Management Optimization and Control in Manufacturing Process Based on Knowledge-Flow

2011 ◽  
Vol 308-310 ◽  
pp. 1361-1364
Author(s):  
Gui Qin Li ◽  
Peter Mitrouchev ◽  
Song Lin ◽  
Li Xin Lu ◽  
Daniel Brissaud
Keyword(s):  
Product Quality ◽  
Control Process ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Knowledge Flow ◽  
Analysis Software ◽  
The Social ◽  
Optimization And Control ◽  
Management Optimization ◽  
The One ◽  
And Control

Knowledge management plays an important role in the management and control of product quality. In order to improve the efficiency of knowledge utilization in the product processing and study the knowledge flow with consideration of knowledge providers, a new method based on social network analysis is proposed in this work. Considering the social background of the different knowledge providers, the center degree of each provider could be obtained. With this value of center degree, the position of different kinds of knowledge could be calculated as well. Meanwhile, the use of correlation analysis software could help to optimize the tactic of task. Thus, on the one hand, the using and the flow efficiency of the knowledge in the product processing can be optimized more comprehensively, and on the other hand the management and control process of the product quality could be greatly improved.

Counterfactuals in Health and Risk Messaging

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irina A. Iles ◽  
Xiaoli Nan
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Counterfactual Thinking ◽  
Depth Information ◽  
Negative Events ◽  
Positive Events ◽  
Political Sciences ◽  
The Social ◽  
The One ◽  
The Individual ◽  
And Control

Counterfactual thinking is the process of mentally undoing the outcome of an event by imagining alternate antecedent states. For example, one might think that if they had given up smoking earlier, their health would be better. Counterfactuals are more frequent following negative events than positive events. Counterfactuals have both aversive and beneficial consequences for the individual. On the one hand, individuals who engage in counterfactual thinking experience negative affect and are prone to biased judgment and decision making. On the other hand, counterfactuals serve a preparative function, and they help people reach their goals in the future by suggesting effective behavioral alternatives. Counterfactual thoughts have been found to influence an array of cognitive processes. Engaging in counterfactual thinking motivates careful, in-depth information processing, increases perceptions of self-efficacy and control, influences attitudes toward social matters, with consequences for behavioral intentions and subsequent behaviors. Although it is a heavily studied matter in some domains of the social sciences (e.g., psychology, political sciences, decision making), counterfactual thinking has received less attention in the communication discipline. Findings from the few studies conducted in communication suggest that counterfactual thinking is a promising message design strategy in risk and health contexts. Still, research in this area is critically needed, and it represents an opportunity to expand our knowledge.

Design of Mobile Jumping Robot Based on DSP2407

2011 ◽  
Vol 328-330 ◽  
pp. 1216-1219
Author(s):  
Xiu Hui Fu ◽  
Jun Mu
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Design ◽  
Control Process ◽  
Information Collection ◽  
Mobile System ◽  
Collection System ◽  
Specific Design ◽  
Movement Strategies ◽  
Jumping Robot ◽  
The One ◽  
And Control

The paper designs a kind of mobile jumping robot that can choose different movement strategies according to different surroundings. In order to achieve the purpose, we provide the integrated design of the robot which contains the information collection system and the mobile system. Then we describe the hardware structures and the control process in detail. First, we create the mechanical structure and analyze the kinematics model of it. Second, we give the specific design of the mobile actuating mechanisms. At last, we design the hardware circuits and control system of the robot based on TMS320LF2407A chip and put the robot into the experiments. Through the experiments, robot combines the wheeled movement and jumping movement effectively. The ultrasonic sensor is added to robot, and it makes the one smarter than any other traditional robots. The diversity of movement enhances the robot environmental adaptability and expands the range of application.

Surveillance of immigrants from Turkey in Germany: From the disciplinary society to the society of control

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 789-814 ◽  
Author(s):  
Çağatay Topal
Keyword(s):  
German Society ◽  
The Other ◽  
German State ◽  
Social Fact ◽  
Fundamental Point ◽  
The Social ◽  
The One ◽  
Different Characteristics ◽  
And Control ◽  
Society Of Control

