Two unprecedented nickel-boron cluster-containing POMs have been isolated through a facile approach by the reactions of trivacant [A-α-SiW9O34](10-) and Ni(2+) in borate buffer. The {BO3} and {B2O4(OH)2} units enclosed in the Ni8 cluster of 1 and the Ni12 cluster of 2 play important templating roles in the assembly of the target compounds.

Number: 025-0620 A New Approach to Design of Fuzzy Multi-Attribute Control Charts by Anjani Kumar, K. V. N. S And Mohapatra, P. K. J Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Kharagpur 721302, India [email protected] (*), [email protected] (**) POMS 23 Annual Conference Chicago, Illinois, U. S. A. April 20 to April 23, ...

Introduction. The aim of the study was to determine the causal attributions of success and failure in a football match in a group of football players, as well as to investigate the association of the players’ attributions with their level of achievement and the relationships between their causal attributions and affective states. Material and methods. The study involved 75 football players, inc...

The aim of this investigation was to examine the underlying mechanisms of the homefield advantage within professional English football (soccer). Study 1 examined soccer players’ retrospective perceptions of the homefield advantage. Results to this first study revealed that the players had significantly higher retrospective perceptions of their confidence, t(4) = 2.24, p<0.05, and their positive...

The aim of this study was to determine whether wrist actigraphy could be used to assess the daytime effects of stimulant medication in the treatment of narcolepsy. Nine subjects with narcolepsy/cataplexy (medicated and unmedicated) were compared with matched control subjects. Data were collected over 4 days in the subjects' home. It was found that the actigraph variable of Immobility (mean dura...

BACKGROUND Selenium is known to be important to the brain. Three small, published studies have suggested an effect of selenium supplementation or deprivation on mood in healthy volunteers. We investigated these findings on a much larger scale. METHODS In this double-blind, placebo-controlled intervention, 501 UK participants aged 60-74 were randomly allocated to receive 100, 200 or 300 microg...

Number: 007-0582 Abstract Title: A Closed-loop Supply Chain Model for Managing Overall Optimization of Eco-efficiencyTitle: A Closed-loop Supply Chain Model for Managing Overall Optimization of Eco-efficiency Authors: Name: Wei D. Solvang, Ziqiong Deng, Bjoern Solvang Organization: Department of Industrial Engineering, Narvik University College, Norway Address: Lodve Langes gate 2, pb. 385, N-8...

Number 015-0462 Abstract Title Core and overlapping knowledge, cross-functional integration, and process performance: An empirical study of the buyer-product engineer dyad Authors David C. Hall Clemson University Department of Management G07 Sirrine Hall Clemson, SC 29634 [email protected] 864-656-3775 Scott C. Ellis Clemson University Department of Management 123D Sirrine Hall Clemson, SC 296...

The Product Oriented Manufacturing (POM) concept here presented addresses competition in today’s changing global market of manufacturing companies. It is a challenge to the Function Oriented Manufacturing (FOM) concept supposedly adequate for dealing with demand changes and large product variety without needing reconfiguration. The POM concept evolves from the traditional cellular manufacturing...

Prostate cancer is the most frequently non-skin cancer diagnosed among men. Diagnosis, a significant burden, generates many challenges which impact on emotional adjustment and so warrants further investigation. Most studies to date however, have been carried out at or post treatment with an emphasis on functional quality of life outcomes. Men recently diagnosed with localised prostate cancer (N...