Metodologia Lean Six Sigma applicata ai Servizi: il caso Ra.De.Co Autocomponenti

Questo lavoro di tesi mira ad applicare la metodologia Lean Six Sigma, finora utilizzata pricipalmente in ambito industriale, in un contesto diverso, il mondo dei servizi, ed in particolare nella gestione dei preventivi nel caso di grossista. Troppo spesso le decisioni sono basate più su nozioni empiriche che su dati statistici, gli effetti sono la perdita di valore per il cliente e l’organizzazione. L’applicazione di questa metodologia comporta infatti un riesame della totalità delle attività svolte garantito da evidenze statistiche. Esso costituisce il punto di partenza fondamentale per poter aumentare l’efficienza di tutti i processi. Il progetto va incontro alle reali esigenze dell’impresa. Prima di tutto viene infatti migliorato il servizio offerto al cliente riducendo i tempi di risposta alle richieste di preventivo. In secondo luogo aumentando l’efficienza dei processi vengono ridotti i costi aziendali

The Perpetual Harvest

My intention for this project was to create a fantasy setting that, in presenting pieces of itself, from oblique angles, opens up the world to stories and myths beyond those I’ve provided. The foundation is the introductory guide, which details the primary social, economic, and supernatural mechanisms of the setting. The following stories are meant to play off the guide, exploring tones, voices, and plots implied or ignored by its limited perspective. I was heavily inspired by Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher short story collections, which blend the magic and mundane aspects of fantasy beautifully

Celebrity chefs as influencers of food well-being

The concept of being a “celebrity chef” has changed throughout the years. Using Block et al’s (2011) Food Well-Being pinwheel and Lane and Fisher’s (2015) research about celebrity chef influence on a UK student population, this study investigates celebrity chef culture as viewed by Millennials in the U.S. The research explores the potential influence of celebrity chefs as influencers of food culture and food habits, the modern chef’s role as celebrity endorsers for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) campaigns, and whether perceptions of celebrity chef culture differ between the UK and the U.S. Data collection was through an online survey using Qualtrics sent to the target population of Millennials. Findings indicate higher involvement in a chef’s CSR-based organization was associated with higher ratings of influence. A theoretical contribution was the development of a Celebrity CSR Involvement Classification Scheme

Vertical motion structure in tropical mesoscale convective systems

December, 1995.Bibliography: pages 178-187.Sponsored by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NA37J0202

Efeitos da pandemia de Covid-19 na dinâmica territorial do turismo nos municípios paulistas de relevância patrimonial

La pandemia de Covid-19 afectó significativamente la actividad turística, lo que resultó en cambios importantes en la intensidad de los flujos turísticos y la dinámica territorial de la actividad en destinos turísticos potencialmente atractivos como los Centros Turísticos del Estado de São Paulo con Patrimonio Cultural y Natural representativo. Esta investigación tiene como objetivo analizar las características del turismo durante el período de pandemia, en sus diversas fases, en los municipios de São Paulo que tienen relevancia patrimonial con el fin de investigar las transformaciones que ocurrieron en la dinámica territorial de la actividad en relación con la intensidad, los propósitos y el destino de los flujos turísticos. Los datos e información recogidos se basaron principalmente en entrevistas semiestructuradas con los responsables del área de Turismo y Cultura de los municipios encuestados, resultando el hallazgo del incremento del turismo de proximidad, principalmente en los destinos de interior, y la ubicación laboral en los destinos costeros.The Covid-19 pandemic significantly affected tourism activity resulting in changes in the intensity of tourist flows and the territorial dynamics of the activity in potentially attractive tourist destinations such as the Tourist Resorts of the State of São Paulo with representative Cultural and Natural Heritage. This research aims to analyze the characteristics of tourism during the pandemic period, in its various phases, in the municipalities of São Paulo that have patrimonial relevance in order to investigate the changes that occurred in the territorial dynamics of the activity in relation to the intensity, purposes and destination of tourist flows. The data and information collected were mainly based on semi-structured interviews with the managers of the Tourism and Culture area of the municipalities surveyed, resulting in the finding of the increase in proximity tourism, mainly in the interior destinations, and the workcation in the coastal destinations.A pandemia de Covid-19 afetou de forma significativa a atividade turística resultando em transformações na intensidade dos fluxos turísticos e na dinâmica territorial da atividade nos destinos turísticos potencialmente atrativos como as Estâncias Turísticas do Estado de São Paulo detentoras de Patrimônios Culturais e Naturais  representativos. Essa pesquisa tem como objetivo  analisar as características do turismo durante o período da pandemia, em suas diversas fases, nos municípios paulistas que possuem relevância patrimonial visando averiguar as transformações ocorridas na dinâmica territorial da atividade com relação à intensidade, propósitos e destinação dos fluxos turisticos. Os dados e informações coletadas basearam-se principalmente, na realização de entrevistas semi-estruturadas com os gestores da área de Turismo e Cultura dos municípios pesquisados, resultando na constatação do aumento do turismo de proximidade, principalmente, nos destinos interioranos,  e do workcation nos destinos litorâneos