The surveillance of immigrants from Turkey in Germany functions on two seemingly contradictory levels: on the one hand, it de facto recognizes their inclusion in German society; on the other hand, it serves as an instrument to exclude them as ‘(un)suitable’ foreign subjects within that society. Since 1961, this surveillance has slowly but surely changed its character. The aim of this article is to examine these changes through the lens of the different characteristics of so-called disciplinary and control societies. The article reconsiders the theoretical definitions of discipline and control in light of the German context to develop these as more precise historical categories. The fundamental point is that contact between German society and the social fact of migration and an immigrant population decisively inflected German disciplinary and control societies from the very beginning. This study argues that there has been a gradual shift on the part of the German state from a more limited focus to broader considerations of the issue of migration. This shift reveals more inclusionary measures; yet, dialectically, at the very same time it defines and captures an expanding space of exclusion.

scholarly journals Multi-omics profiling of a CHO cell culture system unravels the effect of culture pH on cell growth, antibody titer and product quality

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Lee ◽  
Yee Jiun Kok ◽  
Meiyappan Lakshmanan ◽  
Dawn Leong ◽  
Lu Zheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Product Quality ◽  
Specific Productivity ◽  
Cho Cell ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Product Titer ◽  
Culture Ph ◽  
Optimization And Control ◽  
Ph Conditions ◽  
And Control ◽  
Mab Production

A robust monoclonal antibody (mAb) bioprocess requires physiological parameters such as temperature, pH, or dissolved oxygen (DO) to be well-controlled as even small variations in them could potentially impact the final product quality. For instance, pH substantially affects N-glycosylation, protein aggregation and charge variant profiles, as well as mAb productivity. However, relatively less is known about how pH jointly influences product quality and titer. In this study, we investigated the effect of pH on culture performance, product titer and quality profiles by applying longitudinal multi-omics profiling, including transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics and glycomics, at three different culture pH set points. The subsequent systematic analysis of multi-omics data showed that pH set points differentially regulated various intracellular pathways including intracellular vesicular trafficking, cell cycle, and apoptosis, thereby resulting in differences in specific productivity, product titer and quality profiles. In addition, a time-dependent variation in mAb N-glycosylation profiles, independent of pH was identified to be mainly due to the accumulation of mAb proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) over culture time, disrupting cellular homeostasis. Overall, this multi-omics-based study provides an in-depth understanding of the intracellular processes in mAb-producing CHO cell line under varied pH conditions and could serve as a baseline for enabling the quality optimization and control of mAb production.

scholarly journals De Vlaamse patriotten en de natievorming. Hoe de Vlaamse natie ophield 'klein' te zijn

2015 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 217-248
Author(s):  
Bruno De Wever ◽  
Frans-Jos Verdoodt ◽  
Antoon Vrints
Keyword(s):  
Social Background ◽  
Social Program ◽  
Middle Classes ◽  
Social Basis ◽  
Socioeconomic Changes ◽  
The Social ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The One ◽  
Influential Theory

Het artikel toetst de invloedrijke theorie van Miroslav Hroch over de ontwikkeling van ‘kleine’ naties in het territorium van een dominante natie toe aan de hand van de casus Vlaanderen. Er wordt met name aandacht besteed aan de sociale achtergrond van de Vlaamse patriotten en aan het sociaal programma dat ze ontwikkelen in relatie tot de Vlaamse natie. Het essayistische betoog verdedigt de hypothese dat de Vlaamse beweging er lange tijd niet in slaagde de arbei-dersbeweging en de werkgevers te integreren in de Vlaamse natie, waardoor die in de opvattingen van Hroch ‘gedesintegreerd’ bleef en dus ‘klein’. De sociale achtergrond van de Vlaamse patriotten bleef beperkt tot de middengroepen; hun programma was niet of slechts in beperkte mate gericht op de integratie van andere sociale groepen. Dit veranderde pas vanaf de jaren 1960, toen enerzijds als gevolg van sociaaleconomische veranderingen de middengroepen expandeerden en anderzijds door sociaal-culturele veranderingen het Vlaams natieproject een ruimere sociale basis kreeg. De Vlaamse patriotten slaagden er in een proces van staatshervormingen op gang te brengen waardoor de Vlaamse natie zich reproduceerde in de dagelijkse realiteit. In die omstandigheden voltrok zich dan toch de massificatie van de Vlaamse natie waardoor die ophield ‘klein’ te zijn ten opzichte van de Belgische.________Flemish Patriots and Nation-Forming. How the Flemish Nation Ceased to Be “Small”This article tests the influential theory of Miroslav Hroch concerning the development of ‘small’ nations within the territory of a dominant nation on the basis of the case of Flanders. Namely, attention is paid to the social background of the Flemish patriots and the social program that they developed in relation to the Flemish nation. The argument of this essay defends the hypothesis that, for a long time, the Flemish Movement did not succeed in integrating the workers’ movement and employers into the Flemish nation, and thus in Hroch’s conception it remained ‘disintegrated’ and thus ‘small’. The social background of the Flemish patriots remained restricted to the middle classes; their program was barely, if at all, geared toward the integration of other social groups. This did not change until the 1960s, when, on the one hand, the middle classes expanded as a result of socioeconomic changes and, on the other hand, the Flemish national project obtained a larger social basis through sociocultural changes. Flemish patriots succeeded in getting a process of devolution underway, by which the Flemish nation reproduced itself in day-to-day life. In these circumstances, the massification of the Flemish nation happened, whereby it ceased to be ‘small’ with regard to the Belgian.

