We have studied 73, top level Indian sportsmen for VO2 max and heart rates during work and recovery. High negative values of 'r' between VO2 max and heart rate during work and recovery have been observed. Absolute VO2 max, VO2 max/kg body wt/min and VO2 max/kg lean body mass/min are found to play an important role in influencing recovery of heart rate, more so in the initial phases. A similar t...

This paper presents a planning system for Lean Manufacturing and is applicable to a variety of manual and automated manufacturing operations. By defining a standard set of Lean Manufacturing metrics, our research sets up a framework for performance measurement and benchmarking. A financial Cost of Waste measure is developed from data on current performance levels, and the planning framework dev...

Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a fundamental role in the global economy. However, SMEs usually have different characteristics from larger enterprises, e.g., essential resource restrictions, lower performance, higher environmental impacts. This requires them to search for strategies be more competitive sustainable. A possible solution relies on introducing Lean-Green practices. ...

Peak acid outputs in normal subjects and patients with duodenal and gastric ulcer were significantly (and similarly) correlated with body weight and calculated lean body mass. Expression of measurements of peak acid output as a function of body weight or lean body mass lessened but did not abolish the significance of the situation that men with no dyspepsia or gastric ulcer secreted more acid t...

BACKGROUND Quantitating fat and lean tissue in isolated body regions may be helpful or required in obesity and health-outcomes research. However, current methods of regional body composition measurement require specialized, expensive equipment such as that used in computed tomography or dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). Simple body size or circumference measurement relationships to body ...

The primary purpose of the study was to test the hypothesis that reduced leptin signaling is necessary to elicit the cardiovascular and metabolic responses to fasting. Lean (Fa/?; normal leptin receptor; n = 7) and obese (fa/fa; mutated leptin receptor; n = 8) Zucker rats were instrumented with telemetry transmitters and housed in metabolic chambers at 23 degrees C (12:12-h light-dark cycle) fo...

1. Foundational metrology and measurement issues 2. Accurate data, total quality systems, kaizen, lean, six sigma 3. Metrology and inspection system services in quality 4. Historical background on metrology 5. Form, fit, finish and function, geometric underpinnings 6. Foundational metrological and measurement issues 7. Basic measurable features in geometric dimensioning 8. Basic principles and ...

Non-invasive measurement of body composition provides advantages in growth studies compared to conventional techniques. The same individual can be measured several times, the measurement is faster, and the number of pigs required as well as the random effect of animal are reduced. The aim of the present study was to determine the composition of the half carcass and of the ham/shank region by a ...

The adoption of lean principles and practices has become widespread in many industries since the early 1990’s. Companies are now beginning to realise that traditional costing and accounting methods may conflict with the lean initiatives they are implementing. Consequently, important research questions are being raised. Is a new cost management and accounting approach required for companies that...