/2594.
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Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Geospatial TechnologiesImplementation of the INSPIRE directive, the spatial data infrastructure for the Europe, has created a necessity for easy and convenient conversion between different models of geospatial data. Data model transformation across heterogeneous systems can be hampered by differences in terminology and conceptualization, particularly when multiple communities are involved. Requirement in current situation is an interface facilitating transformation of data to a desired format and immediate use of the data, which are collected from different formats and models. Ontology-aware software with shared understanding of concepts, enable users to interact with geospatial data models. Thus use of ontologies could make a friendly environment to the user in translating the data conveniently. Feature type ontologies, along with annotations are provided from an ongoing project at the Institute for Geoinformatics (IfGI, University of Münster, Germany), in order to reconcile differences in semantics. FME workbench provides a successful environment to execute set of rules for the data model transformation using a mapping file, which can be developed externally. The thesis work developed a user interface that includes operations to define rules for the translation of geospatial data, from one model to another. Annotated feature types are taken as input, and the results are encoded as FME Mapping files. The overall methodology involves three phases.(...)
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Chen, Jiansheng. "NMR surface relaxation, wettability and OBM drilling fluids." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1911/18747.
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NMR surface relaxation mechanisms and their dependence on temperature were investigated. Paramagnetic ions are a very important factor of surface relaxation. The mechanism of the surface enhanced dipole-dipole interaction is negligible when the paramagnetic ion mechanism is strong. In such case, surface relaxivity of both water and oil depends only weakly on temperature. However, in cases when paramagnetic ion mechanism is weak, the contribution from surface enhanced dipole-dipole interaction could dominate the total surface relaxation rate. In such case, surface relaxivity of both water and oil decreases with temperature.
Effects of synthetic oil base mud (OBM) surfactants on wettability alteration, NMR response and irreducible water saturation (Swir ) were systematically examined. The originally strongly water-wet Berea and limestone cores are altered to be intermediate-wet or oil-wet by OBM surfactants. As a result, Swir from NMR T 2, cutoff model with the default assumption of water-wetness generally underestimates the measured value. The magnitude of underestimation depends on the type of OBM surfactants, their concentration in the flushing fluid, and the flushing volume. The magnitude of underestimation correlates with the Amott-Harvey wettability index. These results suggest that the effects of OBM invasion on estimation of Swir can be minimized by controlling the volume of OBM invasion and the concentration of OBM surfactants.
Mechanisms of Swir underestimation and modifications of NMR interpretation when wettability alteration occurs were investigated. In the case of an oil-bearing rock at Swir, OBM invasion does not significantly decrease the actual S wir, but changes the water and oil relaxation time distributions due to wettability alteration. This is visualized by the D-T 2 map. When wettability alteration occurs (water-wet to intermediate-wet or oil-wet), a T2, cutoff value larger than the one based on water-wetness is needed because the irreducible water relaxes at a longer relaxation time. Correlation between this modified T2, cutoff value and the Amott-Harvey wettability index was found.
Three unusual NMR properties were observed for the filtered OBM filtrates due to the unexpected presence of trace amount of paramagnetic particulates. Interactions between the filtered OBMF and rock samples can cause wettability alteration, enhanced surface relaxation and increased internal gradient strength.
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I-Ling, Lee, and 李逸寧. "The co-opetition relationship between OBM and OEM." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/34928637782482216915.
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碩士東海大學
管理碩士學程在職進修專班
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ABSTRACT In recent years, OEM is the important drive for industry developing in the world. Depending on high quality HVM ability, Taiwan’s manufacturing companies become the first priority choice for many international companies to cooperate while doing OEM. However, the industrial environment changed recently, Taiwan’s manufacturing companies lost the competitive advantage in OEM. In order to face this new challenge, besides continue to OEM for international companies, some manufacturing companies in Taiwan try to create their own brand-OBM. By doing so, unavoidably these companies have competition with those international companies which they do OEM for. Finding these questions how those companies keep co-opetition relationship? In this moment, what roles do Taiwan’s manufacturing companies play? What is their co-opetition relationship life cycle? This article presents some propositions, and exams them by case study. To hope to provide some suggestions for those companies which are in different stages of co-opetition relationship makes strategies. In this research, finding the co-opetition relationship is good for both parties and also explains why co-opetition occurs and in what areas they cooperate and compete. They can co-operate with in production, R & D and quality control. But they may compete in market、brand and resources. In different co-opetition life cycle stages, Taiwan’s manufacturing companies play different role in it and they keep different relationship with those companies which they OEM for. Simultaneously, developing the factors affects the stability of co-opetition. The results show the higher organization ability and leader’s ambition, the co-opetition relationship is easy to eliminate between companies. Therefore, if Taiwan’s manufacturing companies have both OBM and OEM can well use the resources from international brand companies, and develop the benefits between two parties. Then it’s a good way to promote their competition advantages and creates win-win situation
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Chang, Tzn-Wen, and 張慈文. "The Balanced Growth Model between OBM & OEM." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/34868321747745597528.
