252 research outputs found
Analisis Pengukuran Nilai Overall Equipment Effectiveness (Oee) pada Proses Packaging di Line 2 (Studi Kasus PT. Multi Bintang Indonesia. Tbk)
PT. Multi Bintang Indonesia Tbk bergerak dalam bidang industri pembuatan minuman, dimana Perusahaan tersebut berproduksi berdasarkan besarnya permintaan dari costumer yang merupakan kantor-kantor pemasaran yang telah tersebar berbagai daerah di Indonesia. Dalam tahap proses packaging di PT.MBI melalui dengan 3 line diantaranya racking line, canning line, bottling line. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui nilai overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) dan Losses yang paling berpengaruh dari six big Losses OEE yang terfokus pada peralatan atau mesin secara keseluruhan menjadi satu kesatuan yaitu pada lini Line 2, yang kemudian akan diketahui akar penyebab losses yang terjadi dari penelitian selama dilapangan. Dari hasil perhitungan overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) terdapat dua rasio yang masih kurang baik dan berada dibawah standar kelas dunia, adapun rasio tersebut yaitu avaibility sebesar 88,85% dari standar kelas dunia sebesar 90% dan performance ratio sebesar 78,51% dari standar kelas dunia sebesar 95%, sedangkan untuk quality ratio telah masuk standar kelas dunia yaitu sebesar 99,90%. Sehingga dengan demikian nilai OEE pada lini Line 2 masih berada dibawah standar kelas dunia. Pada penelitian ini hanya terdapat lima losses yang dapat diidentifikasi, dan adapun losses yang sangat berpengaruh yaitu pada Reduced Speed Losses, losses ini menyumbang nilai tingkat presentase losses terbesar yakni 19,12%, dari hasil penelitian losses ini terjadi karena adanya sistem pengawasan yang jelek (kurang baik) yang menyebabkan karyawan atau operator tidak melakukan pekerjaan sesuai ketentuan yang telah ditetapkan
Liquid racism and the Danish Prophet Muhammad cartoons
This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below. Copyright @ 2010 The Author.This article examines reactions to the October 2005 publication of the Prophet Muhammad cartoons in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. It does so by using the concept of ‘liquid racism’. While the controversy arose because it is considered blasphemous by many Muslims to create images of the Prophet Muhammad, the article argues that the meaning of the cartoons is multidimensional, that their analysis is significantly more complex than most commentators acknowledge, and that this complexity can best be addressed via the concept of liquid racism. The article examines the liquidity of the cartoons in relation to four readings. These see the cartoons as: (1) a criticism of Islamic fundamentalism; (2) blasphemous images; (3) Islamophobic and racist; and (4) satire and a defence of freedom of speech. Finally, the relationship between postmodernity and the rise of fundamentalism is discussed because the cartoons, reactions to them, and Islamic fundamentalism, all contain an important postmodern dimension.ESR
Fabrication of Multi-Layered Bone Scaffolds using Femtosecond Pulsed Lasers
An IR femtosecond pulsed laser was used for micropatterning of biomineral containing chitosan membranes, aiming to enhance bone mineralization and angiogenesis. Pre and post irradiation materials have been characterized with XRD, SEM and spectroscopic techniques
Characterization of antifungal C-type lectin receptor expression on murine epithelial and endothelial cells in mucosal tissues
Funding Information: We thank P. Asamaphan, A. Clark, and B. Kerscher for providing NIH overexpression cell lines, S. Yamasaki for the anti‐Mincle antibody, the staff of the University of Aberdeen animal facility for the care for our animals, and the Iain Fraser Cytometry Centre at the University of Aberdeen for their assistance. This work was supported by funding from the Wellcome Trust (102705, 217163), the Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology, and the University of Exeter (MR/N006364/2).Peer reviewedPublisher PD
Service oriented architecture based web application model for collaborative biomedical signal analysis
The rapid growth in availability of new biomedical systems and devices capable of acquiring biosignals for disease diagnosis and health monitoring require rigorous processing. Biomedical research by nature depends on integrated problem solving software environment and often involves people located at different geographical positions. The reusability of different personalized tools are limited due to the complex architectural constrains and restricted interoperability among different devices mostly requiring individual tools. Thus, new computational environments are required to provide robust, user friendly, and scalable systems capable of interoperate seamlessly. This work proposes a service oriented architecture (SOA) based web application model for collaborative biosignal analysis and research to facilitate the seamless integration of various existing tools and different Health Information Systems
