number: 025-0227 Abstract title: Optimal decisions for a decentralized assembly system with dual supply modes Authors’ information: Name: Shihua Ma*, Danfeng Ying, and Xu Guan Organization: School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Address: No.1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, P.R. China E-mail: [email protected] (Shihua Ma, Corresponding author) yingdanfeng@gmail...

Muxuan Pan 1, Kaiwen Zhang 1, Ye-Hwa Chen 2 and Jinquan Huang 1,* 1 College of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, Jiangsu, China; [email protected] (M.P.); [email protected] (K.Z.) 2 The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30324, USA; [email protected] ...

Introduction A variety of research questions can be addressed using expert panels to synthesize existing knowledge and issue recommendations. This panel’s presentations describe the use of innovative methods for engaging expert panels comprised of implementation scientists and clinical managers in complex recommendation processes to match implementation strategies with evidence based practices ...

Some genetically determined traits, such as ear lobes, finger hair and hairy car were studied in 89 schizophrenic patients and compared with normals. The proportion of schizophrenic males having earlobes hanging free was much less than the control group. This difference is highly significant statistically (p < .0001). Similar was our observation in schizophrenic females (p < .05). Furthermore n...

The purpose of this study was to determine the role of religious involvement and related indicators - religious coping, intrinsic religiosity, forgiveness and gratitude - in reducing the negative impact of early traumatic stress on the mental and physical health of adult survivors. Multiple linear regressions were used to analyze self-reported data of 10,283 Seventh-day Adventist men and women ...

The activities of liver, muscle, and red blood cell enzymes involved in the degradation of purine were assayed in zinc deficient (ZD), pair-fed control (PF) and ad libitum-fed control (Ad lib) rats. Diets (1.5 ppm of zinc in ZD diet and 110 ppm in control diet) were fed to rats for 6 weeks after which they were sacrificed and tissues isolated for several assays. Results indicated a significant ...