Japanese model

The Japanese model in JEAC 4201 (JEAC, 2007) involves an updated two-mechanism model using rate theory and measured microstructure characteristics (Soneda et ai, 2010). The new model provides mean predictions for CVN energy T41, transition temperature shift using a model with coefficients optimized using the most recent complete set of Japanese surveillance data. 

For a number of reasons Japanese firms have historically been far less vertically integrated than their Western counterparts. Instead of undertaking all of the design and manufacture of their products internally Japanese firms preferred instead to look to their extensive networks of contractors and sub-contractors for much of their production. By American and West European standards relationships between the firm and its suppliers have traditionally been close and long lasting. However, there is a conditional element to these associations. Since the pursuit of operational effectiveness sits at the heart of the Japanese model, the major Japanese firms have normally looked to their suppliers to take the lead in delivering the required cost reductions and improvements in functionality of supply inputs (Nishiguchi, 1994). 

The impact of the Japanese model on the shape of some Western businesses and on Western business thought was dramatic. Industries threatened with severe competition initially pursued protectionism. Eventually, however, some Western academics began to urge the wholesale adoption of... 

South Korea s assembly plant sizes are even more impressive than those of Japan. Outside of the Soviet experience (with an average plant size of 716 acres or 290 ha). South Korea is next with an average of 363 acres (147 ha). Next is the United States at 170 acres (69 ha), Japan and Malaysia are tied at 158 (64), Spain at 154 (62), Brazil at 152 (61), then France at 149 (60), and Germany at 133 (54). Automobile companies like Daewoo and Hyundai/Kia are smaller divisions of immense industrial conglomerates which follow the chaibol business model of close ties to government planning - closer even than the Japanese model which pioneered... 

The Japanese model for the continuous change process is called Kaizen. It suggests that every process can and should be continually evaluated and continually improved. The primary focus of the improvements is on waste elimination, for example ... 

Note that the AT T process follows the Japanese model closely. More detailed information about this process is available through publications issued by AT T. ... 

Most production systems outside the United States do not fall into the U.S. or Japanese models. Most developing countries have specific problems that they must resolve, such as space restrictions, untrained workforces, or distribution restrictions. Often, simply obtaining electricity or installing a telephone system may require years. 

A Japanese group reacted iron vapor with nitric oxide at 77 K (6). Two different species were observed, with Pno at 1800 and 1720 cm , that were assigned as NO species adsorbed on oxidized and metallic iron, respectively. Although no evidence was presented as to the nu-clearity of the products, the authors considered the species to be models for the chemisorption of NO on iron surfaces. 

Shikazono, N. (1992) Formation models for Kuroko and hydrothermal ore deposits on oceanic ridges. Mining Geology, 42, 331-338 (in Japanese with English abst.). 

Takahashi, H. (1988) Wall-rock alteration and ore-formation model of Hosokura Pb-Zn ore deposits, Japan. Mining Geology, 38, 335-346 (in Japanese). 

Zhou et al. [55], The most effective method to assess the capacity is the flow simulation which includes volumetric formulas and more reservoir parameters rather than other methods [56], Mass balance and constitutive relations are accounted in mathematical models to capacity assessment and dimensional analysis consists of fractional flow formulation with dimensionless assessment and analytical approaches [33], From the formulations demonstrated by Okwen and Stewart for analytical investigation, it can be deduced that the C02 buoyancy and injection rate have affected the storage capacity [57], Zheng et al. have indicated the equations employed in Japanese and Chinese methodology and have noted that some parameters in Japanese relation can be compared to the CSLF and DOE techniques [58]. 

In summary, the methods of theoretical and effective capacity estimation of C02 storage comprise volumetric and compressibility methods, flow mathematical and simulation models, dimensional analysis, analytical investigation and Japanese/Chinese methodology. 

Cheng W, Yagi K, Akiyama H, Nishimura S, Sudo S, Fumoto T, Hasegawa T. An empirical model of soil chemical properties that regulate methane production in Japanese rice soils. J. Environ. Qual. 2007 36 1920-1925. 

PFOA observations To evaluate MPI-MCTM model results observational data of PFOA from ship cruises in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans were taken from literature (summarised in Yamashita et al (2008)). The data was collected between 2002 and 2006 in a global ocean monitoring initiative. Samples were taken from ocean surface water. Vertical profiles were sampled in the Labrador sea, the Mid Atlantic ocean, the South Pacific ocean and the Japanese sea, where water probes were done at several depths down to 5500 m. The limit of quantification for PFOA was determined as 6 pg/L. 

Profiles in the Japanese Sea are similar for model and observational data. Concentration decreases down to 1000 m and remains constant below. Surface concentrations are lower for modeled profiles, most likely due to the emission scenario, that assumes identical temporal behaviour for all source points and does not capture all emitted mass. Due to the limited horizontal resolution of models, the topography of the ocean differs from the real one. In the Southern ocean concentrations were low throughout all depths, and for the measurements often below the detection limit of 6 pg/L. 

Traweek explores the many ways in which borderlands such as Tsukuba Science City allow a strategic manipulation of the conventions and structures of scientific work. KEK is a highly sophisticated science laboratory located in a province that is seen by many Japanese to be a hick province, not the real Japan, and it falls outside the usual structures of university and national politics in Japan (456). Yet the institution s position outside the normal circuits of power and scientific culture allows it to appeal to international science communities and to reshape scientific culture in Japan. It is largely free from the control of the established universities and their models of resource allocation (in which powerful professors control access to resources [456]). 

Recently, a Japanese research group published preclinical safety and efficacy data of an oral antiestrogen (TZE-5323) (Saito et al. 2003). This drug has been shown to have a strong affinity for human ERa and ER/i and a dose-dependent capacity to inhibit estradiol-stimulated transcriptional activation (Saito et al. 2003). In the experimental endometriosis model in rats, TZE-5323 dose-dependently reduced the volume of the endometrial implant with an effectiveness similar to that of danazol and leuprorelin acetate without causing significant changes in bone mineral density and in serum estradiol levels (Saito et al. 2003). 

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