scholarly journals Socialisation Process, Power Relations and Domestic Violence: Marginal Voices of Assamese Women

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Polly Vauquline
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Oral History ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Social Background ◽  
The North ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
The Social ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Intimate Relations ◽  
The One

Domestic violence is an evil that never dies. It is an indicator of inequality, injustice and discrimination of the social system. Though there is no justification for its existence in a civilized society, then why it is so difficult to root it out? Why does it persist to exist even after the prevalence of legal provisions to combat domestic violence? The causes maybe embedded on the facts that it involves intimate relationship on the one hand and exercise of power relations on the other. These power relations put women at disadvantaged positions, which are prominently gendered in nature. Assam, a state in the north-eastern corner of India, is unique in its own distinction. It is a region with myriad communities with varied culture, ethnic and social background. Distinctive statistical differences of domestic violence exist among these communities. These variations may categorically be due to the nature of power relations in intimate relations among these communities, which is probed with the application of oral history method. An effort is made through this study to explore the societal attitudes concerning power within intimate human relations. The focus of this paper is to search for the social beliefs attached with the power relations that have been governing them or promoting them in the form of social values, customs, rituals and traditions, which are the nucleus of domestic violence in Assamese society. This study intends to investigate the power relations amongst the different communities. Oral history method is applied to probe the socialisation process of the victims of domestic violence and to analyse how it creates power relations that caters to domestic violence. It gives a deeper understanding to the gendered nature of power in intimate relations. It illustrates that power relations is created through socialisation process and is a contributing attribute to domestic violence among spouses.

Study on the Improvement of Floyd Algorithm and its Application in Network Plan

2014 ◽  
Vol 641-642 ◽  
pp. 1312-1315
Author(s):  
Qing Rui Huang ◽  
Ming Cao
Keyword(s):  
Critical Path ◽  
Mathematic Model ◽  
Project Duration ◽  
Construction Period ◽  
Construction Enterprises ◽  
Optimization And Control ◽  
Planning Technique ◽  
Management Optimization ◽  
Will Self ◽  
And Control

The construction period is one of the important accounting indicators of construction enterprises. Schedule length directly affects the economic benefit of construction enterprises. Network plan technology is an important tool for project period management, optimization and control. In the network planning technique, period is determined by the critical path. Critical path is the most important activity set line of project, which must be given special attention in the control and be special guarantee in time and resources. Whether or not take into account the various factors to the duration and critical path, and dynamically manage and control the work, is the prerequisite that the project can realize the benefit, but also a challenge in data modeling. The improvement and optimization of Floyd algorithm, namely the algorithm for the shortest path, which take all the factors into account through establishing a dynamic mathematic model. This model will self correct according to the progress of the project, to do at the time of the maximum degree to the actual data, with the budget data, thus the model itself to maximize meet the specific project itself. The improved Floyd algorithm will be strengthened in the use of network plan, which plays an irreplaceable role in promoting the implementation and optimization of project duration objectives.