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碩士國立中興大學
企業管理學系所
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Most of traditional industries in Taiwan are focus on OEM and ODM.Due to lower salary expense in mainland china, many companies moved their factories to mainland china. The profit margin in those industries is gradually decreasing. How to overcome this obstacle? Owning brand and risk transfer is one of major competitive advantage for these companies to survive in this dog eat dog environment. The thesis is mainly discussing the conflicts between the above companies and their clients while they try to develop their own brand. Is it possible for these companies to have OEM and OBM, the two strategies in their company or how can they find a way out to balance growth and still maintain their competitive advantages? Therefore, the following questions I would like to further discuss. 1.How can a company build up its competence in conversion period and what will it affect the company’s strategies position ever after? 2.How can a company solve / easy the conflict between OEM and OBM during the business type change? 3.How to achieve a company’s balanced growth through the brand strategy? In order to answering the above questions, I choose the case study to according to the company’s growth path , from trading company to professional manufacture, to cultivate competence and make use of brand strategy, merge and acquisition local brand, and avoid the conflicts between OEM and OBM, and how to achieve the balance growth. As a result, from my past year’s research, three conclusions are as follows: 1.Competence building and professional skills can be the foundation of growth model and establish a good competitive advantage for a company. 2.The mature manufactured skill and supply by customer make the ODM channel have the source of supply stably. 3.Searching for a marketing segmentation and channel position between OEM and brand. To take balance between the conflict and predominance. 4.To acquire brand by merge and joint-venture is one of strategies 5.The exercise of brand strategy and to take action that suit local circumstances that can increase the source of profit and strengthen the business image.
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Lai, Yi-shu, and 賴毅書. "THE INFLUECING FACTORS OF OBM ON BUSSINESS PERFORMANCE." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/40353987966719491875.
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碩士南華大學
管理科學研究所
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In the past, Taiwan relied on its inexpensive labor cost to become an internationally original equipment manufacturer (OEM). As it continued to cope with the pressures from the outside environment, it also further become an original design manufacturer（ODM）, desktop computer, motherboards, monitors, laptop computers, IC foundries and etc. Taiwan has already risen to be the top one in OEN field. As the country move towards to the maturity stage, what is our next step? Due to the effects of the global logistic and the mature of shorten the difference of competitive advantage, it cause the overall profit of OEM companies in Taiwan to decrease. The past successful model is contested under the present environment. Hence, under the impact of meager profits, Taiwan companies need to change their strategy. Taking advantage of the rise of Asian markets, the country proactively established its own brand names to enter the global market, nimbly utilizing the companies’ resources and following strategic marketing. In order to control the market and the resource of clients, Taiwan companies also need to handle the risks of OEM, to credit more profit in business. This research is to study the management achievements of companies that created their own brand names, and also the enterprises’ resources foundation, strategies orientation, OBM, and also the implementation of these strategies. The research results discover that the resources foundation and strategies orientation all have direct contributions to the success of the company. Hence, companies should enrich their resource foundations and use strategic plans in establishing their own brand names to increase the profit of the enterprise. The researcher also hopes that it can provide those business men who are interested in creating their own brand names as reference.
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Wong, Shih-Hsing, and 翁世興. "A hybrid analysis method for OBM vendor selection." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/02398005529307340775.
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碩士輔仁大學
企業管理學系管理學碩士班
99
The manufacturing history of Taiwan is from original equipment manufacturing (OEM), original design manufacturing (ODM), own branding & manufacturing (OBM) to private label manufacturing. In recent years, more and more enterprises start to deal in the brand. Building a decision model in order to find suitable private label product manufacturers are important to the brand enterprise. This study proposes a hybrid decision model for brand enterprise to select appropriate OBM cooperative manufacturers. The decision model includes critical, qualitative and quantitative factors. To establish the decision model for selecting appropriate OBM cooperative manufacturers, this study presents the following three-step procedure - establishing initial indicators, modifying indicators; and constructing the selection model. This study took company E which manufactures network communication equipments as case study, and picked 3 suppliers providing the same manufacturing product in the qualified OBM vendor list of company E as empirical selection examples to carry out the research. Applying Hybrid Analysis to establish key indicators, quantitative indicators and qualitative indicators for selection model and followed by the selection result of the evaluation team of company E, the collaboration partnership among the 3 suppliers was derived. The actual criteria based on the results of the study will feedback to own-brand companies as references for planning future partnership.
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Shin, Hui-Chen, and 施卉珍. "E-commerce Establishment for OBM in Manufacturing Industry." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/59ddpm.