Construction of Bacterial Strains Containing a Plasmid Producing an Opossum-Based Anti-Venom Peptide for Low Cost Production of the Peptide

A cost-effective therapy for snake bites and other biological toxins could save thousands of lives each year. A low-cost therapy can be achieved using a bacterial host that expresses a peptide that prevents death when administered after exposure to these toxins. A protein expressed in opossums, lethal toxin neutralizing factor (LTNF), provides the animal’s resistance to venom and a variety of other toxins. A small peptide fragment of this protein provides the same lifesaving properties as the full protein sequence. A synthetic copy of this peptide was tested in mice exposed to rattlesnake venom and showed lifesaving potential. The peptide was expressed in E. coli and the feasibility of a lower cost process for producing an anti-venom therapy was shown. Two E. coli strains were constructed: snk1 and snk23. This was accomplished by introducing expression vectors containing the peptide sequence alone or a polypeptide sequence that contains 23 repeats of peptide. Once the bacterial cells were transformed with the antivenom DNA, the peptide was produced in shake flasks and scaled up to 2L fermentations. While confirming the expression of the single peptide is ongoing, the larger polypeptide was expressed and recovered in inclusion bodies

Some dynamic aspects of the distribution of planktonic Foraminifera in the western North Atlantic

Studies of Foraminifera from plankton tows taken during the four seasons of the year at stations in shelf water, slope water, the Gulf Stream, and Sargasso Sea between Cape Cod and Bermuda in the western North Atlantic have shown that the slope waters generally yielded the highest concentrations of Foraminifera at all seasons, with spring and fall being the most productive seasons...

Late Tertiary planktonic foraminifera associated with a basaltic boulder from the mid-Atlantic Ridge

A dredge haul obtained from the mid-Atlantic Ridge at 22° 56\u27 N, 46° 35\u27 W yielded a consolidated, partially silicified foraminiferal ooze and some frag ments of an apparently altered basalt. The age of the consolidated ooze, determined from its assemblage of planktonic Foraminifera, is late Tertiary and probably late Miocene. The inference is that deposition of the consolidated ooze preceded the extrusion of the basalt, with silicification of the ooze occurring during the periods of extrusion and alteration of the basalt

Development of an Informed Consent Multimedia Tool for Research

Standard research practice has been to protect the rights of human subjects by providing an informed consent document that explains the study in clear and concise language. The problems inherent in writing this document are considerable and it is not known how effective these documents are in providing information and enhancing understanding about research participation. I have selected a clinical research trial involving older men to illustrate the challenge of providing sufficient information so that a person can make an informed choice. I describe the many human, educational and technological aspects that must be considered in developing an alternative method to the written informed consent process. I have developed a tutorial that can be tested within the clinical trial to compare the differences in informed consent methods. The research community is obligated to improve the informed consent process and these preliminary efforts are worthy of further development

Gladue Courts: Navigating Contradictory Orientations to Rehabilitate and Punish

This research thesis details a year-long observation and analysis of Gladue (Aboriginal-specific) courts in Toronto from April 2013 – July 2014. The primary focus of this project is the way Gladue courts reconcile and interpret contradictory demands to both rehabilitate and incarcerate Aboriginal peoples in light of legislative and judicial requirements. Utilizing a discourse analysis methodology for observations and transcripts, this thesis sought to analyze how rehabilitation and punishment is conceptualized and implemented in Gladue courts given recent legislative changes. The overall effect is that neo-liberal and paternalist principles are chosen and applied depending on the individual circumstances of the case, with new punitive policies left for the most egregious offenders. This application underlines a law and order policy that is concerned with pragmatic/practical concerns and which leads to a discursive framework that objectifies Aboriginal peoples through racist/colonial conceptions of intrinsic victimization