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    Does soft TQM predict employees' attitudes? (2005)
    Bradford : Emerald
    The @TQM magazine 17 (2005), S. 279-289 
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    ISSN: 0954-478X
    Source: Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
    Topics: Economics
    Notes: Purpose - This study seeks to investigate the effects of soft total quality management (TQM) on employees' attitudes within a large Malaysian semiconductor organization. Despite extensive research on "soft" TQM practices, there has not been much research this area. Therefore, the proposed model was developed with the intention of examining this relationship. Design/methodology/approach - Original research using self-completed questionnaires, distributed to all staff within this organization, is thoroughly reported. The study sample consisted of 230 employees, resulting in a response rate of 76.6 percent. Data were analyzed by the latest version of SPSS, employing correlation and multiple regression analysis. Findings - The results revealed that employees' perceptions of soft TQM significantly relate to employees' attitudes with those perceiving a greater degree of awareness of soft TQM exhibiting more positive reactions towards job involvement, career satisfaction and organizational commitment. It is also found that, where teamwork was a dominant soft TQM practice, strong associations with employees' attitudes existed. This analysis gives new insight into "soft" TQM concepts and, furthermore, the results of the multiple regression analysis confirmed that all variables were significantly related to perceptions of soft TQM practices and thus implementing TQM does pay off. The results also support the proposed model based on the empirically validated soft TQM instruments, which are reliable and valid. Originality/value - The significance of this study would enable top management to strategize their goal alignments, which would eventually help promote mutual understanding between the management and employees and thus yielding significant results on employees' attitudes. The conclusions, limitations and implications of the study are also extensively discussed.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09544780510594243
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    Ultrasonic Study of Collagen Solutions (1998)
    Springer
    Journal of solution chemistry 27 (1998), S. 857-864 
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    ISSN: 1572-8927
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract Ultrasonic propagation characteristics of collagen solutions are reported. The concentration dependences of the various ultrasonic parameters of the solvent (acetic acid) and the solute (collagen) are compared. The ultrasonic velocities for acetic acid and collagen are comparable, while the attenuation is very high in collagen solutions. The adiabatic compressibility and the free length in collagen solutions decrease with increasing concentration. The relaxation time increases rapidly with concentration of collagen, unlike that for acetic acid.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1022637405723
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    Effect of strain rate on the mode of fracture in elastoidin (1987)
    Springer
    Journal of materials science 22 (1987), S. 2691-2694 
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    ISSN: 1573-4803
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
    Notes: Abstract The mechanical properties and fracture behaviour of dry and native elastoidin are studied as a function of strain rate, and the plastic set behaviour of the dry elastoidin is found to be sensitive to strain rate. The results are correlated with the scanning electron microscopy of the fractured ends of dry and native elastoidin. Broken ends of dry elastoidin, fractured at a strain rate of 10.0 min−1, appear blunt and under the same conditions the native specimen's ends appear sharp.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01086458
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    Effect of strain rate on the fracture behaviour of collagen (1992)
    Springer
    Journal of materials science 27 (1992), S. 2649-2652 
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    ISSN: 1573-4803
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
    Notes: Abstract The strain-rate dependence of collagen fibre, a viscoelastic material, was studied both in the native and dry conditions. The strain rate effect was observed in the stress-strain, plastic set behaviour of both dry and wet collagen fibres. Fractured ends of the broken fibres, observed using scanning electron microscopy, showed that the fracture behaviour was different at high and low strain rates. The results are compared with those for elastoidin.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00540684
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    Effect of extension rate on the stress-strain characteristics of grafted casein film (1989)
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Applied Polymer Science 37 (1989), S. 1311-1317 
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    ISSN: 0021-8995
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics , Physics
    Notes: Casein was grafted with a binary mixture of acrylonitrile and n-butyl methacrylate. The mechanical properties of the grafted casein films were studied at various extension rates. The fractured surfaces were analyzed using scanning electron microscopy. With the increase in extension rate, the strain at yield increases to a maximum value and then decreases to a limiting value. The stress at yield and the energy at break steadily increase with the increase in the rate of extension.
    Additional Material: 5 Ill.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1989.070370514
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    Mechanical properties of grafted casein films (1987)
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Applied Polymer Science 34 (1987), S. 2299-2311 
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    ISSN: 0021-8995
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics , Physics
    Notes: Casein was grafted with mixtures of acrylonitrile (AN) and n-butyl methacrylate (n-BMA). The mole ratios of AN: n-BMA were 0.9:0.1 and 0.8:0.2. The mechanical properties of the grafted casein films were studied under uniaxial and biaxial stress conditions. A reduction in longitudinal stress and elongation at break was observed with the simultaneous application of lateral stress. Scanning electron micrographs of the stretched films (uniaxial and biaxial stress) are also presented.
    Additional Material: 19 Ill.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1987.070340620
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    Study on the viscoelastic response of silk (1996)
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Applied Polymer Science 59 (1996), S. 2049-2053 
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    ISSN: 0021-8995
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics , Physics
    Notes: Simple stress-strain characteristics of silk do not give sufficient information on the influence of the rate of testing in silk. A methodology is described to quantify individual components of viscoelasticity which clearly brings out the influence of the strain rate on the viscous component of the system. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Compatibility studies of solution-blended poly(acrylonitrile)/poly(n-butyl methacrylate) (1994)
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Applied Polymer Science 54 (1994), S. 1537-1544 
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    ISSN: 0021-8995
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics , Physics
    Notes: Poly(acrylonitrile) (PAN) was solution blended with poly(n-butyl methacrylate) (PnBMA) in various proportions. Compatibility in these blend systems was analyzed using ultrasound. The ultrasound velocity and attenuation results show that the two polymers formed a compatible blend. Viscosity and other derived parameters like free volume and internal pressure of the blends show that PAN form into an ideal blend with PnBMA in the compositions of 60 : 40 and 40 : 60. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1994.070541018
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    Effect of strain rate on the fracture behaviour of collagen (1992)
    Springer
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    Publication Date: 1992-01-01
    Print ISSN: 0022-2461
    Electronic ISSN: 1573-4803
    Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics , Physics
    Published by Springer
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    Water, methanol and dense gas tracers in the local ULIRG Arp 220: results from the new SEPIA Band 5 Science Verification campaign (2016)
    Oxford University Press
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    Publication Date: 2016-07-08
    Description: We present a line survey of the ultraluminous infrared galaxy Arp 220, taken with the newly installed SEPIA (Swedish-European Southern Observatory PI receiver for APEX) Band 5 instrument on APEX (Atacama Pathfinder Experiment). We illustrate the capacity of SEPIA to detect the 183.3 GHz H 2 O 3 1,3 –2 2,0 line against the atmospheric H 2 O absorption feature. We confirm the previous detection of the HCN(2–1) line, and detect new transitions of standard dense gas tracers such as HNC(2–1), HCO + (2–1), CS(4–3), C 34 S(4–3) and HC 3 N(20–19). We also detect HCN(2–1) v 2 = 1 and the 193.5 GHz methanol (4–3) group for the first time. The absence of time variations in the megamaser water line compared to previous observations seems to rule out an AGN nuclear origin for the line. It could, on the contrary, favour a thermal origin instead, but also possibly be a sign that the megamaser emission is associated with star-forming cores washed out in the beam. We finally discuss how the new transitions of HCN, HNC and HCO + refine our knowledge of the interstellar medium physical conditions in Arp 220.
    Print ISSN: 1745-3925
    Electronic ISSN: 1745-3933
    Topics: Physics
    Published by Oxford University Press
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