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碩士國立彰化師範大學
資訊管理學系
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Taiwan has been a labor-intensive OEM-based service provider to the industry in the global market. However, under highly competitive global environment this is no longer a truth because of the traditional OEM industry in Taiwan is gradually replaced by that of China, Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia due to their abundant labor and low manufacturing cost. Hence, Taiwan's traditional OEM manufacturers have sought to create their OBM (Own Branding & Manufacturing) or apply on-line marketing channel for survival. Based on the findings of related literature, the purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of OBM on promoting e-commerce creation for traditional OEM manufacturers by applying fuzzy Delphi method (FDM) and fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP). Furthermore, to explore the influence of OBM on traditional OEM manufacturers transforming from physical channel to virtual channel management, a questionnaire consisting of three constructs: on-line marketing, self-owned brand and physical channel to virtual channel transformation are designed. The factors on on-line marketing construct include timely convenience, promotional activity, and product price; the factors on self-owned brand construct include advantages of reputation, quality, and features; the factors on physical channel to virtual channel transformation construct include sales profitability, customer bases, and purchase intention. Fifteen experts first conduct the FDM questionnaire, analyzed and compiled using FDM approach. Then, the same group of experts carry out FAHP questionnaire, analyzed and compiled using FAHP approach. The weight and rank of each construct and its question items are calculated and analyzed. The results of this study reveal that the most influential factor for enterprise transforming from physical channel to virtual channel is sales profitability, followed by customer bases and purchase intention. Furthermore, the top three factors in the overall ranking of all question items in the three constructs is that quality advantage influences sales profitability, timely convenience influences customer bases, and advantage of reputation influences customer bases. Results of this study can be used in promoting e-commerce strategy when traditional manufacturing industry facing OBM and channel transformation, thus enhancing quality advantage to elevate sales profitability, and timely convenience to consolidate customer bases.
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Jhan, Jhih-Jhong, and 詹致中. "Design out of the Box:the ODM-OBM Business Model." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/68702725416723836385.
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碩士國立臺灣科技大學
管理學院MBA
102
Nowadays, design industry is facing issues like “industry transforming aboard”, “inestimable value of designing ability” and “business over-competition”. In this case, David, he tried to resolve these issues but faced the restrictions set by investors when operating his former design company, ERA Technology Co.,Ltd. In 2007, David quitted from former company and took over the other company “Brinno”. At that time, Brinno was facing problems like “shortage of capital” and “staff reduction”, how he can deal with these struggles under this circumstance? In this case, David let Brinno develop OBM and ODM simultaneous business at the first beginning he took over the company. About ODM, Brinno not just provided their existing design service, but also extended to tooling and production. Furthermore, Brinno even received international order with well-connected network in business. About OBM, Brinno not only developed the leading “long lasting battery powered Time-lapse photography” technology with company core team member and external IC design company team, but also persistently released new products and explored new situation to apply based on users’ opinions. In 2013, Brinno reached the break-even point, the next year in 2014, the company also entered into IPO. This case describes how Brinno develops an OBM and ODM simultaneous business model. Issues can be discussed in this case including the Social Capital Theory, the resource allocation strategy, the core competency development and the ambidexterity capability.
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Hsieh, Chia-Yu, and 謝佳諭. "The Long-Run Performance of OBM and OEM Firms." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/64321762746067029631.
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碩士國立中興大學
會計學研究所
100
Taiwan’s OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturing) firms were on the top of the world in the past, but the boom of the OEM industry has been gone with time. In recent years, government in Taiwan encourages firms to develop OBM (Own Brand Manufacturing) to create their own value. However, the business strategy of developing OBM or OEM has its pros and cons. This study uses companies which won the “Top Taiwan 20 Global Brand” prize from 2002 to 2010 as the sample of the OBM firms. Comparison samples are the OEM firms manufacturing the same product like the OBM firms. This study analyses subsequent operating performance of the OBM firms at the first year, the third year, and the fifth year after the year that the firm won the prize, and compares with the operating performance of the matched OEM firms. To control the effect of industrial business cycle on the performance of individual company, this study adopts an industrial performance adjusted method which is more reasonable and accurate to capture that effect. Empirical results find that the OBM firms’ ROA (Return on Assets) are significantly higher than the OEM firms’ ROA at each of the follow-up period. After using the method of Winsorized extreme value, the OBM firms’ ROE (Return on Equity) are also significantly higher than the OEM firms’ ROE at each of the follow-up period. This means that the performance of the OBM firms is better than the performance of the OEM firms in the long-run. Consequently, the long-run performance of the OBM firms are better than the long-run performance of OEM firms in Taiwan. The contribution of this thesis can serve as a reference for corporate decisions and government policies.
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Hsu, Hsiao-Han, and 徐小涵. "Own Branding and Manufacturing (OBM) Strategy for Unitedway Corporation." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/40386938465911990700.
