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  • - Practices and Practicality
     
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    This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.As climate change becomes a growing reality, more industries must grapple with how to implement sustainable business practices at every step of the production process. This is especially true for viticulture, where every step of production can take years to come to fruition, a

  • - The Neuroscience of Movement, Pain and Performance
    av James (Original Movement Crossley
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    Functional Exercise and Rehabilitation serves as an accessible and visual guide providing the essentials of therapeutic exercise and rehabilitation, including mobilization, stabilization and myofascial release.

  • av Randy K. Kesterson
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    This book uses an easy-to-follow story format to simplify and explain Hoshin Kanri. Supplying clear explanations of the steps of Hoshin Kanri, it advocates using Hoshin as an important tool for improving the existing planning and execution system while simultaneously moving the culture of the organization forward. The book provides readers with a new conceptual understanding of Hoshin Kanri as a powerful deployment system for strategic planning. Identifying a different path to success, it outlines a method for measuring overall business effectiveness that can help readers determine the focus of their corporate strategy.

  • - Tools to Sustain Lean Conversions, Third Edition
    av David (Principal Mann
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    Winner of a Shingo Research and Professional Publication AwardThe new edition of this Shingo Prize-winning bestseller provides critical insights and approaches to make any Lean transformation an ongoing success. It shows you how to implement a sustainable, successful transformation by developing a culture that has your stakeholders throughout the organizational chart involved and invested in the outcome. It teaches you how to successfully navigate the politics in cross-functional process improvement projects, and to engage executives in ways that are personally meaningful to them. If you are a leader at any level in an organization undergoing or considering a Lean transformation, this is where you should start and finish ... and start again.Read the Reviews:"This book became an instant classic in the literature of professional operations. In this third edition, David Mann updates and expands his teaching with five additional years of valuable experience and expertise derived from his very active, multi-industry consultancy. I have benefitted greatly from his writing and wholeheartedly recommend this book to be top-of-the desk of any serious Lean practitioner or performance transformation leader."- Raymond C. Floyd, two-time Shingo Prize Winner, President and CEO, Plasco Energy Group"David Mann builds substantially on his seminal work on the Lean management system. The book is full of new insight and polishes the most important ideas about Lean management. The new chapter on engaging executive leadership alone is worth the price of the book."- Peter Ward, Richard M. Ross Professor and Chair, Department of Management Science, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University"This book has long been my 'go-to' guide on Lean management practices that help create a culture of continuous improvement and excellence. I have recommended the book to countless healthcare leaders who rave about how helpful it is in translating Lean principles into daily management behaviors. The healthcare examples make it even more relevant as a must read for any hospital leader who aims to move beyond Lean tools.."-Mark Graban, author of Lean Hospitals, co-author of Healthcare Kaizen and The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen"As more companies outside the manufacturing sector pursue Lean transformations, Creating a Lean Culture is as critical a resource as ever. Breaking down silos and navigating tricky internecine politics remain a momentous challenge, and Mann's case-based insights are an invaluable tool."- Peg Pennington, Executive Director, Center for Operational Excellence, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University"David has once again taken the topics that trip us up and put structure and guidance around them. His new work on executive involvement is worth the price of the book all by itself. Many of us have struggled with this topic and David provides a path to success."- Elizabeth M. King, Vice President Organizational Effectiveness, ESCO CorporationNew in the Third Edition:Contains new chapter on engaging executives in Lean initiativesIncludes 21 new case studiesPresents new examples from the healthcare and process industriesIncludes additional gemba worksheets for learning and teaching LeanProvides expanded coverage of Lean applications in complex cross functional value stream process improvement projectsWatch David Mann discuss how the latest edition of Creating a Lean Culture can help you and your organization succeed.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX7jrtV3cBA&feature=youtu.be

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    Explores practical applications of jasmonates in agriculture: their multifunctional role in stress tolerance, their role in growth and development, as well as their protective role during heavy metal stress. Provides information on jasmonate structure, biosynthesis, signaling, and practical applications of jasmonates in horticulture.

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    Covers novel methodologies and innovative approaches in treatment of IBD. Investigates IBD and significance of gut microbiota in progression of IBD. Investigates microbial imbalances and consequences of restoring microbial homeostasis as treatment. Explores nanotechnology and nanomedicine as treatment as well as future expansions.

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    Discusses effectiveness of probiotics in preventing and supporting treatment of cancer. Examines use of probiotics in cancer prevention and support anti-cancer therapies. Covers introduction to prebiotics, probiotics, and synbiotics, anticancer properties of microorganisms, potential mechanisms of probiotic chemoprevention, and more.

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    Compiles recent findings and developments in the field of graft copolymers made from polysaccharides. Details the design and synthesis of polysaccharide graft-copolymers specifically suited for drug delivery applications. Explores the relationship between nanotechnology and biomolecules.

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    Discusses research on effective supply chain management. Addresses logistics planning and functions, logistics sourcing and outsourcing, inventory management, transportation functions, warehousing, the return of goods, on-demand planning, customer service, covering different sectors, including manufacturing, and healthcare sectors.

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    Examines the issue of human trafficking and offers a blueprint for its eradication. Critically assesses existing anti-trafficking initiatives and introduces a novel approach rooted in a sociotechnical framework that models a multidisciplinary strategy that combines both social and technological interventions.

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    Covers topics on successful production of organic vegetable crops. Introduces the concept, importance, and scope of organic farming, highlighting best practices, do's and don'ts, as well as its export opportunities and challenges. Also covers organic vegetable production, including methods for enhancing soil fertility, and more.

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    Covers applications of the cutting-edge CRISPR-based gene editing systems in plants and animals. Introduces CRISPR-based gene editing technique, its discovery, evolution, classification, and diversity. Also reviews use of CRISPR-Cas systems in improving plants' biotic and abiotic stress tolerance, increasing nutritional quality and yield.

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    Explores the techniques and methods of processing food products without subjecting them to heat treatment, using cold plasma for food preservation and maintenance of food safety. Introduces and reviews principles of cold plasma technology, also discussing the design and generation of cold plasma. Covers advances in cold plasma technology.

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    Details latest in nanotechnology for agricultural applications, emphasizing biogenic synthesis of nano-agri-input products (NAIPs) and technology's economic potential in sustainable agriculture. Covers major aspects of nanomaterials, including synthesis, characterization, applications, and regulatory framework in agriculture, and more.

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