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Lean thinking in the secondary woodproducts industry : challenges and benefits

Creator:

Czabke, Jochen

Abstract:

Due to growing global competition, especially in the last decade, the United States wood and wood-based industries have suffered significant market share losses. The wood industry in Germany is facing similar challenges. To stay competitive in an increasingly global marketplace, many wood manufacturers are adopting new management/manufacturing approaches. Lean manufacturing...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
Development and characterization of novel hydrogels for nucleus pulposus replacement

Creator:

Bader, Rebecca A.

Abstract:

Hydrogels have been proposed as candidates for nucleus pulposus replacement due to their similarity in mechanical behavior to the native tissue when subjected to transient or static loading; however, given the viscoelastic nature of soft biological tissues, the lack of dynamic testing is a significant inadequacy in the studies performed...

Resource Type:

Dissertation