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碩士國立臺灣大學
企業管理碩士專班
103
Due to fierce competition and dramatic changes in the external business environment, many of the Taiwanese OEM and ODM companies that had enjoyed great successes in the past are now facing challenges in various aspects. Therefore, developing their Own Branding and Manufacturing (OBM) business has become one of the strategic options for companies that are seeking for opportunity to increase their business value. This thesis will take the Unitedway Corporation, a houseware and giftware company as an example to examine the challenges that many of the OEM/ODM companies are facing, and discuss about developing the OBM strategies by taking the most of the companies’ current OEM/ODM advantages.
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Gonçalves, Filipa Daniela Gomes. "Liposome-OBP conjugates for odour reduction and fragance release." Doctoral thesis, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/75192.
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Tese de Doutoramento em Engenharia Química e BiológicaA atividade diária e o exercício físico são responsáveis pela produção de odores corporais desagradáveis que podem causar ansiedade e embaraço social. A procura de novas soluções que previnam o desenvolvimento desses odores é atualmente objeto de interesse para as indústrias da cosmética e têxtil. Nos mamíferos, as proteínas de ligação a odores (OBPs) são responsáveis pelo transporte de moléculas odoríferas do muco nasal aos recetores olfativos. As OBPs são proteínas extracelulares com uma estrutura robusta e estável em barril β, com grande capacidade para ligar a diferentes ligandos. Estas características têm sido foco de diferentes trabalhos de modo a compreender os mecanismos inerentes à sua função na natureza e a desenvolver aplicações biotecnológicas avançadas. Os resultados levaram-nos a estudar as OBPs como uma solução elegante para prevenir e/ou remover odores desagradáveis dos têxteis, através da captura de odores e libertação controlada de fragrâncias. Inicialmente, a OBP de porco (pOBP) foi fundida com três péptidos de penetração celular (CPPs). Estas proteínas (OBP::CPPs), em conjunto com lipossomas, foram usadas como transportadores e reservatórios num sistema avançado de captura de moléculas odoríferas. A pOBP foi também fundida com o péptido SP-DS3, com e sem o espaçador GQ20 para a ancoragem na membrana lipídica de lipossomas. A transdução/captura de 1-aminoanthraceno (1- AMA, ligando modelo fluorescente) para o interior dos lipossomas revelou ser dependente da proximidade da proteína à membrana lipídica. Estes trabalhos permitiram o desenvolvimento de dispositivos para a encapsulação de fragrâncias e captura de odores pelos lipossomas. Outras proteínas, a OBP truncada com as mutações F44A e F66A, e a OBP::GQ20::SP-DS3, apresentaram uma afinidade ao 1-AMA diferenciada e dependente da temperatura Recentemente, foi desenvolvido um “têxtil inteligente” pela funcionalização do tecido com OBP::GQ20::CBM (OBP fundida com o espaçador GQ20 e um módulo de ligação a carbohidratos). O têxtil funcionalizado revelou capacidade de libertação controlada de fragrâncias em resposta à transpiração (suor).
The daily activity and physical exercise are responsible for the generation of unpleasant body odors that may cause social unrest and embarrassment. The search for new solutions to prevent the development of these odors is nowadays a subject with great interest for cosmetic and textiles industries. In mammals, odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) are responsible to transport odorant molecules across the aqueous nasal mucus until the olfactory receptors (ORs). OBPs are small extracellular proteins with a robust and stable three-dimensional structure in β-barrel with great ability to bind differentiated ligand molecules which has driven the research to understand the mechanisms underlying the OBP function in nature and the development of advanced biotechnological applications. These features inspired us to study OBPs as an elegant solution to prevent and/or remove unpleasant odors from textiles, by the entrapment of odors and the controlled release of fragrances. Firstly, porcine OBP (pOBP) was fused with three cell penetrating peptides (CPPs). A new methodology using liposomes as reservoirs and OBP::CPPs as carriers was developed as an advanced system to capture odorant molecules. pOBP was also fused with an anchor peptide (SP-DS3), without and with a spacer GQ20, and the liposomes were produced anchoring these new fusion proteins in the lipid membrane. The transduction of 1-aminoanthracene (1-AMA, a fluorescent ligand model) into the liposomes revealed to be driven by the proximity of the protein to the liposomal membrane. Both works showed the development of an efficient device for the encapsulation of fragrances or capture of unpleasant odors inside of the liposomes. Other two proteins, truncated OBP with mutation F44A and F66A, and OBP::GQ20::SP-DS3 presented differentiated 1-AMA binding behavior depending on the temperature. Further a smart fabric was developed by functionalization with OBP::GQ20::CBM (OBP fused with a spacer GQ20 and a carbohydrate-binding module). The functionalized fabric exhibited controlled release of fragrances triggered by perspiration (sweat).
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
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Cai, ming-zhen, and 蔡明眞. "The Challenge of Concurrent OBM Business and OEM Firms." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/49414312490738110105.
