The objective of this paper is to illustrate the relationship between production structure and control structure. Identified production basic types (PBTs) and control basic types (CBTs) are used, that allow one to quickly analyse existing structures, and to develop alternatives. Features such as product variety, and (variations in) production volume provide the link between individual PBTs and ...

BACKGROUND Government initiatives see the provision of technology-assisted self-care as one of the key areas in which there is capacity for improving quality of care whilst reducing costs. However, levels of patient engagement in self-testing and management (STM) remain low. Little emphasis has been placed on understanding the patients' perspectives of the reasons for this limited engagement. T...

Background and Purpose: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is both sensitive and specific imaging modality in the diagnosis and surgical planning of carotid body tumors (CBTs). Radiological criteria to predict Shamblin grades has been described based on MRI, however, literature validating the same is sparse. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of radiological criteria used to p...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE MR imaging is an established method for diagnosis and surgical planning of carotid body tumors (CBTs). However no studies have elaborated preoperative objective criteria to predict the Shamblin (surgical) classification of CBTs, an important predictor of vascular morbidity. The purpose of this study was to establish criteria to accurately predict the Shamblin group on pre...

This survey research was conducted to assess Thai regional college students' readiness for taking high-stakes computer-based English tests, which are offered more widely and regularly in the country. The data were collected from 572 university students five regions. questionnaire solicited their opinion regarding terms of computer skills language skills. included online registration, using a mo...

2-Cyanobenzothiazoles (CBTs) are useful building blocks for: 1) luciferin derivatives for bioluminescent imaging; and 2) handles for bioorthogonal ligations. A particularly versatile CBT is 6-amino-2-cyanobenzothiazole (ACBT), which has an amine handle for straight-forward derivatisation. Here we present an economical and scalable synthesis of ACBT based on a cyanation catalysed by 1,4-diazabic...