Architects as Professionals and Ideologues

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie Sklair
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Vernacular Architecture ◽  
Consumer Society ◽  
Social Production ◽  
Critical Commentary ◽  
Critical Regionalism ◽  
Practical Support ◽  
The Social ◽  
The One ◽  
And Control

The globalizing professionals and technical personnel that make up the professional fraction of the transnational capitalist class (TCC) in architecture are a very mixed group, ranging from those who work with (or for) those who own and control the major architectural firms to those engaged in facilitating construction (Kennedy 2005; Ren 2011), the education of architects, designers in general, professional architectural entrepreneurs, historians, and critics. In chapter 2 the role of architects and their firms in the social production of iconicity was discussed (summarized in table 2.2). In this respect the professional fraction and the corporate fraction of the TCC clearly overlap. However, there are many other professionals in and around architecture and urban design whose relationship to the professional fraction of the TCC is more problematic, and they are the prime focus of this chapter. Of all the four fractions of the TCC, the professional fraction is the one in which we find most opposition to the globalizing agenda of contemporary capitalism and, in some cases, outright condemnation of consumerism and its effects on architecture and the city. There are frequent debates between globalizing professionals who enthusiastically support and practice the agenda of capitalist globalization and others who pursue their own, sometimes alternative agendas. These include engineers and consultants working with inexpensive and sustainable local materials and building methods, and teachers, historians, and critics who give them theoretical and practical support. There is no shortage of critical commentary on capitalism and consumer society from those on the politically progressive wings of contemporary developments in architecture and urban design, more or less leftist scholars. Proponents of Critical Regionalism in its several incarnations (Frampton 1985; Canizaro 2007; Lefaivre and Tzonis 2012) and those under the umbrella of vernacular architecture (Harris and Berke 1997) also provide some in­sights about what alternative globalizations in architecture and urban design could look like. Even some notable architects, considered members of the cultural establishment, have expressed radical ideas when in reflective mood (e.g., Rogers 1991).

Processes of hybridization and de-hybridization: organizing and the task at hand

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 710-726 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gustaf Kastberg ◽  
Cristian Lagström
Keyword(s):  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Complex Task ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Societal Issues ◽  
The Social ◽  
Hybrid Organizing ◽  
The One ◽  
And Control

Purpose The problematization indicates the need for enhancing the understanding of hybrid settings as potentially dynamic, changing and fragile. The purpose of this paper is to generate the knowledge through a conceptualization of the relationship between hybrid organizing and object, helping us understand how and why hybridization takes place or de-hybridizing occurs. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on a longitudinal qualitative case study of an attempt to introduce cost-benefit calculations as a management initiative in the social sector. In total, 18 observations of meetings and 48 interviews were done. Findings The main contribution is the empirically detailed description of how hybridizing must be understood in connection to a complex task at hand. A core observation is how complexity is escaped by either an intensive framing or compartmentalization – the former either leading to a disciplined hybrid allowing efficient action or to a hot and contested situation characterized by inertia. The latter, compartmentalization, presupposes less complexity with the potential of full de-hybridization into single-purpose organizing, failing to deal with the complex task at hand. Research limitations/implications A limitation is the one case approach and further research could focus on other settings. Practical implications The paper provides concepts useful for analysis of specific cooperative arrangements. Social implications The authors believe that the findings can bring useful insights to professionals, policy makers and others who are engaging in and addressing complex societal issues, not least within the public sector, a matter all too often overlooked by the accounting research community. Originality/value The originality of the paper is the focus on the organization and control in relation to the task at hand.

scholarly journals Positioning the experience of motherhood within the social network of family relationships

Sociologija ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 458-473
Author(s):  
Isidora Jaric
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Social Construct ◽  
The Social ◽  
The One ◽  
Related Identity ◽  
Research Faculty

The experience of motherhood is, in a symbolic sense, one of the most important women?s experiences closely associated with constructs emphasized femininity (Connell, 1987). It is a social experience that incorporates internal ambivalence. On the one hand it is one of the most intimate experiences through which women discover new frontiers of the relations with themselves and their own bodies. On the other hand it is a social construct through which different power relations that exist within the society and culture they belong to refract, and reshape their relations with others. This paper attempts to reconstruct how women of different ages, education and social background in their narratives conceptualize their own social experiences related to motherhood, strategies of adjustments and changes that these experiences produce related to their position within the social network of family relationships. On the basis of the collected empirical data within project Politics of Parenthood of Institute for Sociological Research (Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade) the paper reconstructs two basic types of adjustment strategies which women use in order to find a balance between their own construct of motherhood, and its own related identity positions, on the one hand, and frustrated and disempowered (wider and narrower) referent social contexts. These strategies are: (a) strategy of conforming or mimicry, which is being implemented in two possible ways through: full acceptance of the ideological and normative positions that dominate within the referent family network, and the practice of self-sacrificing micro-matriarchy (Blagojevic, 1997); and (b) strategy of active confrontation, which is also being implemented in two different ways through: indirect confrontation (distancing strategies), and / or direct confrontation.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document