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碩士國立屏東大學
國際貿易學系碩士班
103
Because price competition Taiwan OEM firms faced China, many OEM firms transformation the OBM choose. How to respond to management? Challenges however in the transition process, will face many. Part of the challenge in the interior, might involve staff mobility or new department, recruiting professionals, OEM firms in the transformation of OBM business often need to organizational adjustment. Should strengthen staff understand transformation strategy to build consensus of OBM business firms, as soon as possible to make staff to adapt to new business models, follow the company growth and professional learning. With customer fulfillment when a resource conflict as a priority, in the OEM and brand resource both sides allocation OEM firms should be properly planned. To master the ability of competition in product markets need time to accumulate / training necessary, OBM transformation will face resources capacity gaps. Part of the challenge in the external, marketing manner than the OEM stages take different, when the transformation OBM the market expansion, Shall cumulative and long time management. When the competitors hampered new brand into the market, differential advantage must seek belong own, win market to innovative products. Than previously face environment more difficult to seizing OEM business of concurrent OBM, market information may by with customers or distributors of to face the market in the changes. The market also to segment and OEM customers, Mutual agreement both sides if reach a consensus, or customer access avoid, market conflict can reduce. Resource sharing can be OEM and brand, mutually enhance the ability, the exchange of market information and product knowledge to play a synergy. Leaders insist the faith positive commitment depends on the transformation process, a breakthrough challenges led the organization together learning.
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Lian, Sean, and 連孝宇. "Industry Environment,OBM Strategic Choice and New Venture Performance." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/88586744844033212524.
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碩士國立成功大學
國際管理碩士在職專班
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The original equipment manufacturing (OEM) suppliers play an essential important role in today’s global economy. Although the increasing importance and getting more popular of the investment in China, little has been done in the literature in examining the relationships among the industry environment, OBM strategic choice and new venture performance. To extend and further our understanding of new venture performance, this study attempts to identify the key determinants and to examine the effects between these determinants and new venture performance by providing an integrative research framework through extensive literature review. Further, the hypotheses were proposed and then examined through an empirical study. A convenient sampling method was used to select respondents. From the 740 questionnaire mailed in this study, 110 valid and complete questionnaires were collected, yielding a response rate of 14.8%. The major findings of this study include: First, this study investigated the relationship between various dimensions and new venture performance. Second, the results of the regression analyses reveal that the impact on new venture performance is partially supported with respect to munificence and dynamism characteristics.
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Wu, Benson, and 吳天成. "Special Instrument Development Corporation (SiDC): From OEM To OBM." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/69790463815900756751.
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碩士國立臺灣科技大學
管理研究所
99
In the past, most of analytical case studies that showed the business issues, the process of analyses, and solutions in simple direct ways were not be able to help the students without managerial experience to understand the real meaning of putting the theory into practice; also, the student with practical experience did not understand the theoretical meaning shown in the textbooks. The theories and the practices could not apply to each other; as a result, the case study teaching often became less effective. Since 2005, Harvard University Business School has been actively promoting the case study teaching in Asia. The main difference between Harvard case study and traditional case study is that the former one can help students to learn the managerial concepts and the situations of applying the theories to the practices through the entire case. Also, the students can experience the managerial decision-making and the process of analysis by pre-class reading, group discussions and in-class discussions. This case study, which is an actual case about a company shifts OEM to OBM, describes that the SiDC general manager, Benson, found Shenghui Co. in 1986 focusing on the European market Computer assembly with his own social network connecting to previous export-oriented work and the background of computer industry. However, the price competition between companies is heavily fierce; consequently, Shenghui keeps low margin for a long period of time. In 2000, Benson decides to transfer to pay-TV system market based on his client’s suggestion and changes the company’s name to another different Shenghui Co. In addition, he cooperates with foreign companies, Asian Link, producing the analog set-top boxes. At that time, due to the few competitions and high margin in this niche market, Shenghui’s revenue increase significantly. In 2002, however, the concept of global digital signal rises, leading to the decreases in the revenue of analog set-top boxes. Also, Shenghui’s partner, Asian Link closes its doors because the co-founders have the decision-making conflicts. For the above two reasons, Benson is forced to develop his own digital set-top box. In 2005, Benson chooses the VIA chips to develop his first-generation digital set-top boxes. Unfortunately, many tricky problems appear during the process of development, making Benson have to postpone the time of completion to 2007. Moreover, the product is not good enough after being launched, and is influenced by the impact of financial tsunami as well. For the reason, the sales cannot meet the expectation. In 2008, Benson changes the company’s name once again to SiDC, expecting to remove the badness from the new atmosphere. Finally, Benson develops the second-generation digital set-top box, and it shows a turn from loss to profit. At the end of December in 2010, Benson sees the street lighting when walking on the street, thinking whether SiDC is truly a technology company or not? This paper includes the case study and teaching guidelines. The readers can understand technology management, technology innovation, R&D management, new product development, and solutions that the companies have encountered through this paper so as to better understand the ways to solve problems when facing the similar situations.
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SU, SHU-LING, and 蘇淑玲. "The Key Success Factors of OBM and OEM Coexistence." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/y2s6e4.
