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An increased risk of some forms of cancer, including lung cancer, among lean individuals has been consistent; however, there is a paucity of biological evidence supporting this relation. Subjects analyzed were 177 healthy Japanese workers who participated in a lifestyle intervention study. The levels of urinary 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), a marker of oxidative DNA damage, were measured us...

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The new systems of doing business in manufacturing have evolved in recent decades Lean production. Lean production can be traced to the 1960s in Japan, when Toyota Motors started innovating changes in mass production to deal with its domestic automotive market. The term “Lean production” was coined around 1989 with the popularity of the book, the machine that can change the world written by res...

Many studies have shown smokers to weigh less than non-smokers, which is plausible given the metabolic effects of cigarette smoke. The interrelation between smoking and relative body weight and its change over time were analysed by using data from Finnish population based surveys from 1982 and 1987. Among both men and women the inverse association between smoking and body mass index was clearly...

The relationship between body fat and stature-adjusted weight indices was explored. Assuming the term height2 is a valid indicator of a subject's lean body mass, height2/weight was shown to be an accurate measure of percentage lean body mass and, as such, a better predictor of percentage body fat than the traditional body mass index (BMI; weight/height2). The name, lean body mass index (LBMI), ...

Owing to particle leanness, the standard Particle Filter (PF) algorithm is prone problem of reduced prediction accuracy when predicting fatigue crack propagation. An improved filter based on optimization beetle antenna search (IBAS-PF) for propagation in metals proposed this paper. The discrete Paris formula was used establish state equation propagation, which uncertainty material and process w...

Inventory leanness requires that firms minimize inventory mistreatment and misuse. A firm performance deteriorates because of high misuse, such an issue, the effect on firm’s credit rating can also be seen. This study examines firms’ ratings. It aims to create understanding relationship between financial provides insight into system Pakistan. We analyze secondary Pakistan data 2008 2017. Among ...