2135) Operations Research in Pile Driving(Structure)

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Outcome assessments for flares in SLE trials have been both overly sensitive and non-specific, depending on the instrument being used. The article in this issue of Rheumatology by Thanou et al. [1], from a well-respected SLE centre, discusses proposed modifications to the classic Safety of Estrogen in Lupus Erythematosus National Assessment (SELENA)-SLEDAI Flair Index (SFI). The SFI is defined ...

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The transcription factor brachyury (T, BRA) is one of the first markers of gastrulation and lineage specification in vertebrates. Despite its wide use and importance in stem cell and developmental biology, its functional genomic targets in human cells are largely unknown. Here, we use differentiating human embryonic stem cells to study the role of BRA in activin A-induced endoderm and BMP4-indu...

Operations research in BASF's supply chain operations

In this article we highlight the application of Operations Research (OR) at BASF in the area of supply chain management (SCM) through the use of selected examples with annual cost savings ranging between several hundred thousand and several million e. We address special characteristics of the process industry that have to be dealt with and identify future research needs. The examples cover stra...

Operations Research Transforms Baosteel's Operations

Forthcoming in Operations Research

Methods for selecting a research and development (R&D) project portfolio have attracted considerable interest among practitioners and academics. This notwithstanding, the industrial uptake of these methods has remained limited, partly due to the difficulties of capturing relevant concerns in R&D portfolio management. Motivated by these difficulties, we develop Contingent Portfolio Programming (...