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碩士國立臺北科技大學
工業工程與管理系EMBA班
105
ABSTRACT Title:The Key Success Factors of OBM and OEM Coexistence Pages：105 School: National Taipei University of Technology Department: Industrial Engineering and Management EMBA Program Time: June, 2017 Degree: Master Researcher: Shu-Ling Su Advisor: Kuo-Ching Ying Ph. D. Key words: Branding, OEM, OBM, Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP) The previously successful OEM mode in Taiwan has driven the economic development and OEM plays the role of an unknown hero during the whole process of product R&D, manufacturing and sales. However, with the sharp decrease in OEM profits, many manufacturers are confronted with the difficulty in survival. Meanwhile, most products are labeled with the branding companies’ trademarks or names, OEM has no identification effect among the consumers, and it will waste lots of time and energy to develop the products and maintain the partnership relations in the subsequent process. In recent years, with the rise of brand awareness, many OEMs have realized that they can be closer to distributors and consumers and have the initiative in hands only by building their own brands. Without the key autonomous right, OEMs still serve others in spite of their large scale and excellent technology. In reliance on the favor of branding manufacturers and distributors, OEMs’ order may be canceled or changed at any time. For the operation of private brand, the company should consider the specific product manufacturing and design ability and meanwhile it also needs to bear the risks of marketing and inventories. Besides, it is required to completely adjust the company staff’s professional literacy and attitudes and consider whether such measure will impact the original OEM’s clients. It is important for OEMs to know how to gain the understanding of clients and avoid conflict, how to manage the brand to achieve the success and how to organize manpower and allocate company’s resources to respond to two different operation modes. Thus, it is necessary to consider various subjective and objective environmental factors to realize decision-making optimization. With the changes of operating environment and time, the constant adjustment in the company’s operating goal and strategy is needed. In face of major decision making, the enterprise’s senior leaders must evaluate various factors in many aspects. This research aims to find the key success factors for enterprises which intend to develop OEM and brands simultaneously and set the new operating directions.
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TSENG, KUO-SHU, and 曾國書. "The Key Success Factors from OEM Supplier to OBM." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/977un3.
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碩士大葉大學
管理學院碩士在職專班
106
Abstract Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) is the essential activity of Taiwanese manufacturing industry. To meet the demands of changing environment and pursue the economic values, many enterprises start with OEM activity and continue with upgrading their manufacturing technologies and expanding their production scale. The thesis explores and discusses the key success factors of OEM enterprises as they are experiencing different growth stage from three different perspectives, to expand the production scale, to focus on the vertical integration and to develop their own brands. The results from the interview indicate that the research and development (R&D) capability is the key success factor for OEM enterprises to upgrade to OBM enterprises. Though the enterprises have different resource allocation strategies of manufacturing, research and marketing in their growing stages, from the perspectives of expanding the production scale, vertically integrating and brand developing, R&D capability is the key success factor for OEM firms to pursue as they are upgrading themselves to OBM firms. Keywords: OEM, OBM, brand, key success factors, research and development capability, backlight module foundry industry
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TSOU, TE-YU, and 鄒德裕. "The Study of the Strategy from OEM to OBM." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/f6mdtr.
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碩士國立臺北科技大學
管理學院EMBA大上海專班
106
Due to labor shortage and labor cost up, China government aggressively attracted business investment and also provided more incentives for the land, tax, labor, etc. This resulted in most of Taiwan manufacturing companies moved out sine 1980. Because of the local government aggressive behavior, Taiwan manufacturing company has regarded the triangle area of Yangze River and Pearl River in China as their first priority of investment. Minor enterprises are the first, later, traditional enterprises and IT OEM factories also moved to China. Those companies were the pride of Taiwan before, for example, Foxcon, Compal, ASUS, Wistron, and the D company, etc. According to the requirement from international customers, they have already started to move to China. Taiwan’s manufacturing companies also faced the many problems when China economy has rised rapidly in Year 2000, the pressure of labor manpower, land, environment protection, and industry upgrade are more than financial crisis. They must make the decision between OEM and OBM. “Take a foothold in China to think the world “, Taiwan’s manufactuers must seriously consider this topic. We based on the “D” company to conduct this case study. D company has started the production in China since 1990. They decided to transfer the business model from OEM to OBM in Year 2010. Year 2012 was the BRAND era for the D company in China, according to experience accumulation, they made the standard operation process from enterprise certification, employee training, products development, business opportunity collection, project exploration in field, products verification in field, mass production introduction, customer forecast, and after services. This study tried to find the critical successful factor, and let it become a classic case for future companies to learn which would like to do the OBM business in China.
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Chiang, Chiu-Min, and 江邱民. "The Study of the Performance of OBM and OEM Firms." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/00587397364312538084.
