This thesis focuses on distribution tactics developed and analyzed for the lean extended enterprise of a chemical/imaging firm. The work describes the application and concept of value delivery heijunka as a key capability of lean extended enterprises. The thesis also encompasses topics important for lean extended enterprises. Notable topics include the theory of the firm and the evolution of bu...

Accumulation of trace metals in sediment can cause severe ecological impacts. The present study determines the elemental concentrations and chemical partitioning of heavy metals in surface sediment of Shadegan wetland. Shadegan wetland is one of the most important wetlands in southwest of Iran and it is in Ramsar-listed wetlands. For this purpose, 7 sampling stations were selected for sediment ...

Quantum-chemical fragmentation methods offer an efficient approach for the treatment of large proteins, in particular if local target quantities such as protein–ligand interaction energies, enzymatic reaction or spectroscopic properties embedded chromophores are sought. However, accuracy that is achievable intricately depends on how protein partitioned into smaller fragments. While commonly emp...

A unified framework of semi-volatile partitioning permits models to efficiently treat both semi-volatile primary emissions and secondary organic aerosol production (SOA), and then to treat the chemical evolution (aging) of the aggregate distribution of semi-volatile material. This framework also reveals critical deficiencies in current emissions and SOA formation measurements. The key feature o...

Virtual screening (VS) has become a preferred tool to augment high-throughput screening(1) and determine new leads in the drug discovery process. The core of a VS informatics pipeline includes several data mining algorithms that work on huge databases of chemical compounds containing millions of molecular structures and their associated data. Thus, scaling traditional applications such as class...

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BACKGROUND Due to its chemical composition and abundance, lignocellulosic biomass is an attractive feedstock source for global bioenergy production. However, chemical composition variations interfere with the success of any single methodology for efficient bioenergy extraction from diverse lignocellulosic biomass sources. Although chemical component distributions could guide process design, the...

Group contributions to the free energy of solvation in water and octanol as well as to the octanol/water partition coefficient have been determined from Miertus-Scrocco-Tomasi continuum calculations. Particular attention is paid to the influence exerted by the procedure used to carry out the charge normalization in the MST model, as well as to the formalism of the partitioning scheme. A good ag...