Targeted Inactivation of the IL-4 Receptor α Chain I4R Motif Promotes Allergic Airway Inflammation
The insulin/interleukin-4 (IL-4) receptor (I4R) motif mediates the association of insulin receptor substrate (IRS)-2 with the interleukin-4 (IL-4)Rα chain and transduces mitogenic signals in response to IL-4. Its physiological functions were analyzed in mice with a germline point mutation that changed the motif's effector tyrosine residue into phenylalanine (Y500F). The Y500F mutation abrogated IRS-2 phosphorylation and impaired IL-4–induced CD4+ T lymphocyte proliferation but left unperturbed Stat6 activation, up-regulation of IL-4-responsive gene products, and Th cell differentiation under Th2 polarizing conditions. However, in vivo the Y500F mutation was associated with increased allergen-induced IgE production, airway responsiveness, tissue eosinophilia, and mucus production. These results define an important role for the I4R motif in regulating allergic inflammation
Physiologically engineered porous titanium/brushite scaffolds for critical-size bone defects: A design and manufacturing study
Repairing critical-size bone defects still represents a critical clinical challenge in the field of trauma surgery. This study focuses on a physiological design and manufacturing of porous composite scaffold (titanium Ti with 10 % mole iron doped brushite DCPD-Fe3+) which can mimic the biomechanical properties of natural cortical bone, specifically for the purpose of repairing critical-size defects. To achieve this, the principle of design of experiments (DOE) was applied for investigating the impact of sintering temperature, mineral ratio, and volume fraction of porosity on the mechanical properties of the fabricated scaffolds. The fabricated scaffolds had open porosity up to 60 %, with pore size approximately between 100 μm and 850 μm. The stiffness of the porous composite scaffolds varied between 3.30 GPa and 20.50 GPa, while the compressive strength ranged from approximately 130 MPa–165 MPa at sintering temperatures equal to or exceeding 1000 °C. Scaffolds with higher porosity and mineral content demonstrated lower stiffness values, resembling natural bone. Numerical simulation was employed by Ansys Workbench to investigate the stress and strain distribution of a critical size defect in mid-shaft femur which was designed to be replaced with the fabricated scaffold. The fabricated scaffolds showed flexible biomechanical behaviour at the bone/scaffold interface, generating lower stress levels and indicating a better match with the femoral shaft stiffness. The experimental and numerical findings demonstrated promising applications for manufacturing a patient-specific bone scaffold for critical and potentially large defects for reducing stress shielding and minimizing non-union risk
MelLec Exacerbates the Pathogenesis of Aspergillus fumigatus-Induced Allergic Inflammation in Mice
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We thank the staff of the University of Aberdeen animal facility for their support and care for our animals. We also would like to express gratitude to Linda Duncan and Ailsa Laird of the Ian Fraser Cytometry Centre at the University of Aberdeen for their technical support and advice. Funding was provided by the Wellcome Trust (102705, 097377) and the Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology (MR/N006364/2). For the purpose of open access, the author has applied a CC BY public copyright licence to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising from this submission. KT received a research fellowship from The Jikei University School of Medicine.Peer reviewedPublisher PD
TACI and BAFF-R mediate isotype switching in B cells
The tumor necrosis factor family members BAFF and APRIL induce Ig isotype switching in human B cells. We analyzed the ability of BAFF and APRIL to induce isotype switching in murine B cells to IgG1, IgA, and IgE. APRIL and BAFF each engage two receptors, transmembrane activator and calcium-modulator and cytophilin ligand interactor (TACI) and B cell maturation antigen (BCMA), on B cells. In addition, BAFF engages a third receptor on B cells, BAFF-R. To determine the role of these receptors in isotype switching, we examined B cells from mice deficient in TACI, BCMA, and BAFF-R. The results obtained indicate that both TACI and BAFF-R are able to transduce signals that result in isotype switching
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