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碩士國立中興大學
會計學研究所
99
In the past Taiwan was famous for the OEM industry in the world. However, in recent years the boom of the OEM industry has gone by the rise of emerging countries, and competition among OEM firms. Instead, the concept of OBM gradually is emerging. This study is to investigate whether OBM firms have significant differences with OEM firms in performances over the same period. The OBM firm of acquiring Branding Taiwan Top 20 is the main research sample, and the OEM firm is control sample. The sample period is from 2003 to 2009. The main empirical results indicate the OBM firm is not significantly better in stock and accounting performance over the same period than the OEM firm. To avoid the extreme values of independent variables affect the empirical result, this study remove the extreme values of independent variables for further study, and find the OBM firm is significantly better in accounting performance over the same period than the OEM firm. In addition, the study find the OBM firm put more resources in R & D, operating margin would be higher. The OBM firm put too many resources in marketing, which have a negative effect on the current accounting performance.
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潘威志. "A service marketing case study on FTTH OBM manufacture:C company." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/29495897032033297138.
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Chang, Yen-Ching, and 張晏精. "OBM vs. OEM/ODM: A Case Study of BenQ Corporation." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/79708978680850348705.
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碩士國立清華大學
科技管理研究所
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The high-tech industries of Taiwan have been well-known for their OEM/ODM capabilities, but they are in a difficult situation that the gross margin continues its downward trend due to severe industrial rivalry and intense pressure of OEM/ODM customers. According to the “Smiling Curve” theory proposed by Stan Shih, the founder of Acer Corporation, both enhancing R&D capabilities and establishing self-owned brand are effective to make a breakthrough and earn higher profits. BenQ has been thriving since 1984; in order to be a global brand, it acquired the mobile handset business of Siemens AG in 2005; it restructured itself since the third quarter of 2006, from the initial emphasis on both OBM and OEM/ODM businesses, the so-called “Two-Leg Walking” strategy, to the strategic priority of OEM/ODM businesses over OBM ones. Besides, its name was changed to “Qisda” while “BenQ” was one of its subsidiaries that’s responsible for the OBM ones. Based on time series analysis, the method of case study research is adopted to review the process of BenQ’s dividing its OBM and OEM/ODM businesses, and look for its motives and consequent outcomes as well.
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Wu, Su Lien, and 吳素蓮. "Enterprise Value AssessmentCompany Employ both OEM and OBM Business Model." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/64180741268098763351.
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碩士東海大學
財務金融學系碩士在職專班
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Globe Union (hereinafter referred to as "GU") was established in 1979 in Taiwan. Before entering into plumbing fixtures and fittings business, it’s a trader of miscellaneous building materials. GU conducted its own producing facility in 1983 and became the largest plumbing fittings ODM supplier in the North American market in the early 21st century. From 1999 to 2007, GU engaged in eight M&A activities and extended its investment in China production in order to acquire and develop its strong competency in manufacturing, sales & marketing and logistic network. Now, GU is a world-wide designer, manufacturer and distributor of kitchen brassware, bathroom brassware, sanitary ware and accessories. Its turnover has decupled in 10 years till 2011, which comprised of 64% ODM and 36% OBM sales. This thesis is a corporate case study that reviews GU from strategic and financial viewpoints and assesses its enterprise fair value by the DCF (discounted cash flow) model. To investigate the correlation between GU’s business strategies and enterprise value, this study divides GU global sales into 4 individual profit & loss centers (also called subsidiary business unit, SBU) – NA Private Label, NA Branded, European, and East Asian business units. EU and Asian SBUs’ primary businesses are distribution and franchise. They offer GU’s own brand products and operate as sales agency for some high-end foreign kitchen cabinet and furniture brands. We analyze their historic operation performance between 2003 and 2011 in order to determine each SBU’s target financial ratios and parameters applied to forecast GU corporate sales and earnings, and to further develop its future balance sheet and cash flow status. This study creates 3 scenarios – optimum, neutral and worse sales forecast according to the parameters set for the 4 SBUs in each scenario. With the macro and micro environmental analysis, the outcome of the DCF valuation and sensitivity test, this study propose the following 5 elements as the key value drivers for GU’s future business – GP, OP, ROA, Sales and WACC. Each takes different weight in affecting GU’s enterprise values and the 4 SBUs’ earnings and serves as the key indicator to monitor and appraise the performance for various business strategies this study propose to GU’s decision makers.
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Wang, Kuan-ming, and 王冠銘. "The stratgic actions and directions of transforming EMS to OBM." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/64976382247872271120.
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碩士國立中央大學
企業管理學系碩士在職專班
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The research purpose of the thesis is mainly on studying the strategic action and direction of EMS(Electronic Manufacturing Service) business model which’s gross profit is getting downward due to the market competition and is thinking to transform the business model into OBM(Own Branding & Manufacturing) which is gaining the high profit in the market. Thus, the research will be firstly trying to understanding the business model of EMS, and analyze the business model’s strength and weakness on transforming to OBM, the feasible strategic action and direction will be generated at last and explained. The research design is to pick the worldwide Top-4 EMS as the object of study and collect the related primary and secondary information during 2000~2007 for reference and analysis. Since a correct analysis and determination of strategic design is mostly to rely on the correct concept, logic and originality of the designer, the research is going to use the tool of Strategic Matrix Analysis which’s developed by Dr.SiTu-DaXian and based on the concept of combining the strategic posture and industrial valued chain, that’s a thinking process to connect the theory and reality and able to cover most of the strategic theories. The research result will describe the strategic actions in detail per the target of transformation and what conflicts between the action and EMS business model’s strength/weakness would be, and propose the feasible direction at last. In the end of the research, the conclusion and suggestions will be raised.
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Lin, Robert, and 林奇洲. "The choice of D-Link between OBM or OEM/ODM?" Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/38251408710533221335.
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碩士國立清華大學
高階主管經營管理碩士在職專班
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This paper analyzes the No.1 Networking manufacturer in Taiwan - D-Link Corporation. D-Link was founded in 1986, from 1986 to 2003, D-Link went through four important stages (1). Focus on developing D-Link OBM (Ordnance Bench Mark) business with few non-brand businesses, (2). Focus on D-Link OBM business, at the same time, leveraging the capabilities and expertise of ODM/OEM clients to assist D-Link in improving the Product Development and Management System, and Quality Control System on production, (3). When ODM/OEM opportunities was booming since 1995, D-Link started changing its core mindset and system in order to gain more growth from ODM/OEM business, and utilized the Dual-Axis strategy to catch both OBM business and ODM/OEM business, (4). D-Link modified the Dual-Axis strategy to adopt more and more challenges from internal and external environment. Finally, conflicts were likely to break out between the OMB and ODM/OEM: ODM/OEM clients had serious concern because OBM was doing better and better, so this serious concern caused ODM/OEM department had bottleneck to gain more growth, and the Strategic Outsourcing Partners had serious concern as well because D-Link ODM/OEM department had strong R&D capability to take over their business, so this situation would damage D-Link OBM at the same time. Furthermore, employees had critical problems because there were mindset and process conflict between OBM and ODM/ODM process and nature. It became to a dilemma to D-Link for keeping both OBM and ODM/OEM under one organization. Feb. 2003, top management team had to take action to deal with this crisis from external and internal right away. OMB or ODM/OEM? Create new sustainable strategy rather than the Dual-Axis Strategy? This paper adopts case study methodology to analyze the evolution of D-Link Corporation and the dilemma that was happened to the company in the end, and have some analyses and conclusions.
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Hsin-YenChung and 鍾欣妍. "The Key Decisive Factors Influencing OBM Strategies of Taiwanese Firms." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/07527482497038617714.
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碩士國立成功大學
國際企業研究所碩博士班
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The relationship between capabilities and branding is rarely discussed in the context of Taiwan. The OEM-ODM-OBM manufacturing model is especially well-developed in Taiwan. The purpose of this study is to examine resources that OBM firms will pursue to accumulate their capabilities which in what way contribute to the brand performance. Moreover, conflicts between OEM/ODM and OBM business influencing the branding strategies will be discussed in the study. Through the approach of case study, this research will analyze the relationship between capabilities and branding strategies. Except for the high-tech firms which have commonly been discussed in prior literature, cases from traditional industry and art industry are selected in this study to provide a broad research perspective. The research findings show that the resources of channel distribution and technological knowledge base from OEM/ODM experience positively affect capabilities accumulation. With mature R＆D capabilities, a firm will be driven to build its own-brand; moreover, in the early branding stage, a firm will first exploit R＆D capabilities rather than marketing capabilities. Until the brand reaches the mature stage, the firm will depend on marketing capabilities to expand the market. Both R＆D and marketing capabilities have positive impacts on the brand performance. In addition, when external conflicts exist between OBM firms and OEM/ODM customers, OBM firms will still maintain OBM-OEM/ODM coexistence model. However, when internal conflicts of resource allocation exist within OBM firms, they will consider OBM-OEM/ODM separation model.
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HUNG, CHIEN-HUI, and 洪千惠. "OBM Strategy and Key Factors of Taiwanese Functional Textile Enterprises." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/xkk453.
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碩士輔仁大學
織品服裝學系碩士在職專班
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Most of Taiwanese Functional Textile Enterprises provide OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) or ODM (Original Design Manufacturer) services for well know international sports brands. Few of them have their own-brand manufacturing. However, with dwindling profit margins from OEM/ODM, many enterprises begin to change their business mode from OEM/ODM to OBM(Original Brand Manufacturer). It is important and essential for manufactures to create their own brand. However, they are facing a lot of challenges during the changes. The study uses a comprehensive literature reviews and surveys undertaken using AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) to find the most effective key factors and organizational structure for OBM. The research found the key factors are improving their physical and know-how resources from its marketing strategy and key factors for